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Fengchao Yu
University of MichiganORCID 0000-0002-7695-3698Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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2016-2026 · peak 10/yrCo-Author Collaboration Network
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31 papers
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- Systems BiologyNaturePeer-reviewed
Spatial distribution of the proteome in human body and cancers
Liang Yue, Wenhao Jiang, Sainan Li…·Tiannan Guo
The paper presents a comprehensive spatial proteome map of human tissues and cancers, enabling drug response analysis and target discovery.
3 citations - Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprint
Real-time artificial intelligence prediction of peptide characteristics and MSFragger search improves multiplexed quantification of non-canonical HLA presented peptides in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Ana Marcu, Kristin L. Leskoske, Fengchao Yu…·Christopher Rose
The paper introduces MIRA-MS, a real-time AI-guided acquisition method that improves quantification of non-canonical HLA peptides in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.29.727942 - BioinformaticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Analysis of isobaric quantitative proteomic data using TMT-Integrator and FragPipe computational platform
Hui-Yin Chang, Yamei Deng, Ruohong Li…·Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
The paper introduces TMT-Integrator, a tool for analyzing isobaric proteomic data, showing improved performance in protein and phosphorylation site quantification compared to existing tools.
- BioinformaticsGenome biologyPeer-reviewed
A modular, immunopeptidogenomic (iPepGen) analysis pipeline for discovery, verification, and prioritization of cancer peptide neoantigen candidates
Subina Mehta, Reid Wagner, Katherine Do…·Timothy J. Griffin
The paper introduces a modular pipeline for neoantigen discovery, verification, and prioritization in cancer research using immunopeptidogenomic data.
1 citation - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Expanding Glycopeptide Identification with Match-Between-Glycans in FragPipe
Jiechen Shen, Daniel A. Polasky, Shelley Jager…·Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
This paper introduces MBG, a method to expand glycopeptide identification in glycoproteomics by leveraging MS1 signals from displaced glycopeptides, improving detection of low-abundant and modified glycans.
2 citations - BioinformaticsMolecular & Cellular ProteomicsPeer-reviewed
pmultiqc: An open-source, lightweight, and metadata-oriented QC reporting library for MS proteomics
Qi-Xuan Yue, Chengxin Dai, Selvakumar Kamatchinathan…·Yasset Pérez‐Riverol
pmultiqc generates metadata-aware QC reports for proteomics data using standardized metrics and integrates with existing workflows and cloud services.
5 citationstop 2% - ImmunologybioRxivPreprint
Single-Cell Proteomics of Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Exceeding 600 Cells per Day
James M. Fulcher, Yumi Kwon, Pranav Dawar…·Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic
This paper develops a high-throughput single-cell proteomic method for PBMCs, achieving 660 cells per day with 750 protein identifications per cell and identifying low-frequency cell types.
1 citation - Systems BiologyCommunications BiologyPeer-reviewed
MHC1-TIP enables single-tube multimodal immunopeptidome profiling and uncovers intratumoral heterogeneity in antigen presentation
Mayukha Bathini, Diana Bocaniciu, Fraser D. Johnson…·Rik G.H. Lindeboom
2 citations - BioinformaticsJournal of Proteome ResearchPeer-reviewed
A New Detailed Mass Offset Search in MSFragger for Improved Interpretation of Complex PTMs
Carolina Rojas Ramírez, Fengchao Yu, Daniel A. Polasky, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
The paper introduces a new detailed mass offset search method in MSFragger to improve the interpretation of complex post-translational modifications.
1 citation - BioinformaticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
MSFragger-DDA+ Enhances Peptide Identification Sensitivity with Full Isolation Window Search
Fengchao Yu, Yamei Deng, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
MSFragger-DDA+ improves peptide identification sensitivity by searching the full isolation window and handling co-fragmented peptides, enhancing proteomics data analysis.
29 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
PepCentric Enables Fast Repository-Scale Proteogenomics Searches
Fengchao Yu, Andy T. Kong, Yi Hsiao, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
PepCentric enables fast proteogenomics searches across large mass spectrometry datasets by using 2-D fragment indexing to validate novel peptides and proteomic variations.
4 citations - BioinformaticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
diaTracer enables spectrum-centric analysis of diaPASEF proteomics data
Kai Li, Guo Ci Teo, Kevin Yang…·Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
diaTracer enables spectrum-centric analysis of diaPASEF proteomics data by generating pseudo-MS/MS spectra for direct peptide identification and quantification.
39 citationstop 1% - Systems BiologyMolecular & Cellular ProteomicsPeer-reviewed
Proteome-scale tissue mapping using mass spectrometry based on label-free and multiplexed workflows
Yu Mi Kwon, Jongmin Jacob Woo, Fengchao Yu…·Ying Zhu
This study benchmarks label-free and TMT-MS2 methods for spatial proteome mapping, showing label-free provides deeper coverage and higher dynamic range, while TMT-MS2 offers faster throughput.
16 citations - BioinformaticsJournal of Proteome ResearchPeer-reviewed
Analysis and visualization of quantitative proteomics data using FragPipe-Analyst
Yi Hsiao, Haijian Zhang, Ginny Xiaohe Li…·Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
FragPipe-Analyst provides an R shiny web server and R package for downstream analysis and visualization of quantitative proteomics data from FragPipe.
