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60
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World Ranking
11696
National Ranking
372

Overview

Yi Zhao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a substantial publication record spanning the domains of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research focuses on fields including molecular biology, cancer research, immunology, oncology, and rheumatology.

The scientist's work encompasses several key topics related to biology and medicine, among which are:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Bioinformatics and genomic networks
  • Gene expression and cancer classification
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Computational drug discovery methods
  • Circular RNAs in diseases

Yi Zhao frequently publishes in several venues, with notable contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
  • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics

Their recent published papers include:

  • KOBAS-i: intelligent prioritization and exploratory visualization of biological functions for gene enrichment analysis, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • HERB: a high-throughput experiment- and reference-guided database of traditional Chinese medicine, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • AlphaFold2 and its applications in the fields of biology and medicine, 2023, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy
  • NONCODEV6: an updated database dedicated to long non-coding RNA annotation in both animals and plants, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Delirium in Older Patients after Combined Epidural-General Anesthesia or General Anesthesia for Major Surgery: A Randomized Trial, 2021, Anesthesiology

Yi Zhao collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Dechao Bu
  • Lianhe Zhao
  • Yang Wu
  • Zhiyuan Yuan
  • Peipei Huo

Best Publications

  • Exon-intron circular RNAs regulate transcription in the nucleus

    Zhaoyong Li;Chuan Huang;Chun Bao;Liang Chen

  • Utilizing sequence intrinsic composition to classify protein-coding and long non-coding transcripts

    Liang Sun;Haitao Luo;Dechao Bu;Guoguang Zhao

  • KOBAS-i: intelligent prioritization and exploratory visualization of biological functions for gene enrichment analysis.

    Dechao Bu;Haitao Luo;Peipei Huo;Zhihao Wang

  • Topological structure analysis of the protein–protein interaction network in budding yeast

    Dongbo Bu;Yi Zhao;Lun Cai;Hong Xue

  • Large-scale prediction of long non-coding RNA functions in a coding–non-coding gene co-expression network

    Qi Liao;Changning Liu;Xiongying Yuan;Shuli Kang

  • NONCODE 2016: an informative and valuable data source of long non-coding RNAs

    Yi Zhao;Hui Li;Shuangsang Fang;Yue Kang

  • NONCODEV5: a comprehensive annotation database for long non-coding RNAs.

    ShuangSang Fang;LiLi Zhang;JinCheng Guo;JinCheng Guo;YiWei Niu

  • NONCODEv4: exploring the world of long non-coding RNA genes

    Chaoyong Xie;Jiao Yuan;Hui Li;Ming Li

  • HERB: a high-throughput experiment- and reference-guided database of traditional Chinese medicine.

    ShuangSang Fang;Lei Dong;Liu Liu;JinCheng Guo

  • NRAV, a long noncoding RNA, modulates antiviral responses through suppression of interferon-stimulated gene transcription.

    Jing Ouyang;Xiaomei Zhu;Xiaomei Zhu;Yuhai Chen;Haitao Wei

  • PlantTFDB 2.0: update and improvement of the comprehensive plant transcription factor database

    He Zhang;Jinpu Jin;Liang Tang;Yi Zhao

  • SymMap: an integrative database of traditional Chinese medicine enhanced by symptom mapping.

    Yang Wu;Feilong Zhang;Kuo Yang;Shuangsang Fang

  • Long noncoding RNA MALAT-1 is a new potential therapeutic target for castration resistant prostate cancer.

    Shancheng Ren;Yawei Liu;Weidong Xu;Yi Sun

  • dbDEMC 2.0: updated database of differentially expressed miRNAs in human cancers.

    Zhen Yang;Liangcai Wu;Anqiang Wang;Wei Tang

  • RNAcentral: a hub of information for non-coding RNA sequences

    Blake A Sweeney;Anton I Petrov;Boris Burkov

  • RNAcentral: a comprehensive database of non-coding RNA sequences.

    Anton I. Petrov;Simon J E Kay;Ioanna Kalvari;Kevin L. Howe

  • A Liver-Enriched Long Non-Coding RNA, lncLSTR, Regulates Systemic Lipid Metabolism in Mice

    Ping Li;Xiangbo Ruan;Ling Yang;Kurtis Kiesewetter

  • Opposing Roles for the lncRNA Haunt and Its Genomic Locus in Regulating HOXA Gene Activation during Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation

    Yafei Yin;Yafei Yin;Pixi Yan;Jinlong Lu;Guang Song

  • Mammalian target of rapamycin regulates murine and human cell differentiation through STAT3/p63/Jagged/Notch cascade

    Jianhui Ma;Yan Meng;David J. Kwiatkowski;Xinxin Chen

  • dbDEMC: a database of differentially expressed miRNAs in human cancers.

    Zhen Yang;Zhen Yang;Zhen Yang;Fei Ren;Changning Liu;Shunmin He

Frequent Co-Authors

Runsheng Chen
Runsheng Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang Tongji University
Zhongdao Wu
Zhongdao Wu Sun Yat-sen University
Jian Wu
Jian Wu Fudan University
Zhang Zhang
Zhang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Simon C. Robson
Simon C. Robson Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michael Q. Zhang
Michael Q. Zhang The University of Texas at Dallas
Dehua Liu
Dehua Liu Tsinghua University
Michael F. Seldin
Michael F. Seldin University of California, Davis
M. Eric Gershwin
M. Eric Gershwin University of California, Davis

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