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Yuan Ping Pang

Yuan Ping Pang

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
12331
World Ranking
9828
National Ranking
4308

Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
10902
World Ranking
9422
National Ranking
2653

Yuan Ping Pang publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yuan Ping Pang sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 231 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Yuan Ping Pang D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yuan Ping Pang is a researcher affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States, specializing in Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans numerous subfields, including Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Neurology.

The main topics of Yuan Ping Pang's research encompass cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, protein structure and dynamics, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, inflammation biomarkers and pathways, mitochondrial function and pathology, as well as cell death mechanisms and regulation. Alzheimer's disease research and treatments is also a focus area within their scholarly contributions.

Key publications by Yuan Ping Pang include:

  • TREM2 interacts with TDP-43 and mediates microglial neuroprotection against TDP-43-related neurodegeneration, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • CFAP45 deficiency causes situs abnormalities and asthenospermia by disrupting an axonemal adenine nucleotide homeostasis module, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Enzymatic activation of pyruvate kinase increases cytosolic oxaloacetate to inhibit the Warburg effect, 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • Characterization of an alternative BAK-binding site for BH3 peptides, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Promising tacrine/huperzine A-based dimeric acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for neurodegenerative disorders: From relieving symptoms to modifying diseases through multitarget, 2021, Journal of Neurochemistry

Frequent coauthors in Yuan Ping Pang's research include Tabea Nöthe-Menchen, Karsten Boldt, Niki T. Loges, Johanna Raidt, and Rim Hjeij.

Their research has appeared predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Communications Chemistry, Nature Neuroscience, and Nature Metabolism.

Best Publications

  • Structure of acetylcholinesterase complexed with the nootropic alkaloid, (-)-huperzine A.

    Mia L. Raves;Michal Harel;Yuan Ping Pang;Israel Silman

  • Polysaccharide elasticity governed by chair–boat transitions of the glucopyranose ring

    Piotr E. Marszalek;Andres F. Oberhauser;Yuan Ping Pang;Julio M. Fernandez

  • Highly Potent, Selective, and Low Cost Bis-tetrahydroaminacrine Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase STEPS TOWARD NOVEL DRUGS FOR TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    Yuan Ping Pang;Polly Quiram;Tanya Jelacic;Feng Hong

  • ABCC9 mutations identified in human dilated cardiomyopathy disrupt catalytic KATP channel gating.

    Martin Bienengraeber;Timothy M. Olson;Vitaliy A. Selivanov;Eva C. Kathmann

  • Complexes of Alkylene-Linked Tacrine Dimers with Torpedo californica Acetylcholinesterase: Binding of Bis(5)-tacrine Produces a Dramatic Rearrangement in the Active-Site Gorge

    Edwin H. Rydberg;Boris Brumshtein;Harry M. Greenblatt;Dawn M. Wong

  • Novel Zinc Protein Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Steps Toward Antiangiogenesis for Cancer Treatment

    Yuan-Ping Pang

  • Evaluation of short-tether bis-THA AChE inhibitors. A further test of the dual binding site hypothesis.

    Paul R. Carlier;Yi Fan Han;Ella S.H. Chow;Crystal P.L. Li

  • Successful virtual screening of a chemical database for farnesyltransferase inhibitor leads.

    Emanuele Perola;Kun Xu;Thomas M. Kollmeyer;Scott H. Kaufmann

  • Atomic levers control pyranose ring conformations

    P. E. Marszalek;Y.-P. Pang;Hongbin Li;J. El Yazal

  • Successful molecular dynamics simulation of the zinc-bound farnesyltransferase using the cationic dummy atom approach

    Yuan Ping Pang;Kun Xu;Jamal El Yazal;Franklyn G. Prendergast

  • Successful molecular dynamics simulation of two zinc complexes bridged by a hydroxide in phosphotriesterase using the cationic dummy atom method.

    Yuan Ping Pang

  • Transient binding of an activator BH3 domain to the Bak BH3-binding groove initiates Bak oligomerization

    Haiming Dai;Alyson Smith;X. Wei Meng;Paula A. Schneider

  • Heterodimeric tacrine-based acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: investigating ligand-peripheral site interactions.

    P. R. Carlier;E. S.-H. Chow;Yifan Han;Jing Liu

  • Re-engineering butyrylcholinesterase as a cocaine hydrolase

    Hong Sun;Yuan Ping Pang;Oksana Lockridge;Stephen Brimijoin

  • Crystal structures of acetylcholinesterase in complex with HI-6, Ortho-7 and obidoxime: Structural basis for differences in the ability to reactivate tabun conjugates

    Fredrik Ekström;Yuan Ping Pang;Malin Boman;Elisabet Artursson

  • Cryptic proteolytic activity of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

    Ngolela Esther Babady;Yuan Ping Pang;Orly Elpeleg;Grazia Isaya

  • Structure-based discovery of dengue virus protease inhibitors

    Suzanne M. Tomlinson;Robert D. Malmstrom;Andrew Russo;Niklaus Mueller

  • Flavopiridol Binds to Duplex DNA

    Keith C. Bible;Roy H. Bible;Timothy J. Kottke;Phyllis A. Svingen

  • Cocaine metabolism accelerated by a re-engineered human butyrylcholinesterase.

    Hong Sun;Maryann L. Shen;Maryann L. Shen;Yuan Ping Pang;Yuan Ping Pang;Oksana Lockridge

  • EUDOC: a computer program for identification of drug interaction sites in macromolecules and drug leads from chemical databases.

    Yuan-Ping Pang;Emanuele Perola;Kun Xu;Franklyn G. Prendergast;Franklyn G. Prendergast

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Wah Keung Tsim
Karl Wah Keung Tsim Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ulrich Specks
Ulrich Specks Mayo Clinic
Andrew D. Badley
Andrew D. Badley Mayo Clinic
William H. Robinson
William H. Robinson Stanford University
Joel L. Sussman
Joel L. Sussman Weizmann Institute of Science
Kun Yan Zhu
Kun Yan Zhu Kansas State University

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