2026 Y. Peng Loh: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	61	11555	10648	4981	4460	238	10879

Overview

Y. Peng Loh is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broader fields, their work touches on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Genetics, and Surgery.

The main topics of Y. Peng Loh's research include:

Fibroblast Growth Factor Research
Immune cells in cancer
Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
Estrogen and related hormone effects
Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors

The scientist has published several papers, with some recent examples being:

"Low and High Molecular Weight FGF-2 Have Differential Effects on Astrocyte Proliferation, but Are Both Protective Against Aβ-Induced Cytotoxicity," 2020, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
"Nonenzymatic and Trophic Activities of Carboxypeptidase E Regulate Bone Mass and Bioenergetics of Skeletal Stem Cells in Mice," 2020, JBMR Plus
"Neurotrophic factor-α1/carboxypeptidase E controls progression and reversal of Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis in mice," 2025, Theranostics
"Retraction Note to: Carboxypeptidase E: Elevated Expression Correlated with Tumor Growth and Metastasis in Pheochromocytomas and Other Cancers," 2020, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
"Advances in EV isolation technology and function," 2021, Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids

Y. Peng Loh has collaborated frequently with researchers such as Yong Cheng, Xi Chen, Zhaojin Li, Elissavet Kardami, and Fang-Cheng Fan.

Their work appears in a range of scientific journals, including:

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Theranostics
JBMR Plus
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids

Best Publications

Carboxypeptidase E Is a Regulated Secretory Pathway Sorting Receptor: Genetic Obliteration Leads to Endocrine Disorders in Cpefat Mice

David R Cool;Emmanuel Normant;Fu-sheng Shen;Hao-Chia Chen

639
Citations
Chromogranin A, an “On/Off” Switch Controlling Dense-Core Secretory Granule Biogenesis

Taeyoon Kim;Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng;Lee E. Eiden;Y.Peng Loh

502
Citations
Aberrations in Peripheral Inflammatory Cytokine Levels in Parkinson Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Xiao-Yan Qin;Shu-Ping Zhang;Chang Cao;Y. Peng Loh

439
Citations
Sorting and Activity-Dependent Secretion of BDNF Require Interaction of a Specific Motif with the Sorting Receptor Carboxypeptidase E

Hong Lou;Soo-Kyung Kim;Eugene Zaitsev;Chris R. Snell

239
Citations
Identification of the Sorting Signal Motif within Pro-opiomelanocortin for the Regulated Secretory Pathway

David R. Cool;Mogens Fenger;Christopher R. Snell;Y. Peng Loh

228
Citations
The enzymology and intracellular organization of peptide precursor processing: the secretory vesicle hypothesis

H Gainer;J T Russell;Y P Loh

226
Citations
Carboxypeptidase B-like converting enzyme activity in secretory granules of rat pituitary

V Y Hook;Y P Loh

196
Citations
Dense-core secretory granule biogenesis.

Taeyoon Kim;Marjorie C. Gondré-Lewis;Irina Arnaoutova;Y. Peng Loh

194
Citations
The obesity susceptibility gene Cpe links FoxO1 signaling in hypothalamic pro-opiomelanocortin neurons with regulation of food intake

Leona Plum;Hua V. Lin;Roxanne Dutia;Jun Tanaka

186
Citations
60 YEARS OF POMC: Biosynthesis, trafficking, and secretion of pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides

Niamh X Cawley;Zhaojin Li;Y Peng Loh

181
Citations
Lipid raft association of carboxypeptidase E is necessary for its function as a regulated secretory pathway sorting receptor.

Savita Dhanvantari;Y. Peng Loh

146
Citations
The carboxypeptidase E knockout mouse exhibits endocrinological and behavioral deficits.

Niamh X. Cawley;Jiechun Zhou;Joanna M. Hill;Daniel Abebe

139
Citations
New Roles of Carboxypeptidase E in Endocrine and Neural Function and Cancer

Niamh X. Cawley;William C. Wetsel;Saravana R. K. Murthy;Joshua J. Park

129
Citations
Reengineered salivary glands are stable endogenous bioreactors for systemic gene therapeutics

Antonis Voutetakis;Marc R. Kok;Changyu Zheng;Ioannis Bossis

126
Citations
Depletion of carboxypeptidase E, a regulated secretory pathway sorting receptor, causes misrouting and constitutive secretion of proinsulin and proenkephalin, but not chromogranin A.

Emmanuel Normant;Y. Peng Loh

115
Citations
An aminopeptidase activity in bovine pituitary secretory vesicles that cleaves the N-terminal arginine from β-lipotropin60–65

Harold Gainer;James T. Russell;Y.Peng Loh

112
Citations
Chromogranin A and Derived Peptides in Health and Disease

Y. Peng Loh;Yong Cheng;Sushil K. Mahata;Sushil K. Mahata;Angelo Corti

108
Citations
How Peptide Hormone Vesicles Are Transported to the Secretion Site for Exocytosis

Joshua J. Park;Y. Peng Loh

99
Citations
Abnormal sterols in cholesterol-deficiency diseases cause secretory granule malformation and decreased membrane curvature

Marjorie C. Gondré-Lewis;Horia I. Petrache;Christopher A. Wassif;Daniel Harries

98
Citations
Carboxypeptidase E is a sorting receptor for prohormones: binding and kinetic studies.

David R Cool;Y.Peng Loh

98
Citations