What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
His primary areas of study are Cell biology, Neuroscience, Neuromuscular junction, Molecular biology and Acetylcholine receptor.
His Cell biology study frequently intersects with other fields, such as PTK2.
His studies deal with areas such as Synaptic plasticity, Receptor, Neuregulin 1, Tyrosine phosphorylation and ERBB4 as well as Neuroscience.
His work carried out in the field of Neuromuscular junction brings together such families of science as Myasthenia gravis, Synapse, Retrograde signaling and Agrin.
His study in Molecular biology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both VPS35, SH3 domain, Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src, Lamellipodium and Cortactin.
His Acetylcholine receptor research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Autoantibody, Biomedical sciences, Postsynaptic potential and Pathogenesis.
His most cited work include:
- Neuregulin 1 in neural development, synaptic plasticity and schizophrenia (756 citations)
- Signal transduction in neuronal migration: roles of GTPase activating proteins and the small GTPase Cdc42 in the Slit-Robo pathway. (484 citations)
- To build a synapse: Signaling pathways in neuromuscular junction assembly (407 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of investigation include Cell biology, Neuroscience, Neuromuscular junction, Acetylcholine receptor and Agrin.
His research in Cell biology focuses on subjects like Receptor, which are connected to Immunology.
His Neuroscience research integrates issues from ERBB4, Neuregulin 1 and Neurotransmission.
Wen Cheng Xiong combines subjects such as Synaptic plasticity, Neural development and GABAergic with his study of Neuregulin 1.
His Neuromuscular junction research includes themes of Myasthenia gravis, Wnt signaling pathway, Congenital myasthenic syndrome, Myocyte and Synapse.
His Acetylcholine receptor study combines topics in areas such as Denervation, Postsynaptic potential and Neuromuscular transmission.
He most often published in these fields:
- Cell biology (78.93%)
- Neuroscience (60.15%)
- Neuromuscular junction (32.18%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Cell biology (78.93%)
- Neuroscience (60.15%)
- Neurogenesis (20.31%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Cell biology, Neuroscience, Neurogenesis, Hippocampal formation and Agrin are his primary areas of study.
Wen Cheng Xiong has included themes like Receptor, Acetylcholine receptor and Neuromuscular junction in his Cell biology study.
His work in Acetylcholine receptor addresses issues such as RNA, which are connected to fields such as Mutant, Myocyte and Lamin.
Neuroscience is closely attributed to ERBB4 in his research.
His work deals with themes such as Microphthalmia, Neural crest cell migration, Neural crest, Neural crest cell delamination and Retinal Fissure, which intersect with Neurogenesis.
Wen Cheng Xiong focuses mostly in the field of Agrin, narrowing it down to matters related to Congenital myasthenic syndrome and, in some cases, Cancer research, Mutation, Tyrosine phosphorylation and Signal transduction.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- CUL3 Deficiency Causes Social Deficits and Anxiety-like Behaviors by Impairing Excitation-Inhibition Balance through the Promotion of Cap-Dependent Translation (19 citations)
- Autism candidate gene DIP2A regulates spine morphogenesis via acetylation of cortactin. (12 citations)
- Agrin-Lrp4-Ror2 signaling regulates adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice (12 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Wen Cheng Xiong focuses on Cell biology, Hippocampus, Neurogenesis, Hippocampal formation and Agrin.
His Cell biology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Resorption, Radixin, Neuromuscular junction, Bone remodeling and Acetylcholine receptor.
His Hippocampus study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Receptor, Environmental enrichment, Orphan receptor and Amyloid.
Hippocampal formation is a subfield of Neuroscience that Wen Cheng Xiong studies.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Neural development, Glutamatergic and Neurotransmission.
His Agrin research includes themes of Signal transduction, Tyrosine phosphorylation, Congenital myasthenic syndrome, RAPSN and Synapse assembly.
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