Darlene Dai

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 592 citations indexed

About

Darlene Dai is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Darlene Dai has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 592 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Darlene Dai's work include Asthma and respiratory diseases (7 papers), Gut microbiota and health (7 papers) and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery (4 papers). Darlene Dai is often cited by papers focused on Asthma and respiratory diseases (7 papers), Gut microbiota and health (7 papers) and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery (4 papers). Darlene Dai collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Malaysia. Darlene Dai's co-authors include Stuart E. Turvey, Piush J. Mandhane, Theo J. Moraes, Padmaja Subbarao, Meghan B. Azad, Charisse Petersen, Zsuzsanna Hollander, B. Brett Finlay, Allan B. Becker and Malcolm R. Sears and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Darlene Dai

25 papers receiving 589 citations

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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.

Delayed gut microbiota maturation in the first year of life is a hallmark of pediatric allergic disease

2023 77 citations Darlene Dai, Kate L. Del Bel et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Darlene Dai Canada	14	283	154	98	83	78	28	592
Meng‐Han Chiang Taiwan	14	291 1.0×	186 1.2×	99 1.0×	51 0.6×	28 0.4×	25	505
Anna Forsberg Sweden	8	117 0.4×	124 0.8×	52 0.5×	64 0.8×	66 0.8×	13	396
Lawrence Shih-Hsin Wu Taiwan	14	163 0.6×	151 1.0×	84 0.9×	50 0.6×	37 0.5×	39	512
Terhi Ruohtula Finland	10	511 1.8×	157 1.0×	66 0.7×	16 0.2×	82 1.1×	15	933
Zhaowei Yang China	17	323 1.1×	213 1.4×	172 1.8×	84 1.0×	20 0.3×	34	840
Han‐Ki Park South Korea	16	219 0.8×	259 1.7×	160 1.6×	34 0.4×	19 0.2×	48	739
Hau Chuang Taiwan	15	172 0.6×	221 1.4×	106 1.1×	48 0.6×	81 1.0×	19	773
Stéphanie Brand Germany	13	302 1.1×	371 2.4×	115 1.2×	120 1.4×	38 0.5×	20	829
Mary Rauff Singapore	14	158 0.6×	72 0.5×	23 0.2×	27 0.3×	155 2.0×	34	871
Carrie‐Anne Malinczak United States	14	98 0.3×	87 0.6×	122 1.2×	38 0.5×	45 0.6×	25	468

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Darlene Dai

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Ambalavanan, Amirthagowri, Yang Zhang, Charisse Petersen, et al.. (2025). Gene-by-environment interactions modulate the infant gut microbiota in asthma and atopy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 156(2). 433–448. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Zihang, Charisse Petersen, Ruixue Dai, et al.. (2025). Early-preschool wheeze trajectories are predominantly nonallergic with distinct biologic and microbiome traits. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 156(6). 1556–1572.

Dai, Darlene, Geoffrey L. Winsor, Fiona S. L. Brinkman, et al.. (2025). Exploring the potential mediating role of systemic antibiotics in the association between early-life lower respiratory tract infections and asthma at age 5 in the CHILD study. Frontiers in Allergy. 5. 1463867–1463867.

Dai, Darlene, Biswajit Chowdhury, Theo J. Moraes, et al.. (2024). Antibiotics taken within the first year of life are linked to infant gut microbiome disruption and elevated atopic dermatitis risk. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 154(1). 131–142. 16 indexed citations

Dai, Darlene, Charisse Petersen, & Stuart E. Turvey. (2024). Reduce, reinforce, and replenish: safeguarding the early-life microbiota to reduce intergenerational health disparities. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1455503–1455503. 1 indexed citations

Dai, Darlene, Kate L. Del Bel, Allan B. Becker, et al.. (2023). Delayed gut microbiota maturation in the first year of life is a hallmark of pediatric allergic disease. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4785–4785. 77 indexed citations breakdown →

Dai, Darlene, Charisse Petersen, Kate L. Del Bel, et al.. (2023). Breastfeeding enrichment of B. longum subsp. infantis mitigates the effect of antibiotics on the microbiota and childhood asthma risk. Med. 4(2). 92–112.e5. 46 indexed citations

Dai, Darlene, Bhavi P. Modi, Elizabeth Garabedian, et al.. (2022). Inborn Errors of Immunity Associated With Type 2 Inflammation in the USIDNET Registry. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 831279–831279. 7 indexed citations

Petersen, Charisse, Darlene Dai, Ruixue Dai, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal body mass index trajectories at preschool age: children with rapid growth have differential composition of the gut microbiota in the first year of life. International Journal of Obesity. 46(7). 1351–1358. 14 indexed citations

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Sbihi, Hind, K. E. Simmons, Malcolm R. Sears, et al.. (2021). Early‐life cytomegalovirus infection is associated with gut microbiota perturbations and increased risk of atopy. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 33(1). e13658–e13658. 10 indexed citations

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Petersen, Charisse, Darlene Dai, Rozlyn C. T. Boutin, et al.. (2021). A rich meconium metabolome in human infants is associated with early-life gut microbiota composition and reduced allergic sensitization. Cell Reports Medicine. 2(5). 100260–100260. 40 indexed citations

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Cait, Alissa, Erick Cardenas, Pedro A. Dimitriu, et al.. (2019). Reduced genetic potential for butyrate fermentation in the gut microbiome of infants who develop allergic sensitization. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 144(6). 1638–1647.e3. 110 indexed citations

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Singh, Amrit, Darlene Dai, Virginia Chen, et al.. (2019). Ensembling Electrical and Proteogenomics Biomarkers for Improved Prediction of Cardiac-Related 3-Month Hospitalizations: A Pilot Study. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 35(4). 471–479. 3 indexed citations

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Anwar, M. Akhtar, Darlene Dai, J. Wilson-McManus, et al.. (2019). Multiplexed LC–ESI–MRM‐MS‐based Assay for Identification of Coronary Artery Disease Biomarkers in Human Plasma. PROTEOMICS - CLINICAL APPLICATIONS. 13(4). e1700111–e1700111. 13 indexed citations

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Roberts, James M., Darlene Dai, Zsuzsanna Hollander, et al.. (2017). Multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry to identify novel plasma protein biomarkers of treatment response in cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 17(3). 333–340. 10 indexed citations

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Leung, Janice M., Virginia Chen, Zsuzsanna Hollander, et al.. (2016). COPD Exacerbation Biomarkers Validated Using Multiple Reaction Monitoring Mass Spectrometry. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0161129–e0161129. 17 indexed citations

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Hollander, Zsuzsanna, Darlene Dai, Brendan Putko, et al.. (2015). Gender-Specific Plasma Proteomic Biomarkers in Patients with Anderson–Fabry disease. European Journal of Heart Failure. 17(3). 291–300. 42 indexed citations

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Quon, Bradley S., Darlene Dai, Zsuzsanna Hollander, et al.. (2015). Discovery of novel plasma protein biomarkers to predict imminent cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations using multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry. Thorax. 71(3). 216–222. 31 indexed citations

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Tremlett, Helen, Darlene Dai, Zsuzsanna Hollander, et al.. (2015). Serum proteomics in multiple sclerosis disease progression. Journal of Proteomics. 118. 2–11. 27 indexed citations

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Meredith, Anna, Darlene Dai, Virginia Chen, et al.. (2015). Circulating Biomarker Responses to Medical Management vs. Mechanical Circulatory Support in Severe Inotrope-Dependent Acute Heart Failure. ESC Heart Failure. 3(2). 86–96. 4 indexed citations

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