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Biology and Biochemistry

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72
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6365
National Ranking
199

Medicine

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19867
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Overview

Qianjin Liao is a researcher affiliated with Central South University in China, focusing primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The body of Liao's work spans 240 publications in the former and 75 in the latter, reflecting a strong engagement with molecular and medical sciences.

Liao's research addresses various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, Oncology, and Physiology. The scientist's contributions within these areas amount to 130 publications in Molecular Biology and substantial work in Cancer Research (88 publications), Immunology (24), Oncology (23), and Physiology (12).

The main topics explored by Liao include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, RNA modifications and cancer, and Circular RNAs in diseases. Additional focus areas are MicroRNA in disease regulation, RNA Research and Splicing, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, as well as Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism.

Qianjin Liao's frequent publication venues highlight a consistent presence in journals such as Research Square, Molecular Cancer, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, Frontiers in Oncology, and Journal of Cellular Physiology. The numbers of publications in these venues are: 9 in Research Square, 8 in Molecular Cancer, 8 in Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 8 in Frontiers in Oncology, and 5 in Journal of Cellular Physiology.

Collaboration is an important aspect of Liao's work, with frequent co-authors including Nayiyuan Wu, Yujuan Zhou, Linda Oyang, Yanyan Tang, and Zhaoyang Zeng. Each of these collaborators has worked with Liao on multiple occasions, with counts ranging around 39 to 43 joint works.

Among recent contributions, five papers stand out:

  • The cancer metabolic reprogramming and immune response (2021, Molecular Cancer)
  • The role of microenvironment in tumor angiogenesis (2020, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research)
  • Mechanisms of vasculogenic mimicry in hypoxic tumor microenvironments (2021, Molecular Cancer)
  • Chronic Stress Promotes Cancer Development (2020, Frontiers in Oncology)
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing in cancer research (2021, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research)

Best Publications

  • The cancer metabolic reprogramming and immune response.

    Longzheng Xia;Linda Oyang;Jinguan Lin;Shiming Tan

  • Role of the NFκB-signaling pathway in cancer

    Longzheng Xia;Shiming Tan;Yujuan Zhou;Jingguan Lin

  • The role of microenvironment in tumor angiogenesis

    Xianjie Jiang;Xianjie Jiang;Jie Wang;Xiangying Deng;Fang Xiong

  • Mechanisms of vasculogenic mimicry in hypoxic tumor microenvironments

    Xiaoxu Wei;Xiaoxu Wei;Yunhua Chen;Yunhua Chen;Xianjie Jiang;Miao Peng

  • Circular RNAs in Cancer: emerging functions in hallmarks, stemness, resistance and roles as potential biomarkers

    Min Su;Yuhang Xiao;Junliang Ma;Yanyan Tang

  • circGFRA1 and GFRA1 act as ceRNAs in triple negative breast cancer by regulating miR-34a

    Rongfang He;Rongfang He;Rongfang He;Peng Liu;Xiaoming Xie;Yujuan Zhou

  • Circular RNAs in human cancer

    Yumin Wang;Yongzhen Mo;Zhaojian Gong;Xiang Yang

  • Upregulated long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 expression is associated with progression and poor prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Hao Bo;Zhaojian Gong;Wenling Zhang;Xiayu Li

  • Cancer stem cells in progression of colorectal cancer.

    Yujuan Zhou;Longzheng Xia;Heran Wang;Linda Oyang

  • Chronic Stress Promotes Cancer Development.

    Shirui Dai;Shirui Dai;Yongzhen Mo;Yumin Wang;Bo Xiang;Bo Xiang

  • Predictive biomarkers and mechanisms underlying resistance to PD1/PD-L1 blockade cancer immunotherapy

    Daixi Ren;Daixi Ren;Yuze Hua;Yuze Hua;Boyao Yu;Boyao Yu;Xin Ye

  • Single‐cell RNA sequencing in cancer research

    Yijie Zhang;Yijie Zhang;Dan Wang;Miao Peng;Le Tang

  • AKT and ERK dual inhibitors: The way forward?

    Zhe Cao;Qianjin Liao;Min Su;Kai Huang

  • LncRNAs regulate the cytoskeleton and related Rho/ROCK signaling in cancer metastasis

    Yanyan Tang;Yanyan Tang;Yi He;Yi He;Ping Zhang;Ping Zhang;Jinpeng Wang

  • Long noncoding RNA AFAP1-AS1 acts as a competing endogenous RNA of miR-423-5p to facilitate nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis through regulating the Rho/Rac pathway

    Yu Lian;Yu Lian;Yu Lian;Fang Xiong;Fang Xiong;Liting Yang;Liting Yang;Hao Bo

  • Epstein-Barr virus-encoded miR-BART6-3p inhibits cancer cell metastasis and invasion by targeting long non-coding RNA LOC553103.

    Baoyu He;Baoyu He;Weiming Li;Yingfen Wu;Fang Wei

  • Circulating miR-17, miR-20a, miR-29c, and miR-223 Combined as Non-Invasive Biomarkers in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

    Xi Zeng;Juanjuan Xiang;Minghua Wu;Wei Xiong

  • miR-216b suppresses tumor growth and invasion by targeting KRAS in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

    Min Deng;Hailin Tang;Hailin Tang;Yanhong Zhou;Ming Zhou

  • The roles of glucose metabolic reprogramming in chemo- and radio-resistance.

    Jinguan Lin;Longzheng Xia;Jiaxin Liang;Yaqian Han

  • Long non-coding RNA PVT1 predicts poor prognosis and induces radioresistance by regulating DNA repair and cell apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Yi He;Yizhou Jing;Fang Wei;Yanyan Tang;Yanyan Tang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoling Li
Xiaoling Li Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
Guiyuan Li
Guiyuan Li Central South University
Wei Xiong
Wei Xiong University of Pittsburgh
Ming Zhou
Ming Zhou Central South University
Yong Li
Yong Li Baylor College of Medicine
Hui Wang
Hui Wang Central South University
James B. McCarthy
James B. McCarthy University of Minnesota
Min Wu
Min Wu China University of Geosciences
Xun Zhu
Xun Zhu Chongqing University
Jian Li
Jian Li ShanghaiTech University

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