Wu-Yen Hung

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Wu-Yen Hung is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Wu-Yen Hung has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Neurology and 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Wu-Yen Hung's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (9 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (7 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (4 papers). Wu-Yen Hung is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (9 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (7 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (4 papers). Wu-Yen Hung collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and China. Wu-Yen Hung's co-authors include Teepu Siddique, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Han‐Xiang Deng, Larry H. Yamaoka, Richard J. Bartlett, P. C. Gaskell, A.P. Walker, K. A. Welsh, Chad Haynes and Mark J. Alberts and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Wu-Yen Hung

34 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Linkage studies in familial Alzheimer disease: evidence for chromosome 19 linkage.

1991 597 citations Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, P. C. Gaskell et al. profile →
The gene encoding alsin, a protein with three guanine-nucleotide exchange factor domains, is mutated in a form of recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2001 548 citations Yi Yang, Afif Hentati et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wu-Yen Hung United States	20	1.5k	1.1k	785	697	682	35	3.0k
Agnès Camuzat France	29	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	351 0.4×	708 1.0×	955 1.4×	47	2.9k
Marijke Joosse Netherlands	14	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	334 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.8×	16	3.9k
Travis L. Unger United States	21	1000 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	591 0.8×	531 0.8×	641 0.9×	29	3.4k
Diane McKenna‐Yasek United States	25	1.9k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	580 0.8×	386 0.6×	35	3.0k
Toshitaka Kawarai Canada	30	948 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	380 0.5×	1.0k 1.5×	1.4k 2.0×	75	3.2k
Christine Sato Canada	28	1.0k 0.7×	936 0.8×	304 0.4×	417 0.6×	943 1.4×	66	2.3k
Karen Jansen‐West United States	25	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	877 1.1×	541 0.8×	857 1.3×	37	3.1k
Alan E. Renton United States	20	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	735 0.9×	370 0.5×	509 0.7×	43	2.6k
Frédérique René France	28	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	711 1.0×	418 0.6×	59	2.9k
Albert A. Davis United States	24	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	624 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	690 1.0×	42	3.0k

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Ajroud‐Driss, Senda, Mohammad Saeed, Humaira Majeed Khan, et al.. (2007). Riluzole metabolism and CYP1A1/2 polymorphisms in patients with ALS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 8(5). 305–309. 13 indexed citations

Amouri, Rim, Ilhem Turki, Karim Ouahchi, et al.. (2003). Phenotypic Features and Genetic Findings in Sacsin-Related Autosomal Recessive Ataxia in Tunisia. Archives of Neurology. 60(7). 982–982. 75 indexed citations

Yang, Yi, Afif Hentati, Han‐Xiang Deng, et al.. (2001). The gene encoding alsin, a protein with three guanine-nucleotide exchange factor domains, is mutated in a form of recessive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nature Genetics. 29(2). 160–165. 548 indexed citations breakdown →

Hung, Wu-Yen, et al.. (2000). Increased reactive oxygen species in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with mutations in SOD1. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 176(2). 88–94. 67 indexed citations

Li, Xu, et al.. (1997). Assignment of mitotic arrest deficient protein 2 (MAD2L1) to human chromosome band 5q23.3 by in situ hybridization. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 78(1). 63–64. 22 indexed citations

Li, Xu, et al.. (1997). Assignment of SATB1 to human chromosome band 3p23 by in situ hybridization. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 77(3-4). 205–206. 6 indexed citations

Ahmed, Mohamed, Salahuddin Afsar, Afif Hentati, et al.. (1997). A Novel Mutation in the Sterol 27-hydroxylase Gene of a Pakistani Family with Autosomal Recessive Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis. Neurology. 48(1). 258–260. 12 indexed citations

Shibata, Noriyuki, Asao Hirano, Teepu Siddique, et al.. (1996). Intense Superoxide Dismutase-1 Immunoreactivity in Intracytoplasmic Hyaline Inclusions of Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with Posterior Column Involvement. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 55(4). 481–490. 235 indexed citations

Tsigos, C., Keiko Arai, Wu-Yen Hung, & George P. Chrousos. (1993). Hereditary isolated glucocorticoid deficiency is associated with abnormalities of the adrenocorticotropin receptor gene.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 92(5). 2458–2461. 135 indexed citations

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Secore, Susan, A.P. Walker, Michael H. Herbstreith, et al.. (1991). A Stul polymorphism on chromosome 3p14.1 -14.2 (D3S622) defined by two polymorphic Stul sites 2.4 kb apart. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(22). 6349–6349. 1 indexed citations

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Kandt, R.S., Jeffery M. Vance, Wu-Yen Hung, et al.. (1991). Linkage Studies in Tuberous Sclerosis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 615(1). 284–297. 17 indexed citations

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Small, Kent W., James L. Weber, Wu-Yen Hung, et al.. (1991). North Carolina macular dystrophy: Exclusion map using RFLPs and microsatellites. Genomics. 11(3). 763–766. 11 indexed citations

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Vance, Jeffery M., David Barker, Larry H. Yamaoka, et al.. (1991). Localization of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1a (CMT1A) to chromosome 17p11.2. Genomics. 9(4). 623–628. 57 indexed citations

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Samson, Françoise, et al.. (1990). Isolation and localization of a slow troponin (TnT) gene on chromosome 19 by subtraction hybridization of a cDNA muscle library using myotonic dystrophy muscle cDNA. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 27(4). 441–451. 12 indexed citations

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Vance, Jeffery M., Jeffrey M. Stajich, Larry H. Yamaoka, et al.. (1990). Confirmation of linkage in von Hippel-Lindau disease. Genomics. 6(3). 565–567. 24 indexed citations

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Siddique, Teepu, Kenneth L. Phillips, Heinrich Betz, et al.. (1989). RFLPs of the gene for the human glycine receptor on the X-chromosome. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(4). 1785–1785. 7 indexed citations

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Kandt, R.S., Jeffery M. Vance, Wu-Yen Hung, et al.. (1989). Absence of linkage of ABO blood group locus to familial tuberous sclerosis. Experimental Neurology. 104(3). 223–228. 19 indexed citations

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Siddique, Teepu, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Benjamin Rix Brooks, et al.. (1989). Linkage analysis in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology. 39(7). 919–919. 43 indexed citations

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Gilchrist, James M., Jeffery M. Vance, Larry H. Yamaoka, et al.. (1987). Linkage analysis in autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy. 46. 620. 14 indexed citations

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Pericak‐Vance, M. A., Larry H. Yamaoka, Jeffery M. Vance, et al.. (1987). Genetic linkage studies of chromosome 17 RFLPs in von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis (NF1). Genomics. 1(4). 349–352. 11 indexed citations

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