Yan Xu

12.6k citations

146 papers · 7.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 53

Molecular Biology top 2%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.5%
Surgery top 2%
Immunology top 2%
Cancer Research top 2%

Co-authors: Jeffrey A. Whitsett Susan E. Wert Minzhe Guo Anne‐Karina T. Perl Machiko Ikegami Valérie Besnard Anusha Sridharan Graham Casey
Topics: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (61 papers)Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (30 papers)Renal and related cancers (13 papers)
Cited by: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Molecular Biology Cancer Research
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nucleic Acids Research Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom China

In The Last Decade

Yan Xu

137 papers receiving 7.7k citations

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Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies diverse roles of epithelial cells in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

2016 385 citations Yan Xu, Anusha Sridharan et al. JCI Insight profile →

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1	mTOR dysregulation induces IL-6 and paracrine AT2 cell senescence impeding lung repair in lymphangioleiomyomatosis 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Roya Babaei‐Jadidi,Debbie Clements,(unknown),Ken Chen,S. Miller,Manuela Platé,Kyungtae Lim,(unknown),Vera P. Krymskaya,Rachel C. Chambers,Emma L. Rawlins,Yan Xu,Simon R. Johnson	0
2	Single-cell multiomic analysis identifies a HOX-PBX gene network regulating the survival of lymphangioleiomyomatosis cells 2023 ·Science Advances ·(unknown),Andrew Wagner,Aristotelis Astrinidis,(unknown),Minzhe Guo,(unknown),(unknown),Elizabeth J. Kopras,Nishant Gupta,Eric P. Smith,Magdalena Karbowniczek,Maciej M. Markiewski,Kathryn A. Wikenheiser‐Brokamp,Jeffrey A. Whitsett,Francis X. McCormack,Yan Xu,Jane Yu	6
3	Single Cell Multiomics Identifies Cells and Genetic Networks Underlying Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia 2023 ·American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ·Minzhe Guo,Kathryn A. Wikenheiser‐Brokamp,Joseph A. Kitzmiller,(unknown),Guolun Wang,Allen Wang,Sebastian Preißl,Xiaomeng Hou,Justin Buchanan,Justyna A. Karolak,Yifei Miao,David B. Frank,William J. Zacharias,Xin Sun,Yan Xu,Mingxia Gu,Paweł Stankiewicz,Vladimir V. Kalinichenko,(unknown),Jeffrey A. Whitsett	14
4	Lung endothelial cells regulate pulmonary fibrosis through FOXF1/R-Ras signaling 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),Ying‐Wei Lan,Shuyang Zhao,Zicheng Deng,Samriddhi Shukla,(unknown),(unknown),Tien Le,David Milewski,Matthew Bacchetta,Ahmed E. Hozain,Yuliya Tipograf,Ya‐Wen Chen,Yan Xu,Donglu Shi,Vladimir V. Kalinichenko,Tanya V. Kalin	55
5	Estradiol Augments Tumor-Induced Neutrophil Production to Promote Tumor Cell Actions in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Models 2023 ·Endocrinology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Erin Gibbons,(unknown),(unknown),D Kurtz,Yan Xu,Stephen R. Hammes	7
6	The balance between protective and pathogenic immune responses to pneumonia in the neonatal lung is enforced by gut microbiota 2022 ·Science Translational Medicine ·(unknown),Shelby Steinmeyer,(unknown),Laura S. Peterson,(unknown),Jerilyn K. Gray,Ian Lewkowich,Yan Xu,Yina Du,Minzhe Guo,James L. Wynn,William J. Zacharias,Nathan Salomonis,Lisa A. Miller,Claire Chougnet,Dennis J. Hartigan-O’Connor,Hitesh Deshmukh	24
7	Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Cell Atlas 2022 ·Thorax ·Yina Du,Minzhe Guo,Yixin Wu,Andrew J. Wagner,Anne‐Karina T. Perl,Kathryn A. Wikenheiser‐Brokamp,Jane Yu,Nishant Gupta,Elizabeth J. Kopras,Vera P. Krymskaya,(unknown),Yan Tang,David J. Kwiatkowski,Elizabeth P. Henske,Francis X. McCormack,Yan Xu	10
8	Surfactant protein C mutation links postnatal type 2 cell dysfunction to adult disease 2021 ·JCI Insight ·(unknown),(unknown),Cheng-Lun Na,Shuyang Zhao,Jenna Green,Hitesh Deshmukh,Anne‐Karina T. Perl,James P. Bridges,Yan Xu,Timothy E. Weaver	14
9	BMP4 and Wnt signaling interact to promote mouse tracheal mesenchyme morphogenesis 2021 ·American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),John Snowball,(unknown),(unknown),Yan Xu,Débora Sinner	9
