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Bao-Liang Song

Bao-Liang Song

Wuhan University
China

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
14694
World Ranking
11274
National Ranking
353

Bao-Liang Song publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bao-Liang Song sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 127 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Bao-Liang Song D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bao-Liang Song sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Bao-Liang Song is affiliated with Wuhan University in China and has a substantial body of research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Medicine as well. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Cancer Research, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology.

The main topics of research focus on:

  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Bao-Liang Song, including:

  • Jie Luo
  • Ao Hu
  • Xiaolu Zhao
  • Wei Qi
  • Xiongjie Shi

Some notable recent publications are:

  • "Cholesterol metabolism in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities," 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • "Sparse deconvolution improves the resolution of live-cell super-resolution fluorescence microscopy," 2021, Nature Biotechnology
  • "High-Performance Electrochemical NO Reduction into NH3 by MoS2 Nanosheet," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Feeding induces cholesterol biosynthesis via the mTORC1-USP20-HMGCR axis," 2020, Nature
  • "Exhaustion-associated cholesterol deficiency dampens the cytotoxic arm of antitumor immunity," 2023, Cancer Cell

The most frequent publication venues for the scientist include:

  • Nature Metabolism
  • Science China Life Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientia Sinica Vitae
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms and regulation of cholesterol homeostasis.

    Jie Luo;Hongyuan Yang;Bao-Liang Song

  • Potentiating the antitumour response of CD8 + T cells by modulating cholesterol metabolism

    Wei Yang;Yibing Bai;Ying Xiong;Jin Zhang

  • Cholesterol metabolism in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

    Binlu Huang;Bao-Liang Song;Chenqi Xu

  • The Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitor Ezetimibe Acts by Blocking the Sterol-Induced Internalization of NPC1L1

    Liang Ge;Jing Wang;Wei Qi;Hong-Hua Miao

  • Gp78, a Membrane-Anchored Ubiquitin Ligase, Associates with Insig-1 and Couples Sterol-Regulated Ubiquitination to Degradation of HMG CoA Reductase

    Bao Liang Song;Navdar Sever;Russell A. DeBose-Boyd

  • The metabolic ER stress sensor IRE1α suppresses alternative activation of macrophages and impairs energy expenditure in obesity

    Bo Shan;Xiaoxia Wang;Ying Wu;Chi Xu

  • Insig-dependent Ubiquitination and Degradation of Mammalian 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Stimulated by Sterols and Geranylgeraniol *

    Navdar Sever;Bao-Liang Song;Daisuke Yabe;Joseph L. Goldstein

  • Cholesterol Transport through Lysosome-Peroxisome Membrane Contacts

    Bei Bei Chu;Bei Bei Chu;Bei Bei Chu;Ya Cheng Liao;Wei Qi;Chang Xie

  • Insig-mediated degradation of HMG CoA reductase stimulated by lanosterol, an intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol

    Bao Liang Song;Norman B. Javitt;Russell A. DeBose-Boyd

  • Cholesterol Homeostatic Regulator SCAP-SREBP2 Integrates NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation and Cholesterol Biosynthetic Signaling in Macrophages.

    Chuansheng Guo;Zhexu Chi;Danlu Jiang;Ting Xu

  • Insig-dependent Ubiquitination and Degradation of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Stimulated by δ- and γ-Tocotrienols

    Bao Liang Song;Russell A. DeBose-Boyd

  • Cholesterol Modification of Smoothened Is Required for Hedgehog Signaling

    Xu Xiao;Jing-Jie Tang;Chao Peng;Yan Wang

  • Regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism in health and disease

    Ligong Chen;Xiao-Wei Chen;Xun Huang;Bao-Liang Song

  • Sterol-regulated Degradation of Insig-1 Mediated by the Membrane-bound Ubiquitin Ligase gp78

    Joon No Lee;Baoliang Song;Russell A. DeBose-Boyd;Jin Ye

  • SREBP: a novel therapeutic target

    Xu Xiao;Bao-Liang Song

  • Flotillins play an essential role in Niemann-Pick C1-like 1-mediated cholesterol uptake.

    Liang Ge;Wei Qi;Li-Juan Wang;Hong-Hua Miao

  • Feeding induces cholesterol biosynthesis via the mTORC1-USP20-HMGCR axis.

    Xiao-Yi Lu;Xiong-Jie Shi;Ao Hu;Ju-Qiong Wang

  • Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferases (ACATs/SOATs): Enzymes with multiple sterols as substrates and as activators.

    Maximillian A. Rogers;Jay Liu;Bao-Liang Song;Bo-Liang Li

  • Discovery of a potent HMG-CoA reductase degrader that eliminates statin-induced reductase accumulation and lowers cholesterol.

    Shi-You Jiang;Hui Li;Jing-Jie Tang;Jie Wang

  • The biogenesis of lipid droplets: Lipids take center stage.

    Mingming Gao;Xun Huang;Bao-Liang Song;Hongyuan Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ta-Yuan Chang
Ta-Yuan Chang Dartmouth College
Catherine C. Y. Chang
Catherine C. Y. Chang Dartmouth College
Hongyuan Yang
Hongyuan Yang University of New South Wales
Housheng Hansen He
Housheng Hansen He University of Toronto
Zhengtao Wang
Zhengtao Wang Shanghai University
Huiyong Yin
Huiyong Yin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Charles Antzelevitch
Charles Antzelevitch Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
Li Yang
Li Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bin Zhou
Bin Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guang Ning
Guang Ning Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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