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2. Heyang Cui#, Yong Zhou#, Fang Wang#, Caixia Cheng#, Weimin Zhang#, Ruifang Sun#, Ling Zhang#, Yanghui Bi, Min Guo, Yan Zhou, Xinhui Wang, Jiaxin Ren, Ruibing Bai, Ning Ding, Chen Cheng, Longlong Wang, Xuehan Zhuang, Mingwei Gao, Yongjia Weng, Yueguang Wu, Huijuan Liu, Shuaicheng Li, Shubin Wang, Xiaolong Cheng, Yongping Cui*, Zhihua Liu*& Qimin Zhan*. Characterization of Somatic Structural Variations in 528 Chinese individuals with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Nature Communications.2022 Oct 22;13(1):6296. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33994-3.
IF= 17.694
3. Hongyi Li#, Shaojie Wang#, Xiubo Li, Yongjia Weng, Dinghe Guo, Pengzhou Kong, Caixia Cheng, Yanqiang Wang, Ling Zhang, Xiaolong Cheng*, Yongping Cui*. CDCA7 promotes TGF-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition via transcriptionally regulating Smad4/Smad7 in ESCC. Cancer Sci. 2022 Sep 2.doi: 10.1111/cas.15560.
IF= 6.518
4. Yingzhen Gao#, Liuyi Shen#, Tianyue Dong#, Xin Yang, Heyang Cui, Yanlin Guo, Yanchun Ma, Pengzhou Kong, Xiaolong Cheng, Ling Zhang* and Yongping Cui*.An N-glycoproteomic site-mapping analysis reveals glycoprotein alterations in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2022 Jun 25;20(1):285.
IF= 8.440
5. Fang Wang#, Caixia Cheng#, Xinhui Wang, Fei Chen, Hongyi Li, Yan Zhou, Yanqiang Wang, Xiaoling Hu, Pengzhou Kong,Ling Zhang, Xiaolong Cheng* and Yongping Cui*. Elevated FAM84B promotes cell proliferation via interacting with NPM1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cell Death Discovery. 2022 Apr 8;8(1):182. IF= 7.109
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9. Hongyi Li H# ; Yongjia Weng#; Shaojie Wang; Fang Wang; Yanqiang Wang; Pengzhou Kong; Ling Zhang; Caixia Cheng; Heyang Cui; Enwei Xu; Shuqing Wei; Dinghe Guo; Fei Chen; Yanghui Bi; Yongshen Meng; Xiaolong Cheng*; Yongping Cui* ; CDCA7 Facilitates Tumor Progression by Directly Regulating CCNA2 Expression in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Front Oncol. 2021, 11: 734655. IF= 6.244
10. Heyang Cui#, Yongjia Weng, Ning Ding, Chen Cheng, Longlong Wang, Yong Zhou, Ling Zhang, Yongping Cui*, Weimin Zhang*. Autophagy-Related Three-Gene Prognostic Signature for Predicting Survival in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Front Oncol. 2021 Jul 15;11:650891. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.650891. IF= 6.244
11. Yongping Cui#, Hongyan Chen#, Ruibin Xi#, Heyang Cui#, Yahui Zhao#, Enwei Xu#, Ting Yan, Xiaomei Lu, Furong Huang, Pengzhou Kong, Yang Li, Xiaolin Zhu, Jiawei Wang, Wenjie Zhu, Jie Wang, Yanchun Ma, Yong Zhou, Shiping Guo,Ling Zhang, Yiqian Liu, Bin Wang, Yanfeng Xi, Ruifang Sun, Xiao Yu, Yuanfang Zhai, Fang Wang, Jian Yang, Bin Yang, Caixia Cheng, Jing Liu, Bin Song, Hongyi Li, Yi Wang, Yingchun Zhang, Xiaolong Cheng, Qimin Zhan*, Yanhong Li*, Zhihua Liu*. Whole-genome Sequencing of 508 Patients Identifies Key Molecular Features Associated With Poor Prognosis in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cell Res. 2020, 30(10):902-913. doi: 10.1038/s41422-020-0333-6. IF= 46.378
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13. Ling Zhang#, Yingzhen Gao#, Xiaojuan Zhang#, Min Guo#, Jie Yang#, Heyang Cui, Pengzhou Kong, Xia Niu, Yanghui Bi, Jing Xu, Ting Yan, Yanchun Ma, Jian Yang, Yu Qian, Fang Wang, Hongyi Li, Feng Liu, Xiaolong Cheng?, Yongping Cui?.TSTA3 facilitates esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression through regulating fucosylation of LAMP2 and ERBB2. Theranostics. 2020, 10(24):11339-11358.
