Lifeng Yang

11.7k citations
214 papers · 7.2k · 4 hit papers · h-index 42

Impact in

    • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
    • MicroRNA in disease regulation
    • Extracellular vesicles in disease
    • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
    • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
    • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Papers in

    • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding 55
    • Neurological diseases and metabolism 18
    • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms 14

Lifeng Yang

206 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Lifeng Yang's Hit Papers

Oxidative stress and mitochondrial impairment: Key drivers in neurodegenerative disorders 2025 · 45 citations
450+3+6Years since publication200400600

Peers

Lifeng Yang
Comparison fields: 5 of 154
  • Cancer Research 2.1k
  • Molecular Biology 3.9k
  • Neurology 466
  • Biological Psychiatry 115
  • Biochemistry 283
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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Lifeng Yang, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
Tumor microenvironment derived exosomes pleiotropically modulate cancer cell metabolism
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2016729
2
Glutaminolysis: A Hallmark of Cancer Metabolism
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2017644
3 2010262
4 2014255
5
PINK1/Parkin-mediated mitophagy in neurodegenerative diseases
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2022199
6 2020175
7 2014164
8 2014155
9 2020132
10 2018114
11 2019109
12 2022104
13 202199
14 201698
15 200696
16 201294
17 201292
18 201286
19 201883
20 201783

About Lifeng Yang

Lifeng Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology, Physiology, Cancer Research and Oncology, having authored 214 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (55 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (21 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (18 papers), Trace Elements in Health (14 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (14 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (12 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (11 papers) and Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (2.1k citations), Molecular Biology (3.9k citations), Neurology (466 citations), Biological Psychiatry (115 citations) and Biochemistry (283 citations). Lifeng Yang has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Pakistan. Frequent co-authors include Deepak Nagrath, Deming Zhao, Sriram Venneti, Xiangmei Zhou, Syed Zahid Ali Shah, Xiaomin Yin, Abhinav Achreja, Juan C. Marini, Prahlad T. Ram and Tyler J. Moss. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica, PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and DNA and Cell Biology.

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