Dan Cao

514 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 323 citations indexed

About

Dan Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Cao has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 323 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Dan Cao's work include HIV Research and Treatment (3 papers), Soybean genetics and cultivation (3 papers) and interferon and immune responses (2 papers). Dan Cao is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (3 papers), Soybean genetics and cultivation (3 papers) and interferon and immune responses (2 papers). Dan Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Dan Cao's co-authors include Yuxian Xiong, Bin Huang, Hao Huang, Guoliang Zhang, Xiaogang Niu, Ziyang Fu, Shuyan Liu, Zhihong Liu, Yong Zhao and Ming Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Cell Reports.

In The Last Decade

Dan Cao

12 papers receiving 319 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The complex structure of GRL0617 and SARS-CoV-2 PLpro reveals a hot spot for antiviral drug discovery

2021 217 citations Ziyang Fu, Bin Huang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dan Cao China	6	179	124	112	77	28	12	323
Yuxian Xiong China	5	170 0.9×	112 0.9×	112 1.0×	72 0.9×	18 0.6×	6	284
Maria I. Luck United States	3	230 1.3×	89 0.7×	101 0.9×	22 0.3×	25 0.9×	4	300
Yinkai Duan China	5	318 1.8×	155 1.3×	202 1.8×	35 0.5×	27 1.0×	7	459
Florian Seitz Germany	6	308 1.7×	162 1.3×	68 0.6×	36 0.5×	40 1.4×	11	514
Rajarshi Roy India	12	79 0.4×	214 1.7×	121 1.1×	57 0.7×	22 0.8×	31	402
Colin Anthony South Africa	10	161 0.9×	196 1.6×	47 0.4×	154 2.0×	52 1.9×	10	501
Yuxi Lin China	8	121 0.7×	141 1.1×	142 1.3×	59 0.8×	12 0.4×	15	332
Brendan T. Freitas United States	7	229 1.3×	129 1.0×	108 1.0×	114 1.5×	24 0.9×	9	365
Vishal Prashar India	9	245 1.4×	199 1.6×	73 0.7×	30 0.4×	19 0.7×	22	439
Nicole L. Inniss United States	6	101 0.6×	110 0.9×	61 0.5×	36 0.5×	22 0.8×	14	223

Countries citing papers authored by Dan Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dan Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dan Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dan Cao 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 Dan Cao. Dan Cao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Yao, Yubo, Jun Yan, Xiaofei Tang, et al.. (2025). Exogenous Cytokinins Regulate Nitrogen Metabolism in Soybean Under Low Phosphorus Stress. Agronomy. 15(6). 1459–1459. 1 indexed citations

2.

Huang, Bin, Dan Cao, Xiao Yuan, et al.. (2024). USP7 deubiquitinates KRAS and promotes non-small cell lung cancer. Cell Reports. 43(11). 114917–114917. 6 indexed citations

3.

Su, Han, Dan Cao, Qingxia Meng, et al.. (2024). Mitochondria-targeted antioxidant mitoquinone mitigates vitrification-induced damage in mouse ovarian tissue by maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis via the p38 MAPK pathway. European journal of medical research. 29(1). 593–593. 4 indexed citations

4.

Huang, Hao, Bin Huang, Ziyang Fu, et al.. (2024). Structural insights into the biochemical mechanism of the E2/E3 hybrid enzyme UBE2O. Structure. 33(2). 274–288.e4. 2 indexed citations

5.

Tang, Xiaofei, et al.. (2023). Identification of an important QTL for seed oil content in soybean. Molecular Breeding. 43(6). 43–43. 12 indexed citations

6.

Xiong, Yuxian, Bin Huang, Ying Yang, et al.. (2023). The substrate selectivity of papain-like proteases from human-infecting coronaviruses correlates with innate immune suppression. Science Signaling. 16(783). eade1985–eade1985. 11 indexed citations

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Cao, Dan, Lian Duan, Bin Huang, et al.. (2023). The SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease suppresses type I interferon responses by deubiquitinating STING. Science Signaling. 16(783). eadd0082–eadd0082. 35 indexed citations

8.

Liu, Xinlei, et al.. (2022). QTL Mapping of Palmitic Acid Content Using Specific-Locus Amplified Fragment Sequencing (SLAF-Seq) Genotyping in Soybeans (Glycine max L.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(19). 11273–11273. 5 indexed citations

9.

Fu, Ziyang, Bin Huang, Jinle Tang, et al.. (2021). The complex structure of GRL0617 and SARS-CoV-2 PLpro reveals a hot spot for antiviral drug discovery. Nature Communications. 12(1). 488–488. 217 indexed citations breakdown →

10.

Zhao, Yuechao, et al.. (2021). [Prevalence and related factors of CD4⁺T lymphocytes immune recovery among adult HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture].. PubMed. 42(6). 1050–1055. 2 indexed citations

11.

Cao, Dan, et al.. (2020). Exosomes in Hepatitis B Virus Transmission and Related Immune Response. The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine. 252(4). 309–320. 27 indexed citations

12.

Chen, Mingsheng, et al.. (2016). [HIV drug resistance analysis among Burmese with antiretroviral treatment in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province].. PubMed. 50(11). 1008–1010. 1 indexed citations

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