Ziying Yan

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Ziying Yan is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziying Yan has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Genetics, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ziying Yan's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (57 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (31 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (24 papers). Ziying Yan is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (57 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (31 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (24 papers). Ziying Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Ziying Yan's co-authors include John F. Engelhardt, Dongsheng Duan, Yongping Yue, Yulong Zhang, Jianming Qiu, Roman Žák, Wei Ding, Xuefeng Deng, Liang Zhang and Jusan Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Ziying Yan

103 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.

Artificial intelligence-guided design of lipid nanoparticles for pulmonary gene therapy

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ziying Yan United States	39	2.7k	2.6k	1.1k	1.0k	918	106	4.7k
Sandra Afione United States	27	2.1k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	465 0.4×	500 0.5×	613 0.7×	62	3.4k
Jeong S. Hong United States	30	2.7k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	709 0.6×	535 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	65	5.5k
Philip Ng United States	37	2.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	542 0.5×	394 0.4×	173 0.2×	94	3.8k
Larry G. Johnson United States	27	1.1k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	370 0.3×	453 0.4×	1.7k 1.8×	43	3.7k
Harald Petry Germany	37	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	433 0.4×	480 0.5×	59 0.1×	93	3.4k
Wilfried Dalemans Spain	32	700 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	930 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	64	4.6k
Weidong Xiao United States	34	3.0k 1.1×	3.2k 1.2×	472 0.4×	494 0.5×	99 0.1×	118	4.6k
Hiromi Muramatsu United States	28	1.1k 0.4×	4.4k 1.7×	1.5k 1.4×	513 0.5×	102 0.1×	70	6.3k
Yasuhiro Ikeda United States	37	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	531 0.5×	806 0.8×	98 0.1×	111	4.1k
Isao Oishi Japan	32	966 0.4×	3.9k 1.5×	682 0.6×	254 0.2×	217 0.2×	83	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ziying Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ziying Yan

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Yuan, Feng, Yaling Yi, Ann M. Thompson, et al.. (2025). Ionocyte CFTR Coordinates Chloride Absorption and Secretion to Balance Airway Fluid. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(10). 1935–1950.

Park, Soo Yeun, Zehua Feng, Soon Ho Choi, et al.. (2025). Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Vector Mediated Gene Editing in Proliferating and Polarized Cultures of Human Airway Epithelial Cells. Human Gene Therapy. 36(15-16). 1067–1082.

Yan, Ziying, John F. Engelhardt, & Feng Yuan. (2025). Isolation and Culture of Ferret Airway Stem Cells. BIO-PROTOCOL. 15(1376). e5399–e5399. 1 indexed citations

Ning, Kang, Junxing Zhao, Zehua Feng, et al.. (2024). N6-methyladenosine modification of a parvovirus-encoded small noncoding RNA facilitates viral DNA replication through recruiting Y-family DNA polymerases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(25). e2320782121–e2320782121. 7 indexed citations

Hao, Siyuan, Kang Ning, Min Xiong, et al.. (2023). SARS‐CoV‐2 infection of polarized human airway epithelium induces necroptosis that causes airway epithelial barrier dysfunction. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(9). e29076–e29076. 10 indexed citations

Hao, Siyuan, Kang Ning, Zehua Feng, et al.. (2023). Identification of host essential factors for recombinant AAV transduction of the polarized human airway epithelium. Journal of Virology. 97(12). e0133023–e0133023. 9 indexed citations

Ning, Kang, Zekun Wang, Fang Cheng, Ziying Yan, & Jianming Qiu. (2022). The small nonstructural protein NP1 of human bocavirus 1 directly interacts with Ku70 and RPA70 and facilitates viral DNA replication. PLoS Pathogens. 18(6). e1010578–e1010578. 15 indexed citations

Zou, Wei, Min Xiong, Siyuan Hao, et al.. (2021). The SARS-CoV-2 Transcriptome and the Dynamics of the S Gene Furin Cleavage Site in Primary Human Airway Epithelia. mBio. 12(3). 7 indexed citations

Hao, Siyuan, et al.. (2020). Long-Term Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Infection of In Vitro Cultured Polarized Human Airway Epithelium. mBio. 11(6). 70 indexed citations

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Tang, Yinghua, Ziying Yan, & John F. Engelhardt. (2020). Viral Vectors, Animal Models, and Cellular Targets for Gene Therapy of Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease. Human Gene Therapy. 31(9-10). 524–537. 21 indexed citations

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Guggino, William B., Janet M. Benson, JeanClare Seagrave, et al.. (2017). A Preclinical Study in Rhesus Macaques for Cystic Fibrosis to Assess Gene Transfer and Transduction by AAV1 and AAV5 with a Dual-Luciferase Reporter System. PubMed. 28(3). 145–156. 18 indexed citations

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Yan, Ziying, Zoe A. Stewart, Patrick L. Sinn, et al.. (2015). Ferret and Pig Models of Cystic Fibrosis: Prospects and Promise for Gene Therapy. PubMed. 26(1). 38–49. 55 indexed citations

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Yan, Ziying, Xingshen Sun, Zehua Feng, et al.. (2015). Optimization of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Expression for Large Transgenes, Using a Synthetic Promoter and Tandem Array Enhancers. Human Gene Therapy. 26(6). 334–346. 51 indexed citations

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Evans, T. Idil Apak, Nam Soo Joo, Nicholas W. Keiser, et al.. (2015). Glandular Proteome Identifies Antiprotease Cystatin C as a Critical Modulator of Airway Hydration and Clearance. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 54(4). 469–481. 11 indexed citations

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Yan, Ziying, Zoe A. Stewart, Patrick L. Sinn, et al.. (2014). Ferret and Pig Models of Cystic Fibrosis: Prospects and Promise for Gene Therapy. 776275620–776275620. 3 indexed citations

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Spencer, Netanya Y., Ziying Yan, Ryan L. Boudreau, et al.. (2011). Control of Hepatic Nuclear Superoxide Production by Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase and NADPH Oxidase-4. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(11). 8977–8987. 84 indexed citations

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Sun, Xingshen, Ziying Yan, Yaling Yi, et al.. (2008). Adeno-associated virus–targeted disruption of the CFTR gene in cloned ferrets. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118(4). 1578–1583. 119 indexed citations

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Rogers, Christopher S., Yanhong Hao, Tatiana Rokhlina, et al.. (2008). Production of CFTR-null and CFTR-ΔF508 heterozygous pigs by adeno-associated virus–mediated gene targeting and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118(4). 1571–1577. 251 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoming, Meihui Luo, Ziying Yan, et al.. (2008). Analysis of Adeno-associated Virus Progenitor Cell Transduction in Mouse Lung. Molecular Therapy. 17(2). 285–293. 28 indexed citations

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Duan, Dongsheng, Yongping Yue, Ziying Yan, Jusan Yang, & John F. Engelhardt. (2000). Endosomal processing limits gene transfer to polarized airway epithelia by adeno-associated virus. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 105(11). 1573–1587. 325 indexed citations

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