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63
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World Ranking
10097
National Ranking
316

Overview

Cheng Luo is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple interconnected scientific disciplines, focusing primarily on molecular biology, organic chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, and plant science. The work also intersects with cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research explores a variety of topics, including:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts
  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Light effects on plants
  • Biosensors and analytical detection
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Cheng Luo has published frequently in venues such as the Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, Trends in Plant Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Industrial Crops and Products. Their research outputs include the following recent papers:

  • "Single-Cell Genomics and Epigenomics: Technologies and Applications in Plants," 2020, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Flavonoid biosynthetic and starch and sucrose metabolic pathways are involved in the pigmentation of naturally brown-colored cotton fibers," 2020, Industrial Crops and Products
  • "Circadian clock regulates developmental time through ecdysone and juvenile hormones in Bombyx mori," 2023, Insect Molecular Biology
  • "Sources, Transformations, Syntheses, and Bioactivities of Monoterpene Pyridine Alkaloids and Cyclopenta[c]pyridine Derivatives," 2022, Molecules
  • "Chlorine-Doped SnO2 Nanoflowers on Nickel Hollow Fiber for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction at Ampere-Level Current Densities," 2025, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators in Cheng Luo's research projects include Yan Li, Yiheng Wei, Jianing Mao, Huanyi Zhu, and Xiaohu Liu. Collaborations with these colleagues have contributed to multiple publications across different fields and topics.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of Histone Acetylation in the Nucleus by Sphingosine-1-Phosphate

    Nitai C. Hait;Jeremy Allegood;Michael Maceyka;Graham M. Strub

  • Sphingosine-1-phosphate is a missing cofactor for the E3 ubiquitin ligase TRAF2

    Sergio E. Alvarez;Kuzhuvelil B. Harikumar;Nitai C. Hait;Jeremy Allegood

  • Meclofenamic acid selectively inhibits FTO demethylation of m6A over ALKBH5

    Yue Huang;Jingli Yan;Qi Li;Jiafei Li

  • Development of Cell-Active N6-Methyladenosine RNA Demethylase FTO Inhibitor

    Baoen Chen;Fei Ye;Lu Yu;Guifang Jia

  • In silico ADME/T modelling for rational drug design

    Yulan Wang;Jing Xing;Yuan Xu;Nannan Zhou

  • Computational drug discovery

    Si-sheng Ou-Yang;Jun-yan Lu;Xiang-qian Kong;Zhong-jie Liang

  • Thymine DNA glycosylase specifically recognizes 5-carboxylcytosine-modified DNA

    Liang Zhang;Xingyu Lu;Junyan Lu;Haihua Liang

  • Binding interaction of quercetin-3-β-galactoside and its synthetic derivatives with SARS-CoV 3CLpro: Structure–activity relationship studies reveal salient pharmacophore features

    Lili Chen;Jian Li;Cheng Luo;Hong Liu

  • Structural insight into substrate preference for TET-mediated oxidation

    Lulu Hu;Lulu Hu;Junyan Lu;Jingdong Cheng;Qinhui Rao

  • Inhibition of human copper trafficking by a small molecule significantly attenuates cancer cell proliferation

    Jing Wang;Cheng Luo;Changliang Shan;Qiancheng You;Qiancheng You

  • Active, phosphorylated fingolimod inhibits histone deacetylases and facilitates fear extinction memory

    Nitai C Hait;Laura E Wise;Jeremy C Allegood;Megan O'Brien

  • Polyhydroxylated fullerene derivative C(60)(OH)(24) prevents mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage in an MPP(+) -induced cellular model of Parkinson's disease

    Xiaoqing Cai;Haiqun Jia;Zhongbo Liu;Bei Hou

  • Protein cysteine phosphorylation of SarA/MgrA family transcriptional regulators mediates bacterial virulence and antibiotic resistance

    Fei Sun;Yue Ding;Quanjiang Ji;Zhongjie Liang

  • Antiinfective therapy with a small molecule inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus sortase.

    Jie Zhang;Hongchuan Liu;Kongkai Zhu;Shouzhe Gong

  • Extensive crosstalk between O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation regulates Akt signaling

    Shuai Wang;Xun Huang;Danni Sun;Xianliang Xin

  • Nucleocapsid Protein of SARS Coronavirus Tightly Binds to Human Cyclophilin A

    Cheng Luo;Haibin Luo;Suxin Zheng;Chunshan Gui

  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Obesity-Associated Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The Protective Effects of Pomegranate with Its Active Component Punicalagin

    Xuan Zou;Chunhong Yan;Yujie Shi;Ke Cao

  • Identifying novel selective non-nucleoside DNA methyltransferase 1 inhibitors through docking-based virtual screening.

    Shijie Chen;Yulan Wang;Wen Zhou;Shanshan Li

  • K63-linked polyubiquitination of transcription factor IRF1 is essential for IL-1-induced production of chemokines CXCL10 and CCL5

    Kuzhuvelil B Harikumar;Jessie W Yester;Michael J Surace;Clement Oyeniran

  • Identification of recurrent USP48 and BRAF mutations in Cushing’s disease

    Jianhua Chen;Xuemin Jian;Siyu Deng;Zengyi Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Hualiang Jiang
Hualiang Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kaixian Chen
Kaixian Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mingyue Zheng
Mingyue Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaomin Luo
Xiaomin Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong Liu
Hong Liu Shandong University
Meiyu Geng
Meiyu Geng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weiliang Zhu
Weiliang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xu Shen
Xu Shen Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
Ronen Marmorstein
Ronen Marmorstein University of Pennsylvania
Chuan He
Chuan He University of Chicago

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