Zu‐Hang Sheng

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Zu‐Hang Sheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zu‐Hang Sheng has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 28 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Zu‐Hang Sheng's work include Cellular transport and secretion (25 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (20 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers). Zu‐Hang Sheng is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (25 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (20 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers). Zu‐Hang Sheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Zu‐Hang Sheng's co-authors include Qian Cai, Mei-Yao Lin, Ning Huang, Sunan Li, Yanmin Chen, Xiu‐Tang Cheng, Jens Rettig, William A. Catterall, Bing Zhou and Ping‐Yue Pan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zu‐Hang Sheng

59 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Mitochondrial transport in neurons: impact on synaptic homeostasis and neurodegeneration

2012 686 citations Zu‐Hang Sheng, Qian Cai Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
Programming axonal mitochondrial maintenance and bioenergetics in neurodegeneration and regeneration

2022 133 citations Xiu‐Tang Cheng, Ning Huang et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zu‐Hang Sheng United States	36	3.8k	2.3k	1.6k	1.2k	1.0k	60	6.2k
Qian Cai United States	35	2.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	55	4.5k
Bernard L. Schneider Switzerland	54	3.5k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	809 0.8×	150	8.9k
Robert H. Baloh United States	49	5.0k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	874 0.8×	88	9.7k
Michael P. Coleman United Kingdom	50	4.0k 1.0×	3.6k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	116	9.4k
Xiao‐Jiang Li United States	54	8.0k 2.1×	7.0k 3.1×	1.1k 0.7×	886 0.8×	530 0.5×	154	10.7k
Marie Futter United Kingdom	15	1.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	846 0.5×	597 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	16	4.4k
Russell T. Matthews United States	46	3.7k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	160 0.2×	74	7.9k
Zu-Hang Sheng United States	26	2.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	571 0.5×	513 0.5×	30	3.7k
Myriam Heiman United States	26	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	654 0.4×	736 0.6×	410 0.4×	36	5.4k
Andreas Bringmann Germany	52	7.1k 1.9×	3.4k 1.5×	852 0.5×	602 0.5×	243 0.2×	223	11.5k

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Feng, Xia, Xiu‐Tang Cheng, Pengli Zheng, et al.. (2022). Ligand-free mitochondria-localized mutant AR-induced cytotoxicity in spinal bulbar muscular atrophy. Brain. 146(1). 278–294. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Ning & Zu‐Hang Sheng. (2022). Microfluidic devices as model platforms of CNS injury-ischemia to study axonal regeneration by regulating mitochondrial transport and bioenergetic metabolism. Cell Regeneration. 11(1). 33–33. 8 indexed citations

Li, Sunan & Zu‐Hang Sheng. (2021). Energy matters: presynaptic metabolism and the maintenance of synaptic transmission. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 23(1). 4–22. 148 indexed citations

Roney, Joseph C., Sunan Li, Tamar Farfel‐Becker, et al.. (2021). Lipid-mediated motor-adaptor sequestration impairs axonal lysosome delivery leading to autophagic stress and dystrophy in Niemann-Pick type C. Developmental Cell. 56(10). 1452–1468.e8. 45 indexed citations

Cheng, Xiu‐Tang, Tao Sun, Yuxiang Xie, et al.. (2020). Defects in syntabulin-mediated synaptic cargo transport associate with autism-like synaptic dysfunction and social behavioral traits. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(5). 1472–1490. 6 indexed citations

Puri, Rajat, Xiu‐Tang Cheng, Mei-Yao Lin, Ning Huang, & Zu‐Hang Sheng. (2019). Mul1 restrains Parkin-mediated mitophagy in mature neurons by maintaining ER-mitochondrial contacts. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3645–3645. 115 indexed citations

Joshi, Dinesh, Chuan-Li Zhang, Lavanya Babujee, et al.. (2019). Inappropriate Intrusion of an Axonal Mitochondrial Anchor into Dendrites Causes Neurodegeneration. Cell Reports. 29(3). 685–696.e5. 14 indexed citations

Zhou, Bing, Panpan Yu, Mei-Yao Lin, et al.. (2016). Facilitation of axon regeneration by enhancing mitochondrial transport and rescuing energy deficits. The Journal of Cell Biology. 214(1). 103–119. 251 indexed citations

Sheng, Zu‐Hang, et al.. (2015). Regulation of synaptic activity by snapin‐mediated endolysosomal transport and sorting. The EMBO Journal. 34(15). 2059–2077. 36 indexed citations

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Joshi, Dinesh, Chuan-Li Zhang, Tien‐Min Lin, et al.. (2015). Deletion of Mitochondrial Anchoring Protects Dysmyelinating Shiverer: Implications for Progressive MS. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(13). 5293–5306. 32 indexed citations

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Zhou, Bing, Mei-Yao Lin, Tao Sun, Adam L. Knight, & Zu‐Hang Sheng. (2014). Characterization of Mitochondrial Transport in Neurons. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 547. 75–96. 9 indexed citations

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Yun, Jina, Rajat Puri, Huan Yang, et al.. (2014). MUL1 acts in parallel to the PINK1/parkin pathway in regulating mitofusin and compensates for loss of PINK1/parkin. eLife. 3. e01958–e01958. 254 indexed citations

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Cai, Qian, Matthew L. Davis, & Zu‐Hang Sheng. (2011). Regulation of axonal mitochondrial transport and its impact on synaptic transmission. Neuroscience Research. 70(1). 9–15. 62 indexed citations

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Cai, Qian, et al.. (2010). Snapin-Regulated Late Endosomal Transport Is Critical for Efficient Autophagy-Lysosomal Function in Neurons. Neuron. 68(1). 73–86. 178 indexed citations

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Kang, Jian‐Sheng, et al.. (2008). Docking of Axonal Mitochondria by Syntaphilin Controls Their Mobility and Affects Short-Term Facilitation. Cell. 132(1). 137–148. 462 indexed citations

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Leenders, A. G. Miriam, et al.. (2008). The Role of MAP1A Light Chain 2 in Synaptic Surface Retention of Ca_V2.2 Channels in Hippocampal Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(44). 11333–11346. 24 indexed citations

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Cai, Qian, Ping‐Yue Pan, & Zu‐Hang Sheng. (2007). Syntabulin–Kinesin-1 Family Member 5B-Mediated Axonal Transport Contributes to Activity-Dependent Presynaptic Assembly. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(27). 7284–7296. 109 indexed citations

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Thakur, Pratima, David R. Stevens, Zu‐Hang Sheng, & Jens Rettig. (2004). Effects of PKA-Mediated Phosphorylation of Snapin on Synaptic Transmission in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(29). 6476–6481. 54 indexed citations

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Das, Sunit, et al.. (2003). Ca2+-dependent Phosphorylation of Syntaxin-1A by the Death-associated Protein (DAP) Kinase Regulates Its Interaction with Munc18. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(28). 26265–26274. 64 indexed citations

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Leenders, A. G. Miriam, Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg, Fernando H. Lopes da Silva, et al.. (2002). Neurotransmitter release from tottering mice nerve terminals with reduced expression of mutated P‐ and Q‐type Ca²⁺‐channels. European Journal of Neuroscience. 15(1). 13–18. 26 indexed citations

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