IF= 8.579
14. Pengzhou Kong#, Enwei Xu#, Yanghui Bi#, Xiaoqin Xu#, Xue Liu#,Bin Song, Ling Zhang, Caixia Cheng, Ting Yan, Yu Qian, Jian Yang, Yanchun Ma, Heyang Cui, Yuanfang Zhai, Binbin Zou, Xiangchen Liu, Yikun Cheng, Shiping Guo, Xiaolong Cheng*, Yongping Cui*. Novel ESCC-related gene ZNF750 as potential Prognostic biomarker and inhibits Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition through directly depressing SNAI1 promoter in ESCC. Theranostics. 2020, 10(4):1798-1813. IF= 8.579
15. Yanghui Bi#, Shixing Guo#, Xiaoqin Xu#, Pengzhou Kong#, Heyang Cui#, Ting Yan#, Yanchun Ma#, Yikun Cheng#, Yunqing Chen#, Xue Liu, Ling Zhang, Caixia Cheng, Enwei Xu, Yu Qian , Jian Yang , Bin Song, Hongyi Li, Fang Wang , Xiaoling Hu, Xiangchen Liu , Xia Niu , Yuanfang Zhai, Jing Liu , Yaoping Li , Xiaolong Cheng*, Yongping Cui*. Decreased ZNF750 promotes angiogenesis in a paracrine manner via activating DANCR/miR-4707-3p/FOXC2 axis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cell Death & Disease. 2020, 11(4):296. IF=6.304
16. Yu Qian#, Xiao Liang# , Pengzhou Kong# , Yikun Cheng , Heyang Cui, Ting Yan, Jinghao Wang, Ling Zhang, Yiqian Liu, Shiping Guo, Xiaolong Cheng*, Yongping Cui*.Elevated DHODH expression promotes cell proliferation via stabilizing β-catenin in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cell Death and Disease. 2020，11(10):862
IF=6.304
17. Jian Yang#，Tianyi Guo#，Xiao Liang#，Yuanfang Zhai，Yikun Cheng, Hui Sun, Yongping Cui*, Xiaolong Cheng*. Cadmium inhibits apoptosis of human esophageal epithelial cells by upregulating CDK6. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2020, 205:111146. IF=4.872
18. Ting Yan#, Heyang Cui#, Yong Zhou#, Bin Yang#, Pengzhou Kong#, Yingchun Zhang#, Yiqian Liu, Bin Wang, Yikun Cheng, Jiayi Li, Shixing Guo, Enwei Xu, Huijuan Liu, Caixia Cheng, Ling Zhang, Ling Chen, Xiaofei Zhuang, Yu Qian, Jian Yang, Yanchun Ma, Hongyi Li, Fang Wang, Jing Liu, Xuefeng Liu, Dan Su, Yan Wang, Ruifang Sun, Shiping Guo, Yaoping Li, Xiaolong Cheng, Zhihua Liu, Qimin Zhan* & Yongping Cui*. Multi-region sequencing unveils novel actionable targets and spatial heterogeneity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Nature Communications. 2019, 10(1):1670. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09255-1. IF= 17.694
19. Yanghui Bi#, Pengzhou Kong#, Ling Zhang#, Heyang Cui#, Xiaoqin Xu#, Feiyun Chang#, Ting Yan, Jiayi Li, Caixia Cheng, Bin Song, Xia Niu, Xiangchen Liu, Xue Liu, Enwei Xu, Xiaoling Hu, Yu Qian, Fang Wang, Hongyi Li, Yanchun Ma, Jian Yang, Yiqian Liu, Yuanfang Zhai, Yi Wang, Yingchun Zhang, Haiyan Liu, Jing Liu, Jintao Wang*, Yongping Cui, Xiaolong Cheng*. EP300 as an oncogene correlates with poor prognosis in esophageal squamous carcinoma. J Cancer. 2019, 10(22):5413-5426. IF= 3.182
