Can Cao

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Can Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Can Cao has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Can Cao's work include Climate variability and models (6 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers). Can Cao is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (6 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers). Can Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Can Cao's co-authors include Lihong Ye, Shuqin Zhang, Weiying Zhang, Xiaodong Zhang, Xiaoli Cai, Yuen Gao, Xiao Wang, Zhe Yang, Yunxia Liu and Hua Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Can Cao

46 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

HBXIP-elevated methyltransferase METTL3 promotes the progression of breast cancer via inhibiting tumor suppressor let-7g

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Can Cao China	17	676	332	207	138	104	50	1.2k
Yiru Wang China	17	579 0.9×	273 0.8×	108 0.5×	74 0.5×	45 0.4×	48	969
Zhiwei Qiu China	11	598 0.9×	214 0.6×	144 0.7×	161 1.2×	40 0.4×	29	1.1k
Mingyuan Wang China	17	394 0.6×	159 0.5×	174 0.8×	149 1.1×	160 1.5×	60	939
Bin Zhou China	22	1.0k 1.5×	412 1.2×	115 0.6×	148 1.1×	54 0.5×	72	1.5k
Sunyoung Ham South Korea	18	816 1.2×	431 1.3×	295 1.4×	201 1.5×	161 1.5×	29	1.3k
Yonghao Li China	20	746 1.1×	180 0.5×	111 0.5×	139 1.0×	185 1.8×	60	1.4k
Valérie Marchi France	16	631 0.9×	204 0.6×	126 0.6×	219 1.6×	139 1.3×	32	1.4k
Xiangjun Meng China	20	781 1.2×	290 0.9×	176 0.9×	384 2.8×	86 0.8×	41	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Can Cao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cao, Can & Zhiwei Wu. (2025). Influence of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation on subseasonal wet-dry rapid transition over the middle and low reaches of the Yangtze River Valley. Atmospheric Research. 321. 108092–108092.

Cao, Can, Junyong Li, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Bushen Tiaojing Decoction promotes endometrial angiogenesis to improve endometrial receptivity by regulating KLF4-mediated mitochondrial function and transcription activity. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 355(Pt B). 120658–120658.

Wang, Bin, et al.. (2024). Intensified gradient La Niña and extra-tropical thermal patterns drive the 2022 East and South Asian “Seesaw” extremes. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 5 indexed citations

Cao, Can & Zhiwei Wu. (2024). Comparing MJO Intensity over the Tropical Western Pacific during Mega and Equatorial La Niña Winters. Journal of Climate. 37(20). 5309–5322. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Jinyu, Can Cao, Yiting Liu, et al.. (2024). GITR exacerbates lysophosphatidylcholine-induced macrophage pyroptosis in sepsis via posttranslational regulation of NLRP3. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 21(7). 674–688. 12 indexed citations

Tian, Yu, Yingjing Zhang, Hongyun Huang, et al.. (2024). Upregulation of MELK promotes chemoresistance and induces macrophage M2 polarization via CSF-1/JAK2/STAT3 pathway in gastric cancer. Cancer Cell International. 24(1). 287–287. 8 indexed citations

Sun, Changqi, Can Cao, Ting Zhao, et al.. (2022). A2M inhibits inflammatory mediators of chondrocytes by blocking IL‐1β/NF‐κB pathway. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 41(1). 241–248. 20 indexed citations

Cao, Can, et al.. (2022). GCN5 participates in KLF4-VEGFA feedback to promote endometrial angiogenesis. iScience. 25(7). 104509–104509. 11 indexed citations

Wang, Yi, Can Cao, Huifeng Fan, et al.. (2022). TREM2/β-catenin attenuates NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated macrophage pyroptosis to promote bacterial clearance of pyogenic bacteria. Cell Death and Disease. 13(9). 771–771. 47 indexed citations

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Cao, Can, et al.. (2022). Kunling Wan improves oocyte quality by regulating the PKC/Keap1/Nrf2 pathway to inhibit oxidative damage caused by repeated controlled ovarian hyperstimulation. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 301. 115777–115777. 9 indexed citations

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Cao, Can, Xiaoli Niu, Siqi Ming, et al.. (2022). OX40 enhances T cell immune response to PD-1 blockade therapy in non-small cell lung cancer. International Immunopharmacology. 108. 108813–108813. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Manni, Siqi Ming, Zibin Liang, et al.. (2021). TARM-1 Is Critical for Macrophage Activation and Th1 Response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 207(1). 234–243. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Jiaying, Siqi Ming, Ziyan Zhang, et al.. (2021). Tetrahedral DNA nanostructures synergize with MnO2 to enhance antitumor immunity via promoting STING activation and M1 polarization. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 12(5). 2494–2505. 31 indexed citations

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Cao, Can, Qi Gu, Bin Zheng, et al.. (2021). Let-7a regulates EV secretion and mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation by targeting SNAP23 in colorectal cancer. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 40(1). 31–31. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2021). Estrogen Regulates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress–Mediated Apoptosis by ERK-p65 Pathway to Promote Endometrial Angiogenesis. Reproductive Sciences. 28(4). 1216–1226. 13 indexed citations

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Cao, Can, et al.. (2020). EGFR Mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma Metastasis to the Pancreas Mimicking Primary Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma. Anticancer Research. 40(8). 4401–4404.

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Zhu, Hua, Zhaochuan Fan, Long Yu, et al.. (2019). Controlling Nanoparticle Orientations in the Self-Assembly of Patchy Quantum Dot-Gold Heterostructural Nanocrystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(14). 6013–6021. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Mei, Siqi Ming, Sitang Gong, et al.. (2019). Activation-Induced Cell Death of Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells Is Amplified by OX40 in Type 2 Diabetic Patients. The Journal of Immunology. 203(10). 2614–2620. 20 indexed citations

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Fang, Runping, Feifei Xu, Hui Shi, et al.. (2019). LAMTOR5 raises abnormal initiation of O-glycosylation in breast cancer metastasis via modulating GALNT1 activity. Oncogene. 39(11). 2290–2304. 30 indexed citations

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Cao, Can, Menglei Wang, Jing Sun, et al.. (2017). Autologous peripheral blood haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for systemic lupus erythematosus: the observation of long-term outcomes in a Chinese centre.. PubMed. 35(3). 500–507. 17 indexed citations

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