Cheng Cui

8.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
119 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Cheng Cui is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Cui has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Cheng Cui's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (61 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (37 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (13 papers). Cheng Cui is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (61 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (37 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (13 papers). Cheng Cui collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and India. Cheng Cui's co-authors include Weihong Tan, Liqin Zhang, Yuan Liu, Shuo Wan, Liping Qiu, Cuichen Wu, Ying Jiang, Sena Cansız, Long Li and I‐Ting Teng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Cui

114 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Metal–Organic Framework Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery in Biomedical Applications

2020 558 citations Yujia Sun, Liwei Zheng et al. Nano-Micro Letters profile →
Self-assembly of DNA Nanohydrogels with Controllable Size and Stimuli-Responsive Property for Targeted Gene Regulation Therapy

2015 447 citations Cheng Cui, Yuan Liu et al. profile →
Aptamer/AuNP Biosensor for Colorimetric Profiling of Exosomal Proteins

2017 430 citations Ying Jiang, Yuan Liu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Aptasensor with Expanded Nucleotide Using DNA Nanotetrahedra for Electrochemical Detection of Cancerous Exosomes

2017 406 citations Liqin Zhang, Shuo Wan et al. profile →
Nucleic Acid Aptamers for Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Advances and Perspectives

2020 319 citations Long Li, Xiaowei Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng Cui China	42	4.6k	2.2k	1.4k	776	501	119	6.7k
Ting Fu China	41	4.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	715 0.9×	409 0.8×	108	5.9k
Renjun Pei China	48	4.3k 0.9×	4.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.9×	1.0k 2.0×	303	8.7k
Shuo Shi China	43	2.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	470 0.6×	352 0.7×	239	5.8k
Dayong Yang China	52	4.8k 1.1×	3.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	1.7k 2.2×	622 1.2×	192	8.5k
Maarten Merkx Netherlands	50	3.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	842 0.6×	597 0.8×	480 1.0×	167	7.0k
Zilong Zhao China	41	4.4k 1.0×	3.2k 1.4×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	347 0.7×	98	6.9k
Guannan Wang China	43	2.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	2.3k 1.7×	782 1.0×	826 1.6×	228	6.3k
Chang Liu China	35	2.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	613 0.8×	421 0.8×	164	5.5k
Juan Li China	53	6.2k 1.4×	3.8k 1.7×	2.7k 2.0×	795 1.0×	1.1k 2.2×	294	10.4k
Jingjing Liu China	31	1.4k 0.3×	3.4k 1.5×	2.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.6×	469 0.9×	114	5.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Cui

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Yang, Yuying, Minhui Su, Mengyuan Jiang, et al.. (2025). Systemic Delivery of an mRNA-Encoding, Tumor-Activated Interleukin-12 Lock to Eliminate Tumors and Avoid Immune-Related Adverse Events. Nano Letters. 25(38). 14096–14106.

Cui, Cheng, et al.. (2025). Major cell types in the coronary thrombosis of acute myocardial infarction patients revealed by scRNA‐seq. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 15(1). e70181–e70181.

Wang, Zhimin, Xiaoqiu Wu, Zhen Du, et al.. (2025). Functional SELEX and Biomedical Applications of Aptamers: Beyond Molecular Recognition. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(26). e202424687–e202424687. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing, Jiayun Pang, & Cheng Cui. (2025). Aptamer-Based Gold Nanoparticle Lateral Flow Assay for Rapid Detection of Cardiac Troponin I. Biosensors. 15(12). 776–776.

Doherty, Simon, Corinne Wills, Cheng Cui, et al.. (2024). Selective Partial Reduction of Nitroarenes to the Hydrazoarene Catalyzed by Amine‐Modified Ordered Mesoporous Silica Immobilized Ionic Liquid (OMSIIL) Stabilised RuNPs. ChemCatChem. 16(13). 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jian, Ao Xu, Dapeng Huang, et al.. (2024). Optimization of Task Scheduling Strategy for UAV-enabled Cloud-edge Collaboration System using Reinforcement Learning Method. 1891–1896.

Wang, Ruowen, Xue‐Qiang Wang, Sitao Xie, et al.. (2023). Molecular elements: novel approaches for molecular building. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1871). 20220024–20220024. 3 indexed citations

Cui, Cheng, et al.. (2022). Integrating high-resolution remote sensing and street view images to identify urban villages： A case study in Yuexiu District， Guangzhou City. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 26(9). 1802–1813. 8 indexed citations

Sun, Yujia, Liwei Zheng, Yu Yang, et al.. (2020). Metal–Organic Framework Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery in Biomedical Applications. Nano-Micro Letters. 12(1). 103–103. 558 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Yu, Jiaxuan He, Wenjun Zhu, et al.. (2020). Molecular domino reactor built by automated modular synthesis for cancer treatment. Theranostics. 10(9). 4030–4041. 14 indexed citations

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Peng, Ruizi, Liujun Xu, Huijing Wang, et al.. (2020). DNA-based artificial molecular signaling system that mimics basic elements of reception and response. Nature Communications. 11(1). 978–978. 81 indexed citations

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Bhat, Ramray, Tilmann Glimm, Marta Linde‐Medina, Cheng Cui, & Stuart A. Newman. (2019). Synchronization of Hes1 oscillations coordinates and refines condensation formation and patterning of the avian limb skeleton. Mechanisms of Development. 156. 41–54. 16 indexed citations

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Hou, Weijia, Yuan Liu, Ying Jiang, et al.. (2018). Aptamer-based multifunctional ligand-modified UCNPs for targeted PDT and bioimaging. Nanoscale. 10(23). 10986–10990. 40 indexed citations

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Liu, Yuan, Weijia Hou, Lian Xia, et al.. (2018). ZrMOF nanoparticles as quenchers to conjugate DNA aptamers for target-induced bioimaging and photodynamic therapy. Chemical Science. 9(38). 7505–7509. 124 indexed citations

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Pang, Xuehui, Cheng Cui, Minhui Su, et al.. (2018). Construction of self-powered cytosensing device based on ZnO nanodisks@g-C3N4 quantum dots and application in the detection of CCRF-CEM cells. Nano Energy. 46. 101–109. 88 indexed citations

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Su, Min, Cheng Cui, Xiaohong Tian, et al.. (2017). ESC-derived thymic epithelial cells expressing MOG prevents EAE by central and peripheral tolerance mechanisms. Cellular Immunology. 322. 84–91. 10 indexed citations

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Cui, Cheng, Helin Feng, Xinli Shi, et al.. (2015). Artesunate down-regulates immunosuppression from colorectal cancer Colon26 and RKO cells in vitro by decreasing transforming growth factor β1 and interleukin-10. International Immunopharmacology. 27(1). 110–121. 37 indexed citations

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Cui, Cheng, et al.. (2010). Comparision of down-regulating effects of different anti-tumor traditional Chinese medicines on immunosuppressions caused by colorectal tumor cells.. 25(3). 300–304. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuejiao, Xinge Zhang, Zhongming Wu, et al.. (2010). A hydrotropic β-cyclodextrin grafted hyperbranched polyglycerol co-polymer for hydrophobic drug delivery. Acta Biomaterialia. 7(2). 585–592. 61 indexed citations

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Cui, Cheng, Brenda J. Rongish, Charles D. Little, & Rusty Lansford. (2007). Ex Ovo Electroporation of DNA Vectors into Pre-gastrulation Avian Embryos. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2007(12). pdb.prot4894–pdb.prot4894. 5 indexed citations

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