20. Wei Gao#, Chunming Zhang#, Wenqi Li#, Huizheng Li#, Jiangwei Sang#, Qinli Zhao, Yunfeng Bo, Hongjie Luo, Xiwang Zheng, Yan Lu, Yong Shi, Dongli Yang, Ruiping Zhang, Zhenyu Li, Jiajia Cui, Yuliang Zhang, Min Niu, Jun Li, Zhongqiang Wu, Huina Guo, Caixia Xiang, Juan Wang, Juan Hou, Lu Zhang, Rick F. Thorne*, Yongping Cui*, Yongyan Wu*, Shuxin Wen*, Binquan Wang*. Promoter Methylation-Regulated miR-145-5p Inhibits Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression by Targeting FSCN1. Molecular Therapy. 2019, 27(2):365-379. IF= 8.402
21. Ma Yanchun#, Wang Yi#, Wang Lu, Qian Yu, Yang Jian, Kong Pengzhou, Yan Ting, Li Hongyi, Wang Fang, Cheng Xiaolong, Cui Yongping*. Triptolide prevents proliferation and migration of Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer via MAPK/ERK signaling pathway. Eur J Pharmacol. 2019, 851:43-51. IF= 3.170
22. Jie Yang, Pengzhou Kong, Jian Yang, Zhiwu Jia, Xiaoling Hu, Zianyi Wang, Heyang Cui, Yanghui Bi, Yu Qian, Hongyi Li, Fang Wang, Bin Yang, Ting Yan, Yanchun Ma, Ling Zhang, Caixia Cheng, Bin Song, Yaoping Li, Enwei Xu, Haiyan Liu, Wei Gao, Juan Wang, Yiqian Liu, Yuanfang Zhai, Lu Chang, Yi Wang, Yingchun Zhang, Ruyi Shi, Jing Liu, Qi Wang, Xiaolong Cheng, Yongping Cui*. High TSTA3 Expression as a Candidate Biomarker for Poor Prognosis of Patients With ESCC. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2018, 17:1533033818781405. IF= 1.464
23. Yike Li#, Yanyan Zhang#, Shuaishuai Xiao , Pengzhou Kong, Caixia Cheng, Ruyi Shi, Fang Wang, Ling Zhang, Juan Wang, Zhiwu Jia, Shuai Wu, Yun Liu, Jiansheng Guo, Xiaolong Cheng, Yongping Cui*, Jing Liu*. Mps1 is associated with the BRAFV600E mutation but does not rely on the classic RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway in thyroid carcinoma. Oncol Lett. 2018, 15(6):9978-9986. IF= 1.871
24. Xiaoling Hu#, Yuanfang Zhai#, Pengzhou Kong#, Heyang Cui#, Ting Yan, Jian Yang, Yu Qian, Yanchun Ma, Fang Wang, Hongyi Li, Caixia Cheng, Ling Zhang, Zhiwu Jia, Yaoping Li, Bin Yang, Enwei Xu, Juan Wang, Jie Yang, Yanghui Bi, Lu Chang, Yi Wang, Yingchun Zhang, Bin Song, Guodong Li, Ruyi Shi, Jing Liu, Mingsheng Zhang, Xiaolong Cheng, Yongping Cui*. FAT1 prevents epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) via MAPK/ERK signaling pathway in esophageal squamous cell cancer. Cancer Letters. 2017; 397:83-93. IF=6.491
25. Bin Yang#, Ting Yan#, Heyang Cui#, Enwei Xu#, Yanchun Ma#, Caixia Cheng#, Ling Zhang, Pengzhou Kong, Fang Wang, Yu Qian, Jian Yang, Yaoping Li, Hongyi Li, Yanghui Bi, Xiaoling Hu, Juan Wang, Bin Song, Jie Yang, Wei Gao, Jing Liu, Binbin Zou, Ruyi Shi, Yanyan Zhang, Haiyan Liu, Yiqian Liu, Yuanfang Zhai, Lu Chang, Yi Wang, Yingchun Zhang, Zhiwu Jia, Xing Chen, Yanfeng Xi, Guodong Li, Jianfang Liang, Jiansheng Guo, Shiping Guo, Rongsheng Zhang, Xiaolong Cheng, Yongping Cui*. The macro-evolutionary events in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Oncotarget. 2017, 8(68):112770-112782. IF= 6.359
26. Shan P#, Fan G#, Sun L#, Liu J, Wang W, Hu C, Zhang X, Zhai Q, Song X, Cao L, Cui Y, Zhang S*, Wang C*. SIRT1 Functions as a Negative Regulator of Eukaryotic Poly(A)RNA Transport. Curr Biol. 2017, 27(15):2271-2284.e5. IF= 9.193
