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71
Citations
25387
World Ranking
6527
National Ranking
3038

Overview

Jian Q. Feng is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has a research portfolio focusing mainly on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their contributions encompass significant work in molecular biology and genetics, alongside specialized topics such as rheumatology, urology, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Dental development and anomalies
  • Bone and dental protein studies
  • Periodontal regeneration and treatments
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Oral and maxillofacial pathology
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Tendon structure and treatment

Feng has published extensively in several prominent venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • Journal of Dental Research
  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Jian Q. Feng include:

  • FGF/FGFR signaling in health and disease, 2020, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Gli1+ Periodontium Stem Cells Are Regulated by Osteocytes and Occlusal Force, 2020, Developmental Cell
  • Focal adhesion protein Kindlin-2 regulates bone homeostasis in mice, 2020, Bone Research
  • Transferrin receptor 1-mediated iron uptake regulates bone mass in mice via osteoclast mitochondria and cytoskeleton, 2022, eLife
  • A Biphasic Feature of Gli1+-Mesenchymal Progenitors during Cementogenesis That Is Positively Controlled by Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling, 2021, Journal of Dental Research

Feng frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Jun Wang
  • Hu Zhao
  • Xudong Xie
  • Chunmei Xu
  • Chi Ma

Best Publications

  • Identification of the haematopoietic stem cell niche and control of the niche size

    Jiwang Zhang;Chao Niu;Ling Ye;Haiyang Huang

  • Evidence for osteocyte regulation of bone homeostasis through RANKL expression

    Tomoki Nakashima;Mikihito Hayashi;Takanobu Fukunaga;Kosaku Kurata

  • Loss of DMP1 causes rickets and osteomalacia and identifies a role for osteocytes in mineral metabolism

    Jian Q Feng;Leanne M Ward;Shiguang Liu;Yongbo Lu

  • Implant-derived magnesium induces local neuronal production of CGRP to improve bone-fracture healing in rats

    Yifeng Zhang;Jiankun Xu;Ye Chun Ruan;Mei Kuen Yu

  • The Growth Factor Progranulin Binds to TNF Receptors and Is Therapeutic Against Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice

    Wei Tang;Yi Lu;Yi Lu;Qing-Yun Tian;Yan Zhang

  • Osteocyte Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Is Required for Normal Bone Homeostasis

    Ina Kramer;Christine Halleux;Hansjoerg Keller;Marco Pegurri

  • FGF/FGFR signaling in health and disease

    Yangli Xie;Nan Su;Jing Yang;Qiaoyan Tan

  • Extracellular matrix made by bone marrow cells facilitates expansion of marrow-derived mesenchymal progenitor cells and prevents their differentiation into osteoblasts

    Xiao Dong Chen;Vladimir Dusevich;Jian Q. Feng;Stavros C. Manolagas

  • Deletion of dentin matrix protein-1 leads to a partial failure of maturation of predentin into dentin, hypomineralization, and expanded cavities of pulp and root canal during postnatal tooth development.

    Ling Ye;Mary MacDougall;Shubin Zhang;Yixia Xie

  • periostin Null Mice Exhibit Dwarfism, Incisor Enamel Defects, and an Early-Onset Periodontal Disease-Like Phenotype

    Hector Rios;Shrinagesh V. Koushik;Haiyan Wang;Jian Wang

  • DMP1-targeted Cre Expression in Odontoblasts and Osteocytes

    Y. Lu;Y. Xie;S. Zhang;V. Dusevich

  • Multiple functions of Osterix are required for bone growth and homeostasis in postnatal mice

    Xin Zhou;Zhaoping Zhang;Jian Q. Feng;Vladmir M. Dusevich

  • Osteoblast-derived WNT16 represses osteoclastogenesis and prevents cortical bone fragility fractures

    Sofia Movérare-Skrtic;Petra Henning;Xianwen Liu;Kenichi Nagano

  • Normocalcemia is maintained in mice under conditions of calcium malabsorption by vitamin D-induced inhibition of bone mineralization

    Liesbet Lieben;Ritsuko Masuyama;Ritsuko Masuyama;Sophie Torrekens;Riet Van Looveren

  • E11/gp38 selective expression in osteocytes: regulation by mechanical strain and role in dendrite elongation.

    Keqin Zhang;Cielo Barragan-Adjemian;Ling Ye;Shiva Kotha

  • Bone proteins PHEX and DMP1 regulate fibroblastic growth factor Fgf23 expression in osteocytes through a common pathway involving FGF receptor (FGFR) signaling

    Aline Martin;Shiguang Liu;Valentin David;Hua Li

  • BMP signaling negatively regulates bone mass through sclerostin by inhibiting the canonical Wnt pathway

    Nobuhiro Kamiya;Ling Ye;Tatsuya Kobayashi;Yoshiyuki Mochida

  • Tissue clearing of both hard and soft tissue organs with the PEGASOS method.

    Dian Jing;Dian Jing;Shiwen Zhang;Shiwen Zhang;Wenjing Luo;Xiaofei Gao

  • The Dentin Matrix Protein 1 (Dmp1) is Specifically Expressed in Mineralized, but not Soft, Tissues during Development

    J.Q. Feng;H. Huang;H. Huang;Y. Lu;L. Ye

  • Dentin Matrix Protein 1 (DMP1): New and Important Roles for Biomineralization and Phosphate Homeostasis

    C. Qin;R. D’Souza;J.Q. Feng

Frequent Co-Authors

Chunlin Qin
Chunlin Qin Texas A&M University
Lynda F. Bonewald
Lynda F. Bonewald Indiana University
Yuji Mishina
Yuji Mishina University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rena N. D'Souza
Rena N. D'Souza University of Utah
Chuan-ju Liu
Chuan-ju Liu New York University
Weiping Qin
Weiping Qin Jilin University
Adele L. Boskey
Adele L. Boskey Hospital for Special Surgery
Ashok B. Kulkarni
Ashok B. Kulkarni National Institutes of Health
Di Chen
Di Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Marc D. McKee
Marc D. McKee McGill University

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