Ya‐Lin Sun

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Ya‐Lin Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ya‐Lin Sun has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ya‐Lin Sun's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (3 papers). Ya‐Lin Sun is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (3 papers) and NF-κB Signaling Pathways (3 papers). Ya‐Lin Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Ya‐Lin Sun's co-authors include Timothy Hoey, Michael J. Grusby, Mark H. Kaplan, Xiang Xu, Keith Williamson, Kit Pogliano, Laurie H. Glimcher, John W. Rooney, Marc D. Sharp and Ana Rosa Pérez and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ya‐Lin Sun

14 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Impaired IL-12 responses and enhanced development of Th2 cells in Stat4-deficient mice

1996 1.0k citations Mark H. Kaplan, Ya‐Lin Sun et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ya‐Lin Sun United States	13	1.5k	994	971	350	320	15	2.7k
Kenji Yamato Japan	33	542 0.4×	1.9k 1.9×	763 0.8×	275 0.8×	328 1.0×	86	3.1k
Xiuping Fu China	18	781 0.5×	834 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	231 0.7×	295 0.9×	49	2.3k
Prashant R. Nambiar United States	24	502 0.3×	813 0.8×	545 0.6×	294 0.8×	343 1.1×	55	2.0k
Alberto Martín Canada	38	1.8k 1.2×	2.2k 2.2×	762 0.8×	328 0.9×	264 0.8×	103	3.9k
Erik Martens Belgium	28	563 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	555 0.6×	164 0.5×	664 2.1×	89	2.5k
Ileana Quinto Italy	26	688 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	422 0.4×	111 0.3×	429 1.3×	78	2.1k
Pascale V. Nantermet United States	12	796 0.5×	972 1.0×	274 0.3×	182 0.5×	684 2.1×	14	2.3k
Paul Waring Australia	26	799 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	894 0.9×	190 0.5×	353 1.1×	65	3.1k
Judith Romero–Gallo United States	37	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	651 0.7×	268 0.8×	399 1.2×	81	4.2k
Aimé Vázquez France	27	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	413 0.4×	84 0.2×	266 0.8×	95	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ya‐Lin Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ya‐Lin Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ya‐Lin Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ya‐Lin Sun. Ya‐Lin Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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15 of 15 papers shown

Chang, Yuan‐Hang, et al.. (2025). Ultra‐Efficient Kidney Stone Fragment Removal via Spinner‐Induced Synergistic Circulation and Spiral Flow. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 8(2).

Wang, Tong, Zhang Lin, Sensen Li, et al.. (2021). Weakened Cd toxicity to fungi under coexistence of Pb in solution. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 426. 127984–127984. 13 indexed citations

Jiang, Zhongquan, Tong Wang, Ya‐Lin Sun, et al.. (2020). Application of Pb(II) to probe the physiological responses of fungal intracellular vesicles. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 194. 110441–110441. 24 indexed citations

Martin, Ryan, Ya‐Lin Sun, Sarah MacKinnon, et al.. (2020). Differential Activation of P-TEFb Complexes in the Development of Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy following Activation of Distinct G Protein-Coupled Receptors. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 40(14). 13 indexed citations

Jiang, Zhongquan, Jiang Liu, Lin Zhang, et al.. (2019). Contrasting the Pb (II) and Cd (II) tolerance of Enterobacter sp. via its cellular stress responses. Environmental Microbiology. 22(4). 1507–1516. 36 indexed citations

Martin, Ryan, Ya‐Lin Sun, Nicolas Audet, et al.. (2018). Receptor- and cellular compartment-specific activation of the cAMP/PKA pathway by α1-adrenergic and ETA endothelin receptors. Cellular Signalling. 44. 43–50. 12 indexed citations

Sun, Ya‐Lin, et al.. (2002). A cytoskeleton-like role for the bacterial cell wall during engulfment of the Bacillus subtilis forespore. Genes & Development. 16(24). 3253–3264. 94 indexed citations

Sun, Ya‐Lin, Marc D. Sharp, & Kit Pogliano. (2000). A Dispensable Role for Forespore-Specific Gene Expression in Engulfment of the Forespore during Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology. 182(10). 2919–2927. 41 indexed citations

Pogliano, Joe, Nicholas J. Osborne, Marc D. Sharp, et al.. (1999). A vital stain for studying membrane dynamics in bacteria: a novel mechanism controlling septation during Bacillus subtilis sporulation. Molecular Microbiology. 31(4). 1149–1159. 202 indexed citations

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Sweetser, Marianne T., Timothy Hoey, Ya‐Lin Sun, et al.. (1998). The Roles of Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cells and Ying-Yang 1 in Activation-induced Expression of the Interferon-γ Promoter in T Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(52). 34775–34783. 118 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiang, Ya‐Lin Sun, & Timothy Hoey. (1996). Cooperative DNA Binding and Sequence-Selective Recognition Conferred by the STAT Amino-Terminal Domain. Science. 273(5276). 794–797. 412 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Mark H., Ya‐Lin Sun, Timothy Hoey, & Michael J. Grusby. (1996). Impaired IL-12 responses and enhanced development of Th2 cells in Stat4-deficient mice. Nature. 382(6587). 174–177. 1036 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hoey, Timothy, Ya‐Lin Sun, Keith Williamson, & Xiang Xu. (1995). Isolation of two new members of the NF-AT gene family and functional characterization of the NF-AT proteins. Immunity. 2(5). 461–472. 345 indexed citations

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Rooney, John W., Ya‐Lin Sun, Laurie H. Glimcher, & Timothy Hoey. (1995). Novel NFAT Sites That Mediate Activation of the Interleukin-2 Promoter in Response to T-Cell Receptor Stimulation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 15(11). 6299–6310. 229 indexed citations

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Gorman, Scott D., Ya‐Lin Sun, Rose Zamoyska, & J R Parnes. (1988). Molecular linkage of the Ly-3 and Ly-2 genes. Requirement of Ly-2 for Ly-3 surface expression.. The Journal of Immunology. 140(10). 3646–3653. 98 indexed citations

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