Zhenyu Xuan

13.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
85 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Zhenyu Xuan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenyu Xuan has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Zhenyu Xuan's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (15 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers). Zhenyu Xuan is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (21 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (15 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (14 papers). Zhenyu Xuan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Zhenyu Xuan's co-authors include Gregory J. Hannon, Michael Q. Zhang, Michael Q. Zhang, Michelle A. Carmell, Lin He, Scott W. Lowe, Lars Zender, Caifu Chen, Wen Xue and Michele A. Cleary and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Zhenyu Xuan

81 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

A microRNA component of the p53 tumour suppressor network 2002 2026 2010 2018 2007 2002 2010 2005 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. A microRNA component of the p53 tumour suppressor network
    2007 2.2k citations Lin He, Zhenyu Xuan et al. profile →
  2. The Argonaute family: tentacles that reach into RNAi, developmental control, stem cell maintenance, and tumorigenesis
    2002 654 citations Zhenyu Xuan, Michael Q. Zhang et al. profile →
  3. A long nuclear‐retained non‐coding RNA regulates synaptogenesis by modulating gene expression
    2010 595 citations Zhenyu Xuan, Michael Q. Zhang et al. profile →
  4. Regulating Gene Expression through RNA Nuclear Retention
    2005 569 citations Zhenyu Xuan, Michael Q. Zhang et al. Cell profile →
  5. Targeted Investigation of the Neandertal Genome by Array-Based Sequence Capture
    2010 202 citations Zhenyu Xuan et al. Science profile →

Peers

Zhenyu Xuan
Wigard P. Kloosterman Netherlands
Aimee L. Jackson United States
Sylvain Foissac France
Shujun Luo United States
Riza M. Daza United States
Gary C. Hon United States
Amy A. Caudy United States
Uwe Ohler United States
Albin Sandelin Denmark
Boris Lenhard United Kingdom
Wigard P. Kloosterman Netherlands
Zhenyu Xuan
Citations per year, relative to Zhenyu Xuan Zhenyu Xuan (= 1×) peers Wigard P. Kloosterman

Countries citing papers authored by Zhenyu Xuan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenyu Xuan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenyu Xuan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhenyu Xuan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhenyu Xuan 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 Zhenyu Xuan. Zhenyu Xuan 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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Ma, Bin, Zhiqiang Zhao, Zhenyu Xuan, et al.. (2025). mRNA-Based FRET-FLIM Imaging Platform for Quantifying Lipid Nanoparticle Endosomal Escape and Membrane Damage. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(34). 30907–30923. 1 indexed citations
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Basu, Alakananda & Zhenyu Xuan. (2024). p21Waf1/Cip1 Is a Novel Downstream Target of 40S Ribosomal S6 Kinase 2. Cancers. 16(22). 3783–3783. 1 indexed citations
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Tian, Jing, Kun Jia, Lan Guo, et al.. (2024). Hippocampal transcriptome-wide association study and pathway analysis of mitochondrial solute carriers in Alzheimer’s disease. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 250–250. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Min, et al.. (2023). A glance through the effects of CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, and cytokines on Alzheimer's disease. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 21. 5662–5675. 7 indexed citations
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Jia, Kun, Jing Tian, Lan Guo, et al.. (2023). Mitochondria-sequestered Aβ renders synaptic mitochondria vulnerable in the elderly with a risk of Alzheimer disease. JCI Insight. 8(22). 5 indexed citations
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Kim, BongWoo, Xuanming Shi, Xiaoming Zhan, et al.. (2022). PRC2 Heterogeneity Drives Tumor Growth in Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 82(16). 2874–2886. 8 indexed citations
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Choi, Yong Jin, Claudia Cattoglio, Ke Liu, et al.. (2021). Klf5 establishes bi-potential cell fate by dual regulation of ICM and TE specification genes. Cell Reports. 37(6). 109982–109982. 24 indexed citations
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Modzelewski, A, Wanqing Shao, Jingqi Chen, et al.. (2021). A mouse-specific retrotransposon drives a conserved Cdk2ap1 isoform essential for development. Cell. 184(22). 5541–5558.e22. 61 indexed citations
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Shi, Xuanming, et al.. (2020). Histone demethylase UTX/KDM6A enhances tumor immune cell recruitment, promotes differentiation and suppresses medulloblastoma. Cancer Letters. 499. 188–200. 32 indexed citations
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Xuan, Zhenyu, et al.. (2018). Neuroprotection by Heat Shock Factor-1 (HSF1) and Trimerization-Deficient Mutant Identifies Novel Alterations in Gene Expression. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17255–17255. 20 indexed citations
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Choi, Yong Jin, Chao‐Po Lin, Davide Risso, et al.. (2017). Deficiency of microRNA miR-34a expands cell fate potential in pluripotent stem cells. Science. 355(6325). 119 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lingxiang, Zhaojun Zhang, Qiming Zhou, et al.. (2013). Complete Genome Analysis of Three Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates in China for Insight into the Diversification of Drug Resistance Elements. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e66584–e66584. 64 indexed citations
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Wen, Hongxiu, Yongjin Li, Sami N. Malek, et al.. (2012). New Fusion Transcripts Identified in Normal Karyotype Acute Myeloid Leukemia. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e51203–e51203. 25 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bo, Beibei Chen, Tao Wu, et al.. (2011). Estimating developmental states of tumors and normal tissues using a linear time-ordered model. BMC Bioinformatics. 12(1). 53–53. 5 indexed citations
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Zhan, Lixing, Avi Z. Rosenberg, Min Yu, et al.. (2008). Deregulation of Scribble Promotes Mammary Tumorigenesis and Reveals a Role for Cell Polarity in Carcinoma. Cell. 135(5). 865–878. 344 indexed citations
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Dike, Sujit, Vivekanand S. Balija, Zhenyu Xuan, et al.. (2004). The mouse genome: Experimental examination of gene predictions and transcriptional start sites. Genome Research. 14(12). 2424–2429. 11 indexed citations
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Xuan, Zhenyu & Michael Q. Zhang. (2004). From worm to human: bioinformatics approaches to identify FOXO target genes. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 126(1). 209–215. 47 indexed citations
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Xuan, Zhenyu, Jinhua Wang, & Michael Q. Zhang. (2002). Computational comparison of two mouse draft genomes and the human golden path. Genome biology. 4(1). R1–R1. 33 indexed citations
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Xuan, Zhenyu, W. Richard McCombie, & Michael Q. Zhang. (2002). GFScan: A Gene Family Search Tool at Genomic DNA Level. Genome Research. 12(7). 1142–1149. 5 indexed citations

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