Tianhua Ma

2.1k total citations
16 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Tianhua Ma is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianhua Ma has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tianhua Ma's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (10 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (3 papers). Tianhua Ma is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (10 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (3 papers). Tianhua Ma collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Tianhua Ma's co-authors include Yu Zhang, Tao Xu, Sheng Ding, Min Xie, Sheng Ding, Nan Cao, Haixia Wang, Saiyong Zhu, Baoming Nie and Kai Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tianhua Ma

15 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tianhua Ma China 12 1.2k 383 206 185 133 16 1.5k
Chunlin Zou China 15 969 0.8× 311 0.8× 160 0.8× 101 0.5× 122 0.9× 46 1.5k
Matt Fish United States 10 991 0.8× 428 1.1× 121 0.6× 78 0.4× 204 1.5× 13 1.5k
Shravanti Rampalli India 14 1.3k 1.1× 154 0.4× 169 0.8× 92 0.5× 87 0.7× 20 1.5k
Pingzhu Zhou United States 21 2.1k 1.8× 538 1.4× 284 1.4× 83 0.4× 68 0.5× 31 2.6k
Manami Ohtaka Japan 20 1.3k 1.1× 203 0.5× 275 1.3× 117 0.6× 186 1.4× 45 1.6k
Curtis A. Thorne United States 17 1.3k 1.1× 196 0.5× 172 0.8× 91 0.5× 81 0.6× 32 1.7k
Kirk J. Wangensteen United States 25 1.2k 1.0× 472 1.2× 419 2.0× 134 0.7× 96 0.7× 58 2.1k
Giuseppe R. Diaferia Italy 19 650 0.5× 397 1.0× 207 1.0× 104 0.6× 31 0.2× 37 1.2k
Min-Zu Wu United States 11 937 0.8× 156 0.4× 117 0.6× 217 1.2× 115 0.9× 15 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Tianhua Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tianhua Ma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianhua Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tianhua Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tianhua Ma based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tianhua Ma. Tianhua Ma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Tan, Pengcheng, et al.. (2025). The transcription factor MEF2C restrains microglial overactivation by inhibiting kinase CDK2. Immunity. 58(4). 946–960.e10. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wei, Pengqi Wang, Xiaodan Hu, et al.. (2024). Extended pegRNAs enhance the editing capability of Prime editing. Trends in biotechnology. 43(1). 206–219.
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Pei, Gaofeng, Junsong Yuan, Yanyan Hu, et al.. (2024). Dual-role transcription factors stabilize intermediate expression levels. Cell. 187(11). 2746–2766.e25. 20 indexed citations
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Zhou, Wei, Tianhua Ma, & Sheng Ding. (2021). Non-viral approaches for somatic cell reprogramming into cardiomyocytes. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 122. 28–36. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Peng, Jiashun Zheng, Chaozeng Si, et al.. (2019). Sox2 and Klf4 as the Functional Core in Pluripotency Induction without Exogenous Oct4. Cell Reports. 29(7). 1986–2000.e8. 29 indexed citations
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Xu, Tao, Kelly M. Stewart, Xiaohu Wang, et al.. (2017). Metabolic control of TH17 and induced Treg cell balance by an epigenetic mechanism. Nature. 548(7666). 228–233. 265 indexed citations
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Cao, Nan, Yu Huang, Jiashun Zheng, et al.. (2016). Conversion of human fibroblasts into functional cardiomyocytes by small molecules. Science. 352(6290). 1216–1220. 289 indexed citations
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Zhu, Saiyong, Holger A. Russ, Xiaojing Wang, et al.. (2016). Human pancreatic beta-like cells converted from fibroblasts. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10080–10080. 118 indexed citations
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Chen, Yu, Yanxia Liu, Tianhua Ma, et al.. (2015). Small Molecules Enhance CRISPR Genome Editing in Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 16(2). 142–147. 329 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianhua, Yue Xu, Yu Chen, et al.. (2015). Atg5-independent autophagy regulates mitochondrial clearance and is essential for iPSC reprogramming. Nature Cell Biology. 17(11). 1379–1387. 139 indexed citations
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Ding, Sheng, Tianhua Ma, Jun Li, & Sheng Ding. (2015). Reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts into iPSCs. Protocol Exchange. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Ke, Saiyong Zhu, Holger A. Russ, et al.. (2014). Small Molecules Facilitate the Reprogramming of Mouse Fibroblasts into Pancreatic Lineages. Cell stem cell. 14(2). 228–236. 94 indexed citations
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Wang, Haixia, Nan Cao, C. Ian Spencer, et al.. (2014). Small Molecules Enable Cardiac Reprogramming of Mouse Fibroblasts with a Single Factor, Oct4. Cell Reports. 6(5). 951–960. 133 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianhua, Min Xie, Timothy Laurent, & Sheng Ding. (2013). Progress in the Reprogramming of Somatic Cells. Circulation Research. 112(3). 562–574. 85 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianhua, Zhe Wang, Yunqian Guo, & Duanqing Pei. (2009). The C-terminal Pentapeptide of Nanog Tryptophan Repeat Domain Interacts with Nac1 and Regulates Stem Cell Proliferation but Not Pluripotency. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(24). 16071–16081. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhe, Tianhua Ma, Xiaoke Chi, & Duanqing Pei. (2007). Aromatic Residues in the C-terminal Domain 2 Are Required for Nanog to Mediate LIF-independent Self-renewal of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(8). 4480–4489. 14 indexed citations

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