Tianxiong Yu

3.6k total citations
19 papers, 411 citations indexed

About

Tianxiong Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianxiong Yu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 411 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tianxiong Yu's work include Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (4 papers). Tianxiong Yu is often cited by papers focused on Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (11 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (4 papers). Tianxiong Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Tianxiong Yu's co-authors include Zhiping Weng, William E. Theurkauf, Deniz M. Özata, Phillip D. Zamore, Katharine Cecchini, Ildar Gainetdinov, Cansu Colpan, Pei-Hsuan Wu, Amena Arif and Yu Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Tianxiong Yu

18 papers receiving 405 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tianxiong Yu United States 12 335 281 62 38 19 19 411
Amena Arif United States 8 432 1.3× 283 1.0× 68 1.1× 50 1.3× 7 0.4× 9 481
Pavol Genzor United States 10 403 1.2× 211 0.8× 75 1.2× 81 2.1× 7 0.4× 15 455
Evelyn L. Eastwood United Kingdom 6 498 1.5× 368 1.3× 60 1.0× 72 1.9× 8 0.4× 7 563
Jordi Xiol France 4 491 1.5× 360 1.3× 86 1.4× 37 1.0× 8 0.4× 4 553
Emma Kneuss United Kingdom 6 546 1.6× 378 1.3× 67 1.1× 88 2.3× 7 0.4× 8 631
Germano Cecere France 14 441 1.3× 153 0.5× 34 0.5× 55 1.4× 8 0.4× 22 528
Dibyendu Kumar United States 11 135 0.4× 179 0.6× 59 1.0× 30 0.8× 24 1.3× 21 329
Émeline Sarot France 8 323 1.0× 230 0.8× 36 0.6× 43 1.1× 7 0.4× 13 425
Cansu Colpan United States 11 508 1.5× 339 1.2× 79 1.3× 81 2.1× 4 0.2× 11 569
Piergiuseppe Quarato France 8 293 0.9× 83 0.3× 45 0.7× 44 1.2× 5 0.3× 10 351

Countries citing papers authored by Tianxiong Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tianxiong Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianxiong Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tianxiong Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tianxiong Yu 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 Tianxiong Yu. Tianxiong Yu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Yu, Tianxiong, Michaela D. J. Blyton, Birgit S. Koppetsch, et al.. (2025). Evolution of KoRV-A transcriptional silencing in wild koalas. Cell. 188(8). 2081–2093.e16. 2 indexed citations
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Ho, Samantha, Nicholas Rice, Tianxiong Yu, Zhiping Weng, & William E. Theurkauf. (2025). Aub, Vasa, and Armi concentration in phase-separated nuage is dispensable for piRNA biogenesis and transposon silencing. RNA. 32(3). 341–358.
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Yu, Tianxiong, Jennifer S. Ziegenfuss, Christina E. Baer, et al.. (2025). Single-cell transcriptomic and genomic changes in the ageing human brain. Nature. 646(8085). 657–666. 3 indexed citations
4.
Ferguson, Lucas, Carolina Galan, Tianxiong Yu, et al.. (2025). Deep sequencing of yeast and mouse tRNAs and tRNA fragments using OTTR. eLife. 14. 3 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Matías Exequiel, Tianxiong Yu, Mohamed‐Ali Hakimi, et al.. (2024). Hypermigration of macrophages through the concerted action of GRA effectors on NF-κB/p38 signaling and host chromatin accessibility potentiates Toxoplasma dissemination. mBio. 15(10). e0214024–e0214024. 5 indexed citations
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Yu, Tianxiong, et al.. (2023). Epigenetic and chromosomal features drive transposon insertion inDrosophila melanogaster. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(5). 2066–2086. 12 indexed citations
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Mou, Haiwei, Onur Eskiocak, Ying Jin, et al.. (2023). CRISPR ‐induced exon skipping of β‐catenin reveals tumorigenic mutants driving distinct subtypes of liver cancer. The Journal of Pathology. 259(4). 415–427. 4 indexed citations
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Cecchini, Katharine, Tianxiong Yu, Haiwei Mou, et al.. (2022). The transcription factor TCFL5 responds to A-MYB to elaborate the male meiotic program in mice. Reproduction. 165(2). 183–196. 16 indexed citations
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Yu, Tianxiong, Katharine Cecchini, Haiwei Mou, et al.. (2022). A-MYB/TCFL5 regulatory architecture ensures the production of pachytene piRNAs in placental mammals. RNA. 29(1). 30–43. 17 indexed citations
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Yu, Tianxiong, Kaili Fan, Deniz M. Özata, et al.. (2021). Long first exons and epigenetic marks distinguish conserved pachytene piRNA clusters from other mammalian genes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 73–73. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Gen, Tianxiong Yu, Swapnil S. Parhad, et al.. (2021). piRNA-independent transposon silencing by the Drosophila THO complex. Developmental Cell. 56(18). 2623–2635.e5. 11 indexed citations
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Yu, Tianxiong, Xiao Ru Huang, Shengqian Dou, et al.. (2021). A benchmark and an algorithm for detecting germline transposon insertions and measuring de novo transposon insertion frequencies. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(8). e44–e44. 25 indexed citations
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Wu, Pei-Hsuan, Yu Fu, Katharine Cecchini, et al.. (2020). The evolutionarily conserved piRNA-producing locus pi6 is required for male mouse fertility. Nature Genetics. 52(7). 728–739. 93 indexed citations
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Parhad, Swapnil S., Tianxiong Yu, Gen Zhang, et al.. (2020). Adaptive Evolution Targets a piRNA Precursor Transcription Network. Cell Reports. 30(8). 2672–2685.e5. 20 indexed citations
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Smith, Jordan L., Tomás Rodríguez, Haiwei Mou, et al.. (2020). YAP1 Withdrawal in Hepatoblastoma Drives Therapeutic Differentiation of Tumor Cells to Functional Hepatocyte‐Like Cells. Hepatology. 73(3). 1011–1027. 15 indexed citations
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Özata, Deniz M., Tianxiong Yu, Haiwei Mou, et al.. (2019). Evolutionarily conserved pachytene piRNA loci are highly divergent among modern humans. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(1). 156–168. 68 indexed citations
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Yu, Tianxiong, Birgit S. Koppetsch, Stephen D. Johnston, et al.. (2019). The piRNA Response to Retroviral Invasion of the Koala Genome. Cell. 179(3). 632–643.e12. 65 indexed citations
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Zhang, Gen, Shikui Tu, Tianxiong Yu, et al.. (2018). Co-dependent Assembly of Drosophila piRNA Precursor Complexes and piRNA Cluster Heterochromatin. Cell Reports. 24(13). 3413–3422.e4. 23 indexed citations
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Dawood, Shaheenah, et al.. (2009). Survival among women with triple receptor-negative breast cancer and brain metastases.. Cancer Research. 69(2_Supplement). 6077–6077. 7 indexed citations

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