Changyi Ji

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 689 citations indexed

About

Changyi Ji is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Changyi Ji has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 689 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Changyi Ji's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Changyi Ji is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (6 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Changyi Ji collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Changyi Ji's co-authors include Einar M. Sigurdsson, Daniel J. Kosman, Erin E. Congdon, Yixiang Jiang, Gail V.W. Johnson, Amber M. Tetlow, Maoping Tang, Yu Zhang, Tingting Yang and Claudia Zeidler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Changyi Ji

22 papers receiving 685 citations

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Tau-targeting therapies for Alzheimer disease: current status and future directions

2023 168 citations Erin E. Congdon, Changyi Ji et al. Nature Reviews Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Changyi Ji United States	13	307	254	117	88	81	23	689
Jan O. Johansson United States	20	632 2.1×	271 1.1×	180 1.5×	61 0.7×	83 1.0×	51	1.3k
Sung Sup Park South Korea	15	332 1.1×	177 0.7×	81 0.7×	43 0.5×	32 0.4×	20	627
Florence Burté United Kingdom	15	838 2.7×	215 0.8×	152 1.3×	77 0.9×	26 0.3×	23	1.2k
Gregory Orloff United States	10	261 0.9×	541 2.1×	107 0.9×	49 0.6×	40 0.5×	17	960
Neha Singh India	13	343 1.1×	92 0.4×	94 0.8×	43 0.5×	41 0.5×	36	675
Frank Matthes Germany	19	328 1.1×	338 1.3×	90 0.8×	80 0.9×	43 0.5×	34	707
Weijin Liu China	11	339 1.1×	116 0.5×	90 0.8×	56 0.6×	38 0.5×	21	684
Rachal Love United States	7	383 1.2×	294 1.2×	155 1.3×	208 2.4×	40 0.5×	9	945
Hiroko Kishi Japan	20	522 1.7×	130 0.5×	70 0.6×	35 0.4×	47 0.6×	54	910
Jongmin Jacob Woo United States	17	465 1.5×	106 0.4×	47 0.4×	65 0.7×	38 0.5×	36	888

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Changyi Ji

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Changyi Ji. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Changyi Ji based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Changyi Ji. Changyi Ji is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Wang, Luyu, Hongtao Wang, Jian‐Lin Wu, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota and metabolomics in metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: interaction, mechanism, and therapeutic value. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 15. 1635638–1635638. 2 indexed citations

Li, Miaomiao, Meng Shi, Changyi Ji, et al.. (2025). The Gut Microbiota in Elderly Patients with Acute Hepatitis E Infection. Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology. 0(0). 0–0. 1 indexed citations

Ji, Changyi, et al.. (2024). Neuronal hypofunction and network dysfunction in a mouse model at early stage of tauopathy. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(S1). e089673–e089673.

Jiang, Yixiang, Yan Lin, Amber M. Tetlow, et al.. (2024). Single-domain antibody-based protein degrader for synucleinopathies. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 19(1). 44–44. 5 indexed citations

Ji, Changyi, Xiaofeng Yang, Yixiang Jiang, et al.. (2024). Neuronal hypofunction and network dysfunction in a mouse model at an early stage of tauopathy. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(11). 7954–7970. 1 indexed citations

Congdon, Erin E., Changyi Ji, Amber M. Tetlow, Yixiang Jiang, & Einar M. Sigurdsson. (2023). Tau-targeting therapies for Alzheimer disease: current status and future directions. Nature Reviews Neurology. 19(12). 715–736. 168 indexed citations breakdown →

Lin, Heng, Maoping Tang, Changyi Ji, et al.. (2021). BAG3 Regulation of RAB35 Mediates the Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport/Endolysosome Pathway and Tau Clearance. Biological Psychiatry. 92(1). 10–24. 11 indexed citations

Ji, Changyi & Einar M. Sigurdsson. (2021). Current Status of Clinical Trials on Tau Immunotherapies. Drugs. 81(10). 1135–1152. 76 indexed citations

Zhao, Qingqing, Changyi Ji, Ziao Fu, et al.. (2020). Structural and functional characterization of the bestrophin-2 anion channel. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(4). 382–391. 23 indexed citations

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Wu, Qian, Yang Bai, Wei Li, et al.. (2020). Increased neuronal activity in motor cortex reveals prominent calcium dyshomeostasis in tauopathy mice. Neurobiology of Disease. 147. 105165–105165. 10 indexed citations

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Ji, Changyi, Yao Li, Nancy E. Ward, et al.. (2019). Investigation and Restoration of BEST1 Activity in Patient-derived RPEs with Dominant Mutations. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 19026–19026. 31 indexed citations

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Ji, Changyi, Nancy E. Ward, Shoudeng Chen, et al.. (2019). Dual Ca2+-dependent gates in human Bestrophin1 underlie disease-causing mechanisms of gain-of-function mutations. Communications Biology. 2(1). 240–240. 16 indexed citations

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Ji, Changyi, et al.. (2018). Depletion of astrocytic transglutaminase 2 improves injury outcomes. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 92. 128–136. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yu, et al.. (2018). ATP activates bestrophin ion channels through direct interaction. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3126–3126. 30 indexed citations

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Ji, Changyi, et al.. (2018). Differentiation, Maintenance, and Analysis of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells: A Disease-in-a-dish Model for <em>BEST1</em> Mutations. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 12 indexed citations

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Ji, Changyi, Maoping Tang, & Gail V.W. Johnson. (2017). Assessing the degradation of tau in primary neurons: The role of autophagy. Methods in cell biology. 141. 229–244. 16 indexed citations

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Tang, Maoping, et al.. (2017). Nrf2 mediates the expression of BAG3 and autophagy cargo adaptor proteins and tau clearance in an age-dependent manner. Neurobiology of Aging. 63. 128–139. 47 indexed citations

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Ji, Changyi, et al.. (2016). Inhibition or ablation of transglutaminase 2 impairs astrocyte migration. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 482(4). 942–947. 10 indexed citations

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Ji, Changyi & Daniel J. Kosman. (2015). Molecular mechanisms of non‐transferrin‐bound and transferring‐bound iron uptake in primary hippocampal neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry. 133(5). 668–683. 86 indexed citations

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Lin, Din L., Steven L. Foley, Jianfeng Han, et al.. (2012). Characterization of antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from canine infections. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 113(1). 16–23. 34 indexed citations

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