Weng Chuan Peng

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 967 citations indexed

About

Weng Chuan Peng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hepatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Weng Chuan Peng has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 967 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Hepatology and 3 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Weng Chuan Peng's work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (4 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (3 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (3 papers). Weng Chuan Peng is often cited by papers focused on Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (4 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (3 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (3 papers). Weng Chuan Peng collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Singapore and Germany. Weng Chuan Peng's co-authors include Wim de Lau, Piet Gros, Hans Clevers, Roel Nusse, Matt Fish, Yinhua Jin, Peng Wu, Teni Anbarchian, Bin Li and Markus Grompe and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Weng Chuan Peng

11 papers receiving 954 citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

The R-spondin/Lgr5/Rnf43 module: regulator of Wnt signal strength

2014 489 citations Wim de Lau, Weng Chuan Peng et al. Genes & Development profile →
Inflammatory Cytokine TNFα Promotes the Long-Term Expansion of Primary Hepatocytes in 3D Culture

2018 239 citations Weng Chuan Peng, Catriona Y. Logan et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weng Chuan Peng Netherlands	9	605	280	200	196	124	13	967
Shundi Ge United States	16	607 1.0×	218 0.8×	249 1.2×	371 1.9×	172 1.4×	26	1.3k
И. В. Холоденко Russia	18	467 0.8×	226 0.8×	121 0.6×	137 0.7×	34 0.3×	51	945
Foad J. Rouhani United Kingdom	10	746 1.2×	72 0.3×	106 0.5×	197 1.0×	153 1.2×	14	994
Yumi Torimaru United States	6	708 1.2×	160 0.6×	427 2.1×	653 3.3×	118 1.0×	7	1.4k
Emi Yoshizawa Japan	6	725 1.2×	155 0.6×	252 1.3×	374 1.9×	42 0.3×	8	1.2k
Ursula Zimber‐Strobl Switzerland	8	672 1.1×	305 1.1×	91 0.5×	214 1.1×	134 1.1×	9	1.0k
Ryohichi Sugimura Hong Kong	14	902 1.5×	254 0.9×	35 0.2×	76 0.4×	121 1.0×	48	1.4k
Iris Augustin Germany	11	526 0.9×	128 0.5×	56 0.3×	92 0.5×	62 0.5×	16	756
Naoki Tanimizu Japan	21	619 1.0×	229 0.8×	1.0k 5.0×	1.0k 5.2×	171 1.4×	54	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weng Chuan Peng

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13 of 13 papers shown

Chang, Jung‐Chin, Shu‐Hao Hsu, Suzanne Duijst, et al.. (2025). ATP8B1 Deficiency Causes Phosphodiesterase 4‐Mediated Glucagon Resistance and Impaired Gluconeogenesis in Mouse and Human Liver. Liver International. 45(9). e70306–e70306.

Jong, Olivier G. de, Saskia C.A. de Jager, Raymond M. Schiffelers, et al.. (2024). Extracellular vesicle‐mediated delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complex targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin‐kexin type 9 (Pcsk9) in primary mouse hepatocytes. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 13(1). e12389–e12389. 18 indexed citations

Verwiel, Eugène T.P., Hindrik H. D. Kerstens, Michael T. Meister, et al.. (2024). Complex structural variation is prevalent and highly pathogenic in pediatric solid tumors. Cell Genomics. 4(11). 100675–100675. 2 indexed citations

Verwiel, Eugène T.P., Lennart Kester, Jan J. Molenaar, et al.. (2023). Systematic discovery of gene fusions in pediatric cancer by integrating RNA-seq and WGS. BMC Cancer. 23(1). 618–618. 9 indexed citations

Peng, Weng Chuan, et al.. (2022). Long-Term Expansion of Murine Primary Hepatocyte Organoids. Methods in molecular biology. 2544. 1–13.

Jin, Yinhua, Teni Anbarchian, Peng Wu, et al.. (2022). Wnt signaling regulates hepatocyte cell division by a transcriptional repressor cascade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(30). e2203849119–e2203849119. 19 indexed citations

Peng, Weng Chuan, et al.. (2021). Hepatocyte organoids and cell transplantation: What the future holds. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 53(10). 1512–1528. 36 indexed citations

Peng, Weng Chuan, Catriona Y. Logan, Matt Fish, et al.. (2018). Inflammatory Cytokine TNFα Promotes the Long-Term Expansion of Primary Hepatocytes in 3D Culture. Cell. 175(6). 1607–1619.e15. 239 indexed citations breakdown →

Lau, Wim de, Weng Chuan Peng, Piet Gros, & Hans Clevers. (2014). The R-spondin/Lgr5/Rnf43 module: regulator of Wnt signal strength. Genes & Development. 28(4). 305–316. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peng, Weng Chuan, Wim de Lau, Federico Forneris, et al.. (2013). Structure of Stem Cell Growth Factor R-spondin 1 in Complex with the Ectodomain of Its Receptor LGR5. Cell Reports. 3(6). 1885–1892. 69 indexed citations

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Peng, Weng Chuan, Wim de Lau, Federico Forneris, et al.. (2013). Structures of Wnt-Antagonist ZNRF3 and Its Complex with R-Spondin 1 and Implications for Signaling. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83110–e83110. 59 indexed citations

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Peng, Weng Chuan, Xin Lin, & Jaume Torres. (2009). The strong dimerization of the transmembrane domain of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) is modulated by C‐terminal juxtamembrane residues. Protein Science. 18(2). 450–459. 20 indexed citations

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Ragunathan, Priya, Manfred Roessle, Shovanlal Gayen, et al.. (2008). Low resolution structure of subunit b (b 22–156) of Escherichia coli F1FO ATP synthase in solution and the b−δ assembly. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 40(4). 245–55. 7 indexed citations

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