Qingfang He Data-verified

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Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-22

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20 h-index 52 pubs 1,478 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Qingfang He's research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms and risk factors associated with various diseases, particularly cancer and cardiovascular conditions. He investigates the role of specific biomarkers, such as circulating microRNAs (miR-16, miR-22, miR-122), in the early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. His work also explores the associations between lifestyle factors, genetic predispositions, and disease development, including the link between diabetes and thyroid cancer risk, and the influence of aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 gene variations on cardio-cerebrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes patients. He has also examined the relationship between metabolic syndrome severity and cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults and investigated menstrual, reproductive, and hormonal factors in relation to thyroid cancer.

Further research by He delves into the cellular processes driving cancer progression, such as the role of LINC00630 in promoting cholangiocarcinoma cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. His group also studies taste preference for salt as a predictor of salt intake in a Chinese population. He is also involved in the application of advanced computational methods, as evidenced by research on remote sensing object detection using a combination of CNN and the Swin transformer. He leads a research group and has received federal funding from the NSF for his work on cyanobacterial enzymes and strains for organophosphonate removal.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 52
  • Citations: 1,478

Selected Publications

  • Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of glyphosate and Roundup Quickpro on Chinese hamster ovary cells (2025)
  • Phylogenetic analysis of microbial CP-lyase cluster genes for bioremediation of phosphonate (2025)
  • Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Glyphosate and Roundup on Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells (2024)
  • Cyanobacteria as a photosynthetic factory for the production of natural and synthetic compounds (2023)
  • An Automated Approach to Synechocystis Cell Analysis in TEM Image Datasets (2023)
  • Escherichia coli AraJ boosts utilization of arabinose in metabolically engineered cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (2021)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Response of the microbial community to phosphate-solubilizing bacterial inoculants on Ulmus chenmoui Cheng in Eastern China (2021)
    31 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $50,000 total

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