Tom H. Cheung

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Tom H. Cheung is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom H. Cheung has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Tom H. Cheung's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (24 papers), Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Tom H. Cheung is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (24 papers), Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (12 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Tom H. Cheung collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United States and China. Tom H. Cheung's co-authors include Thomas A. Rando, Ling Liu, Gregory W. Charville, Bryan Yoo, Christopher R.R. Bjornson, Pinky Tripathi, Nancy Y. Ip, Anne Brunet, Johnathan Shih and Tripp Leavitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Tom H. Cheung

53 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Molecular regulation of stem cell quiescence

2013 810 citations Tom H. Cheung, Thomas A. Rando Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
Glycocalyx dysregulation impairs blood–brain barrier in ageing and disease

2025 28 citations Tom H. Cheung et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom H. Cheung Hong Kong	27	3.4k	974	727	575	563	53	4.5k
Shenghui He United States	14	2.4k 0.7×	973 1.0×	370 0.5×	361 0.6×	504 0.9×	20	4.1k
Simona Parrinello United Kingdom	26	2.7k 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	452 0.6×	465 0.8×	744 1.3×	38	5.9k
Alison C. Lloyd United Kingdom	30	2.7k 0.8×	648 0.7×	625 0.9×	492 0.9×	381 0.7×	52	5.9k
Lynn A. Megeney Canada	33	3.6k 1.1×	684 0.7×	594 0.8×	389 0.7×	246 0.4×	66	4.4k
Manisha Sinha India	15	2.1k 0.6×	575 0.6×	492 0.7×	204 0.4×	411 0.7×	41	3.3k
Hitoshi Niwa Japan	24	5.9k 1.7×	491 0.5×	736 1.0×	298 0.5×	394 0.7×	36	7.3k
José M. Polo Australia	41	6.2k 1.9×	773 0.8×	717 1.0×	544 0.9×	605 1.1×	110	8.6k
Jay W. Schneider United States	29	4.4k 1.3×	403 0.4×	471 0.6×	324 0.6×	502 0.9×	52	5.7k
April D. Pyle United States	30	3.6k 1.1×	367 0.4×	590 0.8×	342 0.6×	238 0.4×	62	4.5k
Manching Ku United States	25	7.8k 2.3×	493 0.5×	633 0.9×	320 0.6×	704 1.3×	33	8.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom H. Cheung

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He, Gary J., et al.. (2024). Muscle stem cell niche dynamics during muscle homeostasis and regeneration. Current topics in developmental biology. 158. 151–177. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Qing, Yujie Chen, Guangdun Peng, et al.. (2022). Activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling by Zeb1 in endothelial progenitors induces vascular quiescence entry. Cell Reports. 41(8). 111694–111694. 10 indexed citations

Cheung, Tom H., et al.. (2021). Deciphering the chromatin organization and dynamics for muscle stem cell function. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 73. 124–132. 7 indexed citations

So, Wai‐Kin, et al.. (2020). A long noncoding RNA, LncMyoD , modulates chromatin accessibility to regulate muscle stem cell myogenic lineage progression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(51). 32464–32475. 32 indexed citations

Lau, Shun‐Fat, Congping Chen, Wing‐Yu Fu, et al.. (2020). IL-33-PU.1 Transcriptome Reprogramming Drives Functional State Transition and Clearance Activity of Microglia in Alzheimer’s Disease. Cell Reports. 31(3). 107530–107530. 80 indexed citations

Wan, Raymond, et al.. (2020). Dek Modulates Global Intron Retention during Muscle Stem Cells Quiescence Exit. Developmental Cell. 53(6). 661–676.e6. 68 indexed citations

Liu, Ling, Gregory W. Charville, Tom H. Cheung, et al.. (2018). Impaired Notch Signaling Leads to a Decrease in p53 Activity and Mitotic Catastrophe in Aged Muscle Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 23(4). 544–556.e4. 113 indexed citations

Kong, Cihang, Xiaoming Wei, Tom H. Cheung, et al.. (2017). Compact fs ytterbium fiber laser at 1010 nm for biomedical applications. Biomedical Optics Express. 8(11). 4921–4921. 27 indexed citations

So, Wai‐Kin & Tom H. Cheung. (2017). Molecular Regulation of Cellular Quiescence: A Perspective from Adult Stem Cells and Its Niches. Methods in molecular biology. 1686. 1–25. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Gang, Yarui Diao, Xinrong Fu, et al.. (2017). A Molecular Switch Regulating Cell Fate Choice between Muscle Progenitor Cells and Brown Adipocytes. Developmental Cell. 41(4). 382–391.e5. 48 indexed citations

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Fu, Amy K.Y., Xiaopu Zhou, D.S.Y. Mak, et al.. (2016). IL-33 ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology and cognitive decline. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(19). E2705–13. 294 indexed citations

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Mueller, Alisa A., et al.. (2016). Intronic polyadenylation of PDGFRα in resident stem cells attenuates muscle fibrosis. Nature. 540(7632). 276–279. 102 indexed citations

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Charville, Gregory W., Tom H. Cheung, Bryan Yoo, et al.. (2015). Ex Vivo Expansion and In Vivo Self-Renewal of Human Muscle Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 5(4). 621–632. 156 indexed citations

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Liu, Ling, Tom H. Cheung, Gregory W. Charville, & Thomas A. Rando. (2015). Isolation of skeletal muscle stem cells by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Nature Protocols. 10(10). 1612–1624. 267 indexed citations

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Cheung, Tom H. & Thomas A. Rando. (2013). Molecular regulation of stem cell quiescence. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 14(6). 329–340. 810 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Ling, Tom H. Cheung, Gregory W. Charville, et al.. (2013). Chromatin Modifications as Determinants of Muscle Stem Cell Quiescence and Chronological Aging. Cell Reports. 4(1). 189–204. 392 indexed citations

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Boutet, Stéphane C., Tom H. Cheung, Ling Liu, et al.. (2012). Alternative Polyadenylation Mediates MicroRNA Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Function. Cell stem cell. 10(3). 327–336. 124 indexed citations

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Cheung, Tom H., Gregory W. Charville, Ling Liu, et al.. (2012). Maintenance of muscle stem-cell quiescence by microRNA-489. Nature. 482(7386). 524–528. 379 indexed citations

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Cheung, Tom H., et al.. (2006). Unraveling transcriptional control and cis-regulatory codes using the software suite GeneACT. Genome biology. 7(10). R97–R97. 12 indexed citations

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Macdonald, Mara, Yong Wan, Wei Wang, et al.. (2004). Control of cell cycle-dependent degradation of c-Ski proto-oncoprotein by Cdc34. Oncogene. 23(33). 5643–5653. 23 indexed citations

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