Weining Yang

8.0k citations

53 papers · 5.8k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 25

Impact in

Cancer Research top 0.2%
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
Molecular Biology top 1%
- Circular RNAs in diseases
- RNA Research and Splicing
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Extracellular vesicles in disease

Papers in ⓘ

Molecular Biology 33
- Circular RNAs in diseases 17
- RNA Research and Splicing 7
- RNA modifications and cancer 3
Cancer Research 22
- MicroRNA in disease regulation 17
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 11

Co-authors: Burton B. Yang (26 shared papers)William W. Du (20 shared papers)Faryal Mehwish Awan (9 shared papers)Zhenguo Yang (3 shared papers)Zhenguo Yang (5 shared papers)Preet Dhaliwal (1 shared paper)Elizabeth Liu (1 shared paper)Albert Yee (10 shared papers)
Journals: Molecular Therapy (4 papers)Cell Death and Differentiation (4 papers)Theranostics (2 papers)International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (2 papers)Oncotarget (2 papers)
Partner nations: Canada China United States

In The Last Decade

Weining Yang

53 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Identifying and Characterizing circRNA-Protein Interaction 2017 · 489 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Theranostics
2016 European Heart Journal
2016 Cell Death and Differentiation
2016 Nucleic Acids Research

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1	Foxo3 circular RNA retards cell cycle progression via forming ternary complexes with p21 and CDK2 Nucleic Acids Research ·William W. Du, Weining Yang, Elizabeth Liu, Zhenguo Yang, Preet Dhaliwal, Burton B. Yang Hit paper breakdown →	2016	1321
2	Foxo3 circular RNA promotes cardiac senescence by modulating multiple factors associated with stress and senescence responses European Heart Journal ·William W. Du, Weining Yang, Yu Chen, Zhongkai Wu, F. Stuart Foster, Zhenguo Yang, Xiangmin Li, Burton B. Yang Hit paper breakdown →	2016	609
3	Induction of tumor apoptosis through a circular RNA enhancing Foxo3 activity Cell Death and Differentiation ·William W. Du, Ling Fang, Weining Yang, Nan Wu, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Zhenguo Yang, Burton B. Yang Hit paper breakdown →	2016	575
4	Identifying and Characterizing circRNA-Protein Interaction Theranostics ·William W. Du, Chao Zhang, Weining Yang, Tianqiao Yong, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Burton B. Yang Hit paper breakdown →	2017	489
5	A Circular RNA Binds To and Activates AKT Phosphorylation and Nuclear Localization Reducing Apoptosis and Enhancing Cardiac Repair Theranostics ·Yan Zeng, William W. Du, Yingya Wu, Zhenguo Yang, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Xiangmin Li, Weining Yang, Chao Zhang, Qi Yang, Albert Yee, Yú Chen, Fenghua Yang, Huan Sun, Ren Huang, Ren‐Ke Li, Zhongkai Wu, Peter H. Backx, Burton B. Yang	2017	327
6	Foxo3 activity promoted by non-coding effects of circular RNA and Foxo3 pseudogene in the inhibition of tumor growth and angiogenesis Oncogene ·Weining Yang, William W. Du, Xiaolei Li, Albert Yee, Burton B. Yang	2015	280
7	A circular RNA promotes tumorigenesis by inducing c-myc nuclear translocation Cell Death and Differentiation ·Qi Yang, William W. Du, Nan Wu, Weining Yang, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Ling Fang, Jian Ma, Xiangmin Li, Yan Zeng, Zhenguo Yang, Jun Dong, Azam Khorshidi, Burton B. Yang	2017	270
8	The Circular RNA Interacts with STAT3, Increasing Its Nuclear Translocation and Wound Repair by Modulating Dnmt3a and miR-17 Function Molecular Therapy ·Zhenguo Yang, Faryal Mehwish Awan, William W. Du, Yan Zeng, Juanjuan Lyu, De Wu, Shaan Gupta, Weining Yang, Burton B. Yang	2017	212
9	Structural and Functional Aspects of the Multiplicity of Neu Differentiation Factors Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Duanzhi Wen, Sidney V. Suggs, Devarajan Karunagaran, Naili Liu, Rod Cupples, Yi Luo, Ann M. Janssen, Noa Ben-Baruch, David Trollinger, Victoria L. Jacobsen, Shi‐Yuan Meng, Hsieng S. Lu, Sylvia Hu, David Chang, Weining Yang, Donna Yanigahara, Raymond A. Koski, Yosef Yarden	1994	202
