Yu An

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
119 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Yu An is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu An has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Physiology and 25 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Yu An's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (32 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (19 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (10 papers). Yu An is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (32 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (19 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (10 papers). Yu An collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Yu An's co-authors include Philipp E. Scherer, Clair Crewe, Pingang He, Fan Zhang, Christine M. Kusminski, Lu Tie, Yan Pan, Jing Han, Xueyang Pan and Xuejun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Yu An

115 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

The ominous triad of adipose tissue dysfunction: inflammation, fibrosis, and impaired angiogenesis

2017 515 citations Yu An et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
Extracellular vesicle-based interorgan transport of mitochondria from energetically stressed adipocytes

2021 277 citations Yu An, Shiuhwei Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu An China	41	2.1k	1.6k	1.3k	571	556	119	4.9k
Wei Yi China	45	2.5k 1.2×	890 0.6×	984 0.8×	685 1.2×	844 1.5×	168	5.6k
Hideyuki Yamawaki Japan	43	2.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	660 1.2×	1.4k 2.6×	169	5.8k
Wenke Feng United States	48	4.1k 2.0×	1.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.6×	781 1.4×	354 0.6×	156	7.3k
Shijun Wang China	38	2.4k 1.2×	657 0.4×	590 0.5×	572 1.0×	680 1.2×	206	5.4k
Hong Zhu United States	38	3.4k 1.6×	730 0.5×	674 0.5×	586 1.0×	333 0.6×	114	5.9k
Gloria A. Benavides United States	32	2.3k 1.1×	968 0.6×	730 0.6×	443 0.8×	233 0.4×	66	4.9k
Taesun Park South Korea	43	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	991 0.8×	288 0.5×	178 0.3×	186	5.3k
Dongryeol Ryu South Korea	39	4.4k 2.1×	2.8k 1.8×	1.9k 1.5×	556 1.0×	277 0.5×	121	9.4k
Kun Huang China	51	3.3k 1.6×	1.5k 0.9×	544 0.4×	724 1.3×	252 0.5×	228	7.5k
Wei‐Wen Kuo Taiwan	42	3.1k 1.5×	786 0.5×	591 0.5×	727 1.3×	907 1.6×	261	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu An

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu An

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu An

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yu An. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yu An 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 Yu An. Yu An 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

Zhou, Zhengjie, Yu An, Haoyu Zheng, et al.. (2025). Aqueous Polygalae Radix extract (PRE) prolongs the lifespan of C. elegans and alleviates D-galactose-induced oxidative stress in the mouse liver and brain by modulating PPARγ/MAPK. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 348. 119878–119878. 3 indexed citations

An, Yu, et al.. (2025). Association of Sensitivity to Thyroid Hormones and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Severity of Liver Fibrosis in Euthyroid Adults: A Retrospective Study. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Volume 18. 479–490. 2 indexed citations

Seo, Joo Hyeong, et al.. (2025). Protein and Peptide in Cancer Research: From Biomarker to Biotherapeutics. Cancers. 17(18). 3031–3031.

Shen, Zhaocun, Fang Zhang, Yu An, et al.. (2025). Circularly Polarized Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Marine Polysaccharide-Based Helical Assemblies. ACS Materials Letters. 7(4). 1171–1178. 1 indexed citations

An, Yu, et al.. (2024). Discovery of a Photoaffinity Probe that Captures the Active Conformation of the Cannabinoid CB₂ Receptor. ChemBioChem. 25(7). e202300785–e202300785. 1 indexed citations

An, Yu, et al.. (2024). Integrating Network Pharmacology and Metabolomics to Explore the Potential Mechanism of Pinolenic Acid against Atherosclerosis. Journal of Food Biochemistry. 2024. 1–14. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Yuhua, Lian Yang, Kui Wang, et al.. (2024). Relationship between fatty acid intake and aging: a Mendelian randomization study. Aging. 16(6). 5711–5739. 13 indexed citations

An, Yu, Vivian A. Paschoal, Camila Oliveira de Souza, et al.. (2023). GPR84-mediated signal transduction affects metabolic function by promoting brown adipocyte activity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(24). 7 indexed citations

Chen, Kun, et al.. (2023). BSA modification of bacterial surface: a promising anti-cancer therapeutic strategy. BMC Microbiology. 23(1). 105–105. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Na, Yanhong Zhang, Hui Li, et al.. (2023). Ginsenoside compound K reduces neuronal damage and improves neuronal synaptic dysfunction by targeting Aβ. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1103012–1103012. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiaxuan, et al.. (2022). Serum Ferritin Levels Are Associated with Adipose Tissue Dysfunction-Related Indices in Obese Adults. Biological Trace Element Research. 201(2). 636–643. 6 indexed citations

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Shao, Mengle, Chelsea Hepler, Qianbin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Pathologic HIF1α signaling drives adipose progenitor dysfunction in obesity. Cell stem cell. 28(4). 685–701.e7. 64 indexed citations

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Shan, Bo, Mengle Shao, Qianbin Zhang, et al.. (2020). Perivascular mesenchymal cells control adipose-tissue macrophage accrual in obesity. Nature Metabolism. 2(11). 1332–1349. 69 indexed citations

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An, Yu, Peng Xue, Liqiang Zhang, et al.. (2018). Autophagy promotes MSC-mediated vascularization in cutaneous wound healing via regulation of VEGF secretion. Cell Death and Disease. 9(2). 58–58. 155 indexed citations

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Shao, Mengle, Lavanya Vishvanath, Chelsea Hepler, et al.. (2018). De novo adipocyte differentiation from Pdgfrβ+ preadipocytes protects against pathologic visceral adipose expansion in obesity. Nature Communications. 9(1). 890–890. 125 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenli, et al.. (2018). 890 MicroRNA-17-92 cluster promotes the proliferation and the chemokine production of keratinocytes: Implication for the pathogenesis of psoriasis. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 138(5). S151–S151. 6 indexed citations

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An, Yu, et al.. (2017). 27-Hydroxycholesterol regulates cholesterol synthesis and transport in C6 glioma cells. NeuroToxicology. 59. 88–97. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jianzhao, Yu An, Junwei Gao, et al.. (2012). Aquaporin-1 Translocation and Degradation Mediates the Water Transportation Mechanism of Acetazolamide. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45976–e45976. 44 indexed citations

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Chen, Jie, Bing Liu, Jiayi Yuan, et al.. (2011). Atorvastatin reduces vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in human non‐small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLCs) via inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Molecular Oncology. 6(1). 62–72. 66 indexed citations

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An, Yu, Christine Y. Chen, Bryan D. Moyer, et al.. (2009). Structural and Functional Analysis of the Globular Head Domain of p115 Provides Insight into Membrane Tethering. Journal of Molecular Biology. 391(1). 26–41. 33 indexed citations

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