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Chen-Yang Shen

Chen-Yang Shen

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
27366
World Ranking
4707
National Ranking
20

Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
27621
World Ranking
17887
National Ranking
46

Overview

Chen-Yang Shen is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions across subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Hepatitis C virus research, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Among recent significant publications are:

  • Genetic profiles of 103,106 individuals in the Taiwan Biobank provide insights into the health and history of Han Chinese (2021, npj Genomic Medicine)
  • European polygenic risk score for prediction of breast cancer shows similar performance in Asian women (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Taiwan Biobank: A rich biomedical research database of the Taiwanese population (2022, Cell Genomics)
  • Self-Adapting and Self-Healing Hydrogel Interface with Fast Zn2+ Transport Kinetics for Highly Reversible Zn Anodes (2023, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Identification of novel breast cancer susceptibility loci in meta-analyses conducted among Asian and European descendants (2020, Nature Communications)

Chen-Yang Shen has frequently published in venues such as Cancers, PubMed, arXiv (Cornell University), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Scientific Reports.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Keitaro Matsuo
  • Daehee Kang
  • Sue K. Park
  • Hidemi Ito
  • Pei-Ei Wu

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Douglas F. Easton;Karen A. Pooley;Alison M. Dunning;Paul D. P. Pharoah

  • The landscape of cancer genes and mutational processes in breast cancer

    Philip J. Stephens;Patrick S. Tarpey;Helen Davies;Peter Van Loo;Peter Van Loo

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Per Hall;Anna Gonzalez-Neira;Maya Ghoussaini

  • Association between Body-Mass Index and Risk of Death in More Than 1 Million Asians

    Wei Zheng;Dale F. McLerran;Betsy Rolland;Xianglan Zhang

  • Associations of Breast Cancer Risk Factors With Tumor Subtypes: A Pooled Analysis From the Breast Cancer Association Consortium Studies

    Xiaohong R. Yang;Jenny Chang-Claude;Ellen L. Goode;Fergus J. Couch

  • Carbamazepine-Induced Toxic Effects and HLA-B*1502 Screening in Taiwan

    Pei Chen;Juei-Jueng Lin;Chin-Song Lu;Chin-Song Lu;Cheung-Ter Ong

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Multiple independent variants at the TERT locus are associated with telomere length and risks of breast and ovarian cancer

    Stig E. Bojesen;Stig E. Bojesen;Karen A. Pooley;Sharon E. Johnatty;Jonathan Beesley

  • PIK3CA as an oncogene in cervical cancer

    Yen Ying Ma;Sung Jen Wei;Sung Jen Wei;Yu Chen Lin;Jia Chyi Lung

  • Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23.2.

    Shahana Ahmed;Gilles Thomas;Maya Ghoussaini;Catherine S. Healey

  • Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative-specific breast cancer risk loci

    Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Fergus J. Couch;Sara Lindstrom;Kyriaki Michailidou

  • Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Genotype Polymorphism of the Estrogen-metabolizing Genes CYP17, CYP1A1, and COMT A Multigenic Study on Cancer Susceptibility

    Chiun-Sheng Huang;Herng-Der Chern;King-Jen Chang;Chun-Wen Cheng

  • Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer.

    Roger L Milne;Roger L Milne;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new breast cancer susceptibility loci

    Maya Ghoussaini;Olivia Fletcher;Kyriaki Michailidou;Clare Turnbull

  • Body Mass Index and Diabetes in Asia: A Cross-Sectional Pooled Analysis of 900,000 Individuals in the Asia Cohort Consortium

    Paolo Boffetta;Dale McLerran;Yu Chen;Manami Inoue

  • Mechanisms of inactivation of E-cadherin in breast carcinoma: Modification of the two-hit hypothesis of tumor suppressor gene

    Chun-Wen Cheng;Pei-Ei Wu;Pei-Ei Wu;Jyh-Cherng Yu;Chiun-Sheng Huang

  • Genome-wide search for loss of heterozygosity using laser capture microdissected tissue of breast carcinoma: an implication for mutator phenotype and breast cancer pathogenesis.

    Chen-Yang Shen;Jyh-Cherng Yu;Yen-Li Lo;Chia-Hui Kuo

  • Functional variants at the 11q13 risk locus for breast cancer regulate cyclin D1 expression through long-range enhancers

    Juliet D. French;Maya Ghoussaini;Stacey L. Edwards;Kerstin B. Meyer

  • Population structure of Han Chinese in the modern Taiwanese population based on 10,000 participants in the Taiwan Biobank project

    Chien-Hsiun Chen;Chien-Hsiun Chen;Jenn-Hwai Yang;Charleston W.K. Chiang;Chia-Ni Hsiung

Frequent Co-Authors

Daehee Kang
Daehee Kang Seoul National University
Hiltrud Brauch
Hiltrud Brauch German Cancer Research Center
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Kenneth W. Muir
Kenneth W. Muir University of Manchester
Keitaro Matsuo
Keitaro Matsuo Nagoya University
Douglas F. Easton
Douglas F. Easton University of Cambridge
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Alison M. Dunning
Alison M. Dunning University of Cambridge
Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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