Hui Cai

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Hui Cai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Hui Cai has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cancer Research and 6 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Hui Cai's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (9 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (6 papers). Hui Cai is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (9 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (6 papers). Hui Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Hui Cai's co-authors include Xu Zhang, Wenrong Xu, Maoye Wang, Xinjian Fang, Jianmei Gu, Dan Yu, Yuhua Zhao, Hui Jiang, Ligen Xu and Lucian V. Del Priore and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hui Cai

45 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Exosomes as a new frontier of cancer liquid biopsy

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hui Cai China	23	1.2k	605	224	174	118	46	1.8k
Qi Hu China	24	1.0k 0.9×	609 1.0×	195 0.9×	101 0.6×	84 0.7×	112	1.9k
Yunjia Liu China	25	559 0.5×	207 0.3×	130 0.6×	116 0.7×	53 0.4×	106	1.6k
Chao He China	23	1.7k 1.4×	575 1.0×	259 1.2×	298 1.7×	153 1.3×	84	3.5k
Imran Hussain United States	26	825 0.7×	457 0.8×	91 0.4×	460 2.6×	79 0.7×	60	2.0k
Xiaomeng Liu China	25	1.1k 0.9×	480 0.8×	89 0.4×	61 0.4×	92 0.8×	128	2.0k
Tian Xiao China	25	924 0.8×	665 1.1×	65 0.3×	138 0.8×	167 1.4×	52	1.6k
Jong Woo Park South Korea	22	1.1k 0.9×	303 0.5×	100 0.4×	53 0.3×	154 1.3×	64	1.8k
Ye Wang China	23	381 0.3×	172 0.3×	127 0.6×	125 0.7×	172 1.5×	87	1.5k
Ting Guo China	30	1.4k 1.2×	619 1.0×	249 1.1×	292 1.7×	113 1.0×	139	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hui Cai

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Zhu, Mengting, et al.. (2025). Role of mitochondrial membrane homeostasis in the occurrence of programmed cell death during pollen cryopreservation: Mitochondrial ROS eruption and bioenergetic deficiency as key contributors. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 223. 109901–109901. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Qiannan, et al.. (2024). Vessel invasion is a risk factor for gastric cancer: a retrospective analysis study. World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 22(1). 348–348.

Tang, Yuyan, Jiawei Li, Svetlana Reilly, et al.. (2024). Activation of BK channels prevents diabetes-induced osteopenia by regulating mitochondrial Ca ²⁺ and SLC25A5/ANT2-PINK1-PRKN-mediated mitophagy. Autophagy. 20(11). 2388–2404. 6 indexed citations

Shen, Dongsheng, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of pathogen spread risk from excavated landfill. Environmental Pollution. 349. 123993–123993. 8 indexed citations

Zhu, Mengting, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial pathway of programmed cell death in Paeonia lactiflora pollen cryopreservation. Plant Science. 345. 112107–112107. 4 indexed citations

He, Jianzheng, Yixuan Wang, Xiaoqian Wang, et al.. (2023). Irinotecan cause the side effects on development and adult physiology, and induces intestinal damage via innate immune response and oxidative damage in Drosophila. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 169. 115906–115906. 10 indexed citations

Yu, Shijun, et al.. (2021). Overexpression of NELFE contributes to gastric cancer progression via Wnt/β-catenin signaling-mediated activation of CSNK2B expression. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 40(1). 54–54. 14 indexed citations

Cai, Hui, Jie Gong, Scott Noggle, et al.. (2021). Altered transcriptome and disease-related phenotype emerge only after fibroblasts harvested from patients with age-related macular degeneration are differentiated into retinal pigment epithelium. Experimental Eye Research. 207. 108576–108576. 4 indexed citations

Jin, Zhuo, Linna Du, Qilu Cheng, et al.. (2021). Physiological and transcriptional responses of Dictyosphaerium sp. under co-exposure of a typical microplastic and nonylphenol. Environmental Research. 204(Pt C). 112287–112287. 10 indexed citations

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Xu, Guifang, Yanke Chen, Min Fu, et al.. (2020). Circular RNA CCDC66 promotes gastric cancer progression by regulating c-Myc and TGF-β signaling pathways. Journal of Cancer. 11(10). 2759–2768. 27 indexed citations

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Cai, Hui, Yiping Zhang, Qilu Cheng, et al.. (2020). Interactions of iron-based nanoparticles with soil dissolved organic matter: adsorption, aging, and effects on hexavalent chromium removal. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 406. 124650–124650. 47 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yamin, et al.. (2019). Overexpression of long noncoding RNA Malat1 ameliorates traumatic brain injury induced brain edema by inhibiting AQP4 and the NF‐κB/IL‐6 pathway. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 120(10). 17584–17592. 42 indexed citations

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Cai, Hui, Bing Liu, Ran Wei, et al.. (2019). Dynamics, biodegradability, and microbial community shift of water-extractable organic matter in rice–wheat cropping soil under different fertilization treatments. Environmental Pollution. 249. 686–695. 33 indexed citations

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Cai, Hui, Hui Jiang, Bing Liu, et al.. (2019). Chitin degradation and the temporary response of bacterial chitinolytic communities to chitin amendment in soil under different fertilization regimes. The Science of The Total Environment. 705. 136003–136003. 53 indexed citations

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Cai, Hui, Jie Gong, Lucian V. Del Priore, Tongalp H. Tezel, & Mark A. Fields. (2018). Culturing of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells on an <em>Ex Vivo</em> Model of Aged Human Bruch's Membrane. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 12 indexed citations

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Ren, Juan, Yuelang Zhang, Hui Cai, et al.. (2016). Human GPR4 and the Notch signaling pathway in endothelial cell tube formation. Molecular Medicine Reports. 14(2). 1235–1240. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Yandong, Xiao Wang, Bin He, Hui Cai, & Yong Gao. (2016). Downregulation and tumor-suppressive role of XPO5 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 415(1-2). 197–205. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Pengfei, et al.. (2015). Bacillus amyloliquefaciens biofilm as a novel biosorbent for the removal of crystal violet from solution. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 139. 164–170. 32 indexed citations

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Cai, Hui, et al.. (2013). Plasma microRNAs serve as novel potential biomarkers for early detection of gastric cancer. Medical Oncology. 30(1). 452–452. 85 indexed citations

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Gong, Jie, et al.. (2008). Effects of extracellular matrix and neighboring cells on induction of human embryonic stem cells into retinal or retinal pigment epithelial progenitors. Experimental Eye Research. 86(6). 957–965. 77 indexed citations

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