Yunhuan Gao

2.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yunhuan Gao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunhuan Gao has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Immunology and 9 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yunhuan Gao's work include Gut microbiota and health (14 papers), Immune cells in cancer (11 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (7 papers). Yunhuan Gao is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (14 papers), Immune cells in cancer (11 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (7 papers). Yunhuan Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Yunhuan Gao's co-authors include Rongcun Yang, Lei Su, Juanjuan Wang, Ningning Zhu, Houbao Qi, Yuan Zhang, Zhenzhen Tang, Yuanyuan Li, Yuan Zhang and Jianmei Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Frontiers in Immunology and Cancer Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yunhuan Gao

31 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Gut-Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Maintain Gut and Systemic Immune Homeostasis

2023 281 citations Juanjuan Wang, Lei Su et al. profile →
Gut Microbiota-Derived Tryptophan Metabolites Maintain Gut and Systemic Homeostasis

2022 217 citations Lei Su, Yunhuan Gao et al. profile →
Gut microbiota metabolite indole-3-acetic acid maintains intestinal epithelial homeostasis through mucin sulfation

2024 45 citations Yunhuan Gao, Rongcun Yang et al. Gut Microbes profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yunhuan Gao China	17	871	314	237	193	153	34	1.4k
Mark E. Gerich United States	18	945 1.1×	390 1.2×	317 1.3×	212 1.1×	220 1.4×	38	1.8k
Leiqi Xu China	14	957 1.1×	284 0.9×	122 0.5×	238 1.2×	171 1.1×	22	1.5k
Tianming Yu China	12	771 0.9×	501 1.6×	114 0.5×	186 1.0×	126 0.8×	22	1.4k
Le Liu China	18	883 1.0×	205 0.7×	97 0.4×	165 0.9×	211 1.4×	52	1.6k
Hyung‐Geun Moon United States	19	819 0.9×	445 1.4×	194 0.8×	263 1.4×	114 0.7×	32	1.5k
Daniel McSkimming United States	17	965 1.1×	115 0.4×	165 0.7×	279 1.4×	95 0.6×	31	1.4k
Deepika Sharma United States	20	1.4k 1.6×	764 2.4×	202 0.9×	137 0.7×	176 1.2×	31	2.2k
Caiyun Ma China	8	520 0.6×	186 0.6×	108 0.5×	124 0.6×	105 0.7×	17	866
Amina Metidji United States	10	566 0.6×	652 2.1×	69 0.3×	165 0.9×	89 0.6×	13	1.4k
Anna Ciesielska Poland	12	582 0.7×	428 1.4×	106 0.4×	136 0.7×	201 1.3×	23	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunhuan Gao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Yunhuan, et al.. (2026). Targeting macrophage-derived SPP1 enhances CD8 T cell infiltration via ROS-DNA fragment/cGAS-STING/STAT1-mediated CXCL9/10 in tumor microenvironment. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 14(1). e013697–e013697.

Gao, Yunhuan, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota butyrate mediated RUNX3 promotes Nr4a1 ^high ZFP36 ^high resident macrophages via NR4A1/ERK1/2 MAPK to maintain gut homeostasis. Gut Microbes. 17(1). 2569741–2569741.

Wang, Rong, Yunhuan Gao, Ya Wang, Yuan Zhang, & Rongcun Yang. (2025). LncRNA29RIK in macrophages promotes LPS-mediated sensitivity to obesity. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1574507–1574507.

Liu, Ruobing, et al.. (2024). Regulation of gut microbiota on immune cell ferroptosis: A novel insight for immunotherapy against tumor. Cancer Letters. 598. 217115–217115. 14 indexed citations

Gao, Yunhuan, Yi Shi, Ming Wei, et al.. (2024). Muscularis macrophages controlled by NLRP3 maintain the homeostasis of excitatory neurons. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 20(7). 2476–2490. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Yunhuan, Ya Wang, Rong Wang, et al.. (2024). Bile acid derivatives from gut microbiota promote GBPs-mediated activation of caspase-4/11 by LPS through lncRNA57RIK. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 20(15). 5831–5849. 5 indexed citations

Su, Lei, Yunhuan Gao, & Rongcun Yang. (2023). Gut microbiota derived bile acid metabolites maintain the homeostasis of gut and systemic immunity. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1127743–1127743. 80 indexed citations

Gao, Yunhuan, Yazheng Yang, Jianmei Wei, et al.. (2023). LNCGM1082-mediated NLRC4 activation drives resistance to bacterial infection. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 20(5). 475–488. 10 indexed citations

Li, Fan, et al.. (2023). Gut fungal mycobiome: A significant factor of tumor occurrence and development. Cancer Letters. 569. 216302–216302. 20 indexed citations

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Su, Lei, Xu Chen, Yunhuan Gao, et al.. (2022). FABP4 in Paneth cells regulates antimicrobial protein expression to reprogram gut microbiota. Gut Microbes. 14(1). 2139978–2139978. 11 indexed citations

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Nie, Yongyou, Yunhuan Gao, & He He. (2022). Modelling Structural Effect and Linkage on Carbon Emissions in China: An Environmentally Extended Semi-Closed Ghosh Input–Output Model. Energies. 15(17). 6104–6104. 2 indexed citations

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Wei, Jianmei, Chunze Zhang, Yunhuan Gao, et al.. (2021). Gut Epithelial-derived CXCL9 Maintains Gut Homeostasis Through Preventing Overgrown E. coli. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 16(6). 963–977. 6 indexed citations

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Gao, Yunhuan, Zhou Jiang, Houbao Qi, et al.. (2020). LncRNA lncLy6C induced by microbiota metabolite butyrate promotes differentiation of Ly6Chigh to Ly6Cint/neg macrophages through lncLy6C/C/EBPβ/Nr4A1 axis. Cell Discovery. 6(1). 36 indexed citations

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Qi, Houbao, Jianmei Wei, Yunhuan Gao, et al.. (2020). Reg4 and complement factor D prevent the overgrowth of E. coli in the mouse gut. Communications Biology. 3(1). 483–483. 35 indexed citations

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Qi, Houbao, Yunhuan Gao, Yuanyuan Li, et al.. (2019). Induction of Inflammatory Macrophages in the Gut and Extra-Gut Tissues by Colitis-Mediated Escherichia coli. iScience. 21. 474–489. 10 indexed citations

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Qi, Houbao, Yuanyuan Li, Tong Zhang, et al.. (2019). Lactobacillus maintains healthy gut mucosa by producing L-Ornithine. Communications Biology. 2(1). 171–171. 102 indexed citations

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Gao, Yunhuan, Dan Zhang, Shiwu Zhang, et al.. (2019). Lnc-C/EBPβ Modulates Differentiation of MDSCs Through Downregulating IL4i1 With C/EBPβ LIP and WDR5. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 1661–1661. 24 indexed citations

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Gao, Yunhuan, Wei Sun, Yuanyuan Li, et al.. (2018). Lnc-C/EBPβ Negatively Regulates the Suppressive Function of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 6(11). 1352–1363. 64 indexed citations

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Tang, Zhenzhen, Yunhuan Gao, Houbao Qi, et al.. (2017). LncRNA RNCR3 promotes Chop expression by sponging miR-185-5p during MDSC differentiation. Oncotarget. 8(67). 111754–111769. 39 indexed citations

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Huang, Yugang, Houbao Qi, Zhiqian Zhang, et al.. (2017). Gut REG3γ-Associated Lactobacillus Induces Anti-inflammatory Macrophages to Maintain Adipose Tissue Homeostasis. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1063–1063. 26 indexed citations

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