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D-Index
75
Citations
28091
World Ranking
5219
National Ranking
2480

Overview

Jin Q. Cheng is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with contributions also in Medicine. Within these main domains, their work focuses on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, Plant Science, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The scientific topics addressed in their publications cover areas such as Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer, Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects, Heavy metals in environment, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Cheng has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Yan Gao, Sridevi Challa, Domenico Coppola, Zhefeng Li, and Jiahao Guo.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Boron inhibits cadmium uptake in wheat (Triticum aestivum) by regulating gene expression, 2020, Plant Science
  • Targeting the IκB Kinase Enhancer and Its Feedback Circuit in Pancreatic Cancer, 2020, Translational Oncology
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptome sequencing uncover a platinum-resistant cluster overexpressed TACSTD2 in high-grade serous ovarian cancer, 2024, Journal of Cancer
  • Targeting SPP1+ macrophages via the SPP1-CD44 axis reveals a key mechanism of immune suppression and tumor progression in ovarian cancer, 2025, International Immunopharmacology
  • pVHL suppresses kinase activity of Akt in a proline-hydroxylation-dependent manner, 2020, UNC Libraries

Jin Q. Cheng has published in several venues, with multiple works appearing in UNC Libraries. Other publication venues include Plant Science, Translational Oncology, Journal of Cancer, and International Immunopharmacology.

Best Publications

  • MicroRNA expression profiling in human ovarian cancer: miR-214 induces cell survival and cisplatin resistance by targeting PTEN.

    Hua Yang;William Kong;Lili He;Jian-Jun Zhao

  • Molecular alterations of the AKT2 oncogene in ovarian and breast carcinomas.

    A. Bellacosa;D. De Feo;A. K. Godwin;D. W. Bell

  • Bif-1 interacts with Beclin 1 through UVRAG and regulates autophagy and tumorigenesis.

    Yoshinori Takahashi;Domenico Coppola;Norimasa Matsushita;Hernani D. Cualing

  • AKT2, a putative oncogene encoding a member of a subfamily of protein-serine/threonine kinases, is amplified in human ovarian carcinomas.

    Jin Quan Cheng;Andrew K. Godwin;Alfonso Bellacosa;Takahiro Taguchi

  • MicroRNA-155 Is Regulated by the Transforming Growth Factor β/Smad Pathway and Contributes to Epithelial Cell Plasticity by Targeting RhoA

    William Kong;Hua Yang;Lili He;Jian Jun Zhao

  • MicroRNA-221/222 negatively regulates estrogen receptor α and is associated with tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer

    Jian Jun Zhao;Jianhong Lin;Hua Yang;William Kong

  • Deregulated Akt3 Activity Promotes Development of Malignant Melanoma

    Jill M. Stahl;Arati Sharma;Mitchell Cheung;Melissa Zimmerman

  • Targeting Stat3 blocks both HIF-1 and VEGF expression induced by multiple oncogenic growth signaling pathways

    Qing Xu;Jon Briggs;Sungman Park;Guilian Niu

  • Tumour-infiltrating regulatory T cells stimulate mammary cancer metastasis through RANKL–RANK signalling

    Wei Tan;Weizhou Zhang;Amy Strasner;Sergei Grivennikov

  • Akt/Protein Kinase B Signaling Inhibitor-2, a Selective Small Molecule Inhibitor of Akt Signaling with Antitumor Activity in Cancer Cells Overexpressing Akt

    Lin Yang;Han C. Dan;Mei Sun;Qiyuan Liu

  • The Akt/PKB pathway : molecular target for cancer drug discovery

    Jin Q Cheng;Craig W Lindsley;George Z Cheng;Hua Yang

  • Akt phosphorylation and stabilization of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP).

    Han C. Dan;Mei Sun;Satoshi Kaneko;Richard I. Feldman

  • Action of the Src family kinase inhibitor, dasatinib (BMS-354825), on human prostate cancer cells.

    Sangkil Nam;Donghwa Kim;Jin Q. Cheng;Shumin Zhang

  • Phosphatidylinositol-3-OH Kinase (PI3K)/AKT2, activated in breast cancer, regulates and is induced by estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) via interaction between ERalpha and PI3K.

    Mei Sun;June E. Paciga;Richard I. Feldman;Zeng-qiang Yuan

  • MicroRNA-155 regulates cell survival, growth, and chemosensitivity by targeting FOXO3a in breast cancer.

    William Kong;Lili He;Marc Coppola;Jianping Guo

  • Upregulation of miRNA-155 promotes tumour angiogenesis by targeting VHL and is associated with poor prognosis and triple-negative breast cancer

    Kong W;He L;Richards Ej;Challa S

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway Regulates Tuberous Sclerosis Tumor Suppressor Complex by Phosphorylation of Tuberin

    Han C. Dan;Mei Sun;Lin Yang;Richard I. Feldman

  • Activation and Overexpression of Centrosome Kinase BTAK/Aurora-A in Human Ovarian Cancer

    Tatiana M Gritsko;Domenico Coppola;June E Paciga;Lin Yang

  • Aurora-A abrogation of p53 DNA binding and transactivation activity by phosphorylation of serine 215.

    Qiyuan Liu;Satoshi Kaneko;Lin Yang;Richard I. Feldman

  • microRNA expression profile and identification of miR-29 as a prognostic marker and pathogenetic factor by targeting CDK6 in mantle cell lymphoma

    Jian Jun Zhao;Jianhong Lin;Tint Lwin;Hua Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Domenico Coppola
Domenico Coppola Moffitt Cancer Center
Said M. Sebti
Said M. Sebti Virginia Commonwealth University
Thomas A. Sellers
Thomas A. Sellers Oregon Health & Science University
Joellen M. Schildkraut
Joellen M. Schildkraut University of Virginia
Richard Jove
Richard Jove Nova Southeastern University
Paul D.P. Pharoah
Paul D.P. Pharoah University of Cambridge
Ellen L. Goode
Ellen L. Goode Mayo Clinic
Daniel W. Cramer
Daniel W. Cramer Brigham and Women's Hospital
Alvaro N.A. Monteiro
Alvaro N.A. Monteiro University of South Florida
Catherine M. Phelan
Catherine M. Phelan University of South Florida

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