Yiwen Cheng

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yiwen Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiwen Cheng has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Infectious Diseases and 7 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Yiwen Cheng's work include Gut microbiota and health (23 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (10 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers). Yiwen Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (23 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (10 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (7 papers). Yiwen Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and United States. Yiwen Cheng's co-authors include Zongxin Ling, Lanjuan Li, Xia Liu, Xiumei Yan, Shaochang Wu, Li Shao, Yueqiu Luo, Yuezhu Wang, Yuan Li and Charlie Xiang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Yiwen Cheng

46 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

The Intestinal Microbiota and Colorectal Cancer

2020 374 citations Yiwen Cheng, Zongxin Ling et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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Léon Zheng United States

Hiroko Nagao‐Kitamoto United States

Xiangsheng Huang United States

Guoqin Yu United States

Miloslav Kverka Czechia

Anthony J. Bilotta United States

Elizabeth A. Kennedy United States

Roberto Ferrarese Italy

Maureen Bower United States

Berenice Illades‐Aguiar Mexico

Léon Zheng United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiwen Cheng

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cheng, Yiwen, Zhi Yang, Xia Liu, et al.. (2025). Alterations in fecal microbiota composition and cytokine expression profiles in adolescents with depression: a case-control study. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 12177–12177. 6 indexed citations

Zong, Hong, et al.. (2025). Efficient Autoinducible Expression of Recombinant Proteins via the DegSU Quorum Sensing System in a Robust Bacillus subtilis. ACS Synthetic Biology. 14(1). 273–284. 1 indexed citations

Lei, Wenhui, Yiwen Cheng, Xia Liu, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota-driven neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease: from mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1582119–1582119. 6 indexed citations

Chiang, Ming‐Feng, et al.. (2025). Umbrella-Like Dual-Axis Mirror Scanner Fabricated With FDM 3D Printing and Its Application in Realizing a Dynamic FOV Camera. IEEE photonics journal. 17(2). 1–6.

Ling, Zongxin, Yiwen Cheng, Xia Liu, et al.. (2025). Schizophrenia-associated alterations in fecal mycobiota and systemic immune dysfunction: a cohort study of elderly Chinese patients. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1607739–1607739. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Yiwen, Yihua Huang, Xia Liu, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota dysbiosis and systemic inflammation in elderly Chinese hypertensive patients: a case-control study. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1662578–1662578.

Ling, Zongxin, Zhiyong Lan, Yiwen Cheng, et al.. (2024). Altered gut microbiota and systemic immunity in Chinese patients with schizophrenia comorbid with metabolic syndrome. Journal of Translational Medicine. 22(1). 729–729. 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Na, Yiwen Cheng, Yiran Xu, et al.. (2023). Exploring the gut mycobiome: differential composition and clinical associations in hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and their comorbidity. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1317809–1317809. 7 indexed citations

Qiu, Xinjun, Hong Li, Qiang Geng, et al.. (2023). Integrated Analysis of Transcriptome and Metabolome Profiles in the Longissimus Dorsi Muscle of Buffalo and Cattle. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 45(12). 9723–9736. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhen, Zhenxing Zhang, Hong Li, et al.. (2023). Profiling Chromatin Accessibility Responses in Goat Bronchial Epithelial Cells Infected with Pasteurella multocida. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 1312–1312. 6 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yiwen, et al.. (2023). Fecal Microbiota Underlying the Coexistence of Schizophrenia and Multiple Sclerosis in Chinese Patients. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2023(1). 5602401–5602401. 2 indexed citations

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Wu, Haotian, Si Chen, Xubo Li, et al.. (2022). Bovine skin fibroblasts mediated immune responses to defend against bovine Acinetobacter baumannii infection. Microbial Pathogenesis. 173(Pt A). 105806–105806. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Xia, et al.. (2020). Alterations of the Predominant Fecal Microbiota and Disruption of the Gut Mucosal Barrier in Patients with Early‐Stage Colorectal Cancer. BioMed Research International. 2020(1). 2948282–2948282. 53 indexed citations

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Ling, Zongxin, Xia Liu, Yiwen Cheng, Xiumei Yan, & Shaochang Wu. (2020). Gut microbiota and aging. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. 62(13). 3509–3534. 210 indexed citations

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Zheng, Nengneng, et al.. (2019). Lactobacillus inersIs Associated with Vaginal Dysbiosis in Healthy Pregnant Women: A Preliminary Study. BioMed Research International. 2019. 1–9. 32 indexed citations

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Ling, Zongxin, Li Shao, Xia Liu, et al.. (2019). Regulatory T Cells and Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Within the Tumor Microenvironment in Gastric Cancer Are Correlated With Gastric Microbiota Dysbiosis: A Preliminary Study. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 533–533. 93 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaosun, Li Shao, Xia Liu, et al.. (2018). Alterations of Gastric Mucosal Microbiota Across Different Stomach Microhabitats in a Cohort of 276 Patients with Gastric Cancer. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Ling, Zongxin, Fengping Liu, Li Shao, Yiwen Cheng, & Lanjuan Li. (2017). Dysbiosis of the Urinary Microbiota Associated With Urine Levels of Proinflammatory Chemokine Interleukin-8 in Female Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1032–1032. 25 indexed citations

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Ling, Zongxin, Xia Liu, Yiwen Cheng, et al.. (2015). Decreased Diversity of the Oral Microbiota of Patients with Hepatitis B Virus-Induced Chronic Liver Disease: A Pilot Project. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17098–17098. 70 indexed citations

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Luo, Yueqiu, Xiaoxing Wu, Zongxin Ling, et al.. (2014). microRNA133a Targets Foxl2 and Promotes Differentiation of C2C12 into Myogenic Progenitor Cells. DNA and Cell Biology. 34(1). 29–36. 26 indexed citations

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