148 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsMolecular & Cellular ProteomicsPeer-reviewed
MSFragger-Labile: A Flexible Method to Improve Labile PTM Analysis in Proteomics
Daniel A. Polasky, Daniel Geiszler, Fengchao Yu…·Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
MSFragger-Labile improves the analysis of labile post-translational modifications by incorporating modification-specific fragment ions into mass spectrometry searches.
47 citationstop 4% - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
One-stop analysis of DIA proteomics data using MSFragger-DIA and FragPipe computational platform
Fengchao Yu, Guo Ci Teo, Andy T. Kong…·Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
The paper introduces MSFragger-DIA, a tool for fast and sensitive peptide identification from DIA proteomics data, integrated into FragPipe, and demonstrates its performance across various sample types.
10 citations - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
MSBooster: Improving Peptide Identification Rates using Deep Learning-Based Features
Kevin Yang, Fengchao Yu, Guo Ci Teo…·Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
MSBooster improves peptide identification rates by integrating deep learning-based features into existing workflows with MSFragger and Percolator.
26 citations - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Mining for ions: diagnostic feature detection in MS/MS spectra of post-translationally modified peptides
Daniel Geiszler, Daniel A. Polasky, Fengchao Yu, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
The paper develops a method to automatically detect diagnostic spectral features for post-translational modifications in mass spectrometry data, improving PTM identification and localization rates.
5 citations - BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprint
Capturing the Hierarchically Assorted Modules of Protein Interaction in the Organized Nucleome
Shuaijian Dai, Shichang Liu, Chen Zhou…·Ning Li
The paper introduces a pipeline called CHAMPION that uses qXL-MS and MONET modulomics to identify nuclear protein interactions and modules, revealing novel interactors and hormone-specific variants.
DOI 10.1101/2022.08.14.503837 - BioinformaticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
High sensitivity dia-PASEF proteomics with DIA-NN and FragPipe
Vadim Demichev, Łukasz Szyrwiel, Fengchao Yu…·Markus Ralser
The paper demonstrates improved proteomic depth using DIA-NN and FragPipe for dia-PASEF data, achieving higher sensitivity and quantification in complex samples.
445 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsMolecular & Cellular ProteomicsPeer-reviewed
Multi-attribute Glycan Identification and FDR Control for Glycoproteomics
Daniel A. Polasky, Daniel Geiszler, Fengchao Yu, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
The paper introduces a method to accurately identify glycan compositions in glycopeptide spectra and control false discovery rates, integrating it into a computational pipeline for glycoproteomics analysis.
50 citations - BioinformaticsMolecular & Cellular ProteomicsPeer-reviewed
IonQuant enables accurate and sensitive label-free quantification with FDR-controlled match-between-runs
Fengchao Yu, Sarah E. Haynes, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
IonQuant improves label-free proteomic quantification by implementing FDR-controlled match-between-runs, achieving faster speed and higher protein quantification than MaxQuant.
514 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsMolecular & Cellular ProteomicsPeer-reviewed
PTM-Shepherd: analysis and summarization of post-translational and chemical modifications from open search results
Daniel Geiszler, Andy T. Kong, Dmitry M. Avtonomov…·Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
PTM-Shepherd automates analysis of post-translational modifications from open search proteomics data, improving detection of artifacts and biases across experiments.
146 citationstop 2% - BioinformaticsNature MethodsPeer-reviewed
Fast and Comprehensive N- and O-glycoproteomics analysis with MSFragger-Glyco
Daniel A. Polasky, Fengchao Yu, Guo Ci Teo, Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
MSFragger-Glyco improves glycopeptide identification in N- and O-glycoproteomics data, increasing glycoPSMs and revealing new glycan trends.
296 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsMolecular & Cellular ProteomicsPeer-reviewed
Fast quantitative analysis of timsTOF PASEF data with MSFragger and IonQuant
Fengchao Yu, Sarah E. Haynes, Guo Ci Teo…·Alexey I. Nesvizhskii
The paper introduces MSFragger and IonQuant for fast analysis of timsTOF PASEF data, showing improved peptide identification and quantification compared to existing tools.
377 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsIEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and BioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
Understanding the limit of open search in the identification of peptides with post-translational modifications -- A simulation-based study
Jiaan Dai, Fengchao Yu, Ning Li, Weichuan Yu
The paper evaluates open search methods for identifying modified peptides through simulations and proposes an analytical model to quantify performance based on spectrum quality and PTM count.
1 citation - BioinformaticsBioinformaticsPeer-reviewed
Xolik: finding cross-linked peptides with maximum paired scores in linear time
Jiaan Dai, Wei Jiang, Fengchao Yu, Weichuan Yu
Xolik identifies cross-linked peptides efficiently by reducing computational complexity and outperforms existing tools in speed and statistical power.
20 citations - BioinformaticsJournal of Proteome ResearchPeer-reviewed
Exhaustively Identifying Cross-Linked Peptideswith a Linear Computational Complexity
Fengchao Yu, Ning Li, Weichuan Yu
ECL 2.0 improves peptide-peptide pair identification by achieving linear complexity and better sensitivity compared to existing tools.
24 citations