Qingyang Zhang Source Confirmed

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Researcher

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

17 h-index 81 pubs 1,534 cited

Research Areas

Epigenetics and DNA Methylation RNA Research and Splicing Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Diet and metabolism studies Immune Response and Inflammation Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Qingyang Zhang's research has focused on several key areas within molecular biology and health sciences. A significant portion of this work investigates the role of RNA modifications, such as N6-methyladenosine (m6A), in cellular processes and disease development. Zhang has explored how these modifications can suppress antiviral innate sensing pathways and how targeting specific enzymes like FTO can suppress tumorigenesis in hepatocellular carcinoma. This line of inquiry connects epitranscriptomics to cancer by examining how factors like SRSF2 interact with m5C on mRNA.

Further research extends to metabolic health and disease, including the study of glycolipid metabolism and the therapeutic effects of natural compounds on type 2 diabetes in mice. Zhang has also examined the predictive value of metabolic scores for mortality and investigated the association between microbial communities and lung disease in cystic fibrosis. In addition to these areas, Zhang's work has involved single-cell transcriptome profiling to understand conditions like severe anterior vaginal prolapse and has looked into the impact of RNA splicing on age-related cognitive decline.

Zhang's scholarly contributions are reflected in a h-index of 17 and over 1,500 citations across 81 publications. The researcher is also a Co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation grant totaling $6,100,000, supporting the "BII: Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute (HVEDI)". Collaborations include work with multiple faculty members at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

h-index: 17
Publications: 81
Citations: 1,534

Selected Publications

A Note on Distance Variance for Categorical Variables (2026) DOI
On the connections between Chatterjee's correlation and rank distance correlation (2025) DOI
On the asymptotic distributions of some test statistics for two‐way contingency tables (2025) DOI
Effect of Ipomoeassin F on the Synthesis of Membrane and Secretory Proteins in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells (2025) DOI
On the extensions of the Chatterjee-Spearman test (2025) DOI
On the properties of distance covariance for categorical data: Robustness, sure screening, and approximate null distributions (2025) DOI
Asymptotic expected sensitivity function and its applications to measures of monotone association (2024) DOI
Proteomic analysis reveals the dominant effect of ipomoeassin F on the synthesis of membrane and secretory proteins in triple-negative breast cancer cells (2024) DOI
Natural variation in yeast reveals multiple paths for acquiring higher stress resistance (2024) DOI
Genetic Dissection of Diverse Seed Coat Patterns in Cowpea through a Comprehensive GWAS Approach (2024) DOI
On relationships between Chatterjee’s and Spearman’s correlation coefficients (2024) DOI
A nonparametric test for comparing survival functions based on restricted distance correlation (2023) DOI