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Fuchou Tang

Fuchou Tang

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Molecular Biology
China
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
95
Citations
34330
World Ranking
632
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in China Leader Award

Overview

Fuchou Tang is a researcher affiliated with Peking University in China, with a focus in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, where they have contributed to 218 publications. Their work also extends into Medicine, with 68 publications in this area. Tang's research encompasses several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Genetics, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their main topics of research cover a range of contemporary biological and medical sciences. These include Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Renal and related cancers, and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Fuchou Tang has published in prominent journals and venues, with frequent contributions to Cell Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Discovery, Nature Communications, and Protein & Cell. Among their recent publications are:

  • Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of Primate Ovarian Aging, 2020, Cell
  • Meningeal lymphatic vessels regulate brain tumor drainage and immunity, 2020, Cell Research
  • Pathway-based classification of glioblastoma uncovers a mitochondrial subtype with therapeutic vulnerabilities, 2021, Nature Cancer
  • Resurrection of endogenous retroviruses during aging reinforces senescence, 2023, Cell
  • ISSCR Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation: The 2021 update, 2021, Stem Cell Reports

Tang's collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Lu Wen, Jie Qiao, Yuxuan Zheng, Ji Dong, and Yuqiong Hu. Lu Wen is noted as a particularly frequent collaborator with 51 co-authored works.

The research contributions of Fuchou Tang span key areas relevant to understanding cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying development, aging, and cancer, integrating advanced transcriptomic and genomic approaches alongside studies of stem cells and epigenetic regulation.

Best Publications

  • mRNA-Seq whole-transcriptome analysis of a single cell.

    Fuchou Tang;Catalin Barbacioru;Yangzhou Wang;Ellen Nordman

  • Single-cell RNA-Seq profiling of human preimplantation embryos and embryonic stem cells

    Liying Yan;Mingyu Yang;Hongshan Guo;Lu Yang

  • The DNA methylation landscape of human early embryos

    Hongshan Guo;Ping Zhu;Liying Yan;Rong Li

  • Dynamic equilibrium and heterogeneity of mouse pluripotent stem cells with distinct functional and epigenetic states.

    Katsuhiko Hayashi;Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes;Fuchou Tang;M. Azim Surani

  • Maternal microRNAs are essential for mouse zygotic development

    Fuchou Tang;Masahiro Kaneda;Dónal O’Carroll;Petra Hajkova

  • A single-cell RNA-seq survey of the developmental landscape of the human prefrontal cortex

    Suijuan Zhong;Shu Zhang;Xiaoying Fan;Qian Wu

  • Tracing the derivation of embryonic stem cells from the inner cell mass by single-cell RNA-Seq analysis

    Fuchou Tang;Catalin Barbacioru;Siqin Bao;Caroline Lee

  • Single-cell triple omics sequencing reveals genetic, epigenetic, and transcriptomic heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinomas

    Yu Hou;Huahu Guo;Chen Cao;Xianlong Li

  • The Transcriptome and DNA Methylome Landscapes of Human Primordial Germ Cells

    Fan Guo;Liying Yan;Liying Yan;Hongshan Guo;Lin Li

  • RNA-Seq analysis to capture the transcriptome landscape of a single cell

    Fuchou Tang;Catalin Barbacioru;Ellen Nordman;Bin Li

  • Programming and Inheritance of Parental DNA Methylomes in Mammals

    Lu Wang;Lu Wang;Jun Zhang;Jialei Duan;Xinxing Gao

  • A Werner syndrome stem cell model unveils heterochromatin alterations as a driver of human aging

    Weiqi Zhang;Jingyi Li;Keiichiro Suzuki;Jing Qu

  • MicroRNA biogenesis is required for mouse primordial germ cell development and spermatogenesis.

    Katsuhiko Hayashi;Susana M. Chuva de Sousa Lopes;Masahiro Kaneda;Fuchou Tang

  • Single-cell methylome landscapes of mouse embryonic stem cells and early embryos analyzed using reduced representation bisulfite sequencing

    Hongshan Guo;Ping Zhu;Xinglong Wu;Xianlong Li

  • Single-Cell RNA-Seq Analysis Maps Development of Human Germline Cells and Gonadal Niche Interactions

    Li Li;Ji Dong;Ji Dong;Liying Yan;Jun Yong;Jun Yong

  • Epigenetic reversion of post-implantation epiblast to pluripotent embryonic stem cells

    Siqin Bao;Fuchou Tang;Xihe Li;Katsuhiko Hayashi

  • MicroRNA expression profiling of single whole embryonic stem cells

    Fuchou Tang;Petra Hajkova;Sheila C. Barton;Kaiqin Lao

  • Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of Primate Ovarian Aging

    Si Wang;Yuxuan Zheng;Jingyi Li;Yang Yu

  • Single-Cell Transcriptome Analysis Maps the Developmental Track of the Human Heart.

    Yueli Cui;Yuxuan Zheng;Xixi Liu;Liying Yan

  • Active and Passive Demethylation of Male and Female Pronuclear DNA in the Mammalian Zygote

    Fan Guo;Xianlong Li;Dan Liang;Tong Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Liying Yan
Liying Yan Peking University
M. Azim Surani
M. Azim Surani University of Cambridge
Guang-Hui Liu
Guang-Hui Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qi Zhou
Qi Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Antonio Iavarone
Antonio Iavarone Columbia University Medical Center
Lu Yang
Lu Yang Sichuan University
Guoliang Xu
Guoliang Xu Fudan University
Jun Wu
Jun Wu The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Yong Chen
Yong Chen École Normale Supérieure

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