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D-Index
80
Citations
22119
World Ranking
1167
National Ranking
527

Yang Liu publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 286 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Yang Liu D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Yang Liu is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research focuses extensively on the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular concentration in molecular biology, oncology, immunology, cancer research, and genetics.

Their primary research topics include CAR-T cell therapy, immune cell function and interaction, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, immunotherapy and immune responses, cancer-related molecular mechanisms, cancer hypoxia and metabolism, and lymphoma diagnosis and treatment.

Yang Liu has contributed to multiple recent publications, including:

  • Bispecific CAR-T cells targeting both CD19 and CD22 for therapy of adults with relapsed or refractory B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 2020, Journal of Hematology & Oncology
  • Optimized tandem CD19/CD20 CAR-engineered T cells in refractory/relapsed B cell lymphoma, 2020, Blood
  • The model of cytokine release syndrome in CAR T-cell treatment for B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 2020, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Maintaining manganese in tumor to activate cGAS-STING pathway evokes a robust abscopal anti-tumor effect, 2021, Journal of Controlled Release
  • Targeting HIF-1α abrogates PD-L1-mediated immune evasion in tumor microenvironment but promotes tolerance in normal tissues, 2022, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yang Liu include Pan Zheng, Weidong Han, Michael Wang, Peng Zhang, and Joseph McIntosh. These collaborations reflect repeated joint contributions in related research areas.

Yang Liu has published extensively in prominent research venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Blood
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • PubMed
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Yang Liu received the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Characteristics and Significance of the Pre-metastatic Niche

    Yang Liu;Xuetao Cao;Xuetao Cao

  • COVID-19 immune features revealed by a large-scale single-cell transcriptome atlas.

    Xianwen Ren;Wen Wen;Xiaoying Fan;Wenhong Hou

  • CD24 and Siglec-10 Selectively Repress Tissue Damage-Induced Immune Responses

    Guo-Yun Chen;Jie Tang;Pan Zheng;Yang Liu

  • mTOR Regulation and Therapeutic Rejuvenation of Aging Hematopoietic Stem Cells

    Chong Chen;Yu Liu;Yang Liu;Pan Zheng

  • In vivo evidence for a dependence on interleukin 15 for survival of natural killer cells.

    Megan A. Cooper;Jennifer E. Bush;Todd A. Fehniger;Jeffrey B. VanDeusen

  • FOXP3 is an X-linked breast cancer suppressor gene and an important repressor of the HER-2/ErbB2 oncogene

    Tao Zuo;Lizhong Wang;Carl Morrison;Xing Chang

  • Host-Viral Infection Maps Reveal Signatures of Severe COVID-19 Patients.

    Pierre Bost;Amir Giladi;Yang Liu;Yanis Bendjelal

  • Dispersed cells represent a distinct stage in the transition from bacterial biofilm to planktonic lifestyles.

    Song Lin Chua;Yang Liu;Joey Kuok Hoong Yam;Yicai Chen

  • Immunosuppressive cells in tumor immune escape and metastasis

    Yang Liu;Xuetao Cao

  • Dendritic cells in the thymus contribute to T-regulatory cell induction

    Anna I. Proietto;Serani van van Dommelen;Penghui Zhou;Alexandra Rizzitelli

  • Inhibition of the B7-H3 immune checkpoint limits tumor growth by enhancing cytotoxic lymphocyte function

    Young Hee Lee;Natalia Martin-Orozco;Natalia Martin-Orozco;Peilin Zheng;Jing Li

  • The origin and function of tumor-associated macrophages.

    Yang Liu;Xuetao Cao

  • Current understanding of multi-species biofilms.

    Liang Yang;Yang Liu;Hong Wu;Niels Høiby

  • Induction of Siglec-G by RNA viruses inhibits the innate immune response by promoting RIG-I degradation.

    Weilin Chen;Chaofeng Han;Bin Xie;Xiang Hu

  • Distinct roles of extracellular polymeric substances in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development

    Liang Yang;Yifan Hu;Yang Liu;Jingdong Zhang

  • Somatic Single Hits Inactivate the X-Linked Tumor Suppressor FOXP3 in the Prostate

    Lizhong Wang;Runhua Liu;Weiquan Li;Chong Chen

  • T Regulatory Cells and Priming the Suppressive Tumor Microenvironment.

    Christina M. Paluskievicz;Xuefang Cao;Reza Abdi;Pan Zheng

  • T cell costimulation by B7/BB1 induces CD8 T cell-dependent tumor rejection: an important role of B7/BB1 in the induction, recruitment, and effector function of antitumor T cells.

    Lakshmi Ramarathinam;M. Castle;Yan Wu;Yang Liu

  • Combating biofilms

    Liang Yang;Yang Liu;Hong Wu;Zhijun Song

  • Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the heterogeneity of liver-resident immune cells in human.

    Juanjuan Zhao;Shuye Zhang;Yang Liu;Xiaomeng He

  • A reappraisal of CTLA-4 checkpoint blockade in cancer immunotherapy

    Xuexiang Du;Fei Tang;Mingyue Liu;Juanjuan Su

Frequent Co-Authors

Pan Zheng
Pan Zheng University of Maryland, Baltimore
Min Cheng
Min Cheng Hunan University
Danlian Huang
Danlian Huang Hunan University
Chen Zhang
Chen Zhang Hunan University
Xuetao Cao
Xuetao Cao Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Zvi Schwartz
Zvi Schwartz Virginia Commonwealth University
Weiping Xiong
Weiping Xiong Hunan University
Cui Lai
Cui Lai Hunan University
Klaus Fassbender
Klaus Fassbender Saarland University
Barbara D. Boyan
Barbara D. Boyan Virginia Commonwealth University

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