Kai Lei

3.8k total citations
96 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Kai Lei is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Lei has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kai Lei's work include Trace Elements in Health (49 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (29 papers) and Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (11 papers). Kai Lei is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (49 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (29 papers) and Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation (11 papers). Kai Lei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Saudi Arabia. Kai Lei's co-authors include Yuan Zhuang, Min Han, Rener Xu, Tian Xu, Xiaochang Zhang, Timothy P. Carr, Xiaohui Wu, Xiao‐bing Yuan, Scott K. Reaves and Fumiko U. Rosenstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kai Lei

93 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Lei United States 27 1.4k 770 366 344 250 96 2.8k
Jie Cheng China 34 1.4k 1.0× 155 0.2× 272 0.7× 432 1.3× 151 0.6× 131 3.3k
Gerhard Krumschnabel Austria 30 1.4k 1.0× 238 0.3× 304 0.8× 210 0.6× 70 0.3× 72 2.8k
Álvaro A. Elorza Chile 27 3.4k 2.4× 338 0.4× 409 1.1× 205 0.6× 257 1.0× 60 5.1k
Ricardo D. Moreno Chile 29 1.8k 1.3× 115 0.1× 360 1.0× 87 0.3× 187 0.7× 97 4.4k
A Kumagai Japan 26 532 0.4× 322 0.4× 117 0.3× 150 0.4× 72 0.3× 88 1.9k
Alan A. Sneddon United Kingdom 24 1.2k 0.8× 359 0.5× 322 0.9× 117 0.3× 113 0.5× 55 2.0k
Vivienne E. Reeve Australia 34 800 0.6× 380 0.5× 387 1.1× 269 0.8× 148 0.6× 101 3.1k
Martin G. Rumsby United Kingdom 28 1.3k 0.9× 145 0.2× 284 0.8× 177 0.5× 133 0.5× 134 2.5k
Janet V. Cross United States 26 1.9k 1.3× 142 0.2× 191 0.5× 406 1.2× 150 0.6× 37 3.1k
Claude Leray France 26 706 0.5× 434 0.6× 132 0.4× 44 0.1× 55 0.2× 87 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Lei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Lei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Lei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Lei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Lei 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 Kai Lei. Kai Lei 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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Lei, Kai, et al.. (2025). Cracking the code of cancer immunotherapy resistance: emerging roles of pyroptosis and necroptosis. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 44(1). 308–308.
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Gao, Chong, Qinghua Shi, Pan Xue, et al.. (2024). Neuromuscular organoids model spinal neuromuscular pathologies in C9orf72 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Cell Reports. 43(3). 113892–113892. 18 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, Wenya Zhang, Jiajia Chen, et al.. (2023). Pluripotency retention and exogenous mRNA introduction in planarian stem cells in culture. iScience. 26(2). 106001–106001. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiajia, et al.. (2023). The known, unknown, and unknown unknowns of cell-cell communication in planarian regeneration. 动物学研究. 44(5). 981–992. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yun, Chong Gao, Xue Pan, & Kai Lei. (2023). Emerging roles of mitochondria in animal regeneration. Cell Regeneration. 12(1). 7 indexed citations
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Al‐Daghri, Nasser M., et al.. (2021). Neck Circumference as a New Anthropometric Indicator for Prediction of Metabolic Syndrome in Arab Women. International Journal of Health Sciences and Research. 11(1). 21–32. 2 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, Hanh Thi-Kim Vu, Ryan D. Mohan, et al.. (2016). Egf Signaling Directs Neoblast Repopulation by Regulating Asymmetric Cell Division in Planarians. Developmental Cell. 38(4). 413–429. 62 indexed citations
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Wang, Lijun, et al.. (2011). [Content, source and speciation of heavy metal elements of street dusts in Baoji City].. PubMed. 32(8). 2470–6. 3 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, Xiaochang Zhang, Xu Ding, et al.. (2009). SUN1 and SUN2 play critical but partially redundant roles in anchoring nuclei in skeletal muscle cells in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(25). 10207–10212. 195 indexed citations
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Reaves, Scott K., et al.. (2000). Regulation of Intestinal Apolipoprotein B mRNA Editing Levels by a Zinc-Deficient Diet and cDNA Cloning of Editing Protein in Hamsters. Journal of Nutrition. 130(9). 2166–2173. 25 indexed citations
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Wu, John Y., et al.. (1996). Enhanced Expression of Hepatic Genes in Copper-Deficient Rats Detected by the Messenger RNA Differential Display Method. Journal of Nutrition. 126(7). 1772–1781. 4 indexed citations
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Hoogeveen, Ron C., et al.. (1994). Copper Deficiency Shifts Energy Substrate Utilization from Carbohydrate to Fat and Reduces Fat Mass in Rats. Journal of Nutrition. 124(9). 1660–1666. 17 indexed citations
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Rosenstein, Fumiko U., et al.. (1992). Copper Deficiency Alters Plasma Pool Size, Percent Composition and Concentration of Lipoprotein Components in Rats. Journal of Nutrition. 122(6). 1199–1204. 49 indexed citations
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Abu–Salah, Khalid M., et al.. (1992). Lipid composition and fluidity of the erythrocyte membrane in copper-deficient rats. British Journal Of Nutrition. 68(2). 435–443. 11 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, et al.. (1991). Hepatic protein and apolipoprotein A-I synthesis in copper-deficient rats. 3 indexed citations
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Rosenstein, Fumiko U., et al.. (1991). Increases in plasma pool size of lipoprotein components in copper-deficient hamsters. 2 indexed citations
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Lei, Kai, et al.. (1991). Effect of chelators on copper status of Hep G-2 cells. 1 indexed citations
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Hassel, Craig A, Kai Lei, & J. A. Marchello. (1986). Lipoprotein receptors in copper-deficient rats: high density lipoprotein binding to liver membranes. Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States).
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Lei, Kai, et al.. (1980). Effect of pectin on zinc, copper and iron balances in humans.. Nutrition reports international. 22(3). 459–466. 19 indexed citations

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