Zhengang Yang

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Zhengang Yang is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhengang Yang has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Zhengang Yang's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (53 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (16 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (12 papers). Zhengang Yang is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (53 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (16 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (12 papers). Zhengang Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Spain. Zhengang Yang's co-authors include Steven W. Levison, Yan You, Eric J. Huang, Arturo Álvarez-Buylla, Shawn F. Sorrells, José Manuel García‐Verdugo, Dashi Qi, Michael C. Oldham, Mercedes F. Paredes and Kadellyn Sandoval and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhengang Yang

81 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Human hippocampal neurogenesis drops sharply in children to undetectable levels in adults

2018 967 citations Dashi Qi, Zhengang Yang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhengang Yang China	29	2.1k	1.5k	1.1k	671	477	84	3.9k
Mercedes F. Paredes United States	25	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	499 0.7×	248 0.5×	42	3.3k
Joanne C. Conover United States	27	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	433 0.6×	167 0.4×	43	3.8k
Igor Jakovčevski Germany	34	936 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	404 0.6×	281 0.6×	68	2.9k
Rebecca D. Hodge United States	26	1.5k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	807 0.7×	379 0.6×	159 0.3×	39	3.2k
Francis G. Szele United Kingdom	32	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	947 0.8×	572 0.9×	171 0.4×	82	2.9k
Bradley J. Molyneaux United States	28	1.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.6×	1.7k 1.4×	377 0.6×	155 0.3×	64	4.9k
Tarik F. Haydar United States	37	1.8k 0.9×	3.9k 2.5×	1.7k 1.5×	971 1.4×	351 0.7×	57	6.9k
Fernando de Castro Spain	35	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	781 1.2×	110 0.2×	118	4.0k
Victor L. Friedrich United States	46	1.3k 0.6×	2.8k 1.9×	1.6k 1.4×	940 1.4×	132 0.3×	109	6.6k
Karl Schilling Germany	33	1.0k 0.5×	2.8k 1.8×	2.2k 1.9×	929 1.4×	207 0.4×	92	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhengang Yang

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Zhang, Zhuangzhi, Zhejun Xu, Tao Fu, et al.. (2025). Integrated ERK‐PKA‐YAP/TAZ‐SHH Signaling Orchestrates Cortical Radial Glia Identity and Lineage Diversification. Advanced Science. 13(5). e13571–e13571.

Wang, Zi‐Wu, Tao Fu, Lin Yang, et al.. (2025). Coordinated regulation of cortical astrocyte maturation by OLIG1 and OLIG2 through BMP7 signaling modulation. Journal of genetics and genomics. 52(10). 1224–1237. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Zi‐Wu, Wen Zhang, Jialin Li, et al.. (2025). Olig1/2 Orchestrates Progenitor Cell Fates during Mammalian Cortical Gliogenesis and Gliomagenesis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9779–9779.

Yang, Zhengang. (2024). The Principle of Cortical Development and Evolution. Neuroscience Bulletin. 41(3). 461–485. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Yanjing, Zhenmeiyu Li, Lin Yang, et al.. (2024). ERK signaling expands mammalian cortical radial glial cells and extends the neurogenic period. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(13). e2314802121–e2314802121. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Zi‐Wu, Dashi Qi, Zhengang Yang, et al.. (2024). Lateral/caudal ganglionic eminence makes limited contribution to cortical oligodendrocytes. eLife. 13. 5 indexed citations

Gao, Yanjing, et al.. (2023). Context-dependent regulation of Notch signaling in glial development and tumorigenesis. Science Advances. 9(45). eadi2167–eadi2167. 22 indexed citations

Yang, Zhengang, et al.. (2023). FOXG1 drives transcriptomic networks to specify principal neuron subtypes during the development of the medial pallium. Science Advances. 9(7). eade2441–eade2441. 11 indexed citations

Su, Zihao, Zi‐Wu Wang, Susan Lindtner, et al.. (2022). Dlx1/2-dependent expression of Meis2 promotes neuronal fate determination in the mammalian striatum. Development. 149(4). 25 indexed citations

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Li, Zhenmeiyu, Yan Wen, Xiaolei Song, et al.. (2019). Transcription Factors Sp8 and Sp9 Regulate Medial Ganglionic Eminence-Derived Cortical Interneuron Migration. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 12. 75–75. 9 indexed citations

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He, Hao, Zhengang Yang, Guangming Zhu, et al.. (2016). Programmed Death Ligand-1 on Microglia Regulates Th1 Differentiation via Nitric Oxide in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Neuroscience Bulletin. 32(1). 70–82. 20 indexed citations

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Yang, Ying, et al.. (2015). Impaired Interneuron Development afterFoxg1Disruption. Cerebral Cortex. 27(1). bhv297–bhv297. 25 indexed citations

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Deng, Yingping, Yi Sun, Lan Hu, et al.. (2015). Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans impede myelination by oligodendrocytes after perinatal white matter injury. Experimental Neurology. 269. 213–223. 23 indexed citations

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Vogt, Daniel, Robert F. Hunt, Shyamali Mandal, et al.. (2014). Lhx6 Directly Regulates Arx and CXCR7 to Determine Cortical Interneuron Fate and Laminar Position. Neuron. 82(2). 350–364. 93 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhengang. (2007). Postnatal subventricular zone progenitors give rise not only to granular and periglomerular interneurons but also to interneurons in the external plexiform layer of the rat olfactory bulb. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 506(2). 347–358. 37 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhengang & Steven W. Levison. (2007). Perinatal Hypoxic/Ischemic Brain Injury Induces Persistent Production of Striatal Neurons from Subventricular Zone Progenitors. Developmental Neuroscience. 29(4-5). 331–340. 43 indexed citations

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Brazel, Christine Y., Joseph L. Nuñez, Zhengang Yang, & Steven W. Levison. (2005). Glutamate enhances survival and proliferation of neural progenitors derived from the subventricular zone. Neuroscience. 131(1). 55–65. 130 indexed citations

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Mason, Gary L., et al.. (1996). Nitric oxide production and expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase by bovine alveolar macrophages. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 53(1-2). 15–27. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Zhengang, et al.. (1995). Interleukin-6 secretion by bacterial lipopolysaccharide-stimulated bovine alveolar macrophages in vitro. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 49(1-2). 51–60. 8 indexed citations

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Sharma, Smita, Timothy W. J. Olchowy, Zhengang Yang, & Mike A. Breider. (1992). Tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin 1 α enhance lipopolysaccharide-mediated bovine endothelial cell injury. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 51(6). 579–585. 18 indexed citations

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