Yitian Chen

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Yitian Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yitian Chen has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cancer Research and 14 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Yitian Chen's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (12 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (9 papers). Yitian Chen is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (12 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (9 papers). Yitian Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and Laos. Yitian Chen's co-authors include Longbang Chen, Changqian Wang, Yang Xiang, Haizhu Song, Xiaoyuan Chu, Guichun Huang, Jiayuan Huang, Wei De, Rui Wang and Bing Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yitian Chen

56 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

The Versatile Role of microRNA-30a in Human Cancer

2017 1.9k citations Yitian Chen, Longbang Chen et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yitian Chen	2.2k	1.8k	442	243	239	62	3.1k
Xudong Wang	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	620 1.4×	229 0.9×	323 1.4×	162	3.3k
Lei Han	2.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	399 0.9×	404 1.7×	219 0.9×	121	3.7k
Qiao Su	1.7k 0.8×	943 0.5×	550 1.2×	248 1.0×	301 1.3×	88	2.7k
Johannes Schödel	2.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	242 0.5×	426 1.8×	287 1.2×	52	3.4k
Xiaohui Xu	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	366 0.8×	217 0.9×	232 1.0×	112	2.6k
Zhe Lei	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	484 1.1×	281 1.2×	199 0.8×	86	2.5k
Désirée Bonci	2.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	258 0.6×	253 1.0×	312 1.3×	37	3.6k
Zhishan Wang	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	418 0.9×	321 1.3×	191 0.8×	62	2.8k
Bing Shen	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	272 0.6×	204 0.8×	190 0.8×	120	2.5k

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Li, Yaoqi, Yitian Chen, Yongan Tang, et al.. (2025). Breaking the barriers in effective and safe Toll-like receptor stimulation via nano-immunomodulators for potent cancer immunotherapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 382. 113667–113667. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yitian, et al.. (2025). Diagnosis of nitrogen nutrition in winter wheat across years based on multi-source remote sensing data from unmanned aerial vehicles. Smart Agricultural Technology. 12. 101481–101481.

Wang, Ming, Yitian Chen, Hua Tang, et al.. (2025). Glioblastoma-derived migrasomes promote migration and invasion by releasing PAK4 and LAMA4. Communications Biology. 8(1). 91–91. 10 indexed citations

Fu, Yuling, et al.. (2025). ZDHHC2 promoted antimycobacterial responses by selective autophagic degradation of B-RAF and C-RAF in macrophages. Science Advances. 11(4). eadq7706–eadq7706. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaoling, et al.. (2024). Numerical simulation model of water quality evolution in urban rivers considering adsorption–desorption process of nitrogen and phosphorus in sediments. Journal of Hydrology. 636. 131104–131104. 9 indexed citations

Fu, Yuling, Ling Qiao, Yulan Huang, et al.. (2024). USP25 Promotes the Antimycobacterial Response of Macrophages Through Stabilizing B-Raf and C-Raf. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(2). 366–377.

Yang, Ciqiu, Peiyong Li, Yitian Chen, et al.. (2024). Pooled analysis of NeoCARH and NeoCART trials: patient-reported outcomes in patients with early-stage breast cancer receiving platinum-based or anthracycline-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Supportive Care in Cancer. 32(6). 401–401.

Zhu, Chenyu, Yongquan Luo, Songchao Li, et al.. (2023). Transcriptomic Analysis on Pectoral Muscle of European Meat Pigeons and Shiqi Pigeons during Embryonic Development. Animals. 13(20). 3267–3267. 4 indexed citations

Du, Xialin, Yitian Chen, Yulan Huang, et al.. (2023). The E3 ligase HERC5 promotes antimycobacterial responses in macrophages by ISGylating the phosphatase PTEN. Science Signaling. 16(788). eabm1756–eabm1756. 5 indexed citations

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Fu, Yuling, Xiaoxia Zhan, Yitian Chen, et al.. (2023). USP12 promotes antiviral responses by deubiquitinating and stabilizing IFI16. PLoS Pathogens. 19(7). e1011480–e1011480. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Ciqiu, Xiaoqi Zhang, Yitian Chen, et al.. (2023). Survival differences between HER2-0 and HER2-low-expressing breast cancer − A meta-analysis of early breast cancer patients. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 185. 103962–103962. 13 indexed citations

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Huang, Yulan, Yitian Chen, Yuling Fu, et al.. (2022). UCHL1 Promoted Polarization of M1 Macrophages by Regulating the PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Yitian, et al.. (2022). Study on the Purification of Pollutants from Rainfall Runoff by Prefabricated Improved Multi-aggregate Ecological Concrete (IMAEC) Revetment. International Journal of Environmental Research. 16(4). 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Yitian, et al.. (2022). Sex differences in peripheral monoamine transmitter and related hormone levels in chronic stress mice with a depression-like phenotype. PeerJ. 10. e14014–e14014. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Ruonan, Xiaoling Wang, Songmin Li, et al.. (2021). Study on the Law of Harmful Gas Release from Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker 1857) during Maintenance Period of Water Tunnel Based on K-Means Outlier Treatment. Applied Sciences. 11(24). 11995–11995. 2 indexed citations

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Peng, Jianhua, Yitian Chen, Yue Wu, et al.. (2016). Altered expressions of long non-coding RNA and mRNA in mouse cortex after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine. 15(11). 1111–1117.

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Tao, Leilei, Guichun Huang, Yitian Chen, & Longbang Chen. (2015). DNA Methylation of DKK3 Modulates Docetaxel Chemoresistance in Human Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Cell. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals. 30(2). 100–106. 22 indexed citations

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Ren, Jin, Rui Wang, Guichun Huang, et al.. (2013). sFRP1 Inhibits Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition in A549 Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cell Line. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals. 28(7). 565–571. 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Jing, Xiang Huang, Guichun Huang, et al.. (2012). Preconditioning Chemotherapy with Cisplatin Enhances the Antitumor Activity of Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells in a Murine Melanoma Model. Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals. 27(3). 210–220. 40 indexed citations

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Chen, Yitian. (2008). Study on ERCC1,XPD and XPA polymorphisms for prediction of platinum-based chemotherapy sensitivity in non-small cell lung cancer. Zhonghua zhongliu fangzhi zazhi. 5 indexed citations

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