Yu Tang

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Yu Tang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Tang has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Neurology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Yu Tang's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (10 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers). Yu Tang is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (10 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers). Yu Tang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yu Tang's co-authors include Weidong Le, Juan Yang, Ting Li, Jia Li, Dehua Yang, Chun‐Li Zhang, Meng-Lu Liu, Tong Zang, Xiaojie Zhang and Sheng Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yu Tang

46 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Differential Roles of M1 and M2 Microglia in Neurodegener... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Differential Roles of M1 and M2 Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases
    2015 1.7k citations Yu Tang, Weidong Le Molecular Neurobiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yu Tang China 22 1.4k 1.3k 738 535 523 47 3.3k
Fabián Docagne France 41 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 564 0.8× 1.2k 2.2× 526 1.0× 74 4.7k
Jian Zou China 30 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 381 0.5× 701 1.3× 261 0.5× 75 3.8k
Tim Magnus Germany 27 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 623 0.8× 772 1.4× 458 0.9× 41 3.8k
Mithilesh Kumar Jha South Korea 29 880 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 616 0.8× 576 1.1× 338 0.6× 54 2.9k
Thomas Koeglsperger Germany 15 1.8k 1.3× 845 0.6× 981 1.3× 817 1.5× 623 1.2× 30 3.5k
Melissa K. McCoy United States 15 958 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 483 0.7× 731 1.4× 852 1.6× 22 2.7k
Yoshifumi Sonobe Japan 30 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 643 0.9× 520 1.0× 330 0.6× 44 3.4k
Renzo Mancuso Spain 25 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 956 1.3× 537 1.0× 651 1.2× 50 3.0k
Jun Kawanokuchi Japan 34 2.0k 1.4× 1.2k 0.9× 791 1.1× 837 1.6× 404 0.8× 51 4.4k
Alain R. Simard Canada 23 2.0k 1.5× 1.2k 0.9× 912 1.2× 507 0.9× 222 0.4× 35 3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Tang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Tang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Tang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Xiao, Yu Tang, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Clinical features of intracardiac thrombotic complication in patients with severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. ˜The œItalian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics. 51(1). 42–42. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Mengfei, et al.. (2022). The efficient generation of knockout microglia cells using a dual-sgRNA strategy by CRISPR/Cas9. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 15. 1008827–1008827. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Chaoyi, Jie Ren, Mengfei Zhang, et al.. (2022). The heterogeneity of microglial activation and its epigenetic and non-coding RNA regulations in the immunopathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(10). 511–511. 29 indexed citations
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Li, Chaoyi, Qian Chen, Jie Ren, et al.. (2022). Identification and characterization of two novel noncoding tyrosinase (TYR) gene variants leading to oculocutaneous albinism type 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(5). 101922–101922. 6 indexed citations
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Ding, Baojin, Yu Tang, Shuaipeng Ma, et al.. (2021). Disease Modeling with Human Neurons Reveals LMNB1 Dysregulation Underlying DYT1 Dystonia. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(9). 2024–2038. 27 indexed citations
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Tang, Yu, Jie Ren, & Chuanchang Li. (2021). Establishment of a GFP::LMNB1 knockin cell line (CSUi002-A-1) from a dystonia patient-specific iPSC by CRISPR/Cas9 editing. Stem Cell Research. 55. 102505–102505. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Lijing, et al.. (2021). An induced pluripotent stem cell line (CSUi004-A) from skin fibroblasts of a healthy individual. Stem Cell Research. 53. 102336–102336. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guihu, Jinchen Li, & Yu Tang. (2020). AsCRISPR: A Web Server for Allele-Specific Single Guide RNA Design in Precision Medicine. The CRISPR Journal. 3(6). 512–522. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenhui, Tomomi Aida, Ricardo C.H. del Rosario, et al.. (2020). Multiplex precise base editing in cynomolgus monkeys. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2325–2325. 29 indexed citations
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Tang, Yu, Meng-Lu Liu, Tong Zang, & Chun‐Li Zhang. (2017). Direct Reprogramming Rather than iPSC-Based Reprogramming Maintains Aging Hallmarks in Human Motor Neurons. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 10. 359–359. 110 indexed citations
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Lin, Chengzhong, Wei Lu, Zhenhu Ren, et al.. (2016). Elevated RET expression enhances EGFR activation and mediates EGFR inhibitor resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Letters. 377(1). 1–10. 17 indexed citations
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Tang, Yu & Weidong Le. (2015). Differential Roles of M1 and M2 Microglia in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Molecular Neurobiology. 53(2). 1181–1194. 1695 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Ting, Dehua Yang, Jia Li, et al.. (2014). Critical Role of Tet3 in Neural Progenitor Cell Maintenance and Terminal Differentiation. Molecular Neurobiology. 51(1). 142–154. 66 indexed citations
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Tang, Yu, et al.. (2013). Adaptive changes in autophagy after UPS impairment in Parkinson's disease. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 34(5). 667–673. 46 indexed citations
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Jia, Li, Ting Li, Xiaojie Zhang, et al.. (2013). Human superoxide dismutase 1 overexpression in motor neurons of Caenorhabditis elegans causes axon guidance defect and neurodegeneration. Neurobiology of Aging. 35(4). 837–846. 21 indexed citations
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Tang, Yu, Tengda Li, Junyi Li, et al.. (2013). Jmjd3 is essential for the epigenetic modulation of microglia phenotypes in the immune pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. Cell Death and Differentiation. 21(3). 369–380. 175 indexed citations
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Li, Lixi, Sufang Zhang, Xin Zhang, et al.. (2013). Autophagy Enhancer Carbamazepine Alleviates Memory Deficits and Cerebral Amyloid-β Pathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Current Alzheimer Research. 10(4). 433–441. 128 indexed citations
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Yang, Dehua, Ting Li, Yi Wang, et al.. (2012). miR-132 regulates the differentiation of dopamine neurons by directly targeting Nurr1 expression. Journal of Cell Science. 125(Pt 7). 1673–82. 138 indexed citations

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