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Zemin Zhang

Zemin Zhang

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
80
Citations
64241
World Ranking
3976
National Ranking
116

Overview

Zemin Zhang is affiliated with Peking University in China and focuses their research primarily on molecular biology, immunology, and oncology. Their work spans multiple interconnected subfields including cancer research and organic chemistry.

Their main fields of study cover biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Specific research topics include:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer genomics and diagnostics
  • Immune cell function and interaction
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Immunotherapy and immune responses

Zhang has published extensively in prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Cell
  • Cancer Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Cancer

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhang demonstrate a focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying cancer immunotherapy and tumor microenvironment research. Notable examples include:

  • The history and advances in cancer immunotherapy: understanding the characteristics of tumor-infiltrating immune cells and their therapeutic implications, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Single-Cell Analyses Inform Mechanisms of Myeloid-Targeted Therapies in Colon Cancer, 2020, Cell
  • A pan-cancer single-cell transcriptional atlas of tumor infiltrating myeloid cells, 2021, Cell
  • Pan-cancer single-cell landscape of tumor-infiltrating T cells, 2021, Science
  • COVID-19 immune features revealed by a large-scale single-cell transcriptome atlas, 2021, Cell

Zhang frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers in their domain. These co-authors include:

  • Xianwen Ren
  • Xueda Hu
  • Ranran Gao
  • Qiming Zhang
  • Baolin Liu

Best Publications

  • GEPIA: a web server for cancer and normal gene expression profiling and interactive analyses.

    Zefang Tang;Chenwei Li;Boxi Kang;Ge Gao

  • Genomic landscapes of human breast and colorectal cancers

    Laura D. Wood;Williams D. Parsons;Sian Jones;Jimmy Lin

  • GEPIA2: an enhanced web server for large-scale expression profiling and interactive analysis.

    Zefang Tang;Boxi Kang;Chenwei Li;Tianxiang Chen

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Landscape of Infiltrating T Cells in Liver Cancer Revealed by Single-Cell Sequencing

    Chunhong Zheng;Liangtao Zheng;Jae-Kwang Yoo;Huahu Guo

  • The history and advances in cancer immunotherapy: understanding the characteristics of tumor-infiltrating immune cells and their therapeutic implications.

    Yuanyuan Zhang;Zemin Zhang

  • Single-Cell Analyses Inform Mechanisms of Myeloid-Targeted Therapies in Colon Cancer.

    Lei Zhang;Ziyi Li;Katarzyna M. Skrzypczynska;Qiao Fang

  • Lineage tracking reveals dynamic relationships of T cells in colorectal cancer.

    Lei Zhang;Xin Yu;Liangtao Zheng;Yuanyuan Zhang

  • Global characterization of T cells in non-small-cell lung cancer by single-cell sequencing.

    Xinyi Guo;Yuanyuan Zhang;Liangtao Zheng;Chunhong Zheng

  • Secreted and Transmembrane Polypeptides and Nucleic Acids Encoding the Same

    Kevin P. Baker;Maureen Beresini;Laura DeForge;Luc Desnoyers

  • Diverse somatic mutation patterns and pathway alterations in human cancers

    Zhengyan Kan;Bijay S. Jaiswal;Jeremy Stinson;Vasantharajan Janakiraman

  • Landscape and Dynamics of Single Immune Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

    Qiming Zhang;Yao He;Nan Luo;Shashank J. Patel

  • Comprehensive genomic analysis identifies SOX2 as a frequently amplified gene in small-cell lung cancer

    Charles M Rudin;Steffen Durinck;Eric W Stawiski;John T Poirier

  • Recurrent R-spondin fusions in colon cancer

    Somasekar Seshagiri;Eric W. Stawiski;Steffen Durinck;Zora Modrusan

  • Correction: Corrigendum: Adenylate kinase hCINAP determines self-renewal of colorectal cancer stem cells by facilitating LDHA phosphorylation

    Yapeng Ji;Chuanzhen Yang;Zefang Tang;Yongfeng Yang

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Compositions and methods for the treatment of immune related diseases

    Sherman Fong;Audrey Goddard;Paul J. Godowski;Christopher J. Grimaldi

  • A pan-cancer single-cell transcriptional atlas of tumor infiltrating myeloid cells.

    Sijin Cheng;Ziyi Li;Ranran Gao;Baocai Xing

  • Interleukin (IL)-22, a novel human cytokine that signals through the interferon receptor-related proteins CRF2-4 and IL-22R.

    Ming-Hong Xie;Sudeepta Aggarwal;Wei-Hsien Ho;Jessica Foster

  • Identification of an angiogenic mitogen selective for endocrine gland endothelium

    Jennifer Lecouter;Joe Kowalski;Jessica Foster;Phil Hass

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Polakis
Paul Polakis Genentech
Audrey Goddard
Audrey Goddard Gilead Sciences
Zora Modrusan
Zora Modrusan Genentech
Wei-Qiang Gao
Wei-Qiang Gao Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Florian Gnad
Florian Gnad Roche (Germany)
Dan L. Eaton
Dan L. Eaton Genentech

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