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Animal Science and Veterinary
China
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
58
Citations
20042
World Ranking
371
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in China Leader Award

Overview

Hong Chen is affiliated with Northwest A&F University in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work covers a broad range of subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research, Plant Science, and Animal Science and Zoology.

The scientist's research focuses on multiple main topics, notably cancer-related molecular mechanisms, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, circular RNAs in diseases, microRNA regulation in disease, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, chromosomal and genetic variations, and RNA research and splicing.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Hypoxia-induced circWSB1 promotes breast cancer progression through destabilizing p53 by interacting with USP10," 2022, published in Molecular Cancer
  • "Mass spectrometry-based lipidomics as a powerful platform in foodomics research," 2020, published in Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • "Effects of dietary grape seed proanthocyanidin extract supplementation on meat quality, muscle fiber characteristics and antioxidant capacity of finishing pigs," 2021, published in Food Chemistry
  • "Assessing genomic diversity and signatures of selection in Jiaxian Red cattle using whole-genome sequencing data," 2021, published in BMC Genomics
  • "A multi-omics integrative network map of maize," 2022, published in Nature Genetics

Hong Chen frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Chuzhao Lei
  • Yongzhen Huang
  • Bizhi Huang
  • Ningbo Chen
  • Xianyong Lan

They have published extensively in several scientific journals and outlets, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Animal Biotechnology
  • Animals
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • BMC Genomics
  • Research Square

Best Publications

  • Whole-genome resequencing reveals world-wide ancestry and adaptive introgression events of domesticated cattle in East Asia

    Ningbo Chen;Yudong Cai;Qiuming Chen;Ran Li

  • Circular RNA profiling reveals an abundant circLMO7 that regulates myoblasts differentiation and survival by sponging miR-378a-3p.

    Xuefeng Wei;Hui Li;Jiameng Yang;Dan Hao

  • Genome-wide DNA Methylation Profiles and Their Relationships with mRNA and the microRNA Transcriptome in Bovine Muscle Tissue (Bos taurine)

    Yong-Zhen Huang;Jia-Jie Sun;Liang-Zhi Zhang;Cong-Jun Li

  • Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and bisphenol A exposure impairs mouse primordial follicle assembly in vitro.

    Teng Zhang;Lan Li;Lan Li;Xun-Si Qin;Yang Zhou

  • Exposure to diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) results in a heritable modification of imprint genes DNA methylation in mouse oocytes

    Lan Li;Lan Li;Teng Zhang;Xun-Si Qin;Wei Ge

  • A novel 14-bp duplicated deletion within goat GHR gene is significantly associated with growth traits and litter size.

    Qing Yang;Hailong Yan;Jie Li;Han Xu

  • Circular RNA of cattle casein genes are highly expressed in bovine mammary gland

    ChunLei Zhang;Hui Wu;YanHong Wang;ShiQi Zhu

  • A novel 12-bp indel polymorphism within the GDF9 gene is significantly associated with litter size and growth traits in goats

    Xinyu Wang;Qing Yang;Ke Wang;Sihuan Zhang

  • Circular RNA SNX29 Sponges miR-744 to Regulate Proliferation and Differentiation of Myoblasts by Activating the Wnt5a/Ca2+ Signaling Pathway.

    Shujun Peng;Chengchuang Song;Hui Li;Xiukai Cao

  • Comparative Transcriptome Profiling of Dairy Goat MicroRNAs from Dry Period and Peak Lactation Mammary Gland Tissues

    Zhuanjian Li;Xianyong Lan;Wenjiao Guo;Jiajie Sun

  • The developmental transcriptome sequencing of bovine skeletal muscle reveals a long noncoding RNA, lncMD, promotes muscle differentiation by sponging miR-125b

    Xiaomei Sun;Mingxun Li;Yujia Sun;Hanfang Cai

  • Association between variants in the 5′-untranslated region of the bovine MC4R gene and two growth traits in Nanyang cattle

    Chun-Lei Zhang;Yan-Hong Wang;Hong Chen;Xian-Yong Lan

  • Identification of a novel cytochrome P450 gene, CYP321E1 from the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) and RNA interference to evaluate its role in chlorantraniliprole resistance

    Z. Hu;Q. Lin;H. Chen;Z. Li

  • Assessing genomic diversity and signatures of selection in Jiaxian Red cattle using whole-genome sequencing data

    Xiaoting Xia;Shunjin Zhang;Huaju Zhang;Zijing Zhang

  • Origin and phylogeographical structure of Chinese cattle

    C. Z. Lei;H. Chen;H. Chen;H. C. Zhang;X. Cai

  • Genetic variants and effects on milk traits of the caprine paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 2 (PITX2) gene in dairy goats

    Haiyu Zhao;Xianfeng Wu;Hanfang Cai;Chuanying Pan

  • mtDNA diversity and genetic lineages of eighteen cattle breeds from Bos taurus and Bos indicus in China.

    Xin Cai;Hong Chen;Chuzhao Lei;Shan Wang

  • Identification and profiling of conserved and novel microRNAs from Chinese Qinchuan bovine longissimus thoracis.

    Jiajie Sun;Mijie Li;Zhuanjian Li;Jing Xue

  • A novel indel within goat casein alpha S1 gene is significantly associated with litter size.

    Ke Wang;Hailong Yan;Han Xu;Qing Yang

  • Multiple maternal origins of native modern and ancient horse populations in China

    C. Z. Lei;R. Su;M. A. Bower;Ceiridwen J. Edwards

  • Application of mathematical expectation (ME) strategy for detecting low frequency mutations: An example for evaluating 14-bp insertion/deletion (indel) within the bovine PRNP gene

    Qing Yang;Sihuan Zhang;Liangliang Liu;Xiukai Cao

  • Detection of copy number variations and their effects in Chinese bulls

    Liangzhi Zhang;Shangang Jia;Shangang Jia;Mingjuan Yang;Yao Xu

  • Genetic variation of mitochondrial D-loop region and evolution analysis in some Chinese cattle breeds.

    Shangang Jia;Hong Chen;Guixiang Zhang;Zhigang Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Plath
Martin Plath Universidade de São Paulo
Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao McGill University
George E. Liu
George E. Liu Agricultural Research Service
Colin E. Bishop
Colin E. Bishop Wake Forest University
Alessandro Achilli
Alessandro Achilli University of Pavia
Tad S. Sonstegard
Tad S. Sonstegard Recombinetics (United States)
Haja N. Kadarmideen
Haja N. Kadarmideen Aarhus University
Johannes A. Lenstra
Johannes A. Lenstra Utrecht University
Mauricio A. Elzo
Mauricio A. Elzo University of Florida
John B. Cole
John B. Cole United States Department of Agriculture

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