Yan Shi

11.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
120 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Yan Shi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Shi has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yan Shi's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (25 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (23 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (17 papers). Yan Shi is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (25 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (23 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (17 papers). Yan Shi collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Yan Shi's co-authors include Kenneth L. Rock, James Evans, Sheng Ding, Hongkui Deng, Wei Jiang, Heung Sik Hahm, Hans R. Schöler, Caroline Desponts, Jeong Tae and Gilbert Ng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yan Shi

116 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Molecular identification of a danger signal that alerts the immune system to dying cells

2003 1.3k citations Yan Shi, Kenneth L. Rock et al. profile →
Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts by Oct4 and Klf4 with Small-Molecule Compounds

2008 655 citations Yan Shi et al. profile →
Calcium oxalate crystals induce renal inflammation by NLRP3-mediated IL-1β secretion

2012 372 citations Yan Shi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Shi China	37	3.8k	2.1k	1.5k	910	650	120	7.3k
Edward M. Conway Canada	50	2.8k 0.7×	3.0k 1.4×	877 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	143	9.7k
Grietje Molema Netherlands	56	4.9k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	469 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	229	10.3k
Huanwei Huang China	28	5.9k 1.6×	2.5k 1.2×	615 0.4×	742 0.8×	681 1.0×	51	8.1k
Shun’ichiro Taniguchi Japan	48	4.6k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	883 0.6×	300 0.3×	464 0.7×	177	7.5k
Yue Zhao China	25	8.2k 2.2×	4.1k 1.9×	897 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	88	10.5k
Gaby Palmer Switzerland	45	2.3k 0.6×	3.7k 1.7×	1.3k 0.9×	355 0.4×	568 0.9×	107	7.2k
Tanya N. Mayadas United States	52	2.2k 0.6×	4.6k 2.2×	636 0.4×	966 1.1×	848 1.3×	80	8.9k
Hajime Kono Japan	24	5.9k 1.6×	5.0k 2.4×	1.4k 1.0×	973 1.1×	1.8k 2.7×	60	10.7k
Tao Cai China	33	6.8k 1.8×	2.4k 1.1×	710 0.5×	673 0.7×	2.0k 3.1×	56	10.6k
Anthony M. Jevnikar Canada	50	2.4k 0.6×	3.2k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	817 0.9×	589 0.9×	209	8.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Shi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Shi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Shi

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Songsong, Yun Qu, Zhiwei Sun, et al.. (2025). Glioblastoma Cell Lysate and Adjuvant Nanovaccines via Strategic Vaccination Completely Regress Established Murine Tumors. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(14). e2500911–e2500911. 1 indexed citations

Meng, Yuan, et al.. (2025). Ecological and Health Risks of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Particulate Matter in Chinese Cities. GeoHealth. 9(6). e2024GH001126–e2024GH001126. 2 indexed citations

Su, Hui‐Zhen, Xiang Lin, Yan Shi, et al.. (2024). ESCRT-I protein UBAP1 controls ventricular expansion and cortical neurogenesis via modulating adherens junctions of radial glial cells. Cell Reports. 43(3). 113818–113818. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Ning, Yan Shi, Han Zhang, et al.. (2023). Correction to: PAH Pollution in Particulate Matter and Risk in Chinese Cities. Exposure and Health. 16(5). 1293–1293. 4 indexed citations

Bramlett, Helen M., et al.. (2023). Dose-dependent modulation of microglia activation in rats after penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) by transplanted human neural stem cells. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0285633–e0285633. 5 indexed citations

Li, Shixin, Fang Huang, Tie Xia, Yan Shi, & Tongtao Yue. (2023). Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate Sensing Lipid Raft via Inter-Leaflet Coupling Regulated by Acyl Chain Length of Sphingomyelin. Langmuir. 39(17). 5995–6005. 7 indexed citations

Xu, Ying, Dingka Song, Wei Wang, et al.. (2023). Clec12a inhibits MSU-induced immune activation through lipid raft expulsion. Life Science Alliance. 6(9). e202301938–e202301938. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Xin-Yi, Xiaobo Wang, Shuang Geng, et al.. (2023). Sustained store-operated calcium entry utilizing activated chromatin state leads to instability in iTregs. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Shuo, Xintian Liu, Yan Shi, et al.. (2021). Wedelolactone ameliorates Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced inflammation and corneal injury by suppressing caspase-4/5/11/GSDMD-mediated non-canonical pyroptosis. Experimental Eye Research. 211. 108750–108750. 34 indexed citations

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Liu, Longwei, Hongsheng Yu, Hui Zhao, et al.. (2020). Matrix-transmitted paratensile signaling enables myofibroblast – fibroblast cross talk in fibrosis expansion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(20). 10832–10838. 62 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2018). Precise Spatiotemporal Interruption of Regulatory T-cell–Mediated CD8+ T-cell Suppression Leads to Tumor Immunity. Cancer Research. 79(3). 585–597. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Yongzhi, et al.. (2018). Risk factors for urinary tract infection in patients with urolithiasis—primary report of a single center cohort. BMC Urology. 18(1). 45–45. 32 indexed citations

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Lin, Feng, Zhengpeng Wan, Xiaolin Sun, et al.. (2018). Profiling the origin, dynamics, and function of traction force in B cell activation. Science Signaling. 11(542). 66 indexed citations

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Huang, Runqing, Qiong Zhou, Yan Shi, et al.. (2018). Protein A from orange-spotted grouper nervous necrosis virus triggers type I interferon production in fish cell. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 79. 234–243. 16 indexed citations

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Shi, Yan, et al.. (2015). Phenotypic Assays to Identify Agents That Induce Reactive Gliosis: A Counter-Screen to Prioritize Compounds for Preclinical Animal Studies. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 13(7). 377–388. 8 indexed citations

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Hua, Rong & Yan Shi. (2015). Disruption of key GTPase regulators of endocytic recycling compartment does not interfere with soluble antigen crosspresentation in dendritic cells. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 13(4). 554–556. 3 indexed citations

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Tian, Ruhui, Yan Shi, Zijue Zhu, et al.. (2014). AB199. Human germ cell secreting factor Nodal regulates Sertoli cell functions. Translational Andrology and Urology. 3. 199–199. 1 indexed citations

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Sharma, Karan, et al.. (2009). A Role of IgM Antibodies in Monosodium Urate Crystal Formation and Associated Adjuvanticity. The Journal of Immunology. 182(4). 1912–1918. 48 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianxiong, Aito Ueno, Cheng Lu, et al.. (2008). Ligand-Dependent Induction of Noninflammatory Dendritic Cells by Anergic Invariant NKT Cells Minimizes Autoimmune Inflammation. The Journal of Immunology. 181(4). 2438–2445. 24 indexed citations

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Shi, Yan, et al.. (2006). Cutting Edge: Elimination of an Endogenous Adjuvant Reduces the Activation of CD8 T Lymphocytes to Transplanted Cells and in an Autoimmune Diabetes Model. The Journal of Immunology. 176(7). 3905–3908. 68 indexed citations

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