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Zemin Yao

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
8391
World Ranking
16324
National Ranking
568

Zemin Yao 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 Zemin Yao sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 123 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zemin Yao 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 Zemin Yao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zemin Yao is affiliated with the University of Ottawa in Canada, specializing primarily in Engineering with a focus on multiple subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cancer Research, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Physiology, and Epidemiology.

Their research broadly encompasses topics such as Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, MicroRNA in Disease Regulation, Cancer-Related Molecular Mechanisms Research, Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques.

Key recent publications include:

  • Phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-Bisphosphate Regulates Plasma Cholesterol Through LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) Receptor Lysosomal Degradation, 2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • Is vitamin D receptor a druggable target for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis?, 2020, World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Integrated miRNA and mRNA Analysis Identified Potential Mechanisms and Targets of Qianggan Extracts in Preventing Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, 2022, World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • An Equivalent and Accelerated Life Test Method for Compressor Blades under Combined Loads Based on Equal Fatigue Life, 2020, 2020 11th International Conference on Prognostics and System Health Management (PHM-2020 Jinan)
  • Carbon matrix driving Fe2+/3+ redox enhancement in iron phthalocyanine for highly efficient oxygen reduction in Zn-air battery, 2025, Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Zemin Yao frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • 2020 11th International Conference on Prognostics and System Health Management (PHM-2020 Jinan)

Collaborative work is evident with frequent co-authors including Shouwen Liu, Qianhui Wu, Xingxu Yan, Zhaoyun Wang, and Zhijian Liao, each having collaborated on multiple projects with Yao.

Best Publications

  • The active synthesis of phosphatidylcholine is required for very low density lipoprotein secretion from rat hepatocytes.

    Z M Yao;D E Vance

  • Secretion of apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins from HeLa cells is dependent on expression of the microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and is regulated by lipid availability.

    David A. Gordon;Haris Jamil;Daru Sharp;David Mullaney

  • Cideb, an ER- and lipid droplet-associated protein, mediates VLDL lipidation and maturation by interacting with apolipoprotein B.

    Jing Ye;Jing Ye;John Zhong Li;Yang Liu;Xuanhe Li

  • Expression of carboxyl-terminally truncated forms of human apolipoprotein B in rat hepatoma cells. Evidence that the length of apolipoprotein B has a major effect on the buoyant density of the secreted lipoproteins.

    Z M Yao;B D Blackhart;M F Linton;S M Taylor

  • Lipidomics era: Accomplishments and challenges

    Maroun Bou Khalil;Weimin Hou;Hu Zhou;Fred Elisma

  • Synthesis and secretion of hepatic apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins.

    Zemin Yao;Roger S. McLeod

  • Lymphotoxin ß ReceptorDependent Control of Lipid Homeostasis

    James C. Lo;Yugang Wang;Alexei V. Tumanov;Michelle Bamji

  • Recent progress in understanding protein and lipid factors affecting hepatic VLDL assembly and secretion

    Meenakshi Sundaram;Zemin Yao

  • Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Interacts With Apolipoprotein B and Prevents Its Intracellular Degradation, Irrespective of the Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor

    Hua Sun;Amin Samarghandi;Ningyan Zhang;Zemin Yao

  • Expression of apolipoprotein C-III in McA-RH7777 cells enhances VLDL assembly and secretion under lipid-rich conditions

    Meenakshi Sundaram;Shumei Zhong;Maroun Bou Khalil;Philip H. Links

  • Intracellular degradation of newly synthesized apolipoprotein B.

    Z Yao;K Tran;R S McLeod

  • The Activity of Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Is Essential for Accumulation of Triglyceride within Microsomes in McA-RH7777 Cells A UNIFIED MODEL FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS

    Yuwei Wang;Khai Tran;Zemin Yao

  • Head group specificity in the requirement of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis for very low density lipoprotein secretion from cultured hepatocytes.

    Z M Yao;D E Vance

  • Reduction in VLDL, but not HDL, in plasma of rats deficient in choline.

    Zemin Yao;Dennis E. Vance

  • Presecretory oxidation, aggregation, and autophagic destruction of apoprotein-B: A pathway for late-stage quality control

    Meihui Pan;Vatsala Maitin;Sajesh Parathath;Ursula Andreo

  • Missense mutation in APOC3 within the C-terminal lipid binding domain of human ApoC-III results in impaired assembly and secretion of triacylglycerol-rich very low density lipoproteins: evidence that ApoC-III plays a major role in the formation of lipid precursors within the microsomal lumen.

    Wen Qin;Meenakashi Sundaram;Yuwei Wang;Hu Zhou

  • Normal Activity of Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Is Required for the Oleate-induced Secretion of Very Low Density Lipoproteins Containing Apolipoprotein B from McA-RH7777 Cells

    Yuwei Wang;Roger S. McLeod;Zemin Yao

  • Intracellular assembly of very low density lipoproteins containing apolipoprotein B100 in rat hepatoma McA-RH7777 cells.

    Khai Tran;Gro Thorne-Tjomsland;Cynthia J. DeLong;Zheng Cui

  • Apolipoprotein C-III and hepatic triglyceride-rich lipoprotein production.

    Zemin Yao;Yuwei Wang

  • New variation on the translocation of proteins during early biogenesis of apolipoprotein B.

    Steven L. Chuck;Zemin Yao;Brian D. Blackhart;Brian J. McCarthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis E. Vance
Dennis E. Vance University of Alberta
Robert A. Hegele
Robert A. Hegele University of Western Ontario
Daniel Figeys
Daniel Figeys University of Ottawa
Robin J. Parks
Robin J. Parks Ottawa Hospital
David N. Brindley
David N. Brindley University of Alberta
Stephen G. Young
Stephen G. Young University of California, Los Angeles
Karen Reue
Karen Reue University of California, Los Angeles
M. Mahmood Hussain
M. Mahmood Hussain Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Johannes Nimpf
Johannes Nimpf Medical University of Vienna
David J. FitzGerald
David J. FitzGerald MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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