10	MiR-93 enhances angiogenesis and metastasis by targeting LATS2 Cell Cycle ·Ling Fang, William W. Du, Weining Yang, Zina Jeyapalan Rutnam, Chun Peng, Haoran Li, Yunxia O’Malley, Ryan W. Askeland, Sonia L. Sugg, Mingyao Liu, Tanvi Mehta, Zhaoqun Deng, Burton B. Yang	2012	163
11	MicroRNA miR-98 inhibits tumor angiogenesis and invasion by targeting activin receptor-like kinase-4 and matrix metalloproteinase-11 Oncotarget ·Vinayakumar Siragam, Zina Jeyapalan Rutnam, Weining Yang, Ling Fang, Linlin Luo, Xiangling Yang, M Li, Zhaoqun Deng, Jun Qian, Chun Peng, Burton B. Yang	2012	115
12	Versican 3′‐untranslated region (3′‐UTR) functions as a ceRNA in inducing the development of hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating miRNA activity The FASEB Journal ·Ling Fang, William W. Du, Xiangling Yang, Kui Chen, Anand Ghanekar, Gary Levy, Weining Yang, Albert Yee, Wei‐Yang Lu, Jim W. Xuan, Zhongli Gao, Feng Xie, Chengyan He, Zhaoqun Deng, Burton B. Yang	2012	114
13	Enhanced breast cancer progression by mutant p53 is inhibited by the circular RNA circ-Ccnb1 Cell Death and Differentiation ·Ling Fang, William W. Du, Juanjuan Lyu, Jun Dong, Chao Zhang, Weining Yang, Alina T. He, Yat Sze Sheila Kwok, Jian Ma, Nan Wu, Feiya Li, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Chengyan He, Bing Yang, Chun Peng, Helen Mackay, Albert Yee, Burton B. Yang	2018	110
14	The pseudogene TUSC2P promotes TUSC2 function by binding multiple microRNAs Nature Communications ·Zina Jeyapalan Rutnam, William W. Du, Weining Yang, Xiangling Yang, Burton B. Yang	2014	88
15	Ergosterol Peroxide Isolated from Ganoderma lucidum Abolishes MicroRNA miR-378-Mediated Tumor Cells on Chemoresistance PLoS ONE ·Qingping Wu, Yizhen Xie, Zhaoqun Deng, Xiangmin Li, Weining Yang, Chunwei Jiao, Ling Fang, Sen-Zhu Li, Honghui Pan, Albert Yee, Daniel Y. Lee, Chong Li, Zhi Zhang, Guo Jun Liu, Burton B. Yang	2012	81
16	The Circular RNA circSKA3 Binds Integrin β1 to Induce Invadopodium Formation Enhancing Breast Cancer Invasion Molecular Therapy ·William W. Du, Weining Yang, Xiangmin Li, Ling Fang, Nan Wu, Feiya Li, Yú Chen, Qihan He, Elizabeth Liu, Zhenguo Yang, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Mingyao Liu, Burton B. Yang	2020	79
17	Roles of versican in cancer biology--tumorigenesis, progression and metastasis. PubMed ·William W. Du, Weining Yang, Albert Yee	2013	70
18	Cyclin G2 inhibits epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by disrupting Wnt/β-catenin signaling Oncogene ·Stefanie Bernaudo, Mohamed A. Salem, Xin Qi, Weijie Zhou, Chen‐chen Zhang, Weining Yang, David Rosman, Zhaoqun Deng, G. Ye, Burton B. Yang, Barbara C. Vanderhyden, Zhenguo Wu, Chun Peng	2016	59
19	The roles of microRNAs in tumorigenesis and angiogenesis. PubMed ·Weining Yang, Daniel Y Lee, Yaacov Ben‐David	2011	58
20	A Neuroligin Isoform Translated by circNlgn Contributes to Cardiac Remodeling Circulation Research ·William W. Du, Jindong Xu, Weining Yang, Nan Wu, Feiya Li, Le Zhou, Sheng Wang, Xiangmin Li, Alina T. He, Kevin Y. Du, Kaixuan Zeng, Jian Ma, Juanjuan Lyu, Chao Zhang, Chi Zhou, Katarina Maksimovic, Burton B. Yang	2021	57

About Weining Yang

Weining Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Immunology and Cell Biology, having authored 53 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Circular RNAs in diseases (17 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (17 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers), Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research (4 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers), Complement system in diseases (3 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (4.3k citations), Molecular Biology (5.1k citations), Aging (30 citations), Immunology and Allergy (74 citations) and Immunology (228 citations). Weining Yang has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Therapy, Cell Death and Differentiation, Theranostics, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology and Oncotarget.

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