Yan Chen

25.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
551 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Yan Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Chen has authored 551 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 260 papers in Molecular Biology, 117 papers in Epidemiology and 84 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Yan Chen's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (36 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (29 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (29 papers). Yan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (36 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (29 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (29 papers). Yan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yan Chen's co-authors include Gerald I. Shulman, Jason K. Kim, Chunli Yu, Daniel B. Rifkin, Jonathan J. Fillmore, Irene K. Moore, Justin P. Annes, John S. Munger, Dongyan Zhang and Yanlin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Yan Chen

533 papers receiving 16.2k 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.

Mechanism by Which Fatty Acids Inhibit Insulin Activation of Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 (IRS-1)-associated Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Activity in Muscle

2002 1.2k citations Yan Chen et al. profile →
Tissue-specific overexpression of lipoprotein lipase causes tissue-specific insulin resistance

2001 593 citations Yan Chen et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Prevention of fat-induced insulin resistance by salicylate

2001 574 citations Yan Chen et al. profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Chen

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Reducing cardiometabolic disease risk dietary pattern in the Chinese population with dyslipidemia: a single-center, open-label, randomized, dietary intervention study 2025 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Qi Wu, (unknown), Cheng Cheng, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ruiting Yan, (unknown), Zehao Wang, Yuan Li, (unknown), Yue Wang, Yan Chen, Xiping Deng, Yongjie Chen, (unknown), Fei Ma, Wen‐Hsiung Li, Guowei Huang	0
2	SQYC formula improves the efficacy of PD-1 monoclonal antibodies in MSS colorectal cancer by regulating dendritic cell mitophagy via the PINK1-Parkin pathway 2025 ·Phytomedicine ·Hong Wang, Y. Y. Ji, Shan Deng, Xi Qin, (unknown), Ye Sun, Xiao Yu, Lin Yang, (unknown), Yan Chen, (unknown)	2
3	MCT1‐mediated Lactate Shuttle to Mitochondria Governs Macrophage Polarization and Modulates Glucose Homeostasis by Affecting β Cells 2025 ·Advanced Science ·Ling‐Ling Chen, Yijun Lin, Xinyu Zhu, (unknown), Zixuan Li, (unknown), Xiaoyi Ye, (unknown), Shuying Wang, Yan Chen	3
4	The dual burden of obesity: decoding metabolism and female reproductive endocrinology 2025 ·Frontiers in Physiology ·Yan Chen, (unknown), Nannan Zhang, Liangzhi Xu	0
5	Insight into the local atomic structure effects on deformation behavior of high entropy alloys by in-situ neutron diffraction and EXAFS 2025 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tong Li, Zhongjun Chen, Yan Chen, Haiying Wang, Dingcai Wu, Zhijian Tan, Huaile Lu, Lunhua He, Lan-Hong Dai	1
6	Effect of phase transition of soy protein-chitosan complexes on liposomes stability: The perspective of membrane structure and inlaid stabilization mechanism 2025 ·Food Chemistry ·Xiaoyi Cheng, (unknown), (unknown), Yan Chen, (unknown), Zhongjiang Wang, Jing Xu, Zengwang Guo	9
7	Wood forming tissue-specific expression of PaTyDC4 promotes xylem differentiation and lignin deposition during secondary growth and confers drought tolerance in Populus 2024 ·Horticultural Plant Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Xintong Lu, (unknown), Yan Chen, Xiuwen Wu, Gongke Zhou, Guohua Chai	2
8	Exosomal miRNA-26b-5p from PRP suppresses NETs by targeting MMP-8 to promote diabetic wound healing 2024 ·Journal of Controlled Release ·Shunli Rui, (unknown), (unknown), Min He, Fan Xu, Wei Wu, David G. Armstrong, (unknown), Xiaoqiu Xiao, Yu Ma, Yan Chen, Wuquan Deng	42
9	Structural softening mediated shear bands in high entropy alloys 2024 ·International Journal of Plasticity ·Tianwei Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Xuping Zhang, (unknown), Tong Li, Fuhua Cao, Shiteng Zhao, Yan Chen, Jian Wang, L.H. Dai	11
10	Chemical short-range ordering accompanies shear band initiation in CrCoNi medium entropy alloy 2024 ·Scripta Materialia ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tong Li, (unknown), (unknown), Guang Mo, Yan Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
11	Early comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation for hospitalized patients with acute ex-acerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized controlled trial 2024 ·Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine ·Yuqin Zeng, (unknown), Yan Chen, (unknown)	1
12	Treadmill training improves lung function and inhibits alveolar cell apoptosis in spinal cord injured rats 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·Xianbin Wang, Yingxue Fu, (unknown), Yan Chen, Ni Zeng, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shuang Wu	0
13	Intermittent protein restriction improves glucose homeostasis in Zucker diabetic fatty rats and single-cell sequencing reveals distinct changes in β cells 2023 ·The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry ·(unknown), Jing Zhu, Siying Wei, Xiaoyi Ye, (unknown), Zinan Wang, Yan Chen	3
14	Integrated proteome and acetylome analyses provide novel insights into early somatic embryogenesis of Dimocarpus longan 2023 ·Plant Physiology and Biochemistry ·Xueying Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Qing Guan, Shuting Zhang, Yan Chen, Zihao Zhang, Yukun Chen, Zhongxiong Lai, Yuling Lin	5
15	Nutritional strategies for intervention of diabetes and improvement of β-cell function 2023 ·Bioscience Reports ·Siying Wei, Chenchen Li, Zinan Wang, Yan Chen	6
16	Osteogenic Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells are Associated with Vascular Aging of the Large Arteries in Rheumatoid Arthritis 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Yap‐Hang Chan, (unknown), Yan Chen, Mei‐Zhen Wu, (unknown), Zhe Zhen, Kevin Lai, Ho Yin Chung, Chak Sing Lau, Hung‐Fat Tse, Kai‐Hang Yiu	1
17	Ivermectin Induces Cytostatic Autophagy by Blocking the PAK1/Akt Axis in Breast Cancer 2016 ·Cancer Research ·Qianhui Dou, Hai‐Ning Chen, Kui Wang, Kefei Yuan, Yunlong Lei, Kai Li, Lan Jiang, Yan Chen, Zhao Huang, Na Xie, Lu Zhang, Rong Xiang, Edouard C. Nice, Yuquan Wei, Canhua Huang	191
18	A Smac Mimetic Rescue Screen Reveals Roles for Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins in Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Signaling 2007 ·Cancer Research ·Alex Gaither, Dale Porter, Yao Yao, Jason Borawski, Guang Yang, Jerry Donovan, David R. Sage, Joanna Slisz, Mary Tran, Christopher Straub, (unknown), Vadim Iourgenko, Alan Huang, Yan Chen, Robert Schlegel, Mark Labow, Stephen E. Fawell, William R. Sellers, Leigh Zawel	178
19	Spatial regulation of Raf kinase signaling by RKTG 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lin Feng, Xiaoduo Xie, Qiurong Ding, Xiaolin Luo, Jing He, Fengjuan Fan, Weizhong Liu, Zhenzhen Wang, Yan Chen	102
20	Roles of Pathway-Specific and Inhibitory Smads in Activin Receptor Signaling 1999 ·Molecular Endocrinology ·Jean‐Jacques Lebrun, Kazuaki Takabe, Yan Chen, Wylie Vale	89

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