Xian Cheng

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Xian Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Xian Cheng has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cancer Research and 10 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Xian Cheng's work include Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers). Xian Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (5 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers). Xian Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Fiji and Czechia. Xian Cheng's co-authors include Huixin Yu, Jiandong Bao, Shichen Xu, Rongrong Lu, Li Zhang, Haixia Guan, Yuyu Yang, Yang Sun, Yanyan Gao and Zhang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Xian Cheng

45 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xian Cheng China	23	768	243	145	142	131	48	1.3k
Shijia Wang China	22	674 0.9×	276 1.1×	92 0.6×	209 1.5×	93 0.7×	54	1.3k
Qilu Fang China	20	569 0.7×	160 0.7×	95 0.7×	146 1.0×	172 1.3×	41	1.3k
Zhangyin Ming China	19	556 0.7×	179 0.7×	190 1.3×	146 1.0×	102 0.8×	39	1.3k
Paola Avena Italy	20	490 0.6×	323 1.3×	78 0.5×	200 1.4×	77 0.6×	33	1.2k
Eswar Shankar United States	24	799 1.0×	292 1.2×	246 1.7×	190 1.3×	76 0.6×	50	1.4k
Aya Naiki‐Ito Japan	25	870 1.1×	279 1.1×	283 2.0×	245 1.7×	157 1.2×	99	1.7k
Sang Joon Lee South Korea	25	810 1.1×	270 1.1×	242 1.7×	308 2.2×	121 0.9×	84	1.9k
Achinto Saha United States	20	731 1.0×	364 1.5×	298 2.1×	273 1.9×	81 0.6×	43	1.7k
Sung Hoo Jung South Korea	24	772 1.0×	310 1.3×	141 1.0×	392 2.8×	93 0.7×	86	1.5k
Arianna De Luca Italy	18	523 0.7×	359 1.5×	66 0.5×	186 1.3×	66 0.5×	31	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xian Cheng

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cheng, Xian, Xu Han, Junyi Li, et al.. (2025). LINC01605 Suppresses Esophageal Squamous Carcinogenesis by Regulating Squamous Cell Differentiation, Proliferation, and Migration. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark. 30(9). 42805–42805.

Cheng, Xian, et al.. (2025). Genomic Instability is Widespread in Esophageal Squamous Dysplasia and Increases During the Progression to Cancer. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark. 30(10). 41107–41107.

Cheng, Xian, Ying Zhou, Shichen Xu, et al.. (2023). Risk-stratified Distant Metastatic Thyroid Cancer with Clinicopathological Factors and BRAF/TERT Promoter Mutations. Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes. 131(11). 577–582. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Li, Shichen Xu, Xian Cheng, et al.. (2023). Inflammatory tumor microenvironment of thyroid cancer promotes cellular dedifferentiation and silencing of iodide-handling genes expression. Pathology - Research and Practice. 246. 154495–154495. 7 indexed citations

Yang, Jun, De Li, Yu Pang, et al.. (2022). MicroRNA-139-5p negatively regulates NME1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 31(6). 655–670. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Liying, Shichen Xu, Xian Cheng, et al.. (2022). Capsaicin inhibits the stemness of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells by triggering autophagy‐lysosome mediated OCT4A degradation. Phytotherapy Research. 36(2). 938–950. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaowen, Shichen Xu, Li Zhang, et al.. (2021). Vitamin C induces ferroptosis in anaplastic thyroid cancer cells by ferritinophagy activation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 551. 46–53. 62 indexed citations

Cheng, Xian, Shichen Xu, Yun Zhu, et al.. (2021). Markedly elevated serum preoperative thyroglobulin predicts radioiodine‐refractory thyroid cancer. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 52(4). e13721–e13721. 6 indexed citations

Cheng, Xian, et al.. (2019). A surface-layer protein from Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM induces autophagic death in HCT116 cells requiring ROS-mediated modulation of mTOR and JNK signaling pathways. Food & Function. 10(7). 4102–4112. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Sheng, Jing Wu, Jing Wu, et al.. (2018). Loss of ARID1A expression is associated with poor prognosis in patients with gastric cancer. Human Pathology. 78. 28–35. 32 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xian, Xin Yao, Shichen Xu, et al.. (2018). Punicalagin induces senescent growth arrest in human papillary thyroid carcinoma BCPAP cells via NF-κB signaling pathway. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 103. 490–498. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Zhang, Xian Cheng, Shichen Xu, Jiandong Bao, & Huixin Yu. (2018). Curcumin induces endoplasmic reticulum stress-associated apoptosis in human papillary thyroid carcinoma BCPAP cells via disruption of intracellular calcium homeostasis. Medicine. 97(24). e11095–e11095. 70 indexed citations

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Yao, Xin, Xian Cheng, Li Zhang, et al.. (2017). Punicalagin from pomegranate promotes human papillary thyroid carcinoma BCPAP cell death by triggering ATM-mediated DNA damage response. Nutrition Research. 47. 63–71. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Li, Xian Cheng, Yanyan Gao, et al.. (2016). Curcumin inhibits metastasis in human papillary thyroid carcinoma BCPAP cells via down-regulation of the TGF-β/Smad2/3 signaling pathway. Experimental Cell Research. 341(2). 157–165. 65 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xian, et al.. (2015). [Potential ecological risks assessment of heavy metals in the reservoir sediment of the western Haihe River basin].. PubMed. 26(5). 1495–500. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Dewei, Yuyu Yang, Xian Cheng, et al.. (2015). Megakaryocytic Leukemia 1 Directs a Histone H3 Lysine 4 Methyltransferase Complex to Regulate Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension. Hypertension. 65(4). 821–833. 41 indexed citations

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Weng, Xinyu, Xian Cheng, Xiaoyan Wu, et al.. (2014). Sin3B mediates collagen type I gene repression by interferon gamma in vascular smooth muscle cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 447(2). 263–270. 25 indexed citations

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Cheng, Xian, et al.. (2014). [Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in surface sediments in the southern and central Haihe River Basin].. PubMed. 35(10). 3740–7. 1 indexed citations

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Tan, Cheng, Zhang Li, Xian Cheng, et al.. (2014). Curcumin inhibits hypoxia-induced migration in K1 papillary thyroid cancer cells. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 240(7). 925–935. 37 indexed citations

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Yang, Yuyu, Dewei Chen, Fei Fang, et al.. (2013). Megakaryocytic leukemia 1 (MKL1) ties the epigenetic machinery to hypoxia-induced transactivation of endothelin-1. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(12). 6005–6017. 44 indexed citations

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