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Xiaolu Yang publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiaolu Yang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 113 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Xiaolu Yang D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiaolu Yang sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xiaolu Yang is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work focuses on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Cancer Research.

The scientific topics that Xiaolu Yang addresses encompass Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, interferon and immune responses, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Neonatal Health and Biochemistry, and RNA regulation and disease.

Yang's recent publications span prestigious journals and reflect a range of molecular and cellular studies. Examples include:

  • TRIM25 promotes the cell survival and growth of hepatocellular carcinoma through targeting Keap1-Nrf2 pathway, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Chaperone-mediated autophagy regulates the pluripotency of embryonic stem cells, 2020, Science
  • Upregulation of Antioxidant Capacity and Nucleotide Precursor Availability Suffices for Oncogenic Transformation, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • DAXX represents a new type of protein-folding enabler, 2021, Nature
  • TRIM15 and CYLD regulate ERK activation via lysine-63-linked polyubiquitination, 2021, Nature Cell Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xiaolu Yang include Yi Xu, Guixin Zhu, Y Zhang, Sixiang Yu, and Joshua D. Rabinowitz. These collaborations likely contribute to the multidisciplinary approach reflected in Yang's research output.

Yang has published multiple papers in prominent venues such as Science, Cell Reports, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, and Cell Metabolism. The range of publication venues indicates engagement with a broad but focused scientific community in molecular and cellular biology and related biomedical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Daxx, a novel fas-binding protein that activates jnk and apoptosis

    Xiaolu Yang;Roya Khosravi-Far;Howard Y. Chang;David Baltimore

  • Proteases for Cell Suicide: Functions and Regulation of Caspases

    Howard Y. Chang;Xiaolu Yang

  • Activation of noncanonical NF-κB requires coordinated assembly of a regulatory complex of the adaptors cIAP1, cIAP2, TRAF2, TRAF3 and the kinase NIK

    Brian J Zarnegar;Yaya Wang;Douglas J Mahoney;Paul W Dempsey

  • p53 regulates biosynthesis through direct inactivation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

    Peng Jiang;Wenjing Du;Wenjing Du;Xingwu Wang;Anthony Mancuso

  • Activation of Apoptosis Signal-Regulating Kinase 1 (ASK1) by the Adapter Protein Daxx

    Howard Y. Chang;Hideki Nishitoh;Xiaolu Yang;Hidenori Ichijo

  • c-FLIPL is a dual function regulator for caspase-8 activation and CD95-mediated apoptosis

    David W. Chang;Zheng Xing;Zheng Xing;Yi Pan;Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich

  • TCF-1-Centered Transcriptional Network Drives an Effector Versus Exhausted CD8 T Cell-Fate Decision

    Zeyu Chen;Zhicheng Ji;Shin Foong Ngiow;Sasikanth Manne

  • Proteogenomic and metabolomic characterization of human glioblastoma

    Liang-Bo Wang;Alla Karpova;Marina A. Gritsenko;Jennifer E. Kyle

  • Autoproteolytic Activation of Pro-Caspases by Oligomerization

    Xiaolu Yang;Howard Y Chang;David Baltimore

  • The Human Tumor Atlas Network: Charting Tumor Transitions Across Space and Time at Single-Cell Resolution

    Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Philipp Oberdoerffer;Tal Nawy

  • Reciprocal regulation of p53 and malic enzymes modulates metabolism and senescence

    Peng Jiang;Wenjing Du;Anthony Mancuso;Kathryn E. Wellen

  • Yeast SNF1 is functionally related to mammalian AMP-activated protein kinase and regulates acetyl-CoA carboxylase in vivo

    A. Woods;M. R. Munday;J. Scott;Xiaolu Yang

  • TIPE2, a Negative Regulator of Innate and Adaptive Immunity that Maintains Immune Homeostasis

    Honghong Sun;Shunyou Gong;Ruaidhri J. Carmody;Anja Hilliard

  • Essential Role of CED-4 Oligomerization in CED-3 Activation and Apoptosis

    Xiaolu Yang;Howard Y. Chang;David Baltimore

  • The lncRNA Neat1 promotes activation of inflammasomes in macrophages.

    Pengfei Zhang;Limian Cao;Rongbin Zhou;Xiaolu Yang

  • Interdimer processing mechanism of procaspase-8 activation

    David W. Chang;Zheng Xing;Vanessa L. Capacio;Marcus E. Peter

  • A protein kinase substrate identified by the two-hybrid system

    Xiaolu Yang;E. J. A. Hubbard;M. Carlson

  • Cellular Inhibitor of Apoptosis 1 and 2 Are Ubiquitin Ligases for the Apoptosis Inducer Smac/DIABLO

    Shimin Hu;Xiaolu Yang

  • Critical role for Daxx in regulating Mdm2

    Jun Tang;Li-Ke Qu;Jianke Zhang;Wenge Wang

  • TAp73 enhances the pentose phosphate pathway and supports cell proliferation

    Wenjing Du;Peng Jiang;Peng Jiang;Anthony Mancuso;Aaron Stonestrom

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Y. Chang
Howard Y. Chang Amgen (United States)
Marian Carlson
Marian Carlson Howard Hughes Medical Institute
David Baltimore
David Baltimore California Institute of Technology
Mian Wu
Mian Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Xiaochun Wan
Xiaochun Wan Anhui Agricultural University
David W. Chang
David W. Chang University of Chicago
Youhai H. Chen
Youhai H. Chen University of Pennsylvania
James Shorter
James Shorter University of Pennsylvania
Ian A. Blair
Ian A. Blair University of Pennsylvania
James L. Riley
James L. Riley University of Pennsylvania

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