Yi Sun

23.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
287 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

Yi Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Sun has authored 287 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 238 papers in Molecular Biology, 111 papers in Oncology and 63 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yi Sun's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (126 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (78 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (30 papers). Yi Sun is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (126 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (78 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (30 papers). Yi Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Yi Sun's co-authors include L. W. Oberley, Yi Li, Mingjia Tan, Yongchao Zhao, Xiufang Xiong, Lijun Jia, Nancy H. Colburn, Meredith A. Morgan, Larry W. Oberley and Hua Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yi Sun

274 papers receiving 18.0k 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.

A simple method for clinical assay of superoxide dismutase.

1988 3.8k citations Yi Sun et al. profile →
Free radicals, antioxidant enzymes, and carcinogenesis

1990 934 citations Yi Sun profile →
Redox regulation of transcriptional activators

1996 569 citations Yi Sun et al. profile →
Protein neddylation and its role in health and diseases

2024 57 citations Yi Sun et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →

Peers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Sun

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	UBE2C-mediated ubiquitination of ACSL4 inhibits ferroptosis and promotes gastric cancer progression 2025 ·Discover Oncology ·Lei Yang, (unknown), Bo Li, Qiang Li, Yi Sun, Binsheng Wang, Xiang Cui, Zhiyun He, (unknown)	0
2	Neddylation is a novel therapeutic target for lupus by regulating double negative T cell homeostasis 2024 ·Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy ·Yun Zhang, Lijun Du, Chenxi Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Yiping Li, Zhijun Xie, Zhixing He, Yi Sun, Lin Huang, Liwei Lu, Chengping Wen	17
3	USP10 deubiquitylates and stabilizes DIRAS2 to suppress the growth of pancreatic cancer cells 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Qian Chen, Xiufang Xiong, Yi Sun	1
4	Rapid identification of bloodstream infection pathogens and drug resistance using Raman spectroscopy enhanced by convolutional neural networks 2024 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Haiquan Kang, Ziling Wang, Jingfang Sun, Shuang Song, Lei Cheng, Yi Sun, (unknown), Changyu Wu, Ping Gong, Hong‐Chun Li	8
5	The indirect effects of CMV reactivation on patients following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: an evidence mapping 2024 ·Annals of Hematology ·Xiaojin Wu, (unknown), (unknown), Jie Liu, Yi Sun, Depei Wu	3
6	A retrospective study to determine the correlation among HBV PreS1 antigen, HBV e antigen, alanine aminotransferase, and HBV DNA 2024 ·Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology ·(unknown), (unknown), Yi Sun, Jia Li, Juan Wang, (unknown), Li He	0
7	Ubiquitin Ligase RBX2/SAG Regulates Mitochondrial Ubiquitination and Mitophagy 2024 ·Circulation Research ·Wenjuan Wang, Ermin Li, Jianqiu Zou, Qu Chen, (unknown), Yuan Wen, (unknown), Neal L. Weintraub, David Fulton, Qiangrong Liang, Jiliang Zhou, Jinbao Liu, Jie Li, Yi Sun, Huabo Su	7
8	PROTACs: A novel strategy for cancer drug discovery and development 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Xin Han, Yi Sun	27
9	Inactivation of Rbx1 E3 ligase suppresses Kras^G12D‐driven lung tumorigenesis 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Yanan Li, Di Wu, Haomin Li, Yi Sun	2
10	Protein neddylation in lung tumorigenesis: Target validation and targeted therapy 2023 ·Fundamental Research ·Yawen Zheng, Hiroyuki Inuzuka, Wenyi Wei, Yi Sun	0
11	RNF111-facilitated neddylation potentiates cGAS-mediated antiviral innate immune response 2021 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Chenhui Li, Lele Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Hai Hu, Ze Hong, Ye Cui, Huansha Yu, Quanyi Wang, Juanjuan Zhu, Wei Meng, Jin‐Fu Xu, Yi Sun, Peng Zhang, Chen Wang	37
12	Neddylation E2 UBE2F Promotes the Survival of Lung Cancer Cells by Activating CRL5 to Degrade NOXA via the K11 Linkage 2016 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Weihua Zhou, Jie Xu, Haomin Li, Ming Xu, Zhijian J. Chen, Wenyi Wei, Zhen‐Qiang Pan, Yi Sun	92
13	Inhibition of Protein Phosphatase 2A Radiosensitizes Pancreatic Cancers by Modulating CDC25C/CDK1 and Homologous Recombination Repair 2013 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Dongping Wei, Leslie A. Parsels, David Karnak, Mary A. Davis, Joshua D. Parsels, (unknown), Lili Zhao, Jonathan Maybaum, Theodore S. Lawrence, Yi Sun, Meredith A. Morgan	80
14	The Nedd8-Activating Enzyme Inhibitor MLN4924 Induces Autophagy and Apoptosis to Suppress Liver Cancer Cell Growth 2012 ·Cancer Research ·Zhongguang Luo, Guangyang Yu, Hyuk Woo Lee, Lihui Li, Lingyan Wang, Dongqin Yang, Yongfu Pan, Chan Ding, Jing Qian, Lijun Wu, Yiwei Chu, Jing Yi, Xiangdong Wang, Yi Sun, Lak Shin Jeong, Jie Liu, Lijun Jia	202
15	Radiosensitization of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by a SMAC-Mimetic Compound, SM-164, Requires Activation of Caspases 2011 ·Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Jie Yang, Donna McEachern, Wenyan Li, Mary A. Davis, Hua Li, Meredith A. Morgan, Longchuan Bai, (unknown), Haiying Sun, Theodore S. Lawrence, Shaomeng Wang, Yi Sun	43
16	Radiosensitization of Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells by MLN4924, an Investigational NEDD8-Activating Enzyme Inhibitor 2011 ·Cancer Research ·Dongping Wei, Hua Li, Jie Yu, (unknown), Lili Zhao, Theodore S. Lawrence, Peter G. Smith, Meredith A. Morgan, Yi Sun	136
17	Validation of SAG/RBX2/ROC2 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase as an Anticancer and Radiosensitizing Target 2010 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Lijun Jia, Jie Yang, Xinbao Hao, Min Zheng, Hongbin He, Xiufang Xiong, Liang Xu, Yi Sun	81
18	Cardiac Glycosides Inhibit p53 Synthesis by a Mechanism Relieved by Src or MAPK Inhibition 2009 ·Cancer Research ·Zhen Wang, Min Zheng, Zhichuan Li, Ruiguo Li, Lijun Jia, Xiufang Xiong, Noel Southall, Shaomeng Wang, Menghang Xia, Christopher P. Austin, Wei Zheng, Zijian Xie, Yi Sun	83
19	ROC1/RBX1 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Silencing Suppresses Tumor Cell Growth via Sequential Induction of G2-M Arrest, Apoptosis, and Senescence 2009 ·Cancer Research ·Lijun Jia, Marı́a S. Soengas, Yi Sun	109
20	SM-164: A Novel, Bivalent Smac Mimetic That Induces Apoptosis and Tumor Regression by Concurrent Removal of the Blockade of cIAP-1/2 and XIAP 2008 ·Cancer Research ·Jianfeng Lü, Longchuan Bai, Haiying Sun, Zaneta Nikolovska‐Coleska, Donna McEachern, Su Qiu, Rebecca S. Miller, Yi Han, Sanjeev Shangary, Yi Sun, Jennifer L. Meagher, Jeanne A. Stuckey, Shaomeng Wang	174

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