Yan Xia

15.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
123 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Yan Xia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xia has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Plant Science and 32 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yan Xia's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (20 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (19 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (16 papers). Yan Xia is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (20 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (19 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (16 papers). Yan Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yan Xia's co-authors include Zhimin Lu, Yanhua Zheng, Weiwei Yang, David H. Hawke, Kenneth Aldape, Xinjian Li, Tony Hunter, Ji Liang, Haitao Ji and Nicholas J. Talbot and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yan Xia

119 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

Nuclear PKM2 regulates β-catenin transactivation upon EGF... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2011 2007 2012 2012 2017 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Nuclear PKM2 regulates β-catenin transactivation upon EGFR activation
    2011 846 citations Weiwei Yang, Yan Xia et al. Nature profile →
  2. Phosphorylation of β-Catenin by AKT Promotes β-Catenin Transcriptional Activity
    2007 724 citations Yanhua Zheng, Yan Xia et al. profile →
  3. ERK1/2-dependent phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of PKM2 promotes the Warburg effect
    2012 702 citations Weiwei Yang, Yanhua Zheng et al. profile →
  4. PKM2 Phosphorylates Histone H3 and Promotes Gene Transcription and Tumorigenesis
    2012 672 citations Weiwei Yang, Yan Xia et al. profile →
  5. KAT2A coupled with the α-KGDH complex acts as a histone H3 succinyltransferase
    2017 374 citations Yan Xia, Lin Tan et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yan Xia China 42 6.1k 3.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.0k 123 8.4k
Andrew D Sharrocks United Kingdom 48 7.3k 1.2× 1.3k 0.4× 620 0.5× 1.7k 1.5× 801 0.8× 106 9.2k
Qiang Yu Singapore 55 6.0k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 366 0.3× 1.9k 1.7× 651 0.6× 139 8.4k
Winfried Edelmann United States 58 7.9k 1.3× 1.8k 0.6× 404 0.4× 2.0k 1.9× 1.9k 1.8× 140 11.3k
Peng Jiang China 42 4.1k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 362 0.3× 1.0k 1.0× 349 0.3× 149 6.4k
Da Fu China 40 3.1k 0.5× 1.9k 0.6× 433 0.4× 922 0.9× 341 0.3× 165 5.0k
Dieter Marmé Germany 58 8.1k 1.3× 2.1k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 2.1k 1.9× 891 0.9× 140 11.4k
Jianjun Shen United States 45 4.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 361 0.3× 1.4k 1.3× 402 0.4× 151 6.6k
Stephan Wullschleger Switzerland 21 6.3k 1.0× 871 0.3× 482 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 950 0.9× 26 8.8k
Han‐Fei Ding China 43 3.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 347 0.3× 912 0.8× 713 0.7× 131 5.6k
Li Lan China 50 6.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.3× 481 0.4× 2.1k 2.0× 370 0.4× 156 8.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Xia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Xia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Xia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Xia 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 Xia. Yan Xia 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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Milner, David S., Yufeng Fang, Yan Xia, et al.. (2024). Duplication and neofunctionalization of a horizontally transferred xyloglucanase as a facet of the Red Queen coevolutionary dynamic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(24). e2218927121–e2218927121. 4 indexed citations
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Guo, Yingjie, Yan Xia, Zeyu Liang, et al.. (2024). Plasmid-Stabilizing Strains for Antibiotic-Free Chemical Fermentation. ACS Synthetic Biology. 13(9). 2820–2832. 6 indexed citations
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Tang, Bozeng, Yan Xia, Lauren S. Ryder, et al.. (2023). Rgs1 is a regulator of effector gene expression during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(12). e2301358120–e2301358120. 16 indexed citations
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Xia, Yan, Lichao Sun, Zeyu Liang, et al.. (2023). The construction of a PAM-less base editing toolbox in Bacillus subtilis and its application in metabolic engineering. Chemical Engineering Journal. 469. 143865–143865. 6 indexed citations
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Xia, Yan, et al.. (2023). Characterization of a unique polysaccharide monooxygenase from the plant pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(8). e2215426120–e2215426120. 13 indexed citations
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Osés-Ruiz, Míriam, Neftaly Cruz‐Mireles, Magdalena Martín-Urdiroz, et al.. (2021). Appressorium-mediated plant infection by Magnaporthe oryzae is regulated by a Pmk1-dependent hierarchical transcriptional network. Nature Microbiology. 6(11). 1383–1397. 73 indexed citations
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Xia, Yan, et al.. (2021). Genome size variations and species differentiation of <i>Reaumuria soongarica</i>. Biodiversity Science. 29(10). 1308–1320. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Rui, Jaebeom Lee, Jingyi Li, et al.. (2021). Choline kinase alpha 2 acts as a protein kinase to promote lipolysis of lipid droplets. Molecular Cell. 81(13). 2722–2735.e9. 96 indexed citations
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Xia, Yan, Georg Kuenze, Amanda M. Duran, et al.. (2019). A unified structural model of the mammalian translocator protein (TSPO). Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 73(6-7). 347–364. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenfeng, Yan Xia, Zachary Pope, et al.. (2019). Regular aerobic exercise‐ameliorated troponin I carbonylation to mitigate aged rat soleus muscle functional recession. Experimental Physiology. 104(5). 715–728. 7 indexed citations
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Ryder, Lauren S., Yasin Dagdas, Michael J. Kershaw, et al.. (2019). A sensor kinase controls turgor-driven plant infection by the rice blast fungus. Nature. 574(7778). 423–427. 93 indexed citations
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Kershaw, Michael J., Darren M. Soanes, Yan Xia, et al.. (2018). Conidial Morphogenesis and Septin-Mediated Plant Infection Require Smo1, a Ras GTPase-Activating Protein in Magnaporthe oryzae. Genetics. 211(1). 151–167. 21 indexed citations
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Foster, Andrew J., et al.. (2018). CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein-mediated co-editing and counterselection in the rice blast fungus. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 14355–14355. 123 indexed citations
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Qian, Xu, Xinjian Li, Lin Tan, et al.. (2017). Conversion of PRPS Hexamer to Monomer by AMPK-Mediated Phosphorylation Inhibits Nucleotide Synthesis in Response to Energy Stress. Cancer Discovery. 8(1). 94–107. 67 indexed citations
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Yang, Weiwei, Yan Xia, Yu Cao, et al.. (2012). EGFR-Induced and PKCε Monoubiquitylation-Dependent NF-κB Activation Upregulates PKM2 Expression and Promotes Tumorigenesis. Molecular Cell. 48(5). 771–784. 219 indexed citations
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Yang, Hai, Xue Li, Juan Wang, et al.. (2012). Putative role of the mTOR/4E-BP1 signaling pathway in the carcinogenesis and progression of gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma. Molecular Medicine Reports. 7(2). 537–542. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xianghong, et al.. (2006). Effect of neoadjuvant CAF regimen on the expression of BCSG1 in breast cancer. The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology. 5(4). 272–274. 1 indexed citations

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