Weining Yang

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
53 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Weining Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weining Yang has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cancer Research and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Weining Yang's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (17 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (17 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers). Weining Yang is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (17 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (17 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers). Weining Yang collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Weining Yang's co-authors include Burton B. Yang, William W. Du, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Zhenguo Yang, Zhenguo Yang, Preet Dhaliwal, Elizabeth Liu, Albert Yee, Xiangmin Li and Nan Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Weining Yang

53 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Foxo3 circular RNA retards cell cycle progression via forming ternary complexes with p21 and CDK2

2016 1.3k citations William W. Du, Weining Yang et al. profile →
Foxo3 circular RNA promotes cardiac senescence by modulating multiple factors associated with stress and senescence responses

2016 609 citations William W. Du, Weining Yang et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Induction of tumor apoptosis through a circular RNA enhancing Foxo3 activity

2016 575 citations William W. Du, Ling Fang et al. Cell Death and Differentiation profile →
Identifying and Characterizing circRNA-Protein Interaction

2017 489 citations William W. Du, Chao Zhang et al. Theranostics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weining Yang Canada	25	5.1k	4.3k	272	228	161	53	5.8k
Yunhui Liu China	41	3.5k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	305 1.1×	217 1.0×	114 0.7×	130	4.9k
William W. Du Canada	38	6.3k 1.2×	5.4k 1.3×	248 0.9×	258 1.1×	258 1.6×	72	7.2k
Silvia Anna Ciafrè Italy	26	3.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	297 1.1×	285 1.3×	119 0.7×	59	4.1k
Je‐Hyun Yoon United States	31	3.9k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	129 0.5×	261 1.1×	135 0.8×	81	4.6k
Brandi N. Davis‐Dusenbery United States	26	3.3k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	200 0.7×	238 1.0×	234 1.5×	45	4.3k
Jia Yu China	36	3.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	359 1.3×	319 1.4×	190 1.2×	103	4.7k
Jianhua Yang China	6	4.1k 0.8×	3.7k 0.8×	168 0.6×	207 0.9×	149 0.9×	8	4.8k
Yu Liang China	16	3.5k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	342 1.3×	227 1.0×	129 0.8×	29	4.3k
Jan Krützfeldt Switzerland	20	5.3k 1.0×	4.6k 1.1×	205 0.8×	336 1.5×	778 4.8×	34	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weining Yang

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Du, William W., Weining Yang, Xiangmin Li, et al.. (2024). The Circular RNA circSKA3 Binds Integrin β1 to Induce Invadopodium Formation Enhancing Breast Cancer Invasion. Molecular Therapy. 33(1). 416–416. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Nan, Feiya Li, Weining Yang, et al.. (2022). Silencing mouse circular RNA circSlc8a1 by circular antisense cA-circSlc8a1 induces cardiac hepatopathy. Molecular Therapy. 31(6). 1688–1704. 19 indexed citations

Li, Lisen, Yubang Shen, Xiaoyan Xu, Weining Yang, & Jiale Li. (2021). Tracing and exploring the evolutionary origin and systematic function of fish complement C9. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 296(3). 665–676. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Weining, Daniel Milad, Nikolaus E. Wolter, Evan J. Propst, & Yvonne Chan. (2020). Systematic review of rigid and flexible esophagoscopy for pediatric esophageal foreign bodies. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 139. 110397–110397. 7 indexed citations

Li, Lisen, Yubang Shen, Xiaoyan Xu, Weining Yang, & Jiale Li. (2020). Fish complement C4 gene evolution and gene/protein regulatory network analyses and simulated stereo conformation of C4–MASP–2 protein complex. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 107(Pt A). 54–63. 6 indexed citations

Du, William W., Weining Yang, Xiangmin Li, et al.. (2020). The Circular RNA circSKA3 Binds Integrin β1 to Induce Invadopodium Formation Enhancing Breast Cancer Invasion. Molecular Therapy. 28(5). 1287–1298. 79 indexed citations

Fang, Ling, William W. Du, Juanjuan Lyu, et al.. (2018). Enhanced breast cancer progression by mutant p53 is inhibited by the circular RNA circ-Ccnb1. Cell Death and Differentiation. 25(12). 2195–2208. 110 indexed citations

Zeng, Yan, William W. Du, Yingya Wu, et al.. (2017). A Circular RNA Binds To and Activates AKT Phosphorylation and Nuclear Localization Reducing Apoptosis and Enhancing Cardiac Repair. Theranostics. 7(16). 3842–3855. 327 indexed citations

Yang, Zhenguo, Faryal Mehwish Awan, William W. Du, et al.. (2017). The Circular RNA Interacts with STAT3, Increasing Its Nuclear Translocation and Wound Repair by Modulating Dnmt3a and miR-17 Function. Molecular Therapy. 25(9). 2062–2074. 212 indexed citations

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Li, Wende, Yujiao Liu, Weining Yang, et al.. (2017). MicroRNA-378 enhances radiation response in ectopic and orthotopic implantation models of glioblastoma. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 136(1). 63–71. 22 indexed citations

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Du, William W., Chao Zhang, Weining Yang, et al.. (2017). Identifying and Characterizing circRNA-Protein Interaction. Theranostics. 7(17). 4183–4191. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

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Du, William W., Weining Yang, Yu Chen, et al.. (2016). Foxo3 circular RNA promotes cardiac senescence by modulating multiple factors associated with stress and senescence responses. European Heart Journal. 38(18). ehw001–ehw001. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Du, William W., Ling Fang, Weining Yang, et al.. (2016). Induction of tumor apoptosis through a circular RNA enhancing Foxo3 activity. Cell Death and Differentiation. 24(2). 357–370. 575 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bernaudo, Stefanie, Mohamed A. Salem, Xin Qi, et al.. (2016). Cyclin G2 inhibits epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by disrupting Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Oncogene. 35(36). 4816–4827. 59 indexed citations

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Du, William W., et al.. (2014). miR-17 extends mouse lifespan by inhibiting senescence signaling mediated by MKP7. Cell Death and Disease. 5(7). e1355–e1355. 51 indexed citations

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Wu, Qingping, Yizhen Xie, Zhaoqun Deng, et al.. (2012). Ergosterol Peroxide Isolated from Ganoderma lucidum Abolishes MicroRNA miR-378-Mediated Tumor Cells on Chemoresistance. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e44579–e44579. 81 indexed citations

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Fang, Ling, William W. Du, Weining Yang, et al.. (2012). MiR-93 enhances angiogenesis and metastasis by targeting LATS2. Cell Cycle. 11(23). 4352–4365. 163 indexed citations

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Fang, Ling, Shireen Kahai, Weining Yang, et al.. (2010). Transforming growth factor‐β inhibits nephronectin‐induced osteoblast differentiation. FEBS Letters. 584(13). 2877–2882. 17 indexed citations

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Wen, Duanzhi, Sidney V. Suggs, Devarajan Karunagaran, et al.. (1994). Structural and Functional Aspects of the Multiplicity of Neu Differentiation Factors. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 14(3). 1909–1919. 202 indexed citations

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Yang, Weining & Xiang Zhou. (1988). rRNA genes are located far away from the D-loop region in Peking duck mitochondrial DNA. Current Genetics. 13(4). 351–355. 3 indexed citations

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