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Yong-Guang Yang

Yong-Guang Yang

D-Index & Metrics

Immunology

D-Index
59
Citations
13886
World Ranking
3417
National Ranking
34

Yong-Guang Yang publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

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

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 187 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Yong-Guang Yang D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yong-Guang Yang is affiliated with Jilin University in China. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medical science, focusing primarily on areas intersecting immunology, molecular biology, and oncology. With 127 publications in Medicine, 84 in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and 79 in Immunology and Microbiology, their work reflects a broad yet specialized engagement in these fields.

Their work covers significant subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Genetics, and Oncology. Among the main research topics addressed by Yong-Guang Yang are Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation, Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics, Xenotransplantation and Immune Response, and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

Yang has published numerous papers in reputable journals, with some recent examples including:

  • An optimized ionizable cationic lipid for brain tumor-targeted siRNA delivery and glioblastoma immunotherapy, 2022, Biomaterials
  • Erythroid lineage Jak2V617F expression promotes atherosclerosis through erythrophagocytosis and macrophage ferroptosis, 2022, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Humanized Rodent Models for Cancer Research, 2020, Frontiers in Oncology
  • piRNA-14633 promotes cervical cancer cell malignancy in a METTL14-dependent m6A RNA methylation manner, 2022, Journal of Translational Medicine
  • Intratumoral delivery of CCL25 enhances immunotherapy against triple-negative breast cancer by recruiting CCR9 + T cells, 2020, Science Advances

Frequent publication venues for Yang include:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • Biomaterials Science
  • The American Journal of Bioethics
  • Biomaterials

Yang often collaborates with several researchers, including Tianmeng Sun, Zheng Hu, Kuirong Mao, Jialiang Wang, and Xiandi Meng, reflecting long-term cooperative efforts in their scientific investigations.

Best Publications

  • Hematopoietic stem cell quiescence maintained by p21cip1/waf1.

    Tao Cheng;Neil Rodrigues;Hongmei Shen;Yong-guang Yang

  • T Cell-Specific siRNA Delivery Suppresses HIV-1 Infection in Humanized Mice

    Priti Kumar;Hong Seok Ban;Sang Soo Kim;Haoquan Wu

  • Efficient generation of lung and airway epithelial cells from human pluripotent stem cells

    Sarah X L Huang;Mohammad Naimul Islam;John O'Neill;Zheng Hu

  • Reconstitution of a functional human immune system in immunodeficient mice through combined human fetal thymus/liver and CD34+ cell transplantation.

    Ping Lan;Noriko Tonomura;Akira Shimizu;Shumei Wang

  • Xenotransplantation: current status and a perspective on the future.

    Yong-Guang Yang;Megan Sykes

  • Role for CD47-SIRPα signaling in xenograft rejection by macrophages

    Kentaro Ide;Hui Wang;Hiroyuki Tahara;Jianxiang Liu

  • Induction of Robust Cellular and Humoral Virus-Specific Adaptive Immune Responses in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Humanized BLT Mice

    Diana M. Brainard;Edward Seung;Nicole Frahm;Nicole Frahm;Annaiah Cariappa

  • An Effective Approach to Prevent Immune Rejection of Human ESC-Derived Allografts

    Zhili Rong;Meiyan Wang;Meiyan Wang;Zheng Hu;Martin Stradner

  • Tolerization of Anti–Galα1-3Gal Natural Antibody–forming B Cells by Induction of Mixed Chimerism

    Yong-Guang Yang;Emil deGoma;Hideki Ohdan;Jennifer L. Bracy

  • Donor-derived interferon gamma is required for inhibition of acute graft-versus-host disease by interleukin 12.

    Yong-Guang Yang;Bimalangshu R. Dey;Justin J. Sergio;Denise A. Pearson

  • Lymphohematopoietic graft-vs.-host reactions can be induced without graft-vs.-host disease in murine mixed chimeras established with a cyclophosphamide-based nonmyeloablative conditioning regimen

    Michele R Pelot;Denise A Pearson;Kirsten Swenson;Guiling Zhao

  • RNAi-mediated CCR5 silencing by LFA-1-targeted nanoparticles prevents HIV infection in BLT mice.

    Sang Soo Kim;Dan Peer;Dan Peer;Priti Kumar;Sandesh Subramanya

  • Macrophage Inflammation, Erythrophagocytosis, and Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Jak2 V617F Mice.

    Wei Wang;Wenli Liu;Wenli Liu;Trevor Fidler;Ying Wang

  • Humanized Mice Reveal Differential Immunogenicity of Cells Derived from Autologous Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.

    Tongbiao Zhao;Tongbiao Zhao;Zhen-ning Zhang;Peter D. Westenskow;Dilyana Todorova

  • Peritoneal Cavity B Cells Are Precursors of Splenic IgM Natural Antibody-Producing Cells

    Toshiyasu Kawahara;Hideki Ohdan;Guiling Zhao;Yong-Guang Yang

  • Macrophages prevent human red blood cell reconstitution in immunodeficient mice

    Zheng Hu;Zheng Hu;Zheng Hu;Nico Van Rooijen;Yong-Guang Yang;Yong-Guang Yang

  • Arginase-1–dependent promotion of TH17 differentiation and disease progression by MDSCs in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Hao Wu;Yu Zhen;Zhanchuan Ma;Huimin Li

  • Mixed chimerism induced without lethal conditioning prevents T cell– and anti-Galα1,3Gal–mediated graft rejection

    Hideki Ohdan;Yong-Guang Yang;Akira Shimizu;Kirsten G. Swenson

  • Antigen-specific human T-cell responses and T cell–dependent production of human antibodies in a humanized mouse model

    Noriko Tonomura;Katsuyoshi Habiro;Akira Shimizu;Megan Sykes

  • Mac-1-negative B-1b phenotype of natural antibody-producing cells, including those responding to Gal alpha 1,3Gal epitopes in alpha 1,3-galactosyltransferase-deficient mice.

    Hideki Ohdan;Kirsten G. Swenson;Huw S. Kruger Gray;Yong-Guang Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Megan Sykes
Megan Sykes Columbia University
Hui Wang
Hui Wang University of Ulster
David H. Sachs
David H. Sachs Columbia University
Jiekai Chen
Jiekai Chen Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health
Roderick T. Bronson
Roderick T. Bronson Harvard University
Ying Wang
Ying Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Demin Wang
Demin Wang Medical College of Wisconsin
Ira Tabas
Ira Tabas Columbia University
David Dombkowski
David Dombkowski Harvard University
Hui Wang
Hui Wang Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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