27. Caixia Cheng#, Yong Zhou#, Hongyi Li#, Teng Xiong#, Shuaicheng Li#, Yanghui Bi#, Pengzhou Kong, Fang Wang, Heyang Cui, Yaoping Li, Xiaodong Fang, Ting Yan, Yike Li, Juan Wang, Bin Yang, Ling Zhang, Zhiwu Jia, Bin Song, Xiaoling Hu, Jie Yang, Haile Qiu, Gehong Zhang, Jing Liu, Enwei Xu, Ruyi Shi, Yanyan Zhang, Haiyan Liu, Chanting He, Zhenxiang Zhao, Yu Qian, Ruizhou Rong, Zhiwei Han, Yanlin Zhang, Wen Luo, Jiaqian Wang, Shaoliang Peng, Xukui Yang, Xiangchun Li, Lin Li, Hu Fang, Xingmin Liu, Li Ma, Yunqing Chen, Shiping Guo, Xing Chen, Yanfeng Xi, Guodong Li, Jianfang Liang, Xiaofeng Yang, Jiansheng Guo, JunMei Jia, Qingshan Li, Xiaolong Cheng, Qimin Zhan*, Yongping Cui*. Whole-genome Sequencing Reveals Diverse Models of Structural Variations In Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2016, 98(2):256-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.12.013.
Faculty of 1000 Recommends as one of the Most Important Article IF= 10.931
28. Caixia Cheng#, Heyang Cui#, Ling Zhang#, Zhiwu Jia#, Bin Song#, Fang Wang#, Yaoping Li, Jing Liu, Pengzhou Kong, Ruyi Shi, Yanghui Bi, Bin Yang, Juan Wang, Zhenxiang Zhao, Yanyan Zhang, Xiaoling Hu, Jie Yang, Chanting He, Zhiping Zhao, Jinfen Wang,Yanfeng Xi, Enwei Xu, Guodong Li, Shiping Guo, Yunqing Chen, Xiaofeng Yang, Xing Chen, Jianfang Liang, Jiansheng Guo, Xiaolong Cheng, Chuangui Wang, Qimin Zhan*, Yongping Cui*, Genomic analyses reveal FAM84B and NOTCH pathway relate to the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. GigaScience. 2016, 5:1. DOI 10.1186/s13742-015-0107-0 IF= 7.463
29. Sun L#, Fan G#, Shan P#, Qiu X, Dong S, Liao L, Yu C, Wang T, Gu X, Li Q, Song X, Cao L, Li X, Cui Y, Zhang S*, Wang C*. Regulation of energy homeostasis by the ubiquitin-independent REGγ proteasome. Nat Commun. 2016,7:12497. IF= 11.47
30. Bin Song#, Heyang Cui#, Yaoping Li#, Caixia Cheng#, Bin Yang#, Fang Wang#, Pengzhou Kong#, Hongyi Li, Ling Zhang, Zhiwu Jia, Yanghui Bi, Jiaqian Wang, Yong Zhou, Jing Liu, Juan Wang, Zhenxiang Zhao, Yanyan Zhang, Xiaoling Hu, Ruyi Shi, Jie Yang, Haiyan Liu, Ting Yan, Yike Li, Enwei Xu, Yu Qian, Yanfeng Xi, Shiping Guo, Yunqing Chen, Jinfen Wang, Guodong Li, Jianfang Liang, Junmei Jia, Xing Chen, Jiansheng Guo, Tong Wang, Yanbo Zhang, Qingshan Li Chuangui Wang, Xiaolong Cheng, Qimin Zhan*, Yongping Cui*. Mutually exclusive mutations in NOTCH1 and PIK3CA associated with clinical prognosis and chemotherapy responses of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in China. Oncotarget. 2016, 7(3):3599-613. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.6120. IF=5.168
31. Fan G#, Sun L#, Shan P#, Zhang X, Huan J, Zhang X, Li D, Wang T, Wei T, Zhang X, Gu X, Yao L, Xuan Y, Hou Z, Cui Y, Cao L, Li X, Zhang S*, Wang C*. Loss of KLF14 triggers centrosome amplification and tumorigenesis. Nat Commun. 2015;6:8450. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9450. IF= 11.47
