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Hongbing Shen is affiliated with Nanjing Medical University in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on molecular biology, genetics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, and oncology.

Their scientific contributions include research on genetic associations and epidemiology, RNA modifications and cancer, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, epigenetics and DNA methylation, lung cancer treatments and mutations, cancer genomics and diagnostics, and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Frequent venues for their publications include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PubMed, SSRN Electronic Journal, International Journal of Cancer, and Nature Communications.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Clinical characteristics of 24 asymptomatic infections with COVID-19 screened among close contacts in Nanjing, China, 2020, Science China Life Sciences
  • Air Pollution, Genetic Factors, and the Risk of Lung Cancer: A Prospective Study in the UK Biobank, 2021, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Clinical Characteristics of 24 Asymptomatic Infections with COVID-19 Screened among Close Contacts in Nanjing, China, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genetic risk, incident gastric cancer, and healthy lifestyle: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and prospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Oncology
  • FSTL1 promotes liver fibrosis by reprogramming macrophage function through modulating the intracellular function of PKM2, 2022, Gut

Hongbing Shen's collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as Zhibin Hu, Guangfu Jin, Hongxia Ma, Meng Zhu, and Juncheng Dai, reflecting active participation in broad research networks.

The main fields of study represented in their portfolio are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, supported by subfields focusing on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

Their research topics further emphasize:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Best Publications

  • Clinical characteristics of 24 asymptomatic infections with COVID-19 screened among close contacts in Nanjing, China.

    Zhiliang Hu;Zhiliang Hu;Ci Song;Chuanjun Xu;Guangfu Jin

  • Serum MicroRNA Signatures Identified in a Genome-Wide Serum MicroRNA Expression Profiling Predict Survival of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    Zhibin Hu;Xi Chen;Yang Zhao;Tian Tian

  • Genetic variants of miRNA sequences and non-small cell lung cancer survival.

    Zhibin Hu;Jiaping Chen;Tian Tian;Xiaoyi Zhou

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci and heterogeneity in genetic susceptibility across histological subtypes

    James D McKay;Rayjean J Hung;Younghun Han;Xuchen Zong

  • Obesity, metabolic factors and risk of different histological types of lung cancer: A Mendelian randomization study

    Robert Carreras-Torres;Mattias Johansson;Philip C. Haycock;Kaitlin H. Wade

  • Serum microRNA Profiles Serve as Novel Biomarkers for HBV Infection and Diagnosis of HBV-Positive Hepatocarcinoma

    Li-Min Li;Zhi-Bin Hu;Zhen-Xian Zhou;Xi Chen

  • Common genetic variants in pre‐microRNAs were associated with increased risk of breast cancer in Chinese women

    Zhibin Hu;Jie Liang;Zhanwei Wang;Tian Tian

  • A genome-wide association study identifies two new lung cancer susceptibility loci at 13q12.12 and 22q12.2 in Han Chinese

    Zhibin Hu;Chen Wu;Yongyong Shi;Huan Guo

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 1p36.22 as a new susceptibility locus for hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B virus carriers

    Hongxing Zhang;Yun Zhai;Zhibin Hu;Chen Wu

  • A Functional Genetic Variant in microRNA-196a2 Is Associated with Increased Susceptibility of Lung Cancer in Chinese

    Tian Tian;Yongqian Shu;Jiaping Chen;Zhibin Hu

  • The OncoArray Consortium: A Network for Understanding the Genetic Architecture of Common Cancers.

    Christopher I. Amos;Joe Dennis;Zhaoming Wang;Jinyoung Byun

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies new lung cancer susceptibility loci in never-smoking women in Asia.

    Qing Lan;Chao A. Hsiung;Keitaro Matsuo;Yun Chul Hong

  • Modulation of repair of ultraviolet damage in the host-cell reactivation assay by polymorphic XPC and XPD/ERCC2 genotypes.

    Yawei Qiao;Margaret R. Spitz;Hongbing Shen;Zhaozheng Guo

  • Identification of ten serum microRNAs from a genome‐wide serum microRNA expression profile as novel noninvasive biomarkers for nonsmall cell lung cancer diagnosis

    Xi Chen;Zhibin Hu;Wenjing Wang;Yi Ba

  • Genetic variants in STAT4 and HLA-DQ genes confer risk of hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

    De Ke Jiang;Jielin Sun;Guangwen Cao;Yao Liu

  • Genome-wide association study identifies three new susceptibility loci for esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma in Chinese populations

    Chen Wu;Zhibin Hu;Zhonghu He;Weihua Jia

  • A genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for non-cardia gastric cancer at 3q13.31 and 5p13.1

    Yongyong Shi;Zhibin Hu;Chen Wu;Juncheng Dai

  • Genome-wide association analyses of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Chinese identify multiple susceptibility loci and gene-environment interactions

    Chen Wu;Chen Wu;Peter Kraft;Kan Zhai;Jiang Chang

  • Polymorphisms of the DNA repair gene XRCC1 and risk of gastric cancer in a Chinese population.

    Hongbing Shen;Yaochu Xu;Yun Qian;Rongbin Yu

  • A five-microRNA panel in plasma was identified as potential biomarker for early detection of gastric cancer.

    C Zhu;C Ren;J Han;Y Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhibin Hu
Zhibin Hu Nanjing Medical University
Guangfu Jin
Guangfu Jin Nanjing Medical University
Dongxin Lin
Dongxin Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cheng Wang
Cheng Wang University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Qingyi Wei
Qingyi Wei Duke University
Chen Wu
Chen Wu Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Daru Lu
Daru Lu Fudan University
Wen Tan
Wen Tan Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Christopher I. Amos
Christopher I. Amos Baylor College of Medicine
Yankai Xia
Yankai Xia Nanjing Medical University

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