Houping Ni

6.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
39 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Houping Ni is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Houping Ni has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Immunology and 12 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Houping Ni's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (12 papers) and Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (10 papers). Houping Ni is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (12 papers) and Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (10 papers). Houping Ni collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Canada. Houping Ni's co-authors include Drew Weissman, Katalin Karikó, Michael Buckstein, John Capodici, Marc S. Lamphier, Georgetta Cannon, Virgil Percec, Elena N. Atochina‐Vasserman, Devendra S. Maurya and Nathan Ona and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Houping Ni

39 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Suppression of RNA Recognition by Toll-like Receptors: Th... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2005 2004 2017 2023 2021 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Suppression of RNA Recognition by Toll-like Receptors: The Impact of Nucleoside Modification and the Evolutionary Origin of RNA
    2005 1.8k citations Katalin Karikó, Michael Buckstein et al. Immunity profile →
  2. mRNA Is an Endogenous Ligand for Toll-like Receptor 3
    2004 854 citations Katalin Karikó, Houping Ni et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
  3. Administration of nucleoside-modified mRNA encoding broadly neutralizing antibody protects humanized mice from HIV-1 challenge
    2017 267 citations Norbert Pardi, Anthony Secreto et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. In vivo hematopoietic stem cell modification by mRNA delivery
    2023 176 citations Houping Ni, Barbara L. Mui et al. profile →
  5. One-Component Multifunctional Sequence-Defined Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimer Delivery Systems for mRNA
    2021 123 citations Dapeng Zhang, Elena N. Atochina‐Vasserman et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. The Unexpected Importance of the Primary Structure of the Hydrophobic Part of One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers in Targeted mRNA Delivery Activity
    2022 87 citations Dapeng Zhang, Elena N. Atochina‐Vasserman et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Houping Ni United States 20 2.7k 1.6k 709 574 399 39 4.4k
Mariola Fotin‐Mleczek Germany 28 3.6k 1.3× 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.5× 780 1.4× 310 0.8× 38 4.8k
Steve Pascolo Switzerland 35 2.5k 0.9× 2.4k 1.5× 517 0.7× 660 1.1× 147 0.4× 100 4.1k
Sudhir Pai Kasturi United States 18 1.7k 0.6× 2.3k 1.4× 524 0.7× 250 0.4× 378 0.9× 22 3.9k
Richard Wubbolts Netherlands 35 3.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 329 0.5× 278 0.5× 690 1.7× 59 5.2k
N. Manjunath United States 36 3.2k 1.2× 3.2k 2.0× 474 0.7× 692 1.2× 868 2.2× 67 6.8k
Stefan Lienenklaus Germany 41 2.0k 0.8× 3.5k 2.2× 836 1.2× 404 0.7× 281 0.7× 108 5.8k
Lung‐Ji Chang United States 35 1.8k 0.7× 794 0.5× 592 0.8× 992 1.7× 272 0.7× 132 4.2k
Hong M. Moulton United States 43 4.1k 1.5× 578 0.4× 985 1.4× 1.0k 1.8× 272 0.7× 83 5.5k
Young Chul Sung South Korea 37 1.5k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 349 0.5× 456 0.8× 191 0.5× 127 4.2k
Andrew J. Bett United States 26 1.9k 0.7× 519 0.3× 746 1.1× 1.5k 2.6× 196 0.5× 46 3.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dwivedi, Garima, Catherine Hou, Hooda Said, et al.. (2025). Monitoring mRNA vaccine antigen expression in vivo using PET/CT. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2234–2234. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Qin, Haiyue Xu, Khaled AboulFotouh, et al.. (2024). Thin-film freeze-drying of an influenza virus hemagglutinin mRNA vaccine in unilamellar lipid nanoparticles with blebs. Journal of Controlled Release. 375. 829–838. 7 indexed citations
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Atochina‐Vasserman, Elena N., Devendra S. Maurya, Dapeng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Screening Libraries to Discover Molecular Design Principles for the Targeted Delivery of mRNA with One-Component Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimers Derived from Plant Phenolic Acids. Pharmaceutics. 15(6). 1572–1572. 24 indexed citations
