Yan‐Qin Shen

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Yan‐Qin Shen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan‐Qin Shen has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Neurology and 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yan‐Qin Shen's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (21 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers). Yan‐Qin Shen is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (21 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (18 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers). Yan‐Qin Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yan‐Qin Shen's co-authors include Mengfei Sun, Chun Cui, Xue-Bing Jia, Zhi-Lan Zhou, Yingli Zhu, Melitta Schachner, Qin Yang, Yi‐Da Xu, Ping Fang and Chen-Meng Qiao and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Brain Research and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yan‐Qin Shen

64 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Neuroprotective effects of fecal microbiota transplantation on MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease mice: Gut microbiota, glial reaction and TLR4/TNF-α signaling pathway

2018 556 citations Mengfei Sun, Zhi-Lan Zhou et al. profile →
Dysbiosis of gut microbiota and microbial metabolites in Parkinson’s Disease

2018 342 citations Mengfei Sun, Yan‐Qin Shen profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan‐Qin Shen China	23	1.2k	608	454	451	335	65	2.3k
Madelyn C. Houser United States	15	885 0.7×	1.0k 1.7×	555 1.2×	587 1.3×	264 0.8×	36	2.4k
Taren Thron United States	4	1.7k 1.4×	933 1.5×	867 1.9×	534 1.2×	557 1.7×	6	3.0k
Jianjun Chang United States	23	862 0.7×	805 1.3×	531 1.2×	605 1.3×	203 0.6×	61	2.3k
Shivani Ghaisas United States	19	936 0.8×	443 0.7×	377 0.8×	356 0.8×	137 0.4×	21	1.9k
Yiwei Qian China	18	754 0.6×	538 0.9×	324 0.7×	347 0.8×	212 0.6×	30	1.5k
Shaoqing Xu China	17	714 0.6×	516 0.8×	310 0.7×	305 0.7×	200 0.6×	27	1.4k
Corinne Benakis Germany	20	1.2k 1.0×	202 0.3×	433 1.0×	1.2k 2.7×	286 0.9×	31	2.4k
Gianfranco Racchumi United States	19	1.1k 0.9×	260 0.4×	501 1.1×	1.3k 2.8×	223 0.7×	23	2.9k
Yingjun Liu China	26	1.0k 0.9×	627 1.0×	283 0.6×	585 1.3×	138 0.4×	98	2.7k
Eleonora Napoli United States	33	2.4k 2.0×	232 0.4×	500 1.1×	181 0.4×	114 0.3×	74	3.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan‐Qin Shen

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Qiao, Chen-Meng, Xiaoyu Ma, Lulu Tan, et al.. (2025). Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 inhibition mediates the therapeutic effects in Parkinson's disease mice by modulating inflammation and neurogenesis in a gut microbiota dependent manner. Experimental Neurology. 385. 115142–115142. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Xiaoyu, Lulu Tan, Jian Wu, et al.. (2025). Intranasal Transplantation of Microbiota Derived from Parkinson’s Disease Mice Induced Astrocyte Activation and Neurodegenerative Pathology from Nose to Brain. Brain Sciences. 15(5). 433–433.

Zhang, Wei, Chong Liu, Qian Li, et al.. (2025). Targeted ErbB4 receptor activation prevents D-galactose-induced neuronal senescence via inhibiting ferroptosis pathway. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 16. 1528604–1528604. 3 indexed citations

Hong, Hui, Yun Shi, Wenyan Huang, et al.. (2024). A Pilot Study on a Possible Mechanism behind Olfactory Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease: The Association of TAAR1 Downregulation with Neuronal Loss and Inflammation along Olfactory Pathway. Brain Sciences. 14(4). 300–300. 1 indexed citations

Qiao, Chen-Meng, Wenyan Huang, Yu Zhou, et al.. (2024). Akkermansia muciniphila Is Beneficial to a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease, via Alleviated Neuroinflammation and Promoted Neurogenesis, with Involvement of SCFAs. Brain Sciences. 14(3). 238–238. 23 indexed citations

Qiao, Chen-Meng, Lulu Tan, Xiaoyu Ma, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of S100A9-mediated astrocyte activation via TLR4/NF-κB in Parkinson’s disease. International Immunopharmacology. 146. 113938–113938. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Wei, Qian Li, Chong Liu, et al.. (2024). Neuregulin 1 mitigated prolactin deficiency through enhancing TRPM8 signaling under the influence of melatonin in senescent pituitary lactotrophs. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 275(Pt 1). 133659–133659. 2 indexed citations

Quan, Wei, Chen-Meng Qiao, Jian Wu, et al.. (2023). Trimethylamine N-Oxide Exacerbates Neuroinflammation and Motor Dysfunction in an Acute MPTP Mice Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Brain Sciences. 13(5). 790–790. 24 indexed citations

Zhao, Liping, Jian Wu, Yu Zhou, et al.. (2023). DSS-induced colitis activates the kynurenine pathway in serum and brain by affecting IDO-1 and gut microbiota. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 1089200–1089200. 21 indexed citations

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Cui, Chun, Yun Shi, Hui Hong, et al.. (2023). 5-HT4 Receptor is Protective for MPTP-induced Parkinson’s Disease Mice Via Altering Gastrointestinal Motility or Gut Microbiota. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 18(4). 610–627. 9 indexed citations

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Qiao, Chen-Meng, Weijiang Zhao, Wei Quan, et al.. (2023). RIPK1-Induced A1 Reactive Astrocytes in Brain in MPTP-Treated Murine Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Brain Sciences. 13(5). 733–733. 5 indexed citations

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Cui, Chun, Hui Hong, Yun Shi, et al.. (2022). Vancomycin Pretreatment on MPTP-Induced Parkinson’s Disease Mice Exerts Neuroprotection by Suppressing Inflammation Both in Brain and Gut. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 18(1-2). 72–89. 36 indexed citations

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Zhao, Liping, Bo-Ping Zhang, Zhi-Lan Zhou, et al.. (2021). Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Enhances Motoneuron Survival and Inhibits Neuroinflammation After Spinal Cord Transection in Zebrafish. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 42(5). 1373–1384. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Jie, Shuai Zhou, Zhengbiao Gu, et al.. (2021). Effect of starch-hydrocolloid complexes with heat-moisture treatment on in vivo digestibility. Food & Function. 12(17). 8017–8025. 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yu, Weijiang Zhao, Wei Quan, et al.. (2021). Dynamic changes of activated AHR in microglia and astrocytes in the substantia nigra-striatum system in an MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease mouse model. Brain Research Bulletin. 176. 174–183. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ye, et al.. (2017). Participation of perforin in mediating dopaminergic neuron loss in MPTP-induced Parkinson's disease in mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 484(3). 618–622. 5 indexed citations

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Fang, Ping, et al.. (2012). A Surgery Protocol for Adult Zebrafish Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of genetics and genomics. 39(9). 481–487. 25 indexed citations

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Fang, Ping, Melitta Schachner, & Yan‐Qin Shen. (2012). HMGB1 in Development and Diseases of the Central Nervous System. Molecular Neurobiology. 45(3). 499–506. 161 indexed citations

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Zhang, Juan, et al.. (2009). Asymmetrical release of interleukin-6 by cultured cerebral cortical astrocytes treated with lipopolysaccharide.. PubMed. 129(2). 164–9. 1 indexed citations

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Ozawa, K, Yan‐Qin Shen, Shin‐ichi Muramatsu, et al.. (2000). Gene therapy of Parkinson’s disease using Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) vectors. PubMed. 181–191. 17 indexed citations

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