Yinyan Sun

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Yinyan Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yinyan Sun has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Epidemiology and 7 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Yinyan Sun's work include Hepatitis B Virus Studies (12 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (7 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (5 papers). Yinyan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis B Virus Studies (12 papers), Hepatitis C virus research (7 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (5 papers). Yinyan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yinyan Sun's co-authors include Wenhui Li, Yonghe Qi, Xiaozhong Peng, Wenhui He, Zhiyi Jing, Huan Yan, Jianhua Sui, Guangwei Xu, Zhenchao Gao and B Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yinyan Sun

27 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide is a functional receptor for human hepatitis B and D virus

2012 1.6k citations Huan Yan, Guocai Zhong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yinyan Sun China	18	1.9k	1.4k	604	496	291	28	2.6k
Yonghe Qi China	15	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	560 0.9×	631 1.3×	358 1.2×	18	3.0k
C. Nelson Hayes Japan	33	2.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	699 1.2×	326 0.7×	325 1.1×	135	3.3k
David R. McGivern United States	25	916 0.5×	940 0.7×	639 1.1×	378 0.8×	341 1.2×	44	2.0k
Zhiyi Jing China	15	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	595 1.0×	355 0.7×	321 1.1×	17	2.7k
Bernadette Guerra United States	21	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	367 0.6×	295 0.6×	422 1.5×	29	2.2k
Liran Fu China	7	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	365 0.6×	336 0.7×	186 0.6×	12	1.9k
J H Ou United States	29	2.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	673 1.1×	525 1.1×	350 1.2×	38	3.2k
Michael D. Robek United States	29	1.4k 0.7×	936 0.7×	396 0.7×	463 0.9×	1.5k 5.0×	55	2.8k
Claus H. Schröder Germany	25	1.5k 0.8×	909 0.6×	595 1.0×	251 0.5×	247 0.8×	57	2.1k
Volker Brass Germany	18	818 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	337 0.6×	207 0.4×	123 0.4×	28	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yinyan Sun

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Yinyan, et al.. (2025). Strategy and efficiency-redefined discovery of novel nanomolar tyrosinase inhibitors: AI de novo molecular generation + expert-guided structural optimization. Journal of Advanced Research.

Li, Feifan, Jia Zhi, Rui Zhao, et al.. (2024). Discovery of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors as anti-skin photoaging agents. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 267. 116152–116152. 18 indexed citations

Zhou, Zhongmin, Cong Li, Xiaozhong Peng, et al.. (2023). A spatiotemporally controlled recombinant cccDNA mouse model for studying HBV and developing drugs against the virus. Antiviral Research. 216. 105642–105642. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Xiaozhong, Xuelei Li, Mingyi Chen, et al.. (2023). SLF2 Interacts with the SMC5/6 Complex to Direct Hepatitis B Virus Episomal DNA to Promyelocytic Leukemia Bodies for Transcriptional Repression. Journal of Virology. 97(7). e0032823–e0032823. 8 indexed citations

Peng, Xiaozhong, Zhiyi Jing, Zhongmin Zhou, et al.. (2022). Nonproductive Hepatitis B Virus Covalently Closed Circular DNA Generates HBx-Related Transcripts from the HBx/Enhancer I Region and Acquires Reactivation by Superinfection in Single Cells. Journal of Virology. 97(1). e0171722–e0171722. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Hanqing, Yumeng Wu, Xiaozhong Peng, et al.. (2021). Transcriptionally inactive hepatitis B virus episome DNA preferentially resides in the vicinity of chromosome 19 in 3D host genome upon infection. Cell Reports. 35(13). 109288–109288. 31 indexed citations

Choi, Younho, Su‐Jin Park, Yinyan Sun, et al.. (2018). Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome phlebovirus non-structural protein activates TPL2 signalling pathway for viral immunopathogenesis. Nature Microbiology. 4(3). 429–437. 58 indexed citations

Song, Mei, Yinyan Sun, Wenhui He, et al.. (2018). Silencing Retinoid X Receptor Alpha Expression Enhances Early-Stage Hepatitis B Virus Infection In Cell Cultures. Journal of Virology. 92(8). 39 indexed citations

Sun, Yinyan, Yonghe Qi, Xiaozhong Peng, & Wenhui Li. (2016). NTCP-Reconstituted In Vitro HBV Infection System. Methods in molecular biology. 1540. 1–14. 49 indexed citations

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Qi, Yonghe, Zhenchao Gao, Guangwei Xu, et al.. (2016). DNA Polymerase κ Is a Key Cellular Factor for the Formation of Covalently Closed Circular DNA of Hepatitis B Virus. PLoS Pathogens. 12(10). e1005893–e1005893. 158 indexed citations

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He, Wenhui, B Ren, Fengfeng Mao, et al.. (2015). Hepatitis D Virus Infection of Mice Expressing Human Sodium Taurocholate Co-transporting Polypeptide. PLoS Pathogens. 11(4). e1004840–e1004840. 91 indexed citations

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Sun, Yinyan & Wenhui Li. (2014). Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection of Cell Cultures. BIO-PROTOCOL. 4(20). 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Yinyan, Yonghe Qi, Wenqing Gao, et al.. (2013). Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy Chain IIA Is a Critical Factor Contributing to the Efficiency of Early Infection of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus. Journal of Virology. 88(1). 237–248. 93 indexed citations

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Pan, Chen, Zilin Song, Yonghe Qi, et al.. (2012). Molecular Determinants of Enterovirus 71 Viral Entry. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(9). 6406–6420. 115 indexed citations

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Sun, Yinyan, Peiguo Yang, Yuxia Zhang, et al.. (2011). A genome-wide RNAi screen identifies genes regulating the formation of P bodies in C. elegans and their functions in NMD and RNAi. Protein & Cell. 2(11). 918–939. 26 indexed citations

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Cai, Qingchun, Yinyan Sun, Xinxin Huang, et al.. (2008). The Caenorhabditis elegans PcG-like Gene sop-2 Regulates the Temporal and Sexual Specificities of Cell Fates. Genetics. 178(3). 1445–1456. 9 indexed citations

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Xia, Dan, Yuxia Zhang, Xinxin Huang, Yinyan Sun, & Hong Zhang. (2007). The C. elegans CBFβ homolog, BRO-1, regulates the proliferation, differentiation and specification of the stem cell-like seam cell lineages. Developmental Biology. 309(2). 259–272. 32 indexed citations

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Deng, Hansong, Yinyan Sun, Yuxia Zhang, et al.. (2007). Transcription factor NFY globally represses the expression of the C. elegans Hox gene Abdominal-B homolog egl-5. Developmental Biology. 308(2). 583–592. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tingting, Yinyan Sun, Erjie Tian, et al.. (2006). RNA-binding proteins SOP-2 and SOR-1 form a novel PcG-like complex in C. elegans. Development. 133(6). 1023–1033. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Yinyan & Hong Zhang. (2005). A Unified Mode of Epigenetic Gene Silencing: RNA Meets Polycomb Group Proteins. RNA Biology. 2(1). 8–10. 9 indexed citations

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