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Biology and Biochemistry
Singapore
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
31606
World Ranking
1688
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Wanjin Hong is affiliated with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus also on Medicine. The work is distributed across several subfields including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, Cellular transport and secretion, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Wanjin Hong include:

  • A combat with the YAP/TAZ-TEAD oncoproteins for cancer therapy, 2020, Theranostics
  • Therapeutics targeting the fibrinolytic system, 2020, Experimental & Molecular Medicine
  • Therapeutic targeting of TEAD transcription factors in cancer, 2023, Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • Monoclonal antibodies for the S2 subunit of spike of SARS-CoV-1 cross-react with the newly-emerged SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Eurosurveillance
  • The aberrant upregulation of exon 10-inclusive SREK1 through SRSF10 acts as an oncogenic driver in human hepatocellular carcinoma, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wanjin Hong consist of:

  • Sayan Chakraborty
  • Ajaybabu V. Pobbati
  • Ruijuan Zhuang
  • Tuanlao Wang
  • Liangcheng Li

Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues with a recurring presence in journals such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Theranostics
  • Molecular Cancer Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Cells

Best Publications

  • SNAREs and traffic.

    Wanjin Hong

  • Early/recycling endosomes-to-TGN transport involves two SNARE complexes and a Rab6 isoform

    Frédéric Mallard;Bor Luen Tang;Thierry Galli;Danièle Tenza

  • Cidea-deficient mice have lean phenotype and are resistant to obesity

    Zhihong Zhou;Shen Yon Toh;Zhengming Chen;Ke Guo

  • The Hippo Tumor Pathway Promotes TAZ Degradation by Phosphorylating a Phosphodegron and Recruiting the SCFβ-TrCP E3 Ligase *

    Chen Ying Liu;Zheng Yu Zha;Xin Zhou;Heng Zhang

  • A role for TAZ in migration, invasion, and tumorigenesis of breast cancer cells.

    Siew Wee Chan;Chun Jye Lim;Ke Guo;Chee Peng Ng

  • The emerging role of the hippo pathway in cell contact inhibition, organ size control, and cancer development in mammals.

    Qi Zeng;Wanjin Hong

  • The YAP and TAZ transcription co-activators: key downstream effectors of the mammalian Hippo pathway.

    Wanjin Hong;Kun-Liang Guan

  • Hippo pathway-independent restriction of TAZ and YAP by angiomotin.

    Siew Wee Chan;Chun Jye Lim;Yaan Fun Chong;Ajaybabu Venkatesan Pobbati

  • PRL-3 and PRL-1 promote cell migration, invasion, and metastasis.

    Qi Zeng;Jing-Ming Dong;Ke Guo;Jie Li

  • SNX3 regulates endosomal function through its PX-domain-mediated interaction with PtdIns(3)P.

    Yue Xu;Heinz Hortsman;Lifong Seet;Siew Heng Wong

  • A role for oxysterol-binding protein–related protein 5 in endosomal cholesterol trafficking

    Ximing Du;Jaspal Kumar;Charles Ferguson;Timothy A. Schulz

  • Tethering the assembly of SNARE complexes

    WanJin Hong;WanJin Hong;Sima Lev

  • Glomerulocystic kidney disease in mice with a targeted inactivation of Wwtr1

    Zakir Hossain;Safiah Mohamed Ali;Hui Ling Ko;Jianliang Xu

  • Prenylation-dependent association of protein-tyrosine phosphatases PRL-1, -2, and -3 with the plasma membrane and the early endosome.

    Qi Zeng;Xiaoning Si;Heinrich Horstmann;Yue Xu

  • Overexpression of E2F-1 in rat embryo fibroblasts leads to neoplastic transformation.

    Paramjeet Singh;Siew Heng Wong;Wanjin Hong

  • Emerging roles of TEAD transcription factors and its coactivators in cancers

    Ajaybabu V. Pobbati;Wanjin Hong

  • Role of Hippo Pathway-YAP/TAZ Signaling in Angiogenesis.

    Gandhi T. K. Boopathy;Wanjin Hong

  • SNX27 mediates PDZ-directed sorting from endosomes to the plasma membrane

    Benjamin E.L. Lauffer;Cristina Melero;Paul Temkin;Cai Lei

  • Rab7: role of its protein interaction cascades in endo-lysosomal traffic.

    Tuanlao Wang;Zhang Ming;Wu Xiaochun;Wanjin Hong;Wanjin Hong

  • Mouse PRL-2 and PRL-3, Two Potentially Prenylated Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases Homologous to PRL-1

    Qi Zeng;Wanjin Hong;Y.H. Tan

Frequent Co-Authors

Bor Luen Tang
Bor Luen Tang National University of Singapore
Yee-Joo Tan
Yee-Joo Tan National University of Singapore
Weiping Han
Weiping Han Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Haiwei Song
Haiwei Song Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Vinay Tergaonkar
Vinay Tergaonkar Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Walter Hunziker
Walter Hunziker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Tien Yin Wong
Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University
Siew Pheng Lim
Siew Pheng Lim A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Huaxi Xu
Huaxi Xu Xiamen University
David E. James
David E. James University of Sydney

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