Yanru Wang

15.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
226 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Yanru Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanru Wang has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Oncology and 34 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yanru Wang's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Yanru Wang is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (14 papers). Yanru Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Yanru Wang's co-authors include Ronald A. DePinho, Denise J. Spring, Michael Forgac, Heping Cheng, Hidemitsu Harada, Han-Sung Jung, Tuija Mustonen, Irma Thesleff, Päivi Kettunen and Xianhua Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yanru Wang

192 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

p53 and Pten control neural and glioma stem/progenitor cell renewal and differentiation

2008 573 citations Hongwu Zheng, Haoqiang Ying et al. profile →
Effective combinatorial immunotherapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer

2017 396 citations James W. Horner, Pingna Deng et al. profile →
Gastric cancer immunosuppressive microenvironment heterogeneity: implications for therapy development

2024 52 citations Yanru Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanru Wang China	43	4.0k	1.4k	1.2k	864	704	226	6.7k
Jin Zhang China	42	4.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.6×	563 0.8×	232	8.5k
Brian P. Eliceiri United States	43	4.4k 1.1×	920 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	869 1.0×	450 0.6×	147	7.5k
Giuseppe Damante Italy	49	5.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	938 0.8×	549 0.6×	918 1.3×	288	8.7k
Ross D. Hannan Australia	53	6.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.9×	833 0.7×	538 0.6×	455 0.6×	151	8.6k
Carsten Sticht Germany	41	4.5k 1.1×	803 0.6×	2.7k 2.3×	845 1.0×	587 0.8×	179	7.6k
Ambra Pozzi United States	53	4.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	744 0.9×	665 0.9×	173	8.5k
Ling Liu China	37	4.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	961 0.8×	863 1.0×	340 0.5×	137	7.0k
Jie Wu United States	48	6.0k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	777 0.7×	1.5k 1.7×	734 1.0×	127	8.4k
Wei Cui China	43	3.8k 0.9×	779 0.5×	702 0.6×	584 0.7×	335 0.5×	120	6.4k
Tzafra Cohen Israel	25	4.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	557 0.6×	560 0.8×	40	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanru Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanru Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanru Wang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Wenyi, et al.. (2026). Association of peripheral inflammatory cell counts with depression among cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study based on the NHANES dataset. Supportive Care in Cancer. 34(2). 73–73.

Zhao, Sai, et al.. (2026). The Ultra‐Low Power 3D Graphene‐Based Magnetic Impedance Sensor with the Planar Structure. Advanced Functional Materials.

Zhang, Jia‐Yi, Pengcheng Guo, Yanru Wang, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive analysis of SDH genes in Populus and functional characterization of SDH4 in xylem and cambium development. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 1320–1320.

Wang, Yanru, Yu-Lin Lee, I‐Wen Huang, et al.. (2025). Susceptibilities of cefiderocol, meropenem-xeruborbactam, cefepime-taniborbactam, aztreonam-avibactam, and sulbactam-durlobactam against imipenem-non-susceptible Gram-negative bacilli in Taiwan. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 163. 108279–108279.

Wang, Yanru, et al.. (2025). Interaction Network Between Frugivorous Birds and Plants in Karst Habitats. Ecology and Evolution. 15(9). e72087–e72087.

Wang, Yanru, Jie Wang, Wenlin Dai, et al.. (2025). Interplay between astrocyte reactivity and APOE ε4 status is associated with accelerated pTau-related tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 20(1). 115–115. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yanru, et al.. (2024). Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of neutrophil membrane-coated nanoparticles without drug loading. Journal of Controlled Release. 369. 12–24. 38 indexed citations

Khaliq, Ateeq, Chi Zhang, Anita Turk, et al.. (2024). Spatial transcriptomic analysis of primary and metastatic pancreatic cancers highlights tumor microenvironmental heterogeneity. Nature Genetics. 56(11). 2455–2465. 30 indexed citations

Hu, Caixia, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of keloid fibroblast proliferation by artesunate is mediated by targeting the IRE1α/XBP1 signaling pathway and decreasing TGF-β1. Burns. 50(5). 1259–1268. 3 indexed citations

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Han, Ling, et al.. (2022). Appropriate ultrasonic treatment improves the production of antioxidant peptides by modifying gelatin extracted from yak skin. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 57(9). 5897–5908. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, Rumi, Jiexi Li, Jun Li, et al.. (2022). Synthetic Essentiality of Tryptophan 2,3-Dioxygenase 2 in APC -Mutated Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Discovery. 12(7). 1702–1717. 39 indexed citations

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Shim, Hong Seok, James W. Horner, Chang‐Jiun Wu, et al.. (2021). Telomerase reverse transcriptase preserves neuron survival and cognition in Alzheimer’s disease models. Nature Aging. 1(12). 1162–1174. 42 indexed citations

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Hou, Pingping, Avnish Kapoor, Qiang Zhang, et al.. (2020). Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling Enables Bypass of Oncogenic KRAS Dependency in Pancreatic Cancer. Cancer Discovery. 10(7). 1058–1077. 99 indexed citations

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Chen, Peiwen, Wen‐Hao Hsu, Andrew Chang, et al.. (2020). Circadian Regulator CLOCK Recruits Immune-Suppressive Microglia into the GBM Tumor Microenvironment. Cancer Discovery. 10(3). 371–381. 159 indexed citations

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Lei, Chuxiang, Wenjun Xie, Yan Li, et al.. (2020). Oxidation of Ryanodine Receptors Promotes Ca ²⁺ Leakage and Contributes to Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Pulmonary Hypertension. Hypertension. 77(1). 59–71. 25 indexed citations

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Yang, Yinhui, Dejie Wang, Jian An, et al.. (2017). Loss of FOXO1 Cooperates with TMPRSS2–ERG Overexpression to Promote Prostate Tumorigenesis and Cell Invasion. Cancer Research. 77(23). 6524–6537. 47 indexed citations

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Klingler, Stefan, Baofeng Guo, Jun Yao, et al.. (2015). Development of Resistance to EGFR-Targeted Therapy in Malignant Glioma Can Occur through EGFR-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms. Cancer Research. 75(10). 2109–2119. 29 indexed citations

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Taguchi, Ayumu, Qingxiang Yan, Yuzheng Zhang, et al.. (2015). MAPRE1 as a Plasma Biomarker for Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer and Adenomas. Cancer Prevention Research. 8(11). 1112–1119. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shumin, Xu Wang, Shareen A. Iqbal, et al.. (2012). Epidermal Growth Factor Promotes Protein Degradation of Epithelial Protein Lost in Neoplasm (EPLIN), a Putative Metastasis Suppressor, during Epithelial-mesenchymal Transition. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(3). 1469–1479. 38 indexed citations

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Mircheff, Austin K. & Yanru Wang. (2012). Neurally-Mediated Signals from the Environment Activate an Immunohomeostatic Epithelial Cell - Immune Cell Network in the Lacrimal Gland. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 627–627. 1 indexed citations

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