Zutao Yu

946 total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 648 citations indexed

About

Zutao Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zutao Yu has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 648 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zutao Yu's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (11 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers). Zutao Yu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (11 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (9 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers). Zutao Yu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Zutao Yu's co-authors include Hiroshi Sugiyama, Toshikazu Bando, Sefan Asamitsu, Ganesh N. Pandian, T. Hidaka, Gaoyun Hu, Qianbin Li, Meng Lv, Larry Melidis and Shankar Balasubramanian and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Zutao Yu

27 papers receiving 643 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.

G-quadruplex DNA structure is a positive regulator of MYC transcription

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Ehwang Song United States

E. Allen Sickmier United States

Anat Shahar Israel

Suttipong Suttapitugsakul United States

Weiqian Cao China

Chi-Hung Nguyen France

Sanjay Shah United States

Zhenxin Lin China

Danah Al Shaer Spain

Zilu Ye Denmark

Ehwang Song United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Zutao Yu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zutao Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zutao Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zutao Yu 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 Zutao Yu. Zutao Yu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zhang, Xiaoyun, Larry Melidis, Yuqi Chen, et al.. (2025). Optical control of gene expression using a DNA G-quadruplex targeting reversible photoswitch. Nature Chemistry. 17(6). 875–882. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Jia, Zutao Yu, & Jianqiang Li. (2024). LHPre: Phage Host Prediction With VAE-Based Class Imbalance Correction and Lyase Sequence Embedding. PubMed. 22(1). 73–84.

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Yu, Zutao, Jochen Spiegel, Larry Melidis, et al.. (2023). Chem-map profiles drug binding to chromatin in cells. Nature Biotechnology. 41(9). 1265–1271. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhuo, et al.. (2023). A Novel PDK1/MEK Dual Inhibitor Induces Cytoprotective Autophagy via the PDK1/Akt Signaling Pathway in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Pharmaceuticals. 16(2). 244–244. 6 indexed citations

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Sahayasheela, Vinodh J, Zutao Yu, T. Hidaka, Ganesh N. Pandian, & Hiroshi Sugiyama. (2022). Mitochondria and G-quadruplex evolution: an intertwined relationship. Trends in Genetics. 39(1). 15–30. 32 indexed citations

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Sahayasheela, Vinodh J, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of GLI-Mediated Transcription by Cyclic Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamide in Cancer Stem Cells. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 95(4). 693–699. 14 indexed citations

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Sahayasheela, Vinodh J, Zutao Yu, T. Hidaka, et al.. (2021). Chemical Probe-Based Nanopore Sequencing to Selectively Assess the RNA Modification. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Nan, et al.. (2020). Effective treatment of vancomycin nephrotoxicity with continuous venous‐venous haemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) in a paediatric patient. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 45(4). 852–855. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Zutao, Chun‐Hui Nie, Tongqing Zhou, et al.. (2020). Safety and Short-term Efficacy of Licartin Combined with Conventional Transcatheter Hepatic Arterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 82(s6). 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Zutao, Soumen K. Samanta, Fumitaka Hashiya, et al.. (2020). A synthetic transcription factor pair mimic for precise recruitment of an epigenetic modifier to the targeted DNA locus. Chemical Communications. 56(15). 2296–2299. 8 indexed citations

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Yu, Zutao, Zhuo Chen, Feng‐Ying Huang, et al.. (2020). A novel dual MEK/PDK1 inhibitor 9za retards the cell cycle at G₀/G₁ phase and induces mitochondrial apoptosis in non-small cell lung cancer cells. PeerJ. 8. e9981–e9981. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Junlong, Heng Chen, Jie Yang, et al.. (2019). Binding pocket-based design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel selective BRD4-BD1 inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 27(9). 1871–1881. 17 indexed citations

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Yu, Zutao, Zhuo Chen, Qiongli Su, et al.. (2019). Dual inhibitors of RAF-MEK-ERK and PI3K-PDK1-AKT pathways: Design, synthesis and preliminary anticancer activity studies of 3-substituted-5-(phenylamino) indolone derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 27(6). 944–954. 18 indexed citations

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Yu, Zutao, Ganesh N. Pandian, T. Hidaka, & Hiroshi Sugiyama. (2019). Therapeutic gene regulation using pyrrole–imidazole polyamides. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 147. 66–85. 31 indexed citations

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Li, Qianbin, Zutao Yu, Jie Yang, et al.. (2019). Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulators and Activators: Where are We and Where to Go?. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 19(18). 1544–1557. 28 indexed citations

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Yu, Zutao, et al.. (2018). Pip-HoGu: An Artificial Assembly with Cooperative DNA Recognition Capable of Mimicking Transcription Factor Pairs. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(7). 2426–2429. 20 indexed citations

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Wei, Yulei, Ganesh N. Pandian, Zutao Yu, et al.. (2018). Synthetic DNA-Binding Inhibitor of HES1 Alters the Notch Signaling Pathway and Induces Neuronal Differentiation. ACS Omega. 3(3). 3608–3616. 6 indexed citations

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Saha, Abhijit, et al.. (2017). UVA irradiation of BrU-substituted DNA in the presence of Hoechst 33258. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(1). 37–40. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Zutao, Junichi Taniguchi, Yulei Wei, et al.. (2017). Antiproliferative and apoptotic activities of sequence-specific histone acetyltransferase inhibitors. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 138. 320–327. 12 indexed citations

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Yu, Zutao, et al.. (2016). “One-Pot” Synthesis of 1-Phenyl-1H-benzimidazole Derivatives Facilitated by Fe. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 36(7). 1672–1672. 1 indexed citations

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