Yanghe Zhang

606 total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 385 citations indexed

About

Yanghe Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanghe Zhang has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 385 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yanghe Zhang's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (8 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (3 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (2 papers). Yanghe Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (8 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (3 papers) and Cervical Cancer and HPV Research (2 papers). Yanghe Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China. Yanghe Zhang's co-authors include Yishu Wang, Qingfei Meng, Honglan Zhou, Zhixiang Xu, Honglan Zhou, Bin Liu, Huihui Sun, Zhi‐Xiang Xu, Bin Liu and Huihui Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, Frontiers in Pharmacology and Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity.

In The Last Decade

Yanghe Zhang

14 papers receiving 382 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.

Lactylation stabilizes DCBLD1 activating the pentose phosphate pathway to promote cervical cancer progression

2024 71 citations Qingfei Meng, Huihui Sun et al. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research profile →
Human papillomavirus-16 E6 activates the pentose phosphate pathway to promote cervical cancer cell proliferation by inhibiting G6PD lactylation

2024 44 citations Qingfei Meng, Yanghe Zhang et al. Redox Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanghe Zhang China	9	215	151	48	45	43	16	385
Honglan Zhou China	8	192 0.9×	130 0.9×	34 0.7×	32 0.7×	30 0.7×	17	316
Qingfei Meng China	8	187 0.9×	135 0.9×	38 0.8×	32 0.7×	29 0.7×	12	305
Zi-Teng Zhang China	11	226 1.1×	66 0.4×	58 1.2×	39 0.9×	41 1.0×	13	369
Lifang Wu China	14	189 0.9×	108 0.7×	30 0.6×	55 1.2×	29 0.7×	23	424
Juliana Cazarin Brazil	13	180 0.8×	94 0.6×	41 0.9×	26 0.6×	20 0.5×	19	440
Ku-Geng Huo Canada	8	169 0.8×	71 0.5×	67 1.4×	25 0.6×	54 1.3×	13	425
Xiujie Liang China	11	144 0.7×	86 0.6×	43 0.9×	39 0.9×	60 1.4×	18	359
Eman Khairy Egypt	12	158 0.7×	82 0.5×	25 0.5×	50 1.1×	32 0.7×	25	340

Countries citing papers authored by Yanghe Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanghe Zhang

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

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16 of 16 papers shown

Yang, Hongxia, Dan Zhang, Zehua Zhang, et al.. (2025). Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids alleviate renal fibrosis in chronic kidney disease by reducing macrophage activation and infiltration through the JAG1-NOTCH1/2 pathway. International Immunopharmacology. 152. 114454–114454. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yu-Xiong, Bin Liu, Dan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Loss of ACSL1 fuels ferroptosis resistance in clear cell renal carcinoma. Cancer Biology & Therapy. 26(1). 2567815–2567815.

Xu, Zhiwei, Hongxia Yang, Dan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Sex-specific mechanisms in the pathogenesis and progression of chronic kidney disease. Autoimmunity Reviews. 25(1). 103938–103938.

Wang, Yu-Xiong, Bin Liu, Yanghe Zhang, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the enigmatic role of MYH9 in tumor biology: a comprehensive review. Cell Communication and Signaling. 22(1). 417–417. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanghe, et al.. (2024). The role of macrophages in fibrosis of chronic kidney disease. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 177. 117079–117079. 22 indexed citations

Meng, Qingfei, Yanghe Zhang, Huihui Sun, et al.. (2024). Human papillomavirus-16 E6 activates the pentose phosphate pathway to promote cervical cancer cell proliferation by inhibiting G6PD lactylation. Redox Biology. 71. 103108–103108. 44 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Pei, Yanghe Zhang, Yu-Xiong Wang, et al.. (2024). Pharmacological targeting of AMPK to restore glucose and fatty acid metabolism homeostasis attenuates transplanted kidney fibrosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1871(1). 167510–167510. 1 indexed citations

Meng, Qingfei, Huihui Sun, Yanghe Zhang, et al.. (2024). Lactylation stabilizes DCBLD1 activating the pentose phosphate pathway to promote cervical cancer progression. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 43(1). 36–36. 71 indexed citations breakdown →

Pan, Yujie, Xiaodong Zhao, Faping Li, et al.. (2023). Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors: A key link between lipid metabolism and cancer progression. Clinical Nutrition. 43(2). 332–345. 47 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu-Xiong, Bin Liu, Faping Li, et al.. (2023). The connection between tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme mutations and pseudohypoxic signaling in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1274239–1274239. 9 indexed citations

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Meng, Qingfei, Huihui Sun, Bin Liu, et al.. (2023). Human papillomavirus type 16 E6 promotes cervical cancer proliferation by upregulating transketolase enzymatic activity through the activation of protein kinase B. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 63(2). 339–355. 7 indexed citations

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Meng, Qingfei, Huihui Sun, Yao Li, et al.. (2022). The role of transketolase in human cancer progression and therapy. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 154. 113607–113607. 33 indexed citations

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Meng, Qingfei, Yanghe Zhang, Huihui Sun, et al.. (2022). Recent findings in the regulation of G6PD and its role in diseases. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 932154–932154. 58 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanghe, et al.. (2022). The role of liver kinase B1 in tumor progression through regulation of lipid metabolism. Clinical & Translational Oncology. 24(11). 2045–2054. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanghe, Qingfei Meng, Qianhui Sun, et al.. (2020). LKB1 deficiency-induced metabolic reprogramming in tumorigenesis and non-neoplastic diseases. Molecular Metabolism. 44. 101131–101131. 56 indexed citations

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Wang, Yishu, Lei Pang, Yanghe Zhang, Jiahui Lin, & Honglan Zhou. (2019). Fenofibrate Improved Interstitial Fibrosis of Renal Allograft through Inhibited Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Induced by Oxidative Stress. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2019. 1–12. 26 indexed citations

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