Yu Lan

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Yu Lan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oral Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Lan has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Oral Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yu Lan's work include dental development and anomalies (30 papers), Cleft Lip and Palate Research (26 papers) and Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments (18 papers). Yu Lan is often cited by papers focused on dental development and anomalies (30 papers), Cleft Lip and Palate Research (26 papers) and Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments (18 papers). Yu Lan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Yu Lan's co-authors include Rulang Jiang, Thomas Gridley, Kathleen M. Maltby, Han Liu, Ethan A. Carver, Kathleen F. Oram, Jingyue Xu, Yang Gao, Eui‐Sic Cho and Gerry Weinmaster and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Yu Lan

70 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

The Mouse Snail Gene Encodes a Key Regulator of the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

2001 509 citations Rulang Jiang, Yu Lan et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Lan United States	37	3.5k	1.6k	500	381	355	73	4.6k
Rulang Jiang United States	44	5.2k 1.5×	2.8k 1.7×	806 1.6×	446 1.2×	488 1.4×	103	7.0k
Heiko Peters United Kingdom	25	2.6k 0.7×	812 0.5×	295 0.6×	234 0.6×	276 0.8×	35	3.7k
Philippa H. Francis‐West United Kingdom	36	4.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	559 1.1×	263 0.7×	314 0.9×	67	5.8k
Hélène Dollfus France	42	4.8k 1.4×	3.0k 1.8×	407 0.8×	150 0.4×	346 1.0×	178	6.7k
Annette Neubüser Germany	21	3.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	579 1.2×	160 0.4×	196 0.6×	33	4.1k
Juanito J. Meneses United States	26	4.5k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	842 1.7×	617 1.6×	446 1.3×	32	6.1k
Douglas J. Epstein United States	33	5.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.0×	510 1.0×	244 0.6×	292 0.8×	58	6.9k
Jonathan Zonana United States	22	2.5k 0.7×	937 0.6×	399 0.8×	173 0.5×	417 1.2×	44	4.1k
Jennifer S. Colvin United States	17	4.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	619 1.2×	293 0.8×	247 0.7×	33	5.4k
Ivor Mason United Kingdom	42	4.5k 1.3×	978 0.6×	494 1.0×	226 0.6×	287 0.8×	82	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Lan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Lan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Lan

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

Zou, Baorong, Yu Lan, Jing Qian, et al.. (2025). Ferrum@albumin assembled nanoclusters inhibit NF-κB signaling pathway for NIR enhanced acute lung injury immunotherapy. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 15(11). 5891–5907.

Fu, Xiaoxue, Hui Guo, Duan‐Hui Si, et al.. (2025). Hydrogen-bond mediated electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia over metal–organic frameworks with industrial current density. Chemical Science. 16(29). 13503–13513. 6 indexed citations

Qin, Chuanqi, et al.. (2023). Developmental origin of the mammalian premaxilla. Developmental Biology. 503. 1–9. 6 indexed citations

Lan, Yu & Rulang Jiang. (2022). Mouse models in palate development and orofacial cleft research: Understanding the crucial role and regulation of epithelial integrity in facial and palate morphogenesis. Current topics in developmental biology. 148. 13–50. 6 indexed citations

Lan, Yu, et al.. (2017). Modulating Wnt Signaling Rescues Palate Morphogenesis in Pax9 Mutant Mice. Journal of Dental Research. 96(11). 1273–1281. 48 indexed citations

Jia, Shihai, Yang Gao, Jing Zhou, et al.. (2011). The roles of mesenchymal Bmp4 in tooth development and successive tooth induction. Developmental Biology. 356(1). 161–161. 1 indexed citations

Lan, Yu, Han Liu, Catherine E. Ovitt, & Rulang Jiang. (2011). Generation of Osr1 conditional mutant mice. genesis. 49(5). 419–422. 34 indexed citations

Zhou, Jing, Yang Gao, Zunyi Zhang, et al.. (2011). Osr2 acts downstream of Pax9 and interacts with both Msx1 and Pax9 to pattern the tooth developmental field. Developmental Biology. 353(2). 344–353. 37 indexed citations

Lan, Yu, et al.. (2010). Bmpr1a signaling plays critical roles in palatal shelf growth and palatal bone formation. Developmental Biology. 350(2). 520–531. 82 indexed citations

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Casey, Liam M., Yu Lan, Eui‐Sic Cho, et al.. (2006). Jag2‐Notch1 signaling regulates oral epithelial differentiation and palate development. Developmental Dynamics. 235(7). 1830–1844. 87 indexed citations

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Liu, Han, Wenjing Liu, Kathleen M. Maltby, Yu Lan, & Rulang Jiang. (2006). Identification and developmental expression analysis of a novel homeobox gene closely linked to the mouse Twirler mutation. Gene Expression Patterns. 6(6). 632–636. 24 indexed citations

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Lan, Yu, Zunyi Zhang, Steven A. Bullard, et al.. (2006). Expression of Wnt9b and activation of canonical Wnt signaling during midfacial morphogenesis in mice. Developmental Dynamics. 235(5). 1448–1454. 111 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingru, Yu Lan, Eui‐Sic Cho, Kathleen M. Maltby, & Rulang Jiang. (2005). Odd-skipped related 1 (Odd1) is an essential regulator of heart and urogenital development. Developmental Biology. 288(2). 582–594. 158 indexed citations

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Krebs, Luke T., Naomi Iwai, Shigenori Nonaka, et al.. (2003). Notch signaling regulates left–right asymmetry determination by inducingNodalexpression. Genes & Development. 17(10). 1207–1212. 192 indexed citations

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Bush, Jeffrey O., Yu Lan, Kathleen M. Maltby, & Rulang Jiang. (2002). Isolation and developmental expression analysis of Tbx22, the mouse homolog of the human X‐linked cleft palate gene. Developmental Dynamics. 225(3). 322–326. 41 indexed citations

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Lan, Yu, Paul D. Kingsley, Eui‐Sic Cho, & Rulang Jiang. (2001). Osr2, a new mouse gene related to Drosophila odd-skipped, exhibits dynamic expression patterns during craniofacial, limb, and kidney development. Mechanisms of Development. 107(1-2). 175–179. 82 indexed citations

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Lanford, Pamela J., Yu Lan, Rulang Jiang, et al.. (1999). Notch signalling pathway mediates hair cell development in mammalian cochlea. Nature Genetics. 21(3). 289–292. 387 indexed citations

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Bell, Sheila M., Yu Lan, Rulang Jiang, & Thomas Gridley. (1998). Exclusion of Jagged2 as a candidate for the legless gene. Mammalian Genome. 9(9). 778–779. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Rulang, Yu Lan, Christine R. Norton, John P. Sundberg, & Thomas Gridley. (1998). The slug gene is not essential for mesoderm or neural crest development in mice. Developmental Biology. 198(2). 277–285. 206 indexed citations

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Ananthan, J., Rubén Baler, Dylan Morrissey, et al.. (1993). Synergistic Activation of Transcription Is Mediated by the N-Terminal Domain of Drosophila fushi tarazu Homeoprotein and Can Occur without DNA Binding by the Protein. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 13(3). 1599–1609. 11 indexed citations

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