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Yanran Lu

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2014

Publications

12

Citations

191

Est. group size

~3

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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Yanran Lu's work touches on biochemistry topics such as cancer-related mechanisms, antibiotic resistance, and the synthesis of bioactive compounds. A key publication describes a chemically modified form of NAD+ (a molecule cells use for energy and signaling) that shows unusually high activity and specificity in modifying proteins through a process called poly-ADP-ribosylation, which is relevant to DNA repair and cancer biology research. Given the limited public data, the scope and current focus of this research program are not fully clear.

Cancer biology and therapeuticsAntibiotic resistanceBioactive compound synthesisProtein modification (ADP-ribosylation)Chemical biology tools

Publication output has been low and irregular over the last decade, with small numbers of papers in most years and a gap in 2024.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
17182019: 2 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications323242025: 1 publication2526
Publishes in
  • ACS Infectious Diseases×2
  • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters×2
  • Nature Communications×1
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry×1
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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