Yarui Diao

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Yarui Diao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yarui Diao has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 7 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Yarui Diao's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (8 papers). Yarui Diao is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (10 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (8 papers). Yarui Diao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Yarui Diao's co-authors include Bing Ren, Inkyung Jung, Ah Young Lee, Jesse R. Dixon, Zhen Ye, Victor V. Lobanenkov, Wei Xie, Nisha Rajagopal, James A. Thomson and Joseph R. Ecker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yarui Diao

35 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Chromatin architecture reorganization during stem cell differentiation

2015 1.1k citations Jesse R. Dixon, Inkyung Jung et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yarui Diao United States	21	2.2k	415	352	349	198	40	2.7k
Effie Apostolou United States	24	4.0k 1.8×	350 0.8×	518 1.5×	202 0.6×	176 0.9×	45	4.3k
Yun-Shen Chan Singapore	16	3.0k 1.3×	288 0.7×	371 1.1×	536 1.5×	102 0.5×	25	3.3k
Sigrid Swagemakers Netherlands	26	1.9k 0.8×	443 1.1×	299 0.8×	158 0.5×	481 2.4×	61	2.6k
Eveline J. Steine United States	10	4.1k 1.8×	470 1.1×	678 1.9×	215 0.6×	247 1.2×	11	4.6k
Lara S. Collier United States	20	1.6k 0.7×	273 0.7×	462 1.3×	223 0.6×	287 1.4×	33	2.1k
Daniel S. Day United States	12	2.1k 0.9×	297 0.7×	255 0.7×	351 1.0×	209 1.1×	13	2.4k
Bruno Di Stefano United States	22	2.0k 0.9×	154 0.4×	463 1.3×	144 0.4×	185 0.9×	40	2.3k
Seunghee Lee United States	26	2.5k 1.1×	580 1.4×	411 1.2×	84 0.2×	141 0.7×	46	3.0k
Marion Leleu Switzerland	22	2.6k 1.2×	259 0.6×	510 1.4×	532 1.5×	205 1.0×	30	3.7k
Anja Ebert Austria	22	2.5k 1.1×	207 0.5×	340 1.0×	424 1.2×	254 1.3×	28	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yarui Diao

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Cosgrove, Brian D., Anthony Rizzo, Alejandro Barrera, et al.. (2025). Mechanosensitive genomic enhancers potentiate the cellular response to matrix stiffness. Science. 390(6778). eadl1988–eadl1988.

Park, Seong-Wan, Xiaolin Wei, Junghyun Eom, et al.. (2025). NR3C1-mediated epigenetic regulation suppresses astrocytic immune responses in mice. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8330–8330.

Sun, Tongyu, Yueyuan Xu, Kan Zhang, et al.. (2025). A subset of transposable elements as mechano-response enhancer elements in controlling human embryonic stem cell fate. Nature Cell Biology. 27(10). 1785–1796.

Hammouda, M. Ben, Wanying Miao, Yingai J. Jin, et al.. (2024). UBE2N Is Essential for Maintenance of Skin Homeostasis and Suppression of Inflammation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 144(12). 2742–2753. 2 indexed citations

Ou, Jianhong, John Thompson, Sushant Bangru, et al.. (2024). A screen for regeneration-associated silencer regulatory elements in zebrafish. Developmental Cell. 59(5). 676–691.e5. 4 indexed citations

Puviindran, Vijitha, Xiang Yu, Jianhong Ou, et al.. (2024). The COMPASS complex maintains the metastatic capacity imparted by a subpopulation of cells in UPS. iScience. 27(7). 110187–110187. 1 indexed citations

Southerland, Kevin W., Yueyuan Xu, Derek Peters, et al.. (2023). Skeletal muscle regeneration failure in ischemic-damaged limbs is associated with pro-inflammatory macrophages and premature differentiation of satellite cells. Genome Medicine. 15(1). 95–95. 22 indexed citations

Sun, Tongyu, Yueyuan Xu, Yu Xiang, et al.. (2023). Crosstalk between RNA m6A and DNA methylation regulates transposable element chromatin activation and cell fate in human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Genetics. 55(8). 1324–1335. 57 indexed citations

Lin, Xin, et al.. (2023). Single-cell chromatin accessibility profiling reveals a self-renewing muscle satellite cell state. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(8). 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Lei, Rebecca S. Moreci, Kaelyn Sumigray, et al.. (2022). Maf family transcription factors are required for nutrient uptake in the mouse neonatal gut. Development. 149(23). 5 indexed citations

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Meng, Zhipeng, Cao Fang, Yunjiang Qiu, et al.. (2022). The Hippo pathway mediates Semaphorin signaling. Science Advances. 8(21). eabl9806–eabl9806. 12 indexed citations

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Tang, Yuning J., Vijitha Puviindran, Yu Xiang, et al.. (2021). Tumor-propagating side population cells are a dynamic subpopulation in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma. JCI Insight. 6(22). 2 indexed citations

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Yahara, Yasuhito, Tomasa Barrientos, Yuning J. Tang, et al.. (2020). Erythromyeloid progenitors give rise to a population of osteoclasts that contribute to bone homeostasis and repair. Nature Cell Biology. 22(1). 49–59. 134 indexed citations

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Gao, Yudong, Erin Hisey, Tyler WA Bradshaw, et al.. (2019). Plug-and-Play Protein Modification Using Homology-Independent Universal Genome Engineering. Neuron. 103(4). 583–597.e8. 67 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiaofan, et al.. (2018). PIP5K1α promotes myogenic differentiation via AKT activation and calcium release. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 9(1). 33–33. 12 indexed citations

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Diao, Yarui, Rongxin Fang, Bin Li, et al.. (2017). A tiling-deletion-based genetic screen for cis-regulatory element identification in mammalian cells. Nature Methods. 14(6). 629–635. 169 indexed citations

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Diao, Yarui, Bin Li, Zhipeng Meng, et al.. (2016). A new class of temporarily phenotypic enhancers identified by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genetic screening. Genome Research. 26(3). 397–405. 87 indexed citations

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Dixon, Jesse R., Inkyung Jung, Siddarth Selvaraj, et al.. (2015). Chromatin architecture reorganization during stem cell differentiation. Nature. 518(7539). 331–336. 1062 indexed citations breakdown →

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Diao, Yarui, Xing Guo, Lei Jiang, et al.. (2013). miR-203, a Tumor Suppressor Frequently Down-regulated by Promoter Hypermethylation in Rhabdomyosarcoma. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(1). 529–539. 75 indexed citations

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Diao, Yarui, Xing Guo, Yanfeng Li, et al.. (2012). Pax3/7BP Is a Pax7- and Pax3-Binding Protein that Regulates the Proliferation of Muscle Precursor Cells by an Epigenetic Mechanism. Cell stem cell. 11(2). 231–241. 89 indexed citations

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