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Takanohashi, Asako, Mohamad‐Gabriel Alameh, Sarah Woidill, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-based vaccines in the Aicardi Goutières Syndrome. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 137(4). 320–327. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dapeng, Elena N. Atochina‐Vasserman, Devendra S. Maurya, et al.. (2021). One-Component Multifunctional Sequence-Defined Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimer Delivery Systems for mRNA. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(31). 12315–12327. 123 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ravimohan, Shruthi, Houping Ni, Andrew P. Steenhoff, et al.. (2017). Elevated Pre–Antiretroviral Therapy CD39+CD8+ T Cell Frequency Is Associated With Early Mortality in Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Tuberculosis Co-infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 64(10). 1453–1456. 7 indexed citations
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Pardi, Norbert, Anthony Secreto, Xiaochuan Shan, et al.. (2017). Administration of nucleoside-modified mRNA encoding broadly neutralizing antibody protects humanized mice from HIV-1 challenge. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14630–14630. 267 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hogan, Michael J., Andrea P. O. Jordan, Lifei Yang, et al.. (2017). Increased surface expression of HIV-1 envelope is associated with improved antibody response in vaccinia prime/protein boost immunization. Virology. 514. 106–117. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Minghong, Veronica M. Holmes, Houping Ni, et al.. (2015). Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic or G-CSF as Potential Countermeasures for Impaired Control of Bacterial Infection Associated with an SPE Exposure during Spaceflight. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0120126–e0120126. 12 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yu, Houping Ni, Minghong Li, et al.. (2012). Effect of Solar Particle Event Radiation and Hindlimb Suspension on Gastrointestinal Tract Bacterial Translocation and Immune Activation. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e44329–e44329. 47 indexed citations
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Ni, Houping, Klara Balint, Yu Zhou, et al.. (2011). Effect of Solar Particle Event Radiation on Gastrointestinal Tract Bacterial Translocation and Immune Activation. Radiation Research. 175(4). 485–492. 13 indexed citations
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Hu, Haitao, et al.. (2008). HIV Envelope Suppresses CD4+ T Cell Activation Independent of T Regulatory Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 180(8). 5593–5600. 8 indexed citations
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Cannon, Georgetta, Houping Ni, Katalin Karikó, et al.. (2007). gp340 Expressed on Human Genital Epithelia Binds HIV-1 Envelope Protein and Facilitates Viral Transmission. The Journal of Immunology. 179(5). 3126–3132. 66 indexed citations
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Hu, Haitao, et al.. (2006). Vaccine-delivered HIV envelope inhibits CD4+ T-cell activation, a mechanism for poor HIV vaccine responses. Blood. 109(6). 2538–2544. 15 indexed citations
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Karikó, Katalin, Michael Buckstein, Houping Ni, & Drew Weissman. (2005). Suppression of RNA Recognition by Toll-like Receptors: The Impact of Nucleoside Modification and the Evolutionary Origin of RNA. Immunity. 23(2). 165–175. 1828 indexed citations breakdown →
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Karikó, Katalin, Houping Ni, John Capodici, Marc S. Lamphier, & Drew Weissman. (2004). mRNA Is an Endogenous Ligand for Toll-like Receptor 3. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(13). 12542–12550. 854 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, George, Graham Simmons, Stefan Pöhlmann, et al.. (2002). Differential N-Linked Glycosylation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Ebola Virus Envelope Glycoproteins Modulates Interactions with DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR. Journal of Virology. 77(2). 1337–1346. 209 indexed citations
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Scales, David, Houping Ni, Farida Shaheen, et al.. (2001). Nonproliferating Bystander CD4+ T Cells Lacking Activation Markers Support HIV Replication During Immune Activation. The Journal of Immunology. 166(10). 6437–6443. 22 indexed citations
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Weissman, Drew, Houping Ni, David Scales, et al.. (2000). HIV Gag mRNA Transfection of Dendritic Cells (DC) Delivers Encoded Antigen to MHC Class I and II Molecules, Causes DC Maturation, and Induces a Potent Human In Vitro Primary Immune Response. The Journal of Immunology. 165(8). 4710–4717. 147 indexed citations

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