Houkai Li

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Houkai Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Houkai Li has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Physiology and 20 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Houkai Li's work include Gut microbiota and health (35 papers), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (21 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers). Houkai Li is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (35 papers), Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (21 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (19 papers). Houkai Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Macao. Houkai Li's co-authors include Wei Jia, Junli Ma, Jeremy K. Nicholson, Liping Zhao, Lili Sheng, He Jiaojiao, Ningning Zheng, Yunping Qiu, Guoxiang Xie and Xiaojiao Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Houkai Li

72 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Desulfovibrio vulgaris, a potent acetic acid-producing bacterium, attenuates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice

2021 207 citations Ying Hong, Lili Sheng et al. Gut Microbes profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Houkai Li China	33	2.6k	1.1k	858	341	306	76	4.0k
Abdullah Shaito Qatar	22	2.2k 0.8×	948 0.9×	401 0.5×	318 0.9×	161 0.5×	61	4.2k
Yan Yang China	39	2.1k 0.8×	617 0.6×	646 0.8×	548 1.6×	212 0.7×	218	5.3k
Xiaojiao Zheng China	40	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.4×	321 0.9×	255 0.8×	98	5.3k
Long Yi China	37	2.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	985 1.1×	418 1.2×	190 0.6×	95	4.9k
Bina Joe United States	37	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	405 0.5×	598 1.8×	212 0.7×	181	5.6k
Chih‐Jung Chang Taiwan	24	2.4k 0.9×	921 0.8×	371 0.4×	211 0.6×	287 0.9×	60	3.9k
Leonilde Bonfrate Italy	29	1.4k 0.5×	768 0.7×	830 1.0×	361 1.1×	161 0.5×	74	3.4k
Fermín Sánchez de Medina Spain	41	2.6k 1.0×	703 0.6×	543 0.6×	448 1.3×	389 1.3×	126	5.7k
María Victoria García‐Mediavilla Spain	28	1.6k 0.6×	809 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	597 1.8×	274 0.9×	43	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Houkai Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Houkai Li

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

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Tang, Qun, Xiaoyang Wang, Chunmei Wang, et al.. (2025). Discovery of 3,4-dihydropyrimidine derivatives as novel Anti-PEDV agents targeting viral internalization through a unique calcium homeostasis disruption mechanism. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 291. 117637–117637.

Bao, Yiyang, Wenjing Wei, Xuefei Yu, et al.. (2025). Aged Gut Microbiota Contributes to Cognitive Impairment and Hippocampal Synapse Loss in Mice. Aging Cell. 24(7). e70064–e70064. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Gaosong, Yuhao Zhang, Jing Zhao, et al.. (2024). Shexiang Baoxin Pill enriches Lactobacillus to regulate purine metabolism in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Phytomedicine. 130. 155727–155727. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Xinxin, Zhigang Zhu, Yiyang Bao, et al.. (2024). Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat extract and probiotics combination ameliorates metabolic disorders through regulating gut microbiota and PPARα subcellular localization. Chinese Medicine. 19(1). 76–76. 5 indexed citations

Zheng, Ningning, Hao Wang, Weize Zhu, Yan Li, & Houkai Li. (2023). Astragalus polysaccharide attenuates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease through THDCA in high-fat diet-fed mice. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 320. 117401–117401. 23 indexed citations

Wu, Gaosong, Yuhao Zhang, Ningning Zheng, et al.. (2023). Cold exposure promotes coronavirus infection by altering the gut microbiota and lipid metabolism to reduce host immunity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 216–231.

Zhang, Yuhao, Wendan Zhang, Jing Zhao, et al.. (2022). Different software processing affects the peak picking and metabolic pathway recognition of metabolomics data. Journal of Chromatography A. 1687. 463700–463700. 15 indexed citations

Wu, Gaosong, Wendan Zhang, Ningning Zheng, et al.. (2022). Integrated microbiome and metabolome analysis reveals the potential therapeutic mechanism of Qing-Fei-Pai-Du decoction in mice with coronavirus-induced pneumonia. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 12. 950983–950983. 19 indexed citations

Song, Nixue, Dayun Lu, Gaosong Wu, et al.. (2022). Serum proteomic analysis reveals the cardioprotective effects of Shexiang Baoxin Pill and Suxiao Jiuxin Pill in a rat model of acute myocardial infarction. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 293. 115279–115279. 15 indexed citations

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Gu, Yu, Tao-Fang Cheng, Jian Yang, et al.. (2022). A multiomics and network pharmacological study reveals the neuroprotective efficacy of Fu-Fang-Dan-Zhi tablets against glutamate-induced oxidative cell death. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 148. 105873–105873. 14 indexed citations

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Yan, Juan, Lili Sheng, & Houkai Li. (2021). Akkermansia muciniphila : is it the Holy Grail for ameliorating metabolic diseases?. Gut Microbes. 13(1). 1984104–1984104. 91 indexed citations

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Wu, Gaosong, Jing Zhong, Linlin Chen, et al.. (2020). Effects of the Suxiao Jiuxin pill on acute myocardial infarction assessed by comprehensive metabolomics. Phytomedicine. 77. 153291–153291. 14 indexed citations

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Wu, Gaosong, Weidong Zhang, & Houkai Li. (2019). Application of metabolomics for unveiling the therapeutic role of traditional Chinese medicine in metabolic diseases. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 242. 112057–112057. 40 indexed citations

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Zheng, Ningning, Yu Gu, Ying Hong, et al.. (2019). Vancomycin pretreatment attenuates acetaminophen-induced liver injury through 2-hydroxybutyric acid. Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis. 10(6). 560–570. 23 indexed citations

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Ma, Junli & Houkai Li. (2018). The Role of Gut Microbiota in Atherosclerosis and Hypertension. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9. 1082–1082. 173 indexed citations

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Ma, Junli, et al.. (2018). Mechanistic and therapeutic advances in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by targeting the gut microbiota. Frontiers of Medicine. 12(6). 645–657. 28 indexed citations

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Jiaojiao, He, et al.. (2016). Study on Anti-Obesity Effect and Modulation of Gut Microbiota by Astragalus Polysaccharides in Mice. 11(11). 2379–2384. 7 indexed citations

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Jiaojiao, He, Ke Wang, Ningning Zheng, et al.. (2015). Metformin suppressed the proliferation of LoVo cells and induced a time-dependent metabolic and transcriptional alteration. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17423–17423. 38 indexed citations

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Qiu, Yunping, Guoxiang Cai, Bingsen Zhou, et al.. (2014). A Distinct Metabolic Signature of Human Colorectal Cancer with Prognostic Potential. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(8). 2136–2146. 142 indexed citations

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Li, Houkai, Mingmei Zhou, Aihua Zhao, & Wei Jia. (2009). Traditional Chinese medicine: balancing the gut ecosystem. Phytotherapy Research. 23(9). 1332–1335. 49 indexed citations

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