Yan Xia

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Yan Xia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xia has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yan Xia's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (2 papers). Yan Xia is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (2 papers). Yan Xia collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Yan Xia's co-authors include Zhimin Lu, Yanhua Zheng, Xu Qian, Xinjian Li, Jong-Ho Lee, David H. Hawke, Fei Shao, Yuhui Jiang, Dongming Xing and Linyong Du and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Yan Xia

21 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

  1. The gluconeogenic enzyme PCK1 phosphorylates INSIG1/2 for lipogenesis
    2020 260 citations Daqian Xu, Zheng Wang 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 United States 16 750 406 230 228 197 22 1.3k
Laura Hulea Canada 14 1.6k 2.1× 403 1.0× 213 0.9× 177 0.8× 161 0.8× 21 2.0k
Qinxi Li China 22 1.1k 1.4× 314 0.8× 287 1.2× 289 1.3× 193 1.0× 39 1.5k
Laura Braccini Italy 8 880 1.2× 273 0.7× 239 1.0× 97 0.4× 160 0.8× 12 1.3k
Lucie Brisson France 21 1.0k 1.4× 632 1.6× 189 0.8× 229 1.0× 116 0.6× 39 1.6k
Mahmut Yilmaz Switzerland 7 681 0.9× 295 0.7× 435 1.9× 233 1.0× 178 0.9× 7 1.3k
Esther Castaño Spain 20 856 1.1× 376 0.9× 401 1.7× 231 1.0× 157 0.8× 49 1.6k
Eric A. Hanse United States 19 693 0.9× 485 1.2× 220 1.0× 114 0.5× 214 1.1× 28 1.3k
Jibin Li China 19 1.1k 1.4× 694 1.7× 139 0.6× 202 0.9× 153 0.8× 30 1.5k
Yuri Ivashchenko United States 16 953 1.3× 336 0.8× 197 0.9× 105 0.5× 193 1.0× 17 1.4k
Natalia V. Oleinik United States 21 1.0k 1.3× 291 0.7× 197 0.9× 188 0.8× 119 0.6× 39 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Xia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yan Xia. 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 Xia. The network helps show where Yan Xia may publish in the future.

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

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Yu, Jiahong, Liujing Qu, Yan Xia, et al.. (2022). TMEM189 negatively regulates the stability of ULK1 protein and cell autophagy. Cell Death and Disease. 13(4). 316–316. 13 indexed citations
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Cox, Aaron R., Peter M. Masschelin, Pradip Saha, et al.. (2022). The rheumatoid arthritis drug auranofin lowers leptin levels and exerts antidiabetic effects in obese mice. Cell Metabolism. 34(12). 1932–1946.e7. 16 indexed citations
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Shao, Fei, Yibo Gao, Wei Wang, et al.. (2022). Silencing EGFR-upregulated expression of CD55 and CD59 activates the complement system and sensitizes lung cancer to checkpoint blockade. Nature Cancer. 3(10). 1192–1210. 48 indexed citations
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Agarwal, Neeti, Dinakar Iyer, Pradip Saha, et al.. (2021). HIV-1 Viral Protein R Couples Metabolic Inflexibility With White Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis. Diabetes. 70(9). 2014–2025. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Daqian, Zheng Wang, Yan Xia, et al.. (2020). The gluconeogenic enzyme PCK1 phosphorylates INSIG1/2 for lipogenesis. Nature. 580(7804). 530–535. 260 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Wenfeng, Li Li, Shaopeng Liu, et al.. (2019). MicroRNA Expression Profiling Screen miR-3557/324-Targeted CaMK/mTOR in the Rat Striatum of Parkinson’s Disease in Regular Aerobic Exercise. BioMed Research International. 2019. 1–12. 22 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenfeng, Zhiyuan Wang, Yan Xia, et al.. (2019). The balance of apoptosis and autophagy via regulation of the AMPK signal pathway in aging rat striatum during regular aerobic exercise. Experimental Gerontology. 124. 110647–110647. 20 indexed citations
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Sha, Hong, Dan Hu, Sinan Wu, et al.. (2018). Baseline Metabolic Risk Score and Postsurgical Esophageal Cancer-Specific Mortality: The Fujian Prospective Investigation of Cancer (FIESTA) Study. Journal of Cancer. 9(7). 1173–1181. 14 indexed citations
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Lyu, Zhong‐Shi, Zhaomin Mao, Yan Xia, et al.. (2018). PPARγ maintains the metabolic heterogeneity and homeostasis of renal tubules. EBioMedicine. 38. 178–190. 34 indexed citations
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Qian, Xu, Xinjian Li, Qingsong Cai, et al.. (2017). Phosphoglycerate Kinase 1 Phosphorylates Beclin1 to Induce Autophagy. Molecular Cell. 65(5). 917–931.e6. 213 indexed citations
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Li, Xinjian, Xu Qian, Li-Xia Peng, et al.. (2016). A splicing switch from ketohexokinase-C to ketohexokinase-A drives hepatocellular carcinoma formation. Nature Cell Biology. 18(5). 561–571. 139 indexed citations
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Li, Mengtao, Guang Lu, Jia Hu, et al.. (2016). EVA1A/TMEM166 Regulates Embryonic Neurogenesis by Autophagy. Stem Cell Reports. 6(3). 396–410. 44 indexed citations
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Pan, Xiaohong, Qiaoqin Ma, Hui Wang, et al.. (2015). High prevalence of HIV among men who have sex with men in Zhejiang, China: a respondent-driven sampling survey. BMJ Open. 5(12). e008466–e008466. 19 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yanhua, Xinjian Li, Xu Qian, et al.. (2015). Secreted and O-GlcNAcylated MIF binds to the human EGF receptor and inhibits its activation. Nature Cell Biology. 17(10). 1348–1355. 52 indexed citations
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Peng, Dungeng, Ji Hun Kim, Brett M. Kroncke, et al.. (2014). Purification and Structural Study of the Voltage-Sensor Domain of the Human KCNQ1 Potassium Ion Channel. Biochemistry. 53(12). 2032–2042. 32 indexed citations
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Xia, Yan, Weiwei Yang, Wen Bu, et al.. (2013). Differential Regulation of c-Jun Protein Plays an Instrumental Role in Chemoresistance of Cancer Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(27). 19321–19329. 23 indexed citations
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Xia, Yan, Wei-Jie Zhu, & Jing Li. (2011). Stereological Analysis of Peritubular Cells in Aging Mouse Testes. 22(2). 107–112. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yanhua, Yan Xia, David H. Hawke, et al.. (2009). FAK Phosphorylation by ERK Primes Ras-Induced Tyrosine Dephosphorylation of FAK Mediated by PIN1 and PTP-PEST. Molecular Cell. 35(1). 11–25. 135 indexed citations

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