Ya Guan

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 938 citations indexed

About

Ya Guan is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ya Guan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 938 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Ya Guan's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (8 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (5 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (3 papers). Ya Guan is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (8 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (5 papers) and Extracellular vesicles in disease (3 papers). Ya Guan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Ya Guan's co-authors include Jianjun Guan, Hong Niu, Yu Dang, Mohamed A. Zayed, Liang Ma, Jie Shen, Zhongting Liu, Ning Gao, Zhaobo Fan and Chao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ACS Nano and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Ya Guan

23 papers receiving 932 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.

Sustained oxygenation accelerates diabetic wound healing by promoting epithelialization and angiogenesis and decreasing inflammation

2021 449 citations Ya Guan, Hong Niu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ya Guan United States	14	350	344	311	229	165	27	938
Hong Niu United States	14	351 1.0×	441 1.3×	384 1.2×	273 1.2×	183 1.1×	22	1.1k
Parvaiz Ahmad Shiekh India	15	353 1.0×	467 1.4×	391 1.3×	279 1.2×	332 2.0×	18	1.2k
Yu Dang United States	12	318 0.9×	597 1.7×	519 1.7×	223 1.0×	263 1.6×	21	1.3k
Yifen Fang China	14	270 0.8×	368 1.1×	333 1.1×	115 0.5×	153 0.9×	17	872
Wangbei Cao China	15	447 1.3×	444 1.3×	406 1.3×	206 0.9×	177 1.1×	20	1.2k
Alap Ali Zahid Qatar	17	493 1.4×	605 1.8×	512 1.6×	139 0.6×	128 0.8×	33	1.3k
Chenxi Tu China	11	337 1.0×	286 0.8×	298 1.0×	126 0.6×	116 0.7×	13	834
Shen Guo China	10	468 1.3×	471 1.4×	231 0.7×	198 0.9×	95 0.6×	10	968
Zhuolong Tu China	6	321 0.9×	210 0.6×	199 0.6×	122 0.5×	59 0.4×	11	580

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Guan, Ya, et al.. (2025). Targeted delivery of engineered adipose-derived stem cell secretome to promote cardiac repair after myocardial infarction. Journal of Controlled Release. 383. 113765–113765. 1 indexed citations

Zhong, Ting, Ning Gao, Hong Niu, et al.. (2025). Targeted delivery of engineered extracellular vesicles to simultaneously promote vascularization and muscle regeneration in ischemic limbs. Journal of Controlled Release. 384. 113938–113938.

Guan, Ya, Min Zhang, Marcos Negrete, et al.. (2025). CaMKK2 Regulates Macrophage Polarization Induced by Matrix Stiffness: Implications for Shaping the Immune Response in Stiffened Tissues. Advanced Science. 12(16). e2417778–e2417778.

Guan, Ya, et al.. (2024). Targeting cardiac resident CCR2+ macrophage-secreted MCP-1 to attenuate inflammation after myocardial infarction. Acta Biomaterialia. 211. 18–32. 9 indexed citations

Niu, Hong, et al.. (2024). Harnessing synergistic effects of MMP-2 Inhibition and bFGF to simultaneously preserve and vascularize cardiac extracellular matrix after myocardial infarction. Acta Biomaterialia. 191. 189–204. 3 indexed citations

Guan, Ya, et al.. (2024). Acute Three‐Dimensional Hypoxia Regulates Angiogenesis. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(2). e2403860–e2403860.

Pruitt, Hawley C., Ya Guan, W. Nathaniel Brennen, et al.. (2023). Collagen VI deposition mediates stromal T cell trapping through inhibition of T cell motility in the prostate tumor microenvironment. Matrix Biology. 121. 90–104. 14 indexed citations

Niu, Hong, Ya Guan, Ting Zhong, et al.. (2023). Thermosensitive and antioxidant wound dressings capable of adaptively regulating TGFβ pathways promote diabetic wound healing. npj Regenerative Medicine. 8(1). 32–32. 18 indexed citations

Guan, Ya, Luigi Racioppi, & Sharon Gerecht. (2023). Engineering biomaterials to tailor the microenvironment for macrophage–endothelium interactions. Nature Reviews Materials. 8(10). 688–699. 32 indexed citations

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Guan, Ya, et al.. (2023). Oxygenated Scaffolds for Pancreatic Endocrine Differentiation from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(3). e2302275–e2302275. 5 indexed citations

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Zhong, Ting, Ning Gao, Ya Guan, Zhongting Liu, & Jianjun Guan. (2023). Co-Delivery of Bioengineered Exosomes and Oxygen for Treating Critical Limb Ischemia in Diabetic Mice. ACS Nano. 17(24). 25157–25174. 17 indexed citations

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Niu, Hong, Haichang Li, Ya Guan, et al.. (2022). Sustained delivery of rhMG53 promotes diabetic wound healing and hair follicle development. Bioactive Materials. 18. 104–115. 28 indexed citations

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Guan, Ya, et al.. (2022). Rescuing Cardiac Cells and Improving Cardiac Function by Targeted Delivery of Oxygen-Releasing Nanoparticles after or Even before Acute Myocardial Infarction. ACS Nano. 16(11). 19551–19566. 51 indexed citations

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Guan, Ya, Ning Gao, Hong Niu, Yu Dang, & Jianjun Guan. (2021). Oxygen-release microspheres capable of releasing oxygen in response to environmental oxygen level to improve stem cell survival and tissue regeneration in ischemic hindlimbs. Journal of Controlled Release. 331. 376–389. 42 indexed citations

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Niu, Hong, Chao Li, Ya Guan, et al.. (2020). High oxygen preservation hydrogels to augment cell survival under hypoxic condition. Acta Biomaterialia. 105. 56–67. 49 indexed citations

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Guan, Ya, Hong Niu, Yu Dang, Ning Gao, & Jianjun Guan. (2020). Photoluminescent oxygen-release microspheres to image the oxygen release process in vivo. Acta Biomaterialia. 115. 333–342. 15 indexed citations

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Feeney, Elizabeth, et al.. (2019). Boundary mode lubrication of articular cartilage with a biomimetic diblock copolymer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(25). 12437–12441. 46 indexed citations

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Fan, Zhaobo, Zhaobin Xu, Hong Niu, et al.. (2018). An Injectable Oxygen Release System to Augment Cell Survival and Promote Cardiac Repair Following Myocardial Infarction. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1371–1371. 115 indexed citations

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Dowell, Joshua D., et al.. (2015). Lean Six Sigma approach to improving IR scheduling. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 26(2). S211–S212. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Xinglong, et al.. (2001). [Biodegradation behavior of ethylenediaminetetraethylene acid].. PubMed. 22(2). 41–5.

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