William W. Du

9.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
72 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

William W. Du is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William W. Du has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Cancer Research and 11 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in William W. Du's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (32 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (31 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (16 papers). William W. Du is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (32 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (31 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (16 papers). William W. Du collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. William W. Du's co-authors include Burton B. Yang, Weining Yang, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Zhenguo Yang, Zhenguo Yang, Preet Dhaliwal, Elizabeth Liu, Ling Fang, Nan Wu and Albert Yee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William W. Du

70 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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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.

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 →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Acute caffeine ingestion improves sport-specific and cognitive performance in elite badminton athletes 2025 ·Frontiers in Nutrition ·Liang Feng, William W. Du, Xiaoting Wang, Hui Cao, Zhe Ji, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Mechanical Loading of Osteocytes via Oscillatory Fluid Flow Regulates Early‐Stage PC‐3 Prostate Cancer Metastasis to Bone 2025 ·Advanced Biology ·(unknown), Chun‐Yu Lin, (unknown), (unknown), William W. Du, Burton B. Yang, Yu Sun, Lidan You	1
3	A Novel Protein NAB1‐356 Encoded by circRNA circNAB1 Mitigates Atrial Fibrillation by Reducing Inflammation and Fibrosis 2025 ·Advanced Science ·William W. Du, Muhammad Rafiq, Hui Yuan, Xiangmin Li, Sheng Wang, Jun Wu, (unknown), Ren‐Ke Li, (unknown), Burton B. Yang	3
4	The Circular RNA circSKA3 Binds Integrin β1 to Induce Invadopodium Formation Enhancing Breast Cancer Invasion 2024 ·Molecular Therapy ·William W. Du, Weining Yang, Xiangmin Li, Ling Fang, Nan Wu, Feiya Li, Yú Chen, Qihan He, (unknown), Zhenguo Yang, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Mingyao Liu, Burton B. Yang	2
5	Variability between Different Hand-Held Dynamometers for Measuring Muscle Strength 2024 ·Sensors ·William W. Du, Kayla Cornett, (unknown), Joshua Burns, Marnee J. McKay	7
6	Anti-microRNA-378a Enhances Wound Healing Process by Upregulating Integrin Beta-3 and Vimentin 2024 ·Molecular Therapy ·Haoran Li, Leslie Chang, William W. Du, Shaan Gupta, (unknown), Michael V. Sefton, Burton B. Yang	0
7	YAP Circular RNA, circYap, Attenuates Cardiac Fibrosis via Binding with Tropomyosin-4 and Gamma-Actin Decreasing Actin Polymerization 2020 ·Molecular Therapy ·Nan Wu, Jindong Xu, William W. Du, Xiangmin Li, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Feiya Li, Sema Mısır, (unknown), Juanjuan Lyu, Le Zhou, Kaixuan Zeng, (unknown), Sheng Wang, Burton B. Yang	78
8	Enhanced breast cancer progression by mutant p53 is inhibited by the circular RNA circ-Ccnb1 2018 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·Ling Fang, William W. Du, Juanjuan Lyu, Jun Dong, Chao Zhang, Weining Yang, Alina T. He, (unknown), Jian Ma, Nan Wu, Feiya Li, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Chengyan He, Bing Yang, Chun Peng, Helen Mackay, Albert Yee, Burton B. Yang	110
9	Curcumin represses mouse 3T3-L1 cell adipogenic differentiation via inhibiting miR-17-5p and stimulating the Wnt signalling pathway effector Tcf7l2 2017 ·Cell Death and Disease ·Lili Tian, Zhuolun Song, Weijuan Shao, William W. Du, (unknown), Kejing Zeng, Burton B. Yang, Tianru Jin	79
10	A Circular RNA Binds To and Activates AKT Phosphorylation and Nuclear Localization Reducing Apoptosis and Enhancing Cardiac Repair 2017 ·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	327
11	Foxo3 circular RNA promotes cardiac senescence by modulating multiple factors associated with stress and senescence responses breakdown → 2016 ·European Heart Journal ·William W. Du, Weining Yang, Yu Chen, Zhongkai Wu, F. Stuart Foster, Zhenguo Yang, Xiangmin Li, Burton B. Yang	609
12	Pathologic Complete Response Is an Independent Predictor of Improved Survival Following Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma 2016 ·Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery ·(unknown), William W. Du, Emmanuel Gabriel, (unknown), Kristopher Attwood, Hector Nava, Usha Malhotra, Steven N. Hochwald, Moshim Kukar	39
13	Induction of tumor apoptosis through a circular RNA enhancing Foxo3 activity breakdown → 2016 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·William W. Du, Ling Fang, Weining Yang, Nan Wu, Faryal Mehwish Awan, Zhenguo Yang, Burton B. Yang	575
14	miR-17 extends mouse lifespan by inhibiting senescence signaling mediated by MKP7 2014 ·Cell Death and Disease ·William W. Du, Weining Yang, Ling Fang, Jim W. Xuan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Burton B. Yang	51
15	Anti-microRNA-378a Enhances Wound Healing Process by Upregulating Integrin Beta-3 and Vimentin 2014 ·Molecular Therapy ·Haoran Li, Leslie Chang, William W. Du, Shaan Gupta, (unknown), Michael V. Sefton, Burton B. Yang	45
16	The Role of Versican in Modulating Breast Cancer Cell Self-renewal 2013 ·Molecular Cancer Research ·William W. Du, Ling Fang, Xiangling Yang, Sheng Wang, Bing Yang, Arun Seth, Yaou Zhang, Burton B. Yang, Albert Yee	46
17	Tumor-derived macrophage migration inhibitory factor promotes an autocrine loop that enhances renal cell carcinoma 2012 ·Oncogene ·William W. Du, (unknown), (unknown), James H. Finke, Brian I. Rini, Ming Zhou, Hua He, Priti Lal, Scott M. Welford	31
18	Expression of Versican 3′-Untranslated Region Modulates Endogenous MicroRNA Functions 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Daniel Y. Lee, Zina Jeyapalan, Ling Fang, Jennifer Yang, Yaou Zhang, (unknown), Minhui Li, William W. Du, Tatiana Shatseva, Burton B. Yang	126
19	MicroRNA miR-93 promotes tumor growth and angiogenesis by targeting integrin-β8 2010 ·Oncogene ·Ling Fang, Zhaoqun Deng, Tatiana Shatseva, Jennifer Yang, Chun Peng, William W. Du, Albert Yee, Lee Cyn Ang, Congfen He, Sze Wan Shan, Burton B. Yang	262
20	A 3′-Untranslated Region (3′UTR) Induces Organ Adhesion by Regulating miR-199a* Functions 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·Daniel Y. Lee, Tatiana Shatseva, Zina Jeyapalan, William W. Du, Zhaoqun Deng, Burton B. Yang	92

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