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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
29273
World Ranking
4230
National Ranking
2070

Overview

Ning Wang is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on molecular biology and oncology. They have contributed extensively to topics such as bone health and treatments, osteoarthritis mechanisms, glycosylation research, and cancer studies including prostate cancer.

Their recent scholarly output includes notable publications such as:

  • "PGE2 activates EP4 in subchondral bone osteoclasts to regulate osteoarthritis" (2022) published in Bone Research
  • "miR-125a-5p post-transcriptionally suppresses GALNT7 to inhibit proliferation and invasion in cervical cancer cells via the EGFR/PI3K/AKT pathway" (2020) published in Cancer Cell International
  • "Upregulation of GALNT7 in prostate cancer modifies O-glycosylation and promotes tumour growth" (2023) published in Oncogene
  • "A fungal microRNA-like RNA subverts host immunity and facilitates pathogen infection by silencing two host receptor-like kinase genes" (2022) published in New Phytologist
  • "Protective Effect of Tong-Qiao-Huo-Xue Decoction on Inflammatory Injury Caused by Intestinal Microbial Disorders in Stroke Rats" (2020) published in Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Ning Wang frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Asian Journal of Surgery
  • Research Square
  • Aging
  • Scientific Reports

They collaborate regularly with several co-authors, including Jian Luo, Jennifer Munkley, Alison Gartland, Kirsty Hodgson, and Margarita Orozco-Moreno, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Their primary fields of study encompass Medicine with 161 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 115 publications. Specific subfields featuring prominently in their research include Molecular Biology, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cancer Research, and Physiology.

Main topics of their work include:

  • Bone health and treatments
  • Osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Glycosylation and glycoproteins research
  • Nutrition and health in aging
  • Prostate cancer treatment and research
  • Bone metabolism and diseases

Best Publications

  • Mechanotransduction across the cell surface and through the cytoskeleton

    N. Wang;J.P. Butler;D.E. Ingber

  • Mechanotransduction at a distance: mechanically coupling the extracellular matrix with the nucleus

    Ning Wang;Jessica D. Tytell;Donald E. Ingber

  • Mechanical behavior in living cells consistent with the tensegrity model

    Ning Wang;Keiji Naruse;Dimitrije Stamenović;Jeffrey J. Fredberg

  • Cell prestress. I. Stiffness and prestress are closely associated in adherent contractile cells

    Ning Wang;Iva Marija Tolić-Nørrelykke;Jianxin Chen;Srboljub M. Mijailovich

  • Vinculin potentiates E-cadherin mechanosensing and is recruited to actin-anchored sites within adherens junctions in a myosin II-dependent manner.

    Quint le Duc;Quanming Shi;Iris Blonk;Arnoud Sonnenberg

  • Control of cytoskeletal mechanics by extracellular matrix, cell shape, and mechanical tension

    Ning Wang;D. E. Ingber

  • Material properties of the cell dictate stress-induced spreading and differentiation in embryonic stem cells

    Farhan Chowdhury;Sungsoo Na;Sungsoo Na;Dong Li;Yeh Chuin Poh

  • Impaired mechanical stability, migration and contractile capacity in vimentin-deficient fibroblasts

    Beate Eckes;Dagmar Dogic;Emma Colucci-Guyon;Ning Wang

  • Directional control of lamellipodia extension by constraining cell shape and orienting cell tractional forces

    Kevin Kit Parker;Amy Lepre Brock;Cliff Brangwynne;Robert J. Mannix

  • Cell mechanics: mechanical response, cell adhesion, and molecular deformation.

    Cheng Zhu;Gang Bao;Ning Wang

  • Transcription upregulation via force-induced direct stretching of chromatin.

    Arash Tajik;Yuejin Zhang;Fuxiang Wei;Jian Sun

  • A comparison of methods to assess cell mechanical properties.

    Pei Hsun Wu;Dikla Raz Ben Aroush;Atef Asnacios;Wei Chiang Chen

  • Cellular tensegrity: exploring how mechanical changes in the cytoskeleton regulate cell growth, migration, and tissue pattern during morphogenesis.

    Donald E. Ingber;Laura Dike;Linda Hansen;Seth Karp

  • Tensegrity, cellular biophysics, and the mechanics of living systems

    Donald E Ingber;Ning Wang;Dimitrije Stamenović

  • Rapid signal transduction in living cells is a unique feature of mechanotransduction

    Sungsoo Na;Olivier Collin;Farhan Chowdhury;Bernard Tay

  • Soft fibrin gels promote selection and growth of tumorigenic cells

    Jing Liu;Youhua Tan;Huafeng Zhang;Yi Zhang

  • Cell shape, cytoskeletal mechanics, and cell cycle control in angiogenesis

    Donald E. Ingber;Donald E. Ingber;Deepa Prusty;Deepa Prusty;Zhengqi Sun;Zhengqi Sun;Hannah Betensky;Hannah Betensky

  • Soft substrates promote homogeneous self-renewal of embryonic stem cells via downregulating cell-matrix tractions.

    Farhan Chowdhury;Yanzhen Li;Yeh Chuin Poh;Tamaki Yokohama-Tamaki

  • Micropatterning tractional forces in living cells.

    Ning Wang;Emanuele Ostuni;George M. Whitesides;Donald E. Ingber

  • Contribution of intermediate filaments to cell stiffness, stiffening, and growth

    Ning Wang;Dimitrije Stamenović

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald E. Ingber
Donald E. Ingber Harvard University
Jeffrey J. Fredberg
Jeffrey J. Fredberg Harvard University
James P. Butler
James P. Butler Harvard University
Dimitrije Stamenović
Dimitrije Stamenović Boston University
Deborah E. Leckband
Deborah E. Leckband University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ben Fabry
Ben Fabry University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Min-Feng Yu
Min-Feng Yu Georgia Institute of Technology
Taekjip Ha
Taekjip Ha Johns Hopkins University
David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides Harvard University

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