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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Biology and Biochemistry D-index 60 Citations 21,571 139 World Ranking 5392 National Ranking 2578

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Gene expression
  • Genetics

His primary areas of study are Cell biology, Molecular biology, Serum response factor, Gene expression and Myocardin. His Cell biology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Skeletal muscle, Cellular differentiation and microRNA. His Skeletal muscle study combines topics in areas such as Progenitor cell, Genetics, Stem cell and Adult stem cell.

His Molecular biology study deals with GATA4 intersecting with Cardiac conduction, Myostatin, MYH6 and MYH7. His study in Gene expression is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Cancer research and Cardiac muscle. His work focuses on many connections between Myocardin and other disciplines, such as Vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation, that overlap with his field of interest in Mutation, Cell type and Promoter.

His most cited work include:

  • The role of microRNA-1 and microRNA-133 in skeletal muscle proliferation and differentiation (2138 citations)
  • Activation of Cardiac Gene Expression by Myocardin, a Transcriptional Cofactor for Serum Response Factor (785 citations)
  • MicroRNA-208a is a regulator of cardiac hypertrophy and conduction in mice (657 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Cell biology, microRNA, Gene expression, Regulation of gene expression and Molecular biology are his primary areas of study. Da-Zhi Wang combines subjects such as Genetics, Transcription factor, Gene, Cellular differentiation and Skeletal muscle with his study of Cell biology. In Skeletal muscle, Da-Zhi Wang works on issues like Myocyte, which are connected to Muscle hypertrophy and Cardiomyopathy.

His work carried out in the field of microRNA brings together such families of science as Cell growth, Bioinformatics, Disease, Gene silencing and Computational biology. His Gene expression study incorporates themes from Endocrinology, Cardiac muscle, Internal medicine, Transgene and Immunology. His Molecular biology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Serum response factor, Myocardin and MYH6.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Cell biology (72.99%)
  • microRNA (40.80%)
  • Gene expression (37.93%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Cell biology (72.99%)
  • Chemistry (6.32%)
  • Cancer research (16.67%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Cell biology, Chemistry, Cancer research, Heart failure and microRNA. The various areas that Da-Zhi Wang examines in his Cell biology study include Induced pluripotent stem cell and Skeletal muscle. His work deals with themes such as Phosphatase and Myocardial infarction, which intersect with Cancer research.

His Heart failure research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Gene silencing, Heart disease, Neuroscience and Small interfering RNA. His research in microRNA intersects with topics in Regenerative medicine, Stem cell, DNA methylation, Tetraploid complementation assay and Epigenetics. His research in Gene expression is mostly focused on Myocardin.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Therapeutic role of miR-19a/19b in cardiac regeneration and protection from myocardial infarction. (62 citations)
  • Therapeutic role of miR-19a/19b in cardiac regeneration and protection from myocardial infarction. (62 citations)
  • miR‐29c improves skeletal muscle mass and function throughout myocyte proliferation and differentiation and by repressing atrophy‐related genes (12 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Gene expression
  • Genetics

Da-Zhi Wang spends much of his time researching Cell biology, microRNA, Myocardial infarction, Cancer research and Chemistry. His Cell biology research includes elements of Regulation of gene expression and Tetraploid complementation assay, Induced pluripotent stem cell. His microRNA research integrates issues from Regenerative medicine, DNA methylation, Myogenesis, Skeletal muscle and Epigenetics.

Da-Zhi Wang has included themes like Sarcopenia, HDAC4 and Gene expression in his Myogenesis study. As a member of one scientific family, Da-Zhi Wang mostly works in the field of Skeletal muscle, focusing on Cell growth and, on occasion, Muscle hypertrophy. His Myocardial infarction study combines topics in areas such as Cardiac function curve, Heart failure, Gene expression profiling, Cardiovascular physiology and Myocyte.

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Best Publications

The role of microRNA-1 and microRNA-133 in skeletal muscle proliferation and differentiation

Jian Fu Chen;Elizabeth M. Mandel;J. Michael Thomson;Qiulian Wu.
Nature Genetics (2006)

2860 Citations

Activation of Cardiac Gene Expression by Myocardin, a Transcriptional Cofactor for Serum Response Factor

Da Zhi Wang;Priscilla S. Chang;Zhigao Wang;Lillian Sutherland.
Cell (2001)

1004 Citations

MicroRNA-208a is a regulator of cardiac hypertrophy and conduction in mice

Thomas E. Callis;Kumar Pandya;Hee Young Seok;Ru-Hang Tang.
Journal of Clinical Investigation (2009)

921 Citations

Targeted deletion of Dicer in the heart leads to dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure.

Jian Fu Chen;Elizabeth P. Murchison;Ruhang Tang;Thomas E. Callis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2008)

641 Citations

Modeling the mitochondrial cardiomyopathy of Barth syndrome with induced pluripotent stem cell and heart-on-chip technologies

Gang Wang;Megan L. McCain;Luhan Yang;Aibin He.
Nature Medicine (2014)

637 Citations

Myocardin and ternary complex factors compete for SRF to control smooth muscle gene expression

Zhigao Wang;Da Zhi Wang;Da Zhi Wang;Dirk Hockemeyer;John McAnally.
Nature (2004)

592 Citations

microRNA-1 and microRNA-206 regulate skeletal muscle satellite cell proliferation and differentiation by repressing Pax7

Jian Fu Chen;Yazhong Tao;Juan Li;Zhongliang Deng;Zhongliang Deng.
Journal of Cell Biology (2010)

556 Citations

Myocardin is a master regulator of smooth muscle gene expression

Zhigao Wang;Da Zhi Wang;Da Zhi Wang;G. C Teg Pipes;Eric N. Olson.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2003)

554 Citations

Expression of microRNAs is dynamically regulated during cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.

Mariko Tatsuguchi;Hee Young Seok;Thomas E. Callis;J. Michael Thomson.
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (2007)

543 Citations

Potentiation of serum response factor activity by a family of myocardin-related transcription factors.

Da Zhi Wang;Shijie Li;Dirk Hockemeyer;Lillian Sutherland.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2002)

518 Citations

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