Huaqing Cai

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Huaqing Cai is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Huaqing Cai has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Cell Biology, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Huaqing Cai's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (21 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (15 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (11 papers). Huaqing Cai is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (21 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (15 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (11 papers). Huaqing Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Huaqing Cai's co-authors include Susan Ferro‐Novick, Karin M. Reinisch, Peter N. Devreotes, Shekar Menon, Lei Li, Yiying Cai, Chunmei Fu, Darina L. Lazarova, Long Yu and Pablo A. Iglesias and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Huaqing Cai

42 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Coats, Tethers, Rabs, and SNAREs Work Together to Mediate... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Coats, Tethers, Rabs, and SNAREs Work Together to Mediate the Intracellular Destination of a Transport Vesicle
    2007 534 citations Huaqing Cai, Karin M. Reinisch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Huaqing Cai China 21 1.3k 1.3k 425 284 226 44 2.2k
Jeffrey E. Gerst Israel 39 3.1k 2.3× 1.9k 1.4× 253 0.6× 195 0.7× 235 1.0× 72 3.8k
Alex H. Hutagalung United States 12 1.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 121 0.3× 177 0.6× 197 0.9× 13 2.0k
Elizabeth Conibear Canada 29 2.0k 1.5× 1.7k 1.3× 205 0.5× 297 1.0× 325 1.4× 50 2.8k
Sandra K. Lemmon United States 35 2.6k 2.0× 2.1k 1.6× 235 0.6× 184 0.6× 231 1.0× 56 3.4k
Fernando Aniento Spain 25 2.4k 1.8× 1.5k 1.1× 1.2k 2.8× 290 1.0× 230 1.0× 51 3.3k
Christophe Anjard United States 24 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 146 0.3× 497 1.8× 170 0.8× 45 2.1k
Reika Watanabe Japan 25 1.5k 1.1× 824 0.6× 159 0.4× 562 2.0× 417 1.8× 45 2.5k
Julie A. Brill Canada 31 2.0k 1.5× 1.3k 1.0× 289 0.7× 109 0.4× 188 0.8× 59 2.9k
Stephen K. Dove United Kingdom 25 1.9k 1.4× 1.8k 1.4× 529 1.2× 422 1.5× 322 1.4× 35 3.0k
Dae In Kim United States 15 2.7k 2.1× 2.1k 1.6× 229 0.5× 167 0.6× 140 0.6× 29 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Huaqing Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Huaqing Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huaqing Cai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Yihong, et al.. (2024). Leep2A and Leep2B function as a RasGAP complex to regulate macropinosome formation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(9). 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Pengcheng, Xin Yi, Dong Li, et al.. (2024). Amoeboid cells undergo durotaxis with soft end polarized NMIIA. eLife. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Shulin, Haibin Wang, Wenjing Li, et al.. (2024). Stay in touch with the endoplasmic reticulum. Science China Life Sciences. 67(2). 230–257. 24 indexed citations
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Li, Dong, Yihong Yang, Shashi Prakash Singh, et al.. (2023). GxcM-Fbp17/RacC-WASP signaling regulates polarized cortex assembly in migrating cells via Arp2/3. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(6). 3 indexed citations
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Hadwiger, Jeffrey A., et al.. (2022). An atypical MAPK regulates translocation of a GATA transcription factor in response to chemoattractant stimulation. Journal of Cell Science. 135(16). 6 indexed citations
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Li, Dong, Yihong Yang, Zhonglong Guo, et al.. (2022). Oligopeptide transporter Slc15A modulates macropinocytosis in Dictyostelium by maintaining intracellular nutrient status. Journal of Cell Science. 135(7). 6 indexed citations
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Gao, Zhaoxu, Li Li, Yanzhi Yang, et al.. (2021). Structural and Functional Analyses of Hub MicroRNAs in An Integrated Gene Regulatory Network of Arabidopsis. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 20(4). 747–764. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Yihong, Dong Li, Shashi Prakash Singh, et al.. (2021). Leep1 interacts with PIP3 and the Scar/WAVE complex to regulate cell migration and macropinocytosis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(7). 22 indexed citations
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Cai, Huaqing, et al.. (2020). Statin-induced GGPP depletion blocks macropinocytosis and starves cells with oncogenic defects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(8). 4158–4168. 40 indexed citations
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Zhuang, Yan, et al.. (2020). Laccase3-based extracellular domain provides possible positional information for directing Casparian strip formation in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(27). 15400–15402. 35 indexed citations
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Miao, Yuchuan, Sayak Bhattacharya, Marc Edwards, et al.. (2017). Altering the threshold of an excitable signal transduction network changes cell migratory modes. Nature Cell Biology. 19(4). 329–340. 106 indexed citations
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Hoeller, Oliver, Jared E. Toettcher, Huaqing Cai, et al.. (2016). Gβ Regulates Coupling between Actin Oscillators for Cell Polarity and Directional Migration. PLoS Biology. 14(2). e1002381–e1002381. 20 indexed citations
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Cai, Huaqing, et al.. (2016). The novel RacE-binding protein GflB sharpens Ras activity at the leading edge of migrating cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(10). 1596–1605. 13 indexed citations
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Cai, Huaqing, Mariko Katoh‐Kurasawa, Tetsuya Muramoto, et al.. (2014). Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of a GATA Transcription Factor Functions as a Development Timer. Science. 343(6177). 1249531–1249531. 61 indexed citations
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Chen, Shuliang, et al.. (2011). Trs65p, a subunit of the Ypt1p GEF TRAPPII, interacts with the Arf1p exchange factor Gea2p to facilitate COPI-mediated vesicle traffic. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(19). 3634–3644. 25 indexed citations
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Bhandari, Deepali, Shekar Menon, Ju Huang, et al.. (2010). Trs85 directs a Ypt1 GEF, TRAPPIII, to the phagophore to promote autophagy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(17). 7811–7816. 211 indexed citations
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Cai, Yiying, Harvey F. Chin, Darina L. Lazarova, et al.. (2008). The Structural Basis for Activation of the Rab Ypt1p by the TRAPP Membrane-Tethering Complexes. Cell. 133(7). 1202–1213. 156 indexed citations
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Menon, Shekar, Huaqing Cai, Gang Dong, et al.. (2006). mBET3 is required for the organization of the TRAPP complexes. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 350(3). 669–677. 10 indexed citations
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Cai, Huaqing, et al.. (2005). Mutants in trs120 disrupt traffic from the early endosome to the late Golgi. The Journal of Cell Biology. 171(5). 823–833. 102 indexed citations
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Sun, Li, Weihong Xu, Huaqing Cai, Yuanlei Hu, & Zhongping Lin. (2001). PEG-mediated Transformation of Lentinus edodes. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 43(10). 1089–1092. 2 indexed citations

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