Kai Huang

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kai Huang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Huang has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Cancer Research and 31 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kai Huang's work include Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (28 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (21 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (15 papers). Kai Huang is often cited by papers focused on Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (28 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (21 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (15 papers). Kai Huang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Portugal. Kai Huang's co-authors include Chunsheng Kang, Chao Yang, Jianwei Wei, Xingen Zhu, Zewei Tu, Chuming Tao, Lei Wu, Qing Hu, Lei Han and Jingying Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Kai Huang

86 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Non-coding RNAs as regulators in epigenetics

2016 522 citations Jianwei Wei, Kai Huang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Huang China	24	1.4k	892	259	240	195	92	2.1k
Leonardo Elia Italy	22	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	272 1.1×	158 0.7×	113 0.6×	31	2.6k
Sergiu Șușman Romania	17	801 0.6×	407 0.5×	200 0.8×	310 1.3×	280 1.4×	58	1.8k
Hailiang Hu China	24	1.3k 0.9×	554 0.6×	209 0.8×	221 0.9×	62 0.3×	73	1.8k
Ling Yu China	31	1.7k 1.2×	661 0.7×	251 1.0×	436 1.8×	233 1.2×	76	2.8k
Boon-Seng Soh Singapore	24	2.4k 1.7×	696 0.8×	132 0.5×	283 1.2×	174 0.9×	48	3.1k
Yuqing Chen China	26	1.4k 1.0×	783 0.9×	176 0.7×	326 1.4×	75 0.4×	80	2.1k
Dorina Veliceasa United States	21	775 0.5×	435 0.5×	202 0.8×	283 1.2×	146 0.7×	28	1.4k
Zhenhong Ni China	21	1.8k 1.3×	849 1.0×	111 0.4×	204 0.8×	147 0.8×	43	2.6k
Francesco Neri Italy	24	2.4k 1.7×	547 0.6×	117 0.5×	240 1.0×	165 0.8×	63	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Huang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Huang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Huang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Chong, et al.. (2025). Identification of TAP2 as a novel immune target in human cancers: insights from integrated bioinformatics and experimental approaches. European journal of medical research. 30(1). 163–163. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Dan, Kai Wang, Zhendong Guo, et al.. (2025). Proteomic analysis of dysregulated pulmonary protein expression and potential pathways in broilers induced by particulate matter exposure in poultry houses. Poultry Science. 104(9). 105388–105388. 1 indexed citations

Qian, Bei, Dan Zhou, Feixiang Zhu, et al.. (2025). External stent ameliorates vein graft remodeling through Ajuba-mediated suppression of Hippo signaling pathway. Biomaterials Advances. 177. 214427–214427.

Xu, Pengcheng, Kai Huang, Ren Wang, et al.. (2024). Transforming plant proteins into sustainable food packaging films with enhanced mechanical and preservative properties. Food Hydrocolloids. 162. 110965–110965. 4 indexed citations

Huang, Kai, Dan Pu, Ting Mei, et al.. (2024). Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer: A retrospective study.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 42(16_suppl). e20002–e20002. 2 indexed citations

Deng, Bohan, He Xian, Peng Du, et al.. (2024). PTFE as a Multifunctional Binder for High‐Current‐Density Oxygen Evolution. Advanced Science. 11(41). e2408544–e2408544. 8 indexed citations

Tu, Zewei, Yuyang Huang, Shigang Lv, et al.. (2023). Pan-cancer analysis: predictive role of TAP1 in cancer prognosis and response to immunotherapy. BMC Cancer. 23(1). 133–133. 15 indexed citations

Wu, Wei, et al.. (2023). N6-methyladenosine (m6A)-connected lncRNAs are linked to survival and immune infiltration in glioma patients. Bioscience Reports. 43(5). 3 indexed citations

Tu, Zewei, Xiaolin Wang, Huan Cai, et al.. (2023). The cell senescence regulator p16 is a promising cancer prognostic and immune check-point inhibitor (ICI) therapy biomarker. Aging. 15(6). 2136–2157. 5 indexed citations

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Deng, Bohan, Wei Zhao, Yuanzheng Long, et al.. (2023). A self-circulating pathway for the oxygen evolution reaction. Energy & Environmental Science. 16(11). 5210–5219. 58 indexed citations

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Xiao, Feng, Xiang Zhou, Yun Guo, et al.. (2023). PPP1R81 correlates with the survival and cell proliferation in lower-grade glioma. Bioscience Reports. 43(5).

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Huang, Kai, et al.. (2023). The HNF4A-CHPF pathway promotes proliferation and invasion through interactions with MAD1L1 in glioma. Aging. 15(20). 11052–11066. 2 indexed citations

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Lin, Changchun, Weimin Wang, Deyin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Analysis of liver miRNA in Hu sheep with different residual feed intake. Frontiers in Genetics. 14. 1113411–1113411.

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Huang, Kai, et al.. (2022). Comprehensive analysis of the prognostic and role in immune cell infiltration of MSR1 expression in lower‐grade gliomas. Cancer Medicine. 11(9). 2020–2035. 11 indexed citations

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Tu, Zewei, Jingying Li, Xiaoyan Long, et al.. (2022). Transcriptional Patterns of Lower‐Grade Glioma Patients with Distinct Ferroptosis Levels, Immunotherapy Response, and Temozolomide Sensitivity. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2022(1). 9408886–9408886. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Kai, et al.. (2019). Non-coding RNAs: Regulators of glioma cell epithelial-mesenchymal transformation. Pathology - Research and Practice. 215(9). 152539–152539. 23 indexed citations

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Yang, Chao, Yansheng Li, Qixue Wang, et al.. (2017). EGFR/EGFRvIII remodels the cytoskeleton via epigenetic silencing of AJAP1 in glioma cells. Cancer Letters. 403. 119–127. 17 indexed citations

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Chen, Gang, Yan Li, Guoxiong Xu, et al.. (2015). Alteration of ASIC1 expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. OncoTargets and Therapy. 8. 2121–2121. 5 indexed citations

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Huang, Kai, et al.. (2014). Clinicopathological and cellular signature of PAK1 in human bladder cancer. Tumor Biology. 36(4). 2359–2368. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jian-Nan, Kai Huang, Jian Zou, et al.. (2011). High -catenin/Tcf-4 activity confers glioma progression via direct regulation of AKT2 gene expression. Neuro-Oncology. 13(6). 600–609. 61 indexed citations

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