Dawei Liu

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Dawei Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawei Liu has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cancer Research and 11 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Dawei Liu's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (10 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Dawei Liu is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (10 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (7 papers). Dawei Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Dawei Liu's co-authors include Randall L. Duncan, Damian C. Genetos, Feizhe Xiao, Xujia Wu, Nu Zhang, Fanying Li, Xin Xia, Maolei Zhang, Huangkai Zhou and Charles H. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Dawei Liu

80 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Circular RNA-encoded oncogenic E-cadherin variant promotes glioblastoma tumorigenicity through activation of EGFR–STAT3 signalling

2021 262 citations Xin Xia, Fanying Li et al. profile →
Nuclear export of circular RNA

2024 60 citations Andrew G. Bert, B. Kate Dredge et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dawei Liu China	27	1.9k	823	412	304	214	83	3.0k
Jianquan Chen China	28	1.9k 1.0×	371 0.5×	533 1.3×	390 1.3×	185 0.9×	103	3.0k
Lijun Wang China	34	2.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.2×	214 0.5×	259 0.9×	184 0.9×	131	3.8k
Shunji Hattori Japan	33	1.5k 0.8×	439 0.5×	268 0.7×	281 0.9×	253 1.2×	168	3.5k
Xin Fu China	33	1.8k 1.0×	735 0.9×	214 0.5×	332 1.1×	262 1.2×	112	3.1k
Haiyan Chen China	31	1.9k 1.0×	344 0.4×	310 0.8×	287 0.9×	381 1.8×	112	3.2k
Wai Kit Chu Hong Kong	28	1.7k 0.9×	308 0.4×	235 0.6×	389 1.3×	139 0.6×	98	2.8k
Shingo Sato Japan	26	2.0k 1.1×	593 0.7×	355 0.9×	751 2.5×	332 1.6×	127	3.5k
Hua Pan United States	37	2.7k 1.4×	670 0.8×	459 1.1×	314 1.0×	546 2.6×	160	4.7k
Hui Ren China	36	1.8k 0.9×	745 0.9×	111 0.3×	452 1.5×	170 0.8×	176	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dawei Liu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Dawei, Xing Wang, Letao Xu, et al.. (2025). Screening lipid nanoparticles using DNA barcoding and qPCR. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 251. 114598–114598. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Dawei, Xing Wang, Yali Zhang, et al.. (2025). A Dual-Selection System for Enhanced Efficiency and Fidelity of Circular RNA Overexpression. Journal of Molecular Biology. 437(10). 169064–169064. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jiaxin, et al.. (2025). Intracranial Artery Calcification Relates to Brain Damage and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Receiving Intravenous Thrombolysis. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 33(2). 153–163. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Letao, Rui Chen, Xing Wang, et al.. (2025). DNA Barcoding‐Enabled Tracking of Lipid Nanoparticles: Drug‐Loading‐Dependent Biodistribution and Tumor Microenvironment Targeting. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(24). e2501914–e2501914. 2 indexed citations

Bert, Andrew G., B. Kate Dredge, Vincent J. Murphy, et al.. (2024). Nuclear export of circular RNA. Nature. 627(8002). 212–220. 60 indexed citations breakdown →

Guo, Tao, et al.. (2024). The Lung-Brain Axis: Genetic Evidence for Causal Effects of Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, and Chronic Rhinosinusitis on Brain Structure. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 186(7). 619–630.

Pillman, Katherine A., B. Kate Dredge, Dawei Liu, et al.. (2023). On the rules of engagement for microRNAs targeting protein coding regions. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(18). 9938–9951. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Dawei, B. Kate Dredge, Andrew G. Bert, et al.. (2023). ESRP1 controls biogenesis and function of a large abundant multiexon circRNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(3). 1387–1403. 16 indexed citations

Kurosaki, Mami, Mineko Terao, Dawei Liu, et al.. (2021). A DOCK1 Gene-Derived Circular RNA Is Highly Expressed in Luminal Mammary Tumours and Is Involved in the Epithelial Differentiation, Growth, and Motility of Breast Cancer Cells. Cancers. 13(21). 5325–5325. 7 indexed citations

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Dong, Lei, et al.. (2021). Jolkinolide B attenuates laryngeal cancer cell growth and induces apoptosis via PTEN/PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal. 57(8). 786–794. 8 indexed citations

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Xia, Xin, Xixi Li, Fanying Li, et al.. (2019). A novel tumor suppressor protein encoded by circular AKT3 RNA inhibits glioblastoma tumorigenicity by competing with active phosphoinositide-dependent Kinase-1. Molecular Cancer. 18(1). 131–131. 256 indexed citations

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Liu, Dawei, et al.. (2019). Astragalin reduces lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in rats via induction of heme oxygenase-1. Archives of Pharmacal Research. 42(8). 704–711. 26 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jing, Jibin Li, Jingyan Wang, et al.. (2018). Quantitative analysis of neurite orientation dispersion and density imaging in grading gliomas and detecting IDH-1 gene mutation status. NeuroImage Clinical. 19. 174–181. 29 indexed citations

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Li, Yuqing, et al.. (2017). Evidence for Kaposi Sarcoma Originating from Mesenchymal Stem Cell through KSHV-induced Mesenchymal-to-Endothelial Transition. Cancer Research. 78(1). 230–245. 59 indexed citations

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Wang, Zemin, Dawei Liu, Audrey Varin, et al.. (2016). A cardiac mitochondrial cAMP signaling pathway regulates calcium accumulation, permeability transition and cell death. Cell Death and Disease. 7(4). e2198–e2198. 89 indexed citations

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Weickert, Thomas W., Danielle Weinberg, Rhoshel Lenroot, et al.. (2015). Adjunctive raloxifene treatment improves attention and memory in men and women with schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry. 20(6). 685–694. 109 indexed citations

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Duan, Xiaoqin, Xiuyun Zhang, Ying Wang, et al.. (2014). Fluoride Affects Calcium Homeostasis and Osteogenic Transcription Factor Expressions Through L-type Calcium Channels in Osteoblast Cell Line. Biological Trace Element Research. 162(1-3). 219–226. 15 indexed citations

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Shaukat, Zeeshan, Dawei Liu, Amanda Choo, et al.. (2014). Chromosomal instability causes sensitivity to metabolic stress. Oncogene. 34(31). 4044–4055. 36 indexed citations

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Gao, Zhenhua, et al.. (2010). Comparative study on imaging and pathological features of elastofibroma dorsi. Chinese Journal of Cancer. 29(7). 703–708. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Dawei, Damian C. Genetos, Ying Shao, et al.. (2007). Activation of extracellular-signal regulated kinase (ERK1/2) by fluid shear is Ca2+- and ATP-dependent in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts. Bone. 42(4). 644–652. 146 indexed citations

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