10	YAP regulates alveolar epithelial cell differentiation and AGER via NFIB/KLF5/NKX2-1 2021 ·iScience ·Jason J. Gokey,John Snowball,Anusha Sridharan,Parvathi Sudha,Joseph A. Kitzmiller,Yan Xu,Jeffrey A. Whitsett	26
11	Neutrophil extracellular traps activate IL-8 and IL-1 expression in human bronchial epithelia 2020 ·American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology ·Kristin Hudock,Margaret S. Collins,(unknown),John Snowball,Elizabeth L. Kramer,John J. Brewington,Kandace Gollomp,Cormac McCarthy,Alicia J. Ostmann,Elizabeth J. Kopras,Cynthia Davidson,(unknown),Paritha Arumugam,Shaon Sengupta,Yan Xu,G. Scott Worthen,Bruce C. Trapnell,John P. Clancy	54
12	Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Supports a Pulmonary Niche that Promotes Type 3 Innate Lymphoid Cell Development in Newborn Lungs 2020 ·Immunity ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Timothy C. Wang,Jerilyn K. Gray,(unknown),James P. Bridges,Ian Lewkowich,Yan Xu,Shawn K. Ahlfeld,William J. Zacharias,Theresa Alenghat,Hitesh Deshmukh	55
13	Glucocorticoid regulates mesenchymal cell differentiation required for perinatal lung morphogenesis and function 2020 ·American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology ·James P. Bridges,Parvathi Sudha,(unknown),Andrew J. Wagner,Minzhe Guo,Yina Du,Kari Brown,(unknown),Joseph A. Kitzmiller,(unknown),Xiaoting Chen,Matthew T. Weirauch,Alan H. Jobe,Jeffrey A. Whitsett,Yan Xu	17
14	Integration of transcriptomic and proteomic data identifies biological functions in cell populations from human infant lung 2019 ·American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology ·Yina Du,Gérémy Clair,Denise Al Alam,Soula Danopoulos,Daniel Schnell,Joseph A. Kitzmiller,Ravi Misra,Soumyaroop Bhattacharya,David Warburton,Thomas J. Mariani,Gloria Pryhuber,Jeffrey A. Whitsett,Charles Ansong,Yan Xu	21
15	MEG3 is increased in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and regulates epithelial cell differentiation 2018 ·JCI Insight ·Jason J. Gokey,John Snowball,Anusha Sridharan,(unknown),Katharine E. Black,Lida P. Hariri,Anne‐Karina T. Perl,Yan Xu,Jeffrey A. Whitsett	50
16	Active epithelial Hippo signaling in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis 2018 ·JCI Insight ·Jason J. Gokey,Anusha Sridharan,Yan Xu,Jenna Green,Gianni Carraro,Barry R. Stripp,Anne‐Karina T. Perl,Jeffrey A. Whitsett	117
17	Single cell RNA analysis identifies cellular heterogeneity and adaptive responses of the lung at birth 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Minzhe Guo,Yina Du,Jason J. Gokey,Samriddha Ray,Sheila M. Bell,Mike Adam,Parvathi Sudha,Anne‐Karina T. Perl,Hitesh Deshmukh,S. Steven Potter,Jeffrey A. Whitsett,Yan Xu	133
18	EMC3 coordinates surfactant protein and lipid homeostasis required for respiration 2017 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Xiaofang Tang,John Snowball,Yan Xu,Cheng-Lun Na,Timothy E. Weaver,Gérémy Clair,Jennifer Kyle,Erika Zink,Charles Ansong,Wei Wei,Meina Huang,Xinhua Lin,Jeffrey A. Whitsett	45
19	Alveolar injury and regeneration following deletion of ABCA3 2017 ·JCI Insight ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Kari M. Brown,John Snowball,Wenjia Zhou,Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen,Erika Zink,Sydney Dautel,Gérémy Clair,Charles Ansong,Yan Xu,James P. Bridges,Jeffrey A. Whitsett	31
20	Foxa2 is required for transition to air breathing at birth 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Huajing Wan,Yan Xu,Machiko Ikegami,Mildred T. Stahlman,Klaus H. Kaestner,Siew‐Lan Ang,Jeffrey A. Whitsett	107

About Yan Xu

Yan Xu is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Molecular Biology, having authored 146 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (61 papers), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (30 papers) and Renal and related cancers (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (3.5k citations), Molecular Biology (3.9k citations) and Cancer Research (761 citations). Yan Xu has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Frequent co-authors include Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Susan E. Wert, Minzhe Guo, Anne‐Karina T. Perl, Machiko Ikegami, Valérie Besnard, Anusha Sridharan, Graham Casey, Timothy E. Weaver and Joseph A. Kitzmiller. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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