Yao Shen

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Yao Shen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao Shen has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Cancer Research and 19 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Yao Shen's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (19 papers), Biochemical effects in animals (15 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers). Yao Shen is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (19 papers), Biochemical effects in animals (15 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (11 papers). Yao Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and United States. Yao Shen's co-authors include Zhong Chen, Weiwei Hu, Haijing Yan, Yau‐Huei Wei, Jieqiong Gao, Xiangnan Zhang, Zhe Shen, Yang Yuan, Chia-Yu Wang and Bo Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Yao Shen

119 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion-induced autophagy protects against neuronal injury by mitochondrial clearance

2013 436 citations Xiangnan Zhang, Zhe Shen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yao Shen China	35	1.8k	677	592	486	400	123	3.9k
Hong‐Seob So South Korea	39	2.1k 1.2×	413 0.6×	343 0.6×	337 0.7×	513 1.3×	119	4.4k
Jun Lü China	43	2.5k 1.4×	828 1.2×	465 0.8×	923 1.9×	225 0.6×	136	5.5k
Qinglin Li China	31	1.7k 0.9×	681 1.0×	668 1.1×	296 0.6×	222 0.6×	86	3.3k
Lin‐Hua Jiang United Kingdom	46	2.6k 1.5×	511 0.8×	357 0.6×	737 1.5×	215 0.5×	179	6.5k
Qian Cheng China	39	1.8k 1.0×	430 0.6×	293 0.5×	335 0.7×	328 0.8×	144	4.0k
Haitao Wang China	39	2.2k 1.2×	305 0.5×	346 0.6×	553 1.1×	200 0.5×	163	4.8k
Shijun Wang China	38	2.4k 1.4×	572 0.8×	590 1.0×	657 1.4×	325 0.8×	206	5.4k
Liping Chen China	33	2.0k 1.1×	725 1.1×	195 0.3×	395 0.8×	542 1.4×	221	3.8k
Qian Yang China	32	1.6k 0.9×	277 0.4×	775 1.3×	386 0.8×	233 0.6×	104	3.4k
Jan Lewerenz Germany	29	1.9k 1.1×	471 0.7×	416 0.7×	580 1.2×	300 0.8×	79	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yao Shen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fan, Jiawei, Tien-Chin Chang, Yao Shen, et al.. (2025). Inhibition of Glutamine Metabolism Attenuates Tumor Progression Through Remodeling of the Macrophage Immune Microenvironment. Advanced Biology. 9(10). e00738–e00738. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Ta-Wei, Ching‐Chuan Kuo, Yunhan Wang, et al.. (2025). Cytotoxicity-guided isolation of elatostemanosides I–VI from Elatostema tenuicaudatum W. T. Wang and their cytotoxic activities. RSC Advances. 15(14). 10639–10652. 2 indexed citations

Zheng, Yi, Zhiyu Li, Yao Shen, et al.. (2025). Hepatic lipidomics reveals lipid metabolism reprogramming response to different branched-chain amino acids interventions in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease of laying hens. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 148. 110161–110161.

Shen, Yao, et al.. (2025). High-efficiency engineering of cell membrane nanovesicles with intrinsic homotypic targeting for precision cancer drug delivery. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 334(Pt 1). 148793–148793.

Shen, Yao, et al.. (2024). Fatty acid synthase inhibitor cerulenin hinders liver cancer stem cell properties through FASN/APP axis as novel therapeutic strategies. Journal of Lipid Research. 65(11). 100660–100660. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Jiajia, Peng Shen, Cong Fan, et al.. (2024). XBP1s activates METTL3/METTL14 for ER-phagy and paclitaxel sensitivity regulation in breast cancer. Cancer Letters. 596. 216846–216846. 18 indexed citations

Singh, Jasvinder A., Yao Shen, Noah Goldfarb, et al.. (2024). Loss of CELF2 promotes skin tumorigenesis and increases drug resistance. International Journal of Dermatology. 64(1). 101–110. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Yongqing, et al.. (2023). Preparation of baicalin colon-targeted granules and its intervention effect on ulcerative colitis in rats. Particuology. 85. 13–21. 6 indexed citations

Singh, Jasvinder A., et al.. (2023). Histone methyltransferase inhibitor UNC0642 promotes breast cancer cell death by upregulating TXNIP-dependent oxidative stress. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 385. 110720–110720. 6 indexed citations

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Shen, Yao, Ioannis V. Kostopoulos, Xiaolin Xiao, et al.. (2022). Systems medicine dissection of chr1q-amp reveals a novel PBX1-FOXM1 axis for targeted therapy in multiple myeloma. Blood. 139(13). 1939–1953. 20 indexed citations

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Hsu, Fang‐Chi, Hsin‐Lun Lee, Yin‐Ju Chen, et al.. (2022). A Few-Shot Learning Approach Assists in the Prognosis Prediction of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Local Control of Bone Metastatic Lesions. Cancers. 14(2). 445–445. 7 indexed citations

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Hong, Jiaxin, Yao Shen, Chih‐Yi Hsu, et al.. (2022). Targeting glutamine metabolism enhances responses to platinum-based chemotherapy in triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC). Genes & Diseases. 9(6). 1408–1411. 12 indexed citations

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Shen, Yao, Jasvinder A. Singh, Zhongming Chen, et al.. (2022). The Histone Demethylase HR Suppresses Breast Cancer Development through Enhanced CELF2 Tumor Suppressor Activity. Cancers. 14(19). 4648–4648. 2 indexed citations

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Shen, Yao, et al.. (2021). Potential Therapies Targeting Metabolic Pathways in Cancer Stem Cells. Cells. 10(7). 1772–1772. 27 indexed citations

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Shen, Yao, Mao Sun, Jun Zhu, et al.. (2021). Tissue metabolic profiling reveals major metabolic alteration in colorectal cancer. Molecular Omics. 17(3). 464–471. 18 indexed citations

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Shen, Yao, Jin Gyoung Jung, Geoffrey D. Shimberg, et al.. (2021). Development of small molecule inhibitors targeting PBX1 transcription signaling as a novel cancer therapeutic strategy. iScience. 24(11). 103297–103297. 17 indexed citations

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Shen, Yao, Jiaxin Hong, Shiho Asaka, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of the MYC-Regulated Glutaminase Metabolic Axis Is an Effective Synthetic Lethal Approach for Treating Chemoresistant Ovarian Cancers. Cancer Research. 80(20). 4514–4526. 60 indexed citations

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Liu, Min, et al.. (2019). Combined Patterns Of Physical Activity And Screen-Related Sedentary Behavior Among Chinese Adolescents And Their Correlations With Depression, Anxiety And Self-Injurious Behaviors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Beek, Teris A. van, et al.. (2014). Extractionless analyses by direct analysis in real time (DART) MS. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 6. 2–7.

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Fan, Yan‐Ying, Zhe Shen, Ping He, et al.. (2013). A Novel Neuroprotective Strategy for Ischemic Stroke: Transient Mild Acidosis Treatment by CO ₂ Inhalation at Reperfusion. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 34(2). 275–283. 40 indexed citations

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