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Yun-Bo Shi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
16836
World Ranking
5417
National Ranking
2572

Yun-Bo Shi publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yun-Bo Shi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 288 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Yun-Bo Shi D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yun-Bo Shi sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yun-Bo Shi is a researcher affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Genetics. The scientist's research also extends into Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as subfields.

The main scientific topics investigated by Yun-Bo Shi include:

  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Cancer-related gene regulation
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Yun-Bo Shi has contributed to various respected publication venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Cell & Bioscience (9 publications)
  • Gastroenterology (6 publications)
  • Thyroid (4 publications)
  • Cells (3 publications)
  • Vitamins and hormones (3 publications)

The researcher has coauthored extensively with several colleagues, including:

  • Yuta Tanizaki
  • Lingyu Bao
  • Liezhen Fu
  • Yuki Shibata
  • Zhaoyi Peng

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Yun-Bo Shi include:

  • "Multiview confocal super-resolution microscopy," published in 2021 in Nature
  • "Thyroid and Corticosteroid Signaling in Amphibian Metamorphosis," published in 2022 in Cells
  • "Identification of cuproptosis-related subtypes, characterization of tumor microenvironment infiltration, and development of a prognosis model in breast cancer," published in 2022 in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Thyroid hormone receptor beta is critical for intestinal remodeling during Xenopus tropicalis metamorphosis," published in 2020 in Cell & Bioscience
  • "Life Without Thyroid Hormone Receptor," published in 2021 in Endocrinology

Best Publications

  • Control of amino-acid transport by antigen receptors coordinates the metabolic reprogramming essential for T cell differentiation

    Linda V Sinclair;Julia Rolf;Elizabeth Emslie;Yun-Bo Shi

  • Amphibian Metamorphosis: From Morphology to Molecular Biology

    Yun-Bo Shi

  • Identification and Characterization of a Membrane Protein (y+L Amino Acid Transporter-1) That Associates with 4F2hc to Encode the Amino Acid Transport Activity y+L A CANDIDATE GENE FOR LYSINURIC PROTEIN INTOLERANCE

    David Torrents;Raúl Estévez;Marta Pineda;Esperanza Fernández

  • Xenopus laevis alpha and beta thyroid hormone receptors.

    Yoshio Yaoita;Yun-Bo Shi;Donald D. Brown

  • Distinct Functions Are Implicated for the GATA-4, -5, and -6 Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Intestine Epithelial Cell Differentiation

    Xiaoping Gao;Tiffany Sedgwick;Yun-Bo Shi;Todd Evans

  • A role for nucleosome assembly in both silencing and activation of the Xenopus TR beta A gene by the thyroid hormone receptor.

    Jiemin Wong;Yun-Bo Shi;Alan P. Wolffe

  • Molecular and developmental analyses of thyroid hormone receptor function in Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frog

    Daniel R. Buchholz;Bindu D. Paul;Liezhen Fu;Yun Bo Shi

  • Fluorescent-Magnetic-Biotargeting Multifunctional Nanobioprobes for Detecting and Isolating Multiple Types of Tumor Cells

    Er-Qun Song;Jun Hu;Cong-Ying Wen;Zhi-Quan Tian

  • Distinct requirements for chromatin assembly in transcriptional repression by thyroid hormone receptor and histone deacetylase

    Jiemin Wong;Danielle Patterton;Axel Imhof;Dmitry Guschin

  • The earliest changes in gene expression in tadpole intestine induced by thyroid hormone.

    Yun-Bo Shi;D. D. Brown

  • Determinants of chromatin disruption and transcriptional regulation instigated by the thyroid hormone receptor: hormone-regulated chromatin disruption is not sufficient for transcriptional activation.

    Jiemin Wong;Yun‐Bo Shi;Alan P. Wolffe

  • Tadpole competence and tissue-specific temporal regulation of amphibian metamorphosis: Roles of thyroid hormone and its receptors

    Yun-Bo Shi;J. Wong;M. Puzianowska-Kuznicka;M. A. Stolow

  • Transcriptional repression of Xenopus TR beta gene is mediated by a thyroid hormone response element located near the start site.

    Mukul Ranjan;Jiemin Wong;Yun-Bo Shi

  • Biphasic intestinal development in amphibians: embryogenesis and remodeling during metamorphosis.

    Yun-Bo Shi;Atsuko Ishizuya-Oka

  • Identification and characterization of a novel collagenase in Xenopus laevis: possible roles during frog development.

    M. A. Stolow;D. D. Bauzon;J. Li;T. Sedgwick

  • Transcriptional activation of the matrix metalloproteinase gene stromelysin-3 coincides with thyroid hormone-induced cell death during frog metamorphosis.

    Danielle Patterton;William Pär Hayes;Yun-Bo Shi

  • N-CoR-HDAC Corepressor Complexes: Roles in Transcriptional Regulation by Nuclear Hormone Receptors

    Peter L. Jones;Y.-B. Shi

  • Coordinated Regulation of and Transcriptional Activation by Xenopus Thyroid Hormone and Retinoid X Receptors

    Jiemin Wong;Yun-Bo Shi

  • A dominant-negative thyroid hormone receptor blocks amphibian metamorphosis by retaining corepressors at target genes.

    Daniel R. Buchholz;Shao-Chung Victor Hsia;Liezhen Fu;Yun-Bo Shi

  • Cloning and characterization of the ribosomal protein L8 gene from Xenopus laevis

    Yun-Bo Shi;Vivia C.-T. Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiemin Wong
Jiemin Wong East China Normal University
Alan P. Wolffe
Alan P. Wolffe Sangamo BioSciences (United States)
Dai-Wen Pang
Dai-Wen Pang Wuhan University
Zhi-Ling Zhang
Zhi-Ling Zhang Wuhan University
Donald D. Brown
Donald D. Brown Carnegie Institution for Science
Yufang Shi
Yufang Shi Soochow University
Mary Dasso
Mary Dasso National Institutes of Health
Doreen A. Cantrell
Doreen A. Cantrell University of Dundee
Paul A. Wade
Paul A. Wade National Institutes of Health
Keji Zhao
Keji Zhao National Institutes of Health

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