Xichen Bao

3.8k citations

42 papers · 3.2k · 1 hit paper · h-index 24

Impact in

Cancer Research top 2%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
Molecular Biology top 2%
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- RNA Research and Splicing
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Circular RNAs in diseases

Papers in

Molecular Biology 36
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research 22
- RNA Research and Splicing 7
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 4
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 3
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders 3
- RNA modifications and cancer 3
Cancer Research 7
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research 4

Co-authors: Miguel Angel Esteban (17 shared papers)Duanqing Pei (6 shared papers)Qiang Zhuang (5 shared papers)Hao Sun (5 shared papers)Huating Wang (5 shared papers)Xihua Zhu (5 shared papers)Ting Zhou (2 shared papers)Yu Fen Zhao (5 shared papers)
Journals: Nature Communications (5 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (4 papers)Nature Methods (2 papers)Nature (2 papers)Journal of Visualized Experiments (2 papers)
Partner nations: China Hong Kong United States

In The Last Decade

Xichen Bao

39 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Xichen Bao's Hit Papers

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The RNA m6A reader YTHDC1 silences retrotransposons and guards ES cell identity 2021 · 290 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

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1	Generation of human induced pluripotent stem cells from urine samples Nature Protocols ·Ting Zhou, Christina Benda, Sarah Dunzinger, Yinghua Huang, Jenny Chung-Yee Ho, Jiayin Yang, Yu Wang, Ya Zhang	2012	503
2	The RNA m6A reader YTHDC1 silences retrotransposons and guards ES cell identity Nature ·Jiadong Liu, Mingwei Gao, Jiangping He, Kaixin Wu, Siyuan Lin, Lingmei Jin, YAPING CHEN, He Liu Hit paper breakdown →	2021	290
3	LncRNA Dum interacts with Dnmts to regulate Dppa2 expression during myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration Cell Research ·Lijun Wang, Yu Fen Zhao, Xichen Bao, Xihua Zhu, Yvonne Ka Yin Kwok, Kun Sun, Xiaona Chen, Yongheng Huang	2015	225
4	MicroRNA Cluster 302–367 Enhances Somatic Cell Reprogramming by Accelerating a Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Baojian Liao, Xichen Bao, Longqi Liu, Shipeng Feng, Athanasios Zovoilis, Wenbo Liu, Yanting Xue, Xiangpeng Guo	2011	221
5	Generation of integration-free neural progenitor cells from cells in human urine Nature Methods ·Lihui Wang, Linli Wang, Wenhao Huang, Huanxing Su, Yanting Xue, Zhenghui Su, Baojian Liao, Haitao Wang	2012	197
6	Capturing the interactome of newly transcribed RNA Nature Methods ·Xichen Bao, Xiangpeng Guo, Menghui Yin, Muqddas Tariq, Yiwei Lai, Shahzina Kanwal, Jiajian Zhou, Na Li	2018	173
7	Linc-YY1 promotes myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration through an interaction with the transcription factor YY1 Nature Communications ·Liang Zhou, Kun Sun, Yu Fen Zhao, Suyang Zhang, Xuecong Wang, Yuying Li, Leina Lu, Xiaona Chen	2015	163
8	The p53-induced lincRNA-p21 derails somatic cell reprogramming by sustaining H3K9me3 and CpG methylation at pluripotency gene promoters Cell Research ·Xichen Bao, Haitao Wu, Xihua Zhu, Xiangpeng Guo, Andrew P. Hutchins, Zhiwei Luo, Hong Song, Yongqiang Chen	2014	156
9	Identification of mecciRNAs and their roles in the mitochondrial entry of proteins Science China Life Sciences ·Xu Liu, Xiaolin Wang, Jingxin Li, Shanshan Hu, Yuqi Deng, Hao Yin, Xichen Bao, Qiangfeng Cliff Zhang	2020	151
10	MicroRNA-192 targeting retinoblastoma 1 inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell apoptosis in lung cancer cells Nucleic Acids Research ·Shipeng Feng, Shujie Cong, Xin Zhang, Xichen Bao, Wei Wang, Huiping Li, Zhe Wang, Guoxin Wang	2011	146
11	Malat1 regulates myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration through modulating MyoD transcriptional activity Cell Discovery ·Xiaona Chen, Liangqiang He, Yu Fen Zhao, Yuying Li, Suyang Zhang, Kun Sun, Karl Kam Hei So, Fengyuan Chen	2017	102
12	Autophagy and mTORC1 regulate the stochastic phase of somatic cell reprogramming Nature Cell Biology ·Yasong Wu, Hui Zhang, Yinghua Huang, Ping Zhao, Yu-Jia Tang, Xiaohui Qiu, Ying Yue, Wen Li	2015	79
13	MyoD induced enhancer RNA interacts with hnRNPL to activate target gene transcription during myogenic differentiation Nature Communications ·Yu Fen Zhao, Jiajian Zhou, Liangqiang He, Yuying Li, Jie Yuan, Kun Sun, Xiaona Chen, Xichen Bao	2019	71
14	Transcriptional Pause Release Is a Rate-Limiting Step for Somatic Cell Reprogramming Cell stem cell ·Longqi Liu, Yan Xu, Minghui He, Meng Zhang, Fenggong Cui, Leina Lu, Mingze Yao, Weihua Tian	2014	68
15	YTHDF2/3 Are Required for Somatic Reprogramming through Different RNA Deadenylation Pathways Cell Reports ·Jiadong Liu, Mingwei Gao, Shuyang Xu, YAPING CHEN, Kaixin Wu, Liu He, Jie Wang, Xuejie Yang	2020	67
16	The mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition in somatic cell reprogramming Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·Miguel Angel Esteban, Xichen Bao, Qiang Zhuang, Ting Zhou, Baoming Qin, Duanqing Pei	2012	59
17	NCoR/SMRT co-repressors cooperate with c-MYC to create an epigenetic barrier to somatic cell reprogramming Nature Cell Biology ·Qiang Zhuang, Wenjuan Li, Christina Benda, Zhijian Huang, Tanveer Ahmed, Xiangpeng Guo, David P. Ibañez, Zhiwei Luo	2018	58
18	The Hypoxia-inducible Factor Renders Cancer Cells More Sensitive to Vitamin C-induced Toxicity Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Weihua Tian, Yu Wang, Yan Xu, Xiangpeng Guo, Bo Wang, Li Xian Sun, Longqi Liu, Fenggong Cui	2013	53
19	Structural insight into arenavirus replication machinery Nature ·Ruchao Peng, Xin Xu, Jiamei Jing, Min Wang, Qi Peng, Ying Wu, Xichen Bao, Peiyi Wang	2020	50
20	Concurrent binding to DNA and RNA facilitates the pluripotency reprogramming activity of Sox2 Nucleic Acids Research ·Linlin Hou, Yuanjie Wei, Yingying Lin, Xiwei Wang, Yiwei Lai, Menghui Yin, Yanpu Chen, Xiangpeng Guo	2020	41

About Xichen Bao

Xichen Bao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Cell Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Surgery, having authored 42 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (22 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (4 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (4 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (3 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (3 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (614 citations), Molecular Biology (2.2k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (35 citations), Genetics (95 citations) and Aging (10 citations). Xichen Bao has collaborated with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Frequent co-authors include Miguel Angel Esteban, Duanqing Pei, Qiang Zhuang, Hao Sun, Huating Wang, Xihua Zhu, Ting Zhou, Yu Fen Zhao, Kun Sun and Xiaona Chen. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Methods, Nature and Journal of Visualized Experiments.

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