Yanfang Fu

10.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
19 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Yanfang Fu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanfang Fu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Yanfang Fu's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Yanfang Fu is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (4 papers). Yanfang Fu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Panama. Yanfang Fu's co-authors include J. Keith Joung, Deepak Reyon, Jeffry D. Sander, Morgan L. Maeder, Vincent Cascio, Cyd Khayter, Woong Y. Hwang, Jing-Ruey Joanna Yeh, Randall T. Peterson and Shengdar Q. Tsai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Blood and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Yanfang Fu

19 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

High-frequency off-target mutagenesis induced by CRISPR-Cas nucleases in human cells

2013 2.5k citations Yanfang Fu, Cyd Khayter et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Efficient genome editing in zebrafish using a CRISPR-Cas system

2013 2.2k citations Woong Y. Hwang, Yanfang Fu et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Improving CRISPR-Cas nuclease specificity using truncated guide RNAs

2014 1.5k citations Yanfang Fu, Jeffry D. Sander et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
CRISPR RNA–guided activation of endogenous human genes

2013 926 citations Morgan L. Maeder, Samantha J Linder et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanfang Fu United States	16	7.3k	1.7k	736	708	677	19	8.1k
Morgan L. Maeder United States	27	10.3k 1.4×	2.5k 1.5×	1.4k 1.8×	866 1.2×	816 1.2×	41	11.4k
Deepak Reyon United States	28	10.3k 1.4×	2.4k 1.4×	1.6k 2.1×	937 1.3×	840 1.2×	40	11.8k
Luhan Yang United States	6	7.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	804 1.1×	556 0.8×	235 0.3×	8	8.0k
Ophir Shalem United States	21	11.6k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	935 1.3×	822 1.2×	585 0.9×	42	13.1k
Jing-Ruey Joanna Yeh United States	28	4.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	457 0.6×	336 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	48	5.9k
Tetsushi Sakuma Japan	41	5.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	492 0.7×	291 0.4×	480 0.7×	161	6.3k
Jeffry D. Sander United States	31	12.6k 1.7×	3.1k 1.8×	2.0k 2.7×	1.0k 1.4×	926 1.4×	41	14.2k
Scot A. Wolfe United States	48	7.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	768 1.0×	306 0.4×	915 1.4×	97	8.3k
Shengdar Q. Tsai United States	37	12.6k 1.7×	3.1k 1.8×	1.4k 1.9×	1.4k 1.9×	663 1.0×	65	14.1k
Albert W. Cheng United States	34	11.4k 1.6×	3.0k 1.8×	684 0.9×	378 0.5×	314 0.5×	51	13.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanfang Fu

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

All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

Fu, Yanfang, et al.. (2020). Long non-coding RNA TCONS_00814106 regulates porcine granulosa cell proliferation and apoptosis by sponging miR-1343. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 520. 111064–111064. 17 indexed citations

Wu, Weiwei, et al.. (2020). Population structure of Han population in China revealed by 41 STR loci. Annals of Human Biology. 47(1). 65–69. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Xianbin, Pengbo Wen, Yanfang Fu, et al.. (2019). Radiation induces apoptosis primarily through the intrinsic pathway in mammalian cells. Cellular Signalling. 62. 109337–109337. 50 indexed citations

Lin, Ling, Adrian P. Rybak, Jonathan Yen, et al.. (2019). Complementary Base Editing Approaches for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease and Beta Thalassemia. Blood. 134(Supplement_1). 3352–3352. 5 indexed citations

Spisák, Sándor, Kate Lawrenson, Yanfang Fu, et al.. (2015). CAUSEL: an epigenome- and genome-editing pipeline for establishing function of noncoding GWAS variants. Nature Medicine. 21(11). 1357–1363. 63 indexed citations

Hwang, Woong Y., et al.. (2015). Targeted Mutagenesis in Zebrafish Using CRISPR RNA-Guided Nucleases. Methods in molecular biology. 1311. 317–334. 16 indexed citations

Shu, Liping, Zhiwei Zhou, Ting Zhou, et al.. (2015). Ectopic expression of Hoxb4a in hemangioblasts promotes hematopoietic development in early embryogenesis of zebrafish. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 42(12). 1275–1286. 4 indexed citations

Fu, Yanfang, Jeffry D. Sander, Deepak Reyon, Vincent Cascio, & J. Keith Joung. (2014). Improving CRISPR-Cas nuclease specificity using truncated guide RNAs. Nature Biotechnology. 32(3). 279–284. 1536 indexed citations breakdown →

Fu, Yanfang, Deepak Reyon, & J. Keith Joung. (2014). Targeted Genome Editing in Human Cells Using CRISPR/Cas Nucleases and Truncated Guide RNAs. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 546. 21–45. 35 indexed citations

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Hwang, Woong Y., Yanfang Fu, Deepak Reyon, et al.. (2013). Heritable and Precise Zebrafish Genome Editing Using a CRISPR-Cas System. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68708–e68708. 278 indexed citations

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Maeder, Morgan L., Samantha J Linder, Vincent Cascio, et al.. (2013). CRISPR RNA–guided activation of endogenous human genes. Nature Methods. 10(10). 977–979. 926 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fu, Yanfang, Cyd Khayter, Morgan L. Maeder, et al.. (2013). High-frequency off-target mutagenesis induced by CRISPR-Cas nucleases in human cells. Nature Biotechnology. 31(9). 822–826. 2476 indexed citations breakdown →

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Maeder, Morgan L., Samantha J Linder, Deepak Reyon, et al.. (2013). Robust, synergistic regulation of human gene expression using TALE activators. Nature Methods. 10(3). 243–245. 139 indexed citations

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Hwang, Woong Y., Yanfang Fu, Deepak Reyon, et al.. (2013). Efficient genome editing in zebrafish using a CRISPR-Cas system. Nature Biotechnology. 31(3). 227–229. 2225 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dong, Mei, Yanfang Fu, Tingting Du, et al.. (2009). Heritable and Lineage-Specific Gene Knockdown in Zebrafish Embryo. PLoS ONE. 4(7). e6125–e6125. 49 indexed citations

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Du, Tingting, Yanfang Fu, Mei Dong, et al.. (2009). Experimental validation and complexity of miRNA–mRNA target interaction during zebrafish primitive erythropoiesis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 381(4). 688–693. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yong, Kang-Yong Zhu, Yi Jin, et al.. (2008). In Vivo Interstitial Migration of Primitive Macrophages Mediated by JNK-Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 Signaling in Response to Acute Injury. The Journal of Immunology. 181(3). 2155–2164. 72 indexed citations

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Fu, Yanfang, Tingting Du, Mei Dong, et al.. (2008). Mir-144 selectively regulates embryonic α-hemoglobin synthesis during primitive erythropoiesis. Blood. 113(6). 1340–1349. 113 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, Yong Zhang, Ting Zhou, et al.. (2008). Functional characterization of lmo2‐Cre transgenic zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics. 237(8). 2139–2146. 26 indexed citations

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