Sheng Sun

Also affiliated with Duke University Hospital

Medicine

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

Top 5%percentile

0.490Author DataRank

Indexed papers

2in pilot corpus

datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6· scope data_onlyMethodology

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An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 2 indexed papers attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

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The highest-impact dataset this researcher has shared, ranked by DataRank — the single contribution doing the most to lift their data-sharing standing.

Comparative genomics of the closely related fungal genera Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals karyotype dynamics and suggests evolutionary mechanisms of pathogenesis

PLoS Biology(2024)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002682

Top 39%

0.490DataRank

Top 39%20 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Terrance Shea, Katharine Bowers, Sage M. Smith, Arman W. Mohammad +7 more

Papers

Driven by 37 papers — median percentile 30. Top paper: “Parallel Genomic Alterations of Antigen and Payload Targets Mediate Polyclonal Acquired Clinical Resistance to Sacituzumab Govitecan in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer”.

Parallel Genomic Alterations of Antigen and Payload Targets Mediate Polyclonal Acquired Clinical Resistance to Sacituzumab Govitecan in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Cancer Discovery(2021)10.1158/2159-8290.cd-21-0702

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0.818DataRank · unranked

233 citations

Sheng Sun, Ignaty Leshchiner, Nayana Thimmiah, Elizabeth E. Martin, Daniel E. McLoughlin +17 more

The Cryptococcus neoformans STRIPAK complex controls genome stability, sexual development, and virulence

PLoS Pathogens(2024)10.1371/journal.ppat.1012735

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0.542DataRank · unranked

25 citations

Jin-Tae Choi, Ci Fu, Leah E. Cowen, Sheng Sun, Yong‐Sun Bahn +2 more

Comparative genomics of the closely related fungal genera Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals karyotype dynamics and suggests evolutionary mechanisms of pathogenesis

PLoS Biology(2024)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002682

Top 39%

0.490DataRank

Top 39%20 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Terrance Shea, Katharine Bowers, Sage M. Smith, Arman W. Mohammad +7 more

Clonal evolution in serially passaged Cryptococcus neoformans × deneoformans hybrids reveals a heterogenous landscape of genomic change

Genetics(2021)10.1093/genetics/iyab142

N/A

0.400DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Timothy Y. James, Lucas A. Michelotti

Essential genes encoded by the mating-type locus of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

mBio(2025)10.1128/mbio.00223-25

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0.269DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Ziyan Xu, Arend F. van Peer, Yeseul Choi, Shelby Priest, Konstantina Akritidou +8 more

Uniparental nuclear inheritance following bisexual mating in fungi

eLife(2021)10.7554/elife.66234

N/A

0.135DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Vikas Yadav

Unisexual Reproduction Drives Meiotic Recombination and Phenotypic and Karyotypic Plasticity in Cryptococcus neoformans

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/9hc6-g023

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Joseph Heitman, Sheng Sun, Piotr A. Mieczkowski, R. Blake Billmyre

The evolving species concepts used for yeasts: from phenotypes and genomes to speciation networks

Fungal Diversity(2021)10.1007/s13225-021-00475-9

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0DataRank · unranked

76 citations

M. Catherine Aime, Dominik Begerow, Toni Gabaldón, Joseph Heitman, Martin Kemler +7 more

Pleiotropy and epistasis within and between signaling pathways defines the genetic architecture of fungal virulence

PLoS Genetics(2021)10.1371/journal.pgen.1009313

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0DataRank · unranked

44 citations

Debra Murray, Alexandria Scott, Ci Fu, Anna Floyd Averette, Sheng Sun +3 more

Factors enforcing the species boundary between the human pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus deneoformans

PLoS Genetics(2021)10.1371/journal.pgen.1008871

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0DataRank · unranked

30 citations

Marco A. Coelho, Verónica Mixão, Shelly Applen Clancey, Yitong Xu, Sheng Sun +3 more

Clonal evolution in serially passaged Cryptococcus neoformans x deneoformans hybrids reveals a heterogenous landscape of genomic change

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.03.02.433606

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Timothy Y. James, Lucas A. Michelotti

Epistatic genetic interactions govern morphogenesis during sexual reproduction and infection in a global human fungal pathogen

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.12.09.472005

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Cullen Roth, Anna Floyd Averette, Paul M. Magwene, Joseph Heitman, Sheng Sun

Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex

eLife(2022)10.7554/elife.79114

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0DataRank · unranked

11 citations

Shelly Applen Clancey, Terrance Shea, Márcia David‐Palma, Anna Floyd Averette, Teun Boekhout +7 more

Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.03.30.486436

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Shelly Applen Clancey, Terrance Shea, Márcia David‐Palma, Anna Floyd Averette, Teun Boekhout +7 more

Amoeba predation of Cryptococcus: A quantitative and population genomic evaluation of the accidental pathogen hypothesis

PLoS Pathogens(2023)10.1371/journal.ppat.1011763

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0DataRank · unranked

14 citations

Cullen Roth, Debra Murray, Sheng Sun, Anna Floyd Averette, Chinaemerem U. Onyishi +4 more

Enhanced fungal specificity and in vivo therapeutic efficacy of a C-22-modified FK520 analog against C. neoformans