32. Ling Zhang#, Yong Zhou#, Caixia Cheng#, Heyang Cui#, Le Cheng#, Pengzhou Kong#, Jiaqian Wang#, Yin Li#, Wenliang Chen, Bin Song, Fang Wang, Zhiwu Jia, Lin Li, Yaoping Li, Bin Yang, Jing Liu, Ruyi Shi, Yanghui Bi, Yanyan Zhang, Juan Wang, Zhenxiang Zhao, Xiaoling Hu, Jie Yang, Hongyi Li, Zhibo Gao, Gang Chen, Xuanlin Huang, Xukui Yang, Shengqing Wan, Chao Chen, Bin Li, Yongkai Tan, Longyun Chen, Minghui He, Sha Xie, Xiangchun Li, Xuehan Zhuang, Mengyao Wang, Zhi Xia, Longhai Luo, Jie Ma, Bing Dong, Jiuzhou Zhao, Yongmei Song, Yunwei Ou, Enming Li, Liyan Xu, Jinfen Wang Yanfeng Xi Guodong Li Enwei Xu Jianfang Liang, Xiaofeng Yang, Jiansheng Guo, Xing Chen, Yanbo Zhang, Qingshan Li, Lixin Liu, Yingrui Li, Xiuqing Zhang, Huanming Yang, Dongxin Lin, Xiaolong Cheng, Yongjun Guo, Jun Wang, Qimin Zhan*, Yongping Cui*. Genomic analyses reveal mutational signatures and frequently altered genes in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2015, 96(4):597-611.
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33. J Liu#, X Cheng#, Y Zhang#, S Li, H Cui, L Zhang, R Shi, Z Zhao, C He, C Wang, H Zhao, C Zhang, HA Fisk, TM Guadagno, Y Cui*. Phosphorylation of Mps1 by BRAFV600E Prevents Mps1 Degradation and Contributes to Chromosome Instability in Melanoma. Oncogene. 2013, 32(6):713-23 IF= 8.559
34. Ling Zhang#, Ruyi Shi#, Chanting He#, Caixia Cheng, Bin Song, Heyang Cui, Yanyan Zhang, Zhiping Zhao, Yanghui Bi, Xiaofeng Yang, Xiaoping Miao, Jiansheng Guo, Xing Chen, Jinfen Wang, Yaoping Li, Xiaolong Cheng, Jing Liu*, Yongping Cui*. Oncogenic B-RafV600E abrogates the AKT/B-Raf/Mps1 interaction in melanoma cells. Cancer Letters. 2013, 337:125–132. IF= 5.990
35. Yongping Cui#, Meghan K#. Borysova, Joseph O. Johnson, Thomas M. Guadagno*. Oncogenic B-RafV600E Induces Spindle Abnormalities, Supernumerary Centrosomes, an Aneuploidy in Human Melanocytic Cells. Cancer Research. 2010, 70(2): 675-684.
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36. Xiaolong Cheng#, Shih-Hsin Lu, Yongping Cui*. ECRG2 regulates ECM degradation and uPAR/FPRL1 pathway contributing cell invasion/migration. Cancer Letters. 2010, 290(1):87-95. IF= 5.990
37. Yongping Cui#, Xiaolong Cheng, Ce Zhang, Yanyan Zhang, Shujing Li, Chuangui Wang, Thomas M*. Guadagno. Degradation of the Human Mitotic Checkpoint Kinase Mps1 is Cell-cycle Regulated by APC/cCdc20 and APC/cCdh1 Ubiquitin Ligases. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2010, 285(43):32988-998. IF= 5.808
38. Xiaolong Cheng#, Zheng Shen, Litian Yin, Shih-Hsin Lu, Yongping Cui*. ECRG2 regulates cell migration invasion through urokinase-type plasmin activator receptor (uPAR)/beta1 integrin pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2009, 284(45): 30897-30906. IF= 5.808
39. Cui Y#, Guadagno TM*. B-RafV600E signaling deregulates the mitotic spindle checkpoint through stabilizing Mps1 levels in melanoma cells. Oncogene. 2008, 27, 3122-3133. IF= 8.559
40. Xiaolong Cheng#, Zheng Shen, Jianyi Yang, Shih-Hsin Lu, Yongping Cui*. ECRG2 Disruption Leads to Centrosome Amplification and Spindle Checkpoint Defects Contributing Chromosome Instability. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2008, 283(9)5888-5898. IF= 5.808
