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hippo pathway signaling and yap taz

Last updated June 11, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Yiping Li
Tulane University
99
2
Siyu Zhu
Tulane University
90
3
Yi Lei
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
60
4
Xiaohong Wang
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
50
5
Tianshu Gui
University Medical Center Utrecht
40
6
Andrew Macdonald
University of Leeds
30
7
Qian Shao
Innovative Genomics Institute
20
8
Daniel K. Nomura
Innovative Genomics Institute
10

Rising Stars Papers

1
The roles and regulatory mechanisms of TGF-β and BMP signaling in bone and cartilage development, homeostasis and disease
Cell Research|2024
355 cit.
2
Cell signaling and transcriptional regulation of osteoblast lineage commitment, differentiation, bone formation, and homeostasis
Cell Discovery|2024
331 cit.
3
Wnt/β-catenin signaling components and mechanisms in bone formation, homeostasis, and disease
Bone Research|2024
261 cit.
4
Covalent Degrader of the Oncogenic Transcription Factor β-Catenin
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
22 cit.
5
E7-mediated repression of miR-203 promotes LASP1-dependent proliferation in HPV-positive cervical cancer
Oncogene|2024
9 cit.
6
Cholesterol neutralized vemurafenib treatment by promoting melanoma stem-like cells via its metabolite 27-hydroxycholesterol
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences|2024
8 cit.
7
Covalent Destabilizing Degrader of AR and AR-V7 in Androgen-Independent Prostate Cancer Cells
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
8 cit.
8
DCAF16-Based Covalent Handle for the Rational Design of Monovalent Degraders
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2024
4 cit.
9
E7-mediated repression of miR-203 promotes LASP1-dependent proliferation in HPV-positive cervical cancer
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Claire L. Burgess
Boston University
99
2
Bo Xie
First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University
90
3
Tzu-Hsuan Yeh
Chi Mei Medical Center
80
4
Olaf Klingbeil
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
80
5
Ari Kwon
Seoul National University
70
6
Min Qin
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
60
7
Huixia Zhang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
50
8
Molly R. Patterson
University of Leeds
40
9
Fei Ye
Army Medical University
30
10
Hongge Liang
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
20

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Generation of human alveolar epithelial type I cells from pluripotent stem cells
Cell stem cell|2024
74 cit.
2
MARK2/MARK3 Kinases Are Catalytic Codependencies of YAP/TAZ in Human Cancer
Cancer Discovery|2024
24 cit.
3
E7-mediated repression of miR-203 promotes LASP1-dependent proliferation in HPV-positive cervical cancer
Oncogene|2024
9 cit.
4
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Activates Hepatic Macrophages through PERK-hnRNPA1 Signaling
Biomolecules & Therapeutics|2024
4 cit.
5
E7-mediated repression of miR-203 promotes LASP1-dependent proliferation in HPV-positive cervical cancer
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2024
1 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Kun‐Liang Guan
University of California, San Diego
99
2
Stefano Piccolo
University of Padua
90
3
Jeffrey L. Wrana
Mount Sinai Hospital
80
4
Christopher R. Vakoc
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
70
5
Eric N. Olson
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
70
6
Giannino Del Sal
University of Trieste
60
7
Yü Huang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
50
8
Dae‐Sik Lim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
40
9
Xu Wu
Harvard University
30
10
Gou Young Koh
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
20

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
mTOR: a pharmacologic target for autophagy regulation
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2015
2.1k cit.
2
Mechanisms of Hippo pathway regulation
Genes & Development|2016
1.7k cit.
3
Genome-wide association between YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 at enhancers drives oncogenic growth
Nature Cell Biology|2015
1.2k cit.
4
The Hippo pathway: regulators and regulations
Genes & Development|2013
1.2k cit.
5
YAP/TAZ upstream signals and downstream responses
Nature Cell Biology|2018
1.1k cit.
6
Macrophages are required for neonatal heart regeneration
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2014
801 cit.
7
Cell detachment activates the Hippo pathway via cytoskeleton reorganization to induce anoikis
Genes & Development|2012
794 cit.
8
microRNA-133a regulates cardiomyocyte proliferation and suppresses smooth muscle gene expression in the heart
Genes & Development|2008
783 cit.
9
MyoD family: a paradigm for development?
Genes & Development|1990
769 cit.
10
Growth suppression by p18, a p16INK4/MTS1- and p14INK4B/MTS2-related CDK6 inhibitor, correlates with wild-type pRb function.
Genes & Development|1994
728 cit.

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