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.01810-23

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0DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Won Young Lim, Eunchong Park, Patrick A. Dome, Michael J. Hoy, Ivan Spasojević +9 more

Calcineurin contributes to RNAi-mediated transgene silencing and small interfering RNA production in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.07.25.550548

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0DataRank · unranked

2 citations

Riya Mohan, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Vikas Yadav

Enhanced fungal specificity and in vivo therapeutic efficacy of a C-22 modified FK520 analog against C. neoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.06.05.543712

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Won Young Lim, Eunchong Park, Patrick A. Dome, Michael J. Hoy, Ivan Spasojević +9 more

Comparative genomics of Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals pathogenesis evolution and contrasting karyotype dynamics via intercentromeric recombination or chromosome fusion

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.12.27.573464

Top 100%

0DataRank

Top 100%0 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Terrance Shea, Katharine Bowers, Sage M. Smith, Arman W. Mohammad +7 more

Distinct evolutionary trajectories following loss of RNA interference in Cryptococcus neoformans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2024)10.1073/pnas.2416656121

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

16 citations

Connor J. Larmore, Shelby Priest, Ziyan Xu, Fred S. Dietrich, Vikas Yadav +4 more

Calcineurin contributes to RNAi-mediated transgene silencing and small interfering RNA production in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Genetics(2024)10.1093/genetics/iyae010

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0DataRank · unranked

7 citations

Riya Mohan, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Vikas Yadav

The Cryptococcus neoformans STRIPAK complex controls genome stability, sexual development, and virulence

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.08.06.606879

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Jin-Tae Choi, Ci Fu, Leah E. Cowen, Sheng Sun, Yong‐Sun Bahn +2 more

Essential genes encoded by the mating-type locus of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.12.02.626420

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0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Ziyan Xu, Arend F. van Peer, Yeseul Choi, Shelby Priest, Konstantina Akritidou +8 more

Decoding Cryptococcus: From African biodiversity to worldwide prevalence

PLoS Pathogens(2025)10.1371/journal.ppat.1012876

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0DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Janneke Aylward, Nam Q. Pham, Cobus M. Visagie, Taygen Fuchs +9 more

Butyrolactol A potentiates caspofungin efficacy against resistant fungi via phospholipid flippase inhibition

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.01.06.630955

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0DataRank · unranked

5 citations

H. Diessel Duan, Michael J. Hoy, Kalinka Koteva, Michaela Spitzer, Allison K. Guitor +23 more

Tracing the evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci in Cryptococcus pathogens and closely related species

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.02.12.637874

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0DataRank · unranked

4 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Seonju Marincowitz, Janneke Aylward, Nam Q. Pham, Andrey Yurkov +5 more

Homeodomain protein Sxi1α independently controls cell-cell fusion and gene expression during sexual reproduction in Cryptococcus deneoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.02.11.637763

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0DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Anna E. Lehmann, Patricia P Peterson, Ziyan Xu, Liping Xiong, Sheng Sun +2 more

Unisexual reproduction in the global human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.06.02.657540

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Zhuyun Bian, Ziyan Xu, Yeseul Choi, Joseph Heitman, Sheng Sun

Genomic Evidence for a-α Heterothallic and α-α Unisexual Mating and Recombination in an Environmental Cryptococcus deneoformans Population

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.08.20.671223

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Veronica Thorn, Himeshi Samarasinghe, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Jianping Xu +1 more

Unisexual reproduction in the global human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2025)10.1073/pnas.2521779122

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Zhuyun Bian, Ziyan Xu, Yeseul Choi, Joseph Heitman, Sheng Sun

Loss of centromere function drives karyotype evolution in closely related Malassezia species

eLife(2020)10.7554/elife.53944

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0DataRank · unranked

76 citations

Giuseppe Ianiri, Marco A. Coelho, Md Hashim Reza, Bhagya C. Thimmappa, Promit Ganguly +8 more

Dissecting the homeodomain MAT locus and engineering novel tripolar and bipolar mating systems in Cryptococcus amylolentus

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.11.14.688536

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Vikas Yadav, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Liping Xiong

Transposon mobilization in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus is mutagenic during infection and promotes drug resistance in vitro

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2020)10.1073/pnas.2001451117

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0DataRank · unranked

74 citations

Jonathan Williams, Jang-Eun Cho, Anna Floyd Averette, Sheng Sun, Eva Mei Shouse +4 more

Fungal pathogens

Current Biology(2020)10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.032

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0DataRank · unranked

74 citations

Michael J. Hoy, Joseph Heitman, Sheng Sun

Microbe Profile: Cryptococcus neoformans species complex

Microbiology(2020)10.1099/mic.0.000973

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0DataRank · unranked

43 citations

Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Xiaorong Lin, Yong‐Sun Bahn

Factors enforcing the species boundary between the human pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus deneoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.05.21.108084

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Marco A. Coelho, Verónica Mixão, Shelly Applen Clancey, Yitong Xu, Sheng Sun +3 more

Transposon mobilization in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans is mutagenic during infection and promotes drug resistance in vitro

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.01.29.924845

N/A

0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Jonathan D. Williams, Jang-Eun Cho, Anna Floyd-Averette, Sheng Sun, Eva Mei Shouse +4 more

Sheng Sun

Indexed papers

Top data-sharing exemplar

Papers