Yaling Sun

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yaling Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaling Sun has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yaling Sun's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers). Yaling Sun is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (8 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (5 papers). Yaling Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yaling Sun's co-authors include Huda Y. Zoghbi, Harry T. Orr, Barbara Antalffy, Eyal Reinstein, Christopher J. Cummings, Aaron Ciechanover, Yong‐hui Jiang, Arthur L. Beaudet, Kei Watase and Rodney C. Samaco and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yaling Sun

33 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Mutation of the E6-AP Ubiquitin Ligase Reduces Nuclear Inclusion Frequency While Accelerating Polyglutamine-Induced Pathology in SCA1 Mice

1999 409 citations Yaling Sun, Barbara Antalffy et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaling Sun China	21	1.3k	994	482	321	295	34	2.0k
Rosanna Parlato Germany	28	1.5k 1.1×	879 0.9×	428 0.9×	283 0.9×	174 0.6×	63	2.4k
Natsuki Matsushita Japan	25	1.2k 0.9×	755 0.8×	213 0.4×	139 0.4×	144 0.5×	54	2.5k
Michael J. Schmeißer Germany	23	922 0.7×	555 0.6×	702 1.5×	81 0.3×	596 2.0×	66	1.9k
Brigitte van Zundert Chile	28	1.1k 0.9×	668 0.7×	179 0.4×	822 2.6×	123 0.4×	61	2.5k
Anne‐Laurence Boutillier France	29	1.5k 1.2×	762 0.8×	330 0.7×	383 1.2×	147 0.5×	54	2.7k
Qian Pan China	27	1.4k 1.1×	827 0.8×	406 0.8×	703 2.2×	130 0.4×	138	2.7k
Steven T. Suhr United States	20	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	327 0.7×	122 0.4×	134 0.5×	27	2.7k
Wannan Tang Germany	17	1.3k 1.0×	555 0.6×	254 0.5×	80 0.2×	330 1.1×	25	2.1k
Shu-Ching Hu United States	14	695 0.5×	790 0.8×	159 0.3×	361 1.1×	182 0.6×	20	1.6k
Toshikuni Sasaoka Japan	28	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	379 0.8×	233 0.7×	219 0.7×	77	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yaling Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yaling Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaling Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yaling Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yaling 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 Yaling Sun. Yaling Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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He, Xian, Wenzhe Li, Hongyan Wu, et al.. (2025). The biological and immunological significance of the estrogen-related gene IER3 in diabetes. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 16. 1570332–1570332.

Liang, Huazhen, et al.. (2022). Facile synthesis of phycocyanin/polydopamine hierarchical nanocomposites for synergizing PTT/PDT against cancer. RSC Advances. 12(54). 34815–34821. 6 indexed citations

He, Ling-jie, Junzhan Jing, Wei Wang, et al.. (2022). A weakened recurrent circuit in the hippocampus of Rett syndrome mice disrupts long-term memory representations. Neuron. 110(10). 1689–1699.e6. 14 indexed citations

Sun, Yaling, Yingwen Li, Jingjing An, Zhihao Liu, & Qi-Liang Chen. (2019). Antioxidative and Inflammatory Responses in Spleen and Head Kidney of Yellow Catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) Induced by Waterborne Cadmium Exposure. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 20(2). 13 indexed citations

Yang, Mi, Weiqiang Huang, Yaling Sun, et al.. (2019). Prognosis and modulation mechanisms of COMMD6 in human tumours based on expression profiling and comprehensive bioinformatics analysis. British Journal of Cancer. 121(8). 699–709. 29 indexed citations

Fan, Yao, Longshan Zhang, Yaling Sun, et al.. (2019). Expression profile and bioinformatics analysis of COMMD10 in BALB/C mice and human. Cancer Gene Therapy. 27(3-4). 216–225. 19 indexed citations

Ito, Aya, Steven Andrew Baker, Laura A. Lavery, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide distribution of linker histone H1.0 is independent of MeCP2. Nature Neuroscience. 21(6). 794–798. 21 indexed citations

Hu, Xiaoyu, Jinghua Yang, Yaling Sun, et al.. (2018). Lanthanum chloride impairs memory in rats by disturbing the glutamate-glutamine cycle and over-activating NMDA receptors. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 113. 1–13. 44 indexed citations

Sun, Yaling, Yingwen Li, Zhihao Liu, & Qi-Liang Chen. (2018). Environmentally relevant concentrations of mercury exposure alter thyroid hormone levels and gene expression in the hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis of zebrafish larvae. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 44(4). 1175–1183. 35 indexed citations

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Sun, Yaling, Jinghua Yang, Xiaoyu Hu, et al.. (2017). Lanthanum chloride reduces lactate production in primary culture rat cortical astrocytes and suppresses primary co-culture rat cortical astrocyte-neuron lactate transport. Archives of Toxicology. 92(4). 1407–1419. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Qi-Liang, Yaling Sun, Zhihao Liu, & Yingwen Li. (2017). Sex-dependent effects of subacute mercuric chloride exposure on histology, antioxidant status and immune-related gene expression in the liver of adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). Chemosphere. 188. 1–9. 61 indexed citations

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Lü, Hui, Ryan T. Ash, Ling-jie He, et al.. (2016). Loss and Gain of MeCP2 Cause Similar Hippocampal Circuit Dysfunction that Is Rescued by Deep Brain Stimulation in a Rett Syndrome Mouse Model. Neuron. 91(4). 739–747. 79 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yue, Shanshan Qu, Jiping Zhang, et al.. (2015). Rapid Onset of the Effects of Combined Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Electroacupuncture on Primary Depression: A Meta-Analysis. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 22(1). 1–8. 20 indexed citations

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Lu, Gui-Feng, Yaling Sun, Shengli An, et al.. (2015). MicroRNA-34a targets FMNL2 and E2F5 and suppresses the progression of colorectal cancer. Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 99(1). 173–179. 38 indexed citations

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Yang, Jiqiao, Lu Li, Xueru Yin, et al.. (2014). The association between gene polymorphisms and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Medical Oncology. 32(1). 398–398. 9 indexed citations

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Samaco, Rodney C., Christopher M. McGraw, Christopher Ward, et al.. (2012). Female Mecp2+/− mice display robust behavioral deficits on two different genetic backgrounds providing a framework for pre-clinical studies. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(1). 96–109. 139 indexed citations

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Watase, Kei, Curtis F. Barrett, Taisuke Miyazaki, et al.. (2008). Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 knockin mice develop a progressive neuronal dysfunction with age-dependent accumulation of mutant Ca _V 2.1 channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(33). 11987–11992. 122 indexed citations

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Watase, Kei, Jennifer R. Gatchel, Yaling Sun, et al.. (2007). Lithium Therapy Improves Neurological Function and Hippocampal Dendritic Arborization in a Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 Mouse Model. PLoS Medicine. 4(5). e182–e182. 128 indexed citations

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Tsuda, Hiroshi, Hamed Jafar‐Nejad, Akash J. Patel, et al.. (2005). The AXH Domain of Ataxin-1 Mediates Neurodegeneration through Its Interaction with Gfi-1/Senseless Proteins. Cell. 122(4). 633–644. 160 indexed citations

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Watase, Kei, Edwin J. Weeber, Bisong Xu, et al.. (2002). A Long CAG Repeat in the Mouse Sca1 Locus Replicates SCA1 Features and Reveals the Impact of Protein Solubility on Selective Neurodegeneration. Neuron. 34(6). 905–919. 263 indexed citations

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