Defa Huang

628 total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 412 citations indexed

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Defa Huang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Defa Huang has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 412 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Defa Huang's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (21 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (17 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (4 papers). Defa Huang is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (21 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (17 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (4 papers). Defa Huang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Defa Huang's co-authors include Tianyu Zhong, Die Hu, Fangfang Xie, Yu Jiang, Jianing Zhong, Mi Lai, Yongwei Xiao, Wenjuan Zhang, Bo Yin and Zhengzhe Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Analytical Biochemistry and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Defa Huang

27 papers receiving 412 citations

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Research progress of CTC, ctDNA, and EVs in cancer liquid biopsy

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Defa Huang China	12	269	157	54	51	49	30	412
Jiaxing Wang China	10	366 1.4×	169 1.1×	45 0.8×	38 0.7×	40 0.8×	23	471
Lee Chuen Liew Japan	8	248 0.9×	131 0.8×	45 0.8×	28 0.5×	32 0.7×	12	369
Daniela Marchetti Italy	10	351 1.3×	145 0.9×	65 1.2×	24 0.5×	55 1.1×	21	495
Mary C. Whelan United States	10	274 1.0×	94 0.6×	31 0.6×	45 0.9×	49 1.0×	13	496
T Ravindranath India	7	208 0.8×	195 1.2×	27 0.5×	65 1.3×	45 0.9×	10	428
Wilson Cheuk Wing Chan Hong Kong	7	265 1.0×	71 0.5×	41 0.8×	27 0.5×	56 1.1×	8	473
Elina Idiiatullina China	9	235 0.9×	106 0.7×	34 0.6×	51 1.0×	23 0.5×	11	445
Di Tang China	12	168 0.6×	110 0.7×	37 0.7×	23 0.5×	58 1.2×	17	376
J.J. Guo China	13	306 1.1×	211 1.3×	29 0.5×	50 1.0×	71 1.4×	23	534

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Wang, Xingdong, et al.. (2025). Extracellular vesicles in laboratory medicine: a review and outlook. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 13. 1709461–1709461. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Defa, Jie Chen, Haibin Shen, et al.. (2025). Plant-derived extracellular vesicles: composition, function and clinical potential. Journal of Translational Medicine. 23(1). 1065–1065. 3 indexed citations

Shen, Haibin, Die Hu, Fangfang Xie, et al.. (2025). Research progress of extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1496304–1496304. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Defa, Zhihai Peng, Hao He, et al.. (2025). Progress of mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes in targeted delivery of antitumor drugs. Cancer Cell International. 25(1). 169–169. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Defa, et al.. (2025). Advances in the mechanism of small extracellular vesicles promoting the development of hepatocellular carcinoma through multi-network fusion. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1558468–1558468.

Huang, Defa, et al.. (2024). Role of mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes in the regeneration of different tissues. Journal of Biological Engineering. 18(1). 36–36. 13 indexed citations

Huang, Defa, Wenjuan Zhang, Jie Chen, et al.. (2023). Hepatocellular carcinoma cell-derived small extracellular vesicle-associated CD147 serves as a diagnostic marker and promotes endothelial cell angiogenesis via the PI3K/Akt pathway. PubMed. 4(4). 532–47. 7 indexed citations

Shen, Haibin, et al.. (2023). Role of exosomes in the development, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Molecular Medicine. 29(1). 136–136. 11 indexed citations

Huang, Defa, et al.. (2023). Role of exosomes in non-small cell lung cancer and EGFR-mutated lung cancer. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1142539–1142539. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiali, Defa Huang, Xianbin Lan, et al.. (2023). Application of small extracellular vesicles in the diagnosis and prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1100941–1100941. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoxing, et al.. (2023). An Enrichment Method for Small Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Liver Cancer Tissue. Journal of Visualized Experiments.

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Xia, Peng, Haitao Yuan, Ming Tian, et al.. (2022). Surface‐Engineered Extracellular Vesicles with CDH17 Nanobodies to Efficiently Deliver Imaging Probes and Chemo‐Photothermal Drugs for Gastric Cancer Theragnostic. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(7). 27 indexed citations

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Huang, Defa, et al.. (2022). The role and application of small extracellular vesicles in breast cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 980404–980404. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Jie, et al.. (2022). Current perspectives on clinical use of exosomes as novel biomarkers for cancer diagnosis. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 966981–966981. 16 indexed citations

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Huang, Defa, et al.. (2022). Application of extracellular vesicles proteins in cancer diagnosis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 1007360–1007360. 16 indexed citations

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Huang, Defa, et al.. (2022). Advances in Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes as Drug Delivery Vehicles. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 797359–797359. 76 indexed citations

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Cao, Wenling, Jie Chen, Defa Huang, et al.. (2021). Rapid diagnosis of seven high-risk human papillomavirus subtypes by a novel loop-mediated isothermal amplification method. Molecular and Cellular Probes. 61. 101787–101787. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai‐Yun, Mengmeng Wang, Die Hu, et al.. (2021). Single probe PCR melting curve analysis MTHFR C677T SNP sites. Analytical Biochemistry. 619. 114102–114102. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Jie, Defa Huang, Zhengzhe Li, et al.. (2021). Comparison of the Variability of Small Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Human Liver Cancer Tissues and Cultured from the Tissue Explants Based on a Simple Enrichment Method. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 18(3). 1067–1077. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Die, Fangfang Xie, Yongwei Xiao, et al.. (2021). Metformin: A Potential Candidate for Targeting Aging Mechanisms. Aging and Disease. 12(2). 480–480. 45 indexed citations

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