Yan Sun

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yan Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Sun has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 23 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Yan Sun's work include Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (8 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (7 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (6 papers). Yan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (8 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (7 papers) and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (6 papers). Yan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yan Sun's co-authors include Andrew J. Bennett, David P. Weliky, David A. Kendall, Shukui Qin, Yuxian Bai, Jia Fan, Jee Hyun Lee, Tsai‐Shen Yang, Sumitra Thongprasert and Yee Chao and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Yan Sun

88 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label Study of Oxaliplatin ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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.

  1. Randomized, Multicenter, Open-Label Study of Oxaliplatin Plus Fluorouracil/Leucovorin Versus Doxorubicin As Palliative Chemotherapy in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma From Asia
    2013 366 citations Yan Sun et al. profile →

Peers

Yan Sun
Aaron D. Tward United States
Chunfa Jie United States
Uma Raju United States
Wei Xu China
James P. O’Brien United States
Anne M. Latour United States
Pamela B. Conley United States
Jean‐Loup Bascands France
Aaron D. Tward United States
Yan Sun
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Countries citing papers authored by Yan Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yan Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yan Sun. The network helps show where Yan Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Sun

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Meng, Shuyan Yang, Yuan Fang, et al.. (2025). Low-liver-accumulation lipid nanoparticles enhance the efficacy and safety of HPV therapeutic tumor vaccines. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 893–893. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Rong, et al.. (2024). Multi-omics reveals the role of MCM2 and hnRNP K phosphorylation in mouse renal aging through genomic instability. Experimental Cell Research. 440(1). 114115–114115. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, Jia Liu, Shan Wu, et al.. (2023). Dihydro-β-agarofuran sesquiterpenoids from the roots of Tripterygium regelii and their inhibitory effect on NO production. Phytochemistry Letters. 56. 67–71. 1 indexed citations
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Hao, Yue, et al.. (2023). The combination of etoposide and platinum for the treatment of thymic neuroendocrine neoplasms: A retrospective analysis. Cancer Medicine. 12(15). 16011–16018. 3 indexed citations
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Qiu, Yuxiang, Xing Wang, Yan Sun, et al.. (2023). TCF12 regulates exosome release from epirubicin-treated CAFs to promote ER+ breast cancer cell chemoresistance. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1869(6). 166727–166727. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhen, Yan Sun, Xuehui Li, et al.. (2023). Multi-omics reveals aging-related pathway in natural aging mouse liver. Heliyon. 9(11). e21011–e21011. 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Yalin, Gaochao Guo, Yan Sun, et al.. (2021). LncRNA HAS2-AS1 Promotes Glioblastoma Proliferation by Sponging miR-137. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 634893–634893. 14 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, et al.. (2020). Role of TLR4/NF-κB Signalling Pathway in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Journal of College of Physicians And Surgeons Pakistan. 30(6). 568–573. 9 indexed citations
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Ren, Na, et al.. (2017). Vasohibin-1 inhibits angiogenesis and suppresses tumor growth in renal cell carcinoma. Oncology Reports. 38(2). 1021–1028. 9 indexed citations
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Mo, Hongnan, Xuezhi Hao, Yutao Liu, et al.. (2016). A prognostic model for platinum‐doublet as second‐line chemotherapy in advanced non‐small‐cell lung cancer patients. Cancer Medicine. 5(6). 1116–1124. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiangming, Huijuan Liu, Bo Sun, et al.. (2016). Novel Podophyllotoxin Derivatives as Partial PPARγ Agonists and their Effects on Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37323–37323. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, E, Lining Wang, Xiaodong Zhou, et al.. (2015). Recombinant h IFN-α2b-BCG inhibits tumor growth in a mouse model of bladder cancer. Oncology Reports. 34(1). 183–194. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan, Dan Liu, Ronggang Xi, et al.. (2013). Microbial transformation of acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid and their inhibitory activity on LPS-induced NO production. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 23(5). 1338–1342. 9 indexed citations
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Huang, Cong‐Fa, Zhi‐Jun Sun, Yan Sun, et al.. (2012). Association of increased ligand cyclophilin A and receptor CD147 with hypoxia, angiogenesis, metastasis and prognosis of tongue squamous cell carcinoma. Histopathology. 60(5). 793–803. 47 indexed citations
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O’Sullivan, Saoirse E., Yan Sun, Andrew J. Bennett, Michael D. Randall, & David A. Kendall. (2009). Time-dependent vascular actions of cannabidiol in the rat aorta. European Journal of Pharmacology. 612(1-3). 61–68. 150 indexed citations
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Sun, Yan. (1988). The Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Supportive Care of Cancer Patients. Recent results in cancer research. 108. 327–334. 9 indexed citations

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