Hong Cai

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
157 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Hong Cai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Hong Cai has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Immunology and 21 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Hong Cai's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (15 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (12 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers). Hong Cai is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (15 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (12 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (11 papers). Hong Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Hong Cai's co-authors include Bing Xia, Jianglin Ma, Jingru Li, Lin Ye, Jiaxue Wu, Xiaochun Yu, Feng Zhang, George Zillante, Jian Zuo and Jiayun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Hong Cai

152 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mitophagy alleviates cisplatin-induced renal tubular epithelial cell ferroptosis through ROS/HO-1/GPX4 axis

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hong Cai China	31	2.2k	556	526	470	460	157	4.1k
Pantelis G. Bagos Greece	38	2.0k 0.9×	307 0.6×	492 0.9×	187 0.4×	382 0.8×	160	4.8k
Jonas S. Almeida United States	39	2.9k 1.3×	276 0.5×	388 0.7×	163 0.3×	275 0.6×	139	5.5k
Yuan Yuan China	42	2.1k 0.9×	591 1.1×	408 0.8×	822 1.7×	372 0.8×	393	6.5k
Andrew R. Jones United Kingdom	36	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 2.3×	265 0.5×	337 0.7×	452 1.0×	162	5.2k
Eugene Kolker United States	29	7.5k 3.3×	701 1.3×	939 1.8×	614 1.3×	542 1.2×	94	10.8k
Balasubramanian Narasimhan United States	30	2.4k 1.1×	434 0.8×	600 1.1×	687 1.5×	404 0.9×	67	5.5k
Florian Reisinger United Kingdom	26	5.2k 2.3×	1.1k 2.0×	477 0.9×	669 1.4×	869 1.9×	44	8.0k
Ruchir Shah United States	27	2.6k 1.1×	429 0.8×	354 0.7×	624 1.3×	275 0.6×	73	4.1k
Hsueh‐Wei Chang Taiwan	42	3.5k 1.6×	379 0.7×	562 1.1×	673 1.4×	566 1.2×	283	7.1k
Sascha Dietrich Germany	32	2.0k 0.9×	614 1.1×	584 1.1×	1.2k 2.5×	315 0.7×	158	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Hong Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hong Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hong Cai

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cai, Hong, et al.. (2025). Hepatoprotective Properties of Acacia nilotica Bark Extract against H2O2 Induced Oxidative Damage in Normal Liver (LO2) and Cancer (HepG2) Cells. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research. 59(1). 370–376. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Yi, Zhengjie Wang, Xinran Zhang, et al.. (2025). Targeting the liquid-liquid phase separation of nucleocapsid broadly inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 strains. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 756. 151594–151594.

Cai, Hong, Jiayi Yan, Shang Liu, et al.. (2023). Paxlovid for hospitalized COVID-19 patients with chronic kidney disease. Antiviral Research. 216. 105659–105659. 12 indexed citations

Yu, Yu, Miao Wang, Jie Mao, et al.. (2023). Meloxicam inhibits STING phosphorylation and alleviates intracellular DNA-mediated autoimmune responses. Cell & Bioscience. 13(1). 7 indexed citations

Yan, Jiayi, Xiaoqian Yang, Hong Cai, et al.. (2023). Metabolic Risk Profile and Graft Function Deterioration 2 Years After Kidney Transplant. JAMA Network Open. 6(12). e2349538–e2349538. 3 indexed citations

Cai, Hong, Weiming Zhang, Mingli Zhu, et al.. (2016). Serum phosphorus variation is associated with mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients. 32(7). 487–493. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Hai, Xiong Zhu, Hong Cai, et al.. (2015). [Discovery of Burkholderia Thailandensis isolated from melioidosis endemic areas of Hainan China].. PubMed. 36(1). 97–8. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Yuan, et al.. (2015). The rLrp of Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibits proinflammatory cytokine production and downregulates APC function in mouse macrophages via a TLR2-mediated PI3K/Akt pathway activation-dependent mechanism. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 13(6). 729–745. 30 indexed citations

Huo, Yanying, Hong Cai, Irina Teplova, et al.. (2013). Autophagy Opposes p53-Mediated Tumor Barrier to Facilitate Tumorigenesis in a Model of PALB2 -Associated Hereditary Breast Cancer. Cancer Discovery. 3(8). 894–907. 111 indexed citations

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Chen, Suting, et al.. (2009). A Combined DNA Vaccine Provides Protective Immunity Against Mycobacterium bovis and Brucella abortus in Cattle. DNA and Cell Biology. 28(4). 191–199. 30 indexed citations

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Li, Min, et al.. (2008). The Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptide KLKL ₅ KLK Enhances the Protection and Efficacy of the Combined DNA Vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. DNA and Cell Biology. 27(8). 405–413. 14 indexed citations

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Cai, Hong, et al.. (2007). A Combined DNA Vaccine Encoding BCSP31, SOD, and L7/L12 Confers High Protection Against Brucella abortus 2308 by Inducing Specific CTL Responses. DNA and Cell Biology. 26(6). 435–443. 36 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liang‐Jie, Jia Zhang, & Hong Cai. (2007). Services Computing: Core Enabling Technology of the Modern Services Industry. 22 indexed citations

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Cai, Hong, et al.. (2007). [Study on processing method of Cistanche tubulosa].. PubMed. 32(13). 1289–91. 5 indexed citations

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Cai, Hong, et al.. (2006). A Combined DNA Vaccine-Prime, BCG-Boost Strategy Results in Better Protection Against Mycobacterium bovis Challenge. DNA and Cell Biology. 25(8). 438–447. 35 indexed citations

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Wang, Tianyi, Tsung‐Hsien Chuang, Tapani Ronni, et al.. (2006). Flightless I Homolog Negatively Modulates the TLR Pathway. The Journal of Immunology. 176(3). 1355–1362. 56 indexed citations

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Cai, Hong, et al.. (2005). Coadministration of Interleukin 2 Plasmid DNA with Combined DNA Vaccines Significantly Enhances the Protective Efficacy Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. DNA and Cell Biology. 24(10). 605–613. 15 indexed citations

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Cai, Hong, et al.. (2005). Combined DNA vaccine encapsulated in microspheres enhanced protection efficacy against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of mice. Vaccine. 23(32). 4167–4174. 25 indexed citations

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Hai, Rong, et al.. (2002). Molecular biology character of Yersinia pestis strains isolated from Shiqu countyt, Sichuan Province, China. Zhongguo meijie shengwuxue ji kongzhi zazhi. 13(5). 48–52. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Mingkui, et al.. (1998). Triterpenoid saponins from Berneuxia thebetica. Phytochemistry. 48(8). 1411–1414. 8 indexed citations

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