Ye‐Guang Chen

18.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
178 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Ye‐Guang Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ye‐Guang Chen has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Oncology and 29 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ye‐Guang Chen's work include TGF-β signaling in diseases (57 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (37 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (28 papers). Ye‐Guang Chen is often cited by papers focused on TGF-β signaling in diseases (57 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (37 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (28 papers). Ye‐Guang Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. Ye‐Guang Chen's co-authors include Joan Massagué, Akiko Hata, Chan Gao, Xiaohua Yan, Jing‐Dong J. Han, Yuanheng Ning, Ziying Liu, Fei Huang, Wei Zuo and Fang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ye‐Guang Chen

173 papers receiving 12.1k 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.

Controlling TGF-β signaling

2000 1.4k citations Ye‐Guang Chen et al. profile →
TGF-β Signaling from Receptors to Smads

2016 680 citations Ye‐Guang Chen et al. profile →
Dishevelled: The hub of Wnt signaling

2009 602 citations Ye‐Guang Chen et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ye‐Guang Chen	8.8k	2.2k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	178	12.2k
Keiji Miyazawa	7.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	685 0.6×	224	12.5k
Xiao Yang	10.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	3.0k 2.2×	980 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	314	15.0k
Diego H. Castrillón	7.5k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	925 0.7×	1.8k 1.6×	111	12.4k
Maria Sibilia	5.8k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	816 0.6×	819 0.7×	117	10.1k
G. Paolo Dotto	8.3k 1.0×	3.7k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	2.0k 1.5×	1.3k 1.2×	134	12.4k
Stephen Dalton	11.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	125	14.1k
Mineo Kurokawa	6.0k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	833 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	455	12.8k
Eleonora Candi	5.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.2×	2.4k 1.8×	1.8k 1.4×	657 0.6×	202	11.0k
David P. Witte	5.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	240	13.3k
Anna Teti	6.5k 0.7×	3.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.0×	944 0.7×	979 0.8×	231	10.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ye‐Guang Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ye‐Guang Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ye‐Guang Chen

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All Works

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Yang, Lingyan, Shixiang Wang, Yue Liu, et al.. (2025). Dual-ligand engineered exosome regulates WNT signaling activation to promote liver repair and regeneration. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9019–9019. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xu, Siqi Li, Xiangyu Kuang, et al.. (2025). Positional BMP signaling orchestrates villus length in the small intestine. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5461–5461. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Hongkun, Qionghua Cui, Li Quan, et al.. (2025). Mitsugumin 53 drives stem cell differentiation easing intestinal injury and inflammation. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 10(1). 183–183.

Hou, Junjie, Jie Shen, Xiaokai Ma, et al.. (2025). Cloche/Npas4l is a pro-regenerative platelet factor during zebrafish heart regeneration. Developmental Cell. 60(21). 2897–2914.e9. 1 indexed citations

Ding, Peirong, et al.. (2024). A growth factor-reduced culture system for colorectal cancer organoids. Cancer Letters. 588. 216737–216737. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Chunmei, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive analysis of the effects of the traditional stir-fry process on the dynamic changes of volatile metabolites in Hainan camellia oil. Food Chemistry X. 23. 101747–101747. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yehua, Xu Wang, Chunlin Li, et al.. (2024). BMP suppresses Wnt signaling via the Bcl11b-regulated NuRD complex to maintain intestinal stem cells. The EMBO Journal. 43(23). 6032–6051. 4 indexed citations

Cheng, Zhimin, Yuxuan Zheng, Shihua Li, et al.. (2024). Coxsackievirus A10 impairs nail regeneration and induces onychomadesis by mimicking DKK1 to attenuate Wnt signaling. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 221(8). 1 indexed citations

Hu, Xiaoli, Fengyi Chen, Liangjie Jia, et al.. (2024). A gut-derived hormone regulates cholesterol metabolism. Cell. 187(7). 1685–1700.e18. 39 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiuxiu, Jiali Chen, Xiaohua Yao, et al.. (2023). Identification and analysis of CdS-RNase in Camellia drupifera: A key determinant of late-acting self-incompatibility. Industrial Crops and Products. 203. 116990–116990. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Hongguang, et al.. (2023). A stromal lineage maintains crypt structure and villus homeostasis in the intestinal stem cell niche. BMC Biology. 21(1). 169–169. 10 indexed citations

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Beumer, Joep, Jens Puschhof, Fjodor Yousef Yengej, et al.. (2022). BMP gradient along the intestinal villus axis controls zonated enterocyte and goblet cell states. Cell Reports. 38(9). 110438–110438. 70 indexed citations

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Lai, Shanshan, Ran Cheng, Dan Gao, Ye‐Guang Chen, & Cheng Deng. (2020). LGR5 constitutively activates NF‐κB signaling to regulate the growth of intestinal crypts. The FASEB Journal. 34(11). 15605–15620. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Lei, Tian Li, Yalong Wang, et al.. (2020). トリオースキナーゼはフルクトースと食事耐性の脂質生成能を制御する【JST・京大機械翻訳】. Cell Metabolism. 32(4). 605–618. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Yehua, Yuan Liu, Bofeng Liu, et al.. (2018). A growth factor-free culture system underscores the coordination between Wnt and BMP signaling in Lgr5+ intestinal stem cell maintenance. Cell Discovery. 4(1). 49–49. 44 indexed citations

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Huang, Fei, Yuzhen Li, Linlin Xu, et al.. (2018). HER2/EGFR–AKT Signaling Switches TGFβ from Inhibiting Cell Proliferation to Promoting Cell Migration in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 78(21). 6073–6085. 66 indexed citations

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He, Xiaomeng, Ye‐Guang Chen, Hao Yan, et al.. (2012). Myotubularin-related Protein 4 (MTMR4) Attenuates BMP/Dpp Signaling by Dephosphorylation of Smad Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(1). 79–88. 19 indexed citations

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Zhao, Bing, Qiang Wang, Jun Du, et al.. (2012). PICK1 promotes caveolin-dependent degradation of TGF-β type I receptor. Cell Research. 22(10). 1467–1478. 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Ye‐Guang, et al.. (2008). 10 Transcriptional Control via Smads. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 50. 287–332. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Hongliang Rui, Jifeng Wang, et al.. (2006). Axin is a scaffold protein in TGF‐β signaling that promotes degradation of Smad7 by Arkadia. The EMBO Journal. 25(8). 1646–1658. 146 indexed citations

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