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Biology and Biochemistry
China
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
24127
World Ranking
2870
National Ranking
73

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Yang Chai is affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China, focusing primarily on research in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with an extensive publication record in Medicine.

Their research spans several subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Oncology, and Rheumatology. The scientist's work addresses topics such as Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments, Cleft Lip and Palate Research, dental development and anomalies, Mesenchymal stem cell research, Bone Metabolism and Diseases, Cancer-related gene regulation, and Cancer Cells and Metastasis.

Yang Chai has contributed to numerous publications in prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 7 papers, Development with 6 papers, Nature Communications with 4 papers, Cell Reports with 3 papers, and eLife with 3 papers.

Among the recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Yang Chai are:

  • Gli1+ Periodontium Stem Cells Are Regulated by Osteocytes and Occlusal Force, 2020, Developmental Cell
  • Cranial Suture Regeneration Mitigates Skull and Neurocognitive Defects in Craniosynostosis, 2021, Cell
  • Cerebral organoid and mouse models reveal a RAB39b-PI3K-mTOR pathway-dependent dysregulation of cortical development leading to macrocephaly/autism phenotypes, 2020, Genes & Development
  • Limpet Tooth-Inspired Painless Microneedles Fabricated by Magnetic Field-Assisted 3D Printing, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Spatiotemporal single-cell regulatory atlas reveals neural crest lineage diversification and cellular function during tooth morphogenesis, 2022, Nature Communications

Yang Chai regularly collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Thach-Vu Ho (31 joint publications)
  • Jifan Feng (28 joint publications)
  • Tingwei Guo (23 joint publications)
  • Junjun Jing (20 joint publications)
  • Yuan Yuan (19 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Fate of the mammalian cranial neural crest during tooth and mandibular morphogenesis

    Y. Chai;X. Jiang;Y. Ito;P. Bringas

  • Smart Textile-Integrated Microelectronic Systems for Wearable Applications

    Jidong Shi;Su Liu;Lisha Zhang;Bao Yang

  • Recent advances in craniofacial morphogenesis.

    Yang Chai;Robert E. Maxson

  • Permeable superelastic liquid-metal fibre mat enables biocompatible and monolithic stretchable electronics.

    Zhijun Ma;Zhijun Ma;Qiyao Huang;Qi Xu;Qiuna Zhuang

  • Extraordinarily Strong Interlayer Interaction in 2D Layered PtS2.

    Yuda Zhao;Jingsi Qiao;Peng Yu;Zhixin Hu

  • A haplotype map of genomic variations and genome-wide association studies of agronomic traits in foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

    Guanqing Jia;Xuehui Huang;Hui Zhi;Yan Zhao

  • Fabrication of Nickel–Cobalt Bimetal Phosphide Nanocages for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysis

    Bocheng Qiu;Lejuan Cai;Yang Wang;Ziyuan Lin

  • Conditional inactivation of Tgfbr2 in cranial neural crest causes cleft palate and calvaria defects.

    Yoshihiro Ito;Jae Yong Yeo;Anna Chytil;Jun Han

  • Secretion of Shh by a Neurovascular Bundle Niche Supports Mesenchymal Stem Cell Homeostasis in the Adult Mouse Incisor

    Hu Zhao;Jifan Feng;Kerstin Seidel;Songtao Shi

  • The suture provides a niche for mesenchymal stem cells of craniofacial bones.

    Hu Zhao;Jifan Feng;Thach-Vu Ho;Weston Grimes

  • Stretchable all-solid-state supercapacitor with wavy shaped polyaniline/graphene electrode

    Yizhu Xie;Yan Liu;Yuda Zhao;Yuen Hong Tsang

  • Lattice oxygen redox chemistry in solid-state electrocatalysts for water oxidation

    Ning Zhang;Yang Chai

  • Stretchable elastic synaptic transistors for neurologically integrated soft engineering systems.

    Hyunseok Shim;Kyoseung Sim;Faheem Ershad;Pinyi Yang

  • Heterozygous loss of Six5 in mice is sufficient to cause ocular cataracts

    Partha S. Sarkar;Binoy Appukuttan;Jennifer Han;Yoshihiro Ito

  • Epidemiology, Etiology, and Treatment of Isolated Cleft Palate.

    Madeleine L. Burg;Yang Chai;Caroline A. Yao;Caroline A. Yao;William Magee;William Magee

  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms of tooth root development.

    Jingyuan Li;Carolina Parada;Yang Chai

  • Role of SMAD and Non-SMAD Signals in the Development of Th17 and Regulatory T Cells

    Ling Lu;Julie Wang;Feng Zhang;Yang Chai

  • Fate of HERS during Tooth Root Development

    Xiaofeng Huang;Pablo Bringas;Harold C. Slavkin;Yang Chai

  • Prospects for tooth regeneration in the 21st century: A perspective

    Yang Chai;Harold C. Slavkin

  • Combined deficiencies of Msx1 and Msx2 cause impaired patterning and survival of the cranial neural crest.

    Mamoru Ishii;Jun Han;Hai-Yun Yen;Henry M. Sucov

Frequent Co-Authors

Pablo Bringas
Pablo Bringas University of Southern California
Shu Ping Lau
Shu Ping Lau Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Harold C. Slavkin
Harold C. Slavkin University of Southern California
Wei Ji
Wei Ji Renmin University of China
H.-S. Philip Wong
H.-S. Philip Wong Stanford University
Xinran Wang
Xinran Wang Nanjing University
Axel Visel
Axel Visel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Xiaoming Tao
Xiaoming Tao Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yong Chen
Yong Chen University of Southern California
Peng Zhou
Peng Zhou Fudan University

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