Kai Sun

1.6k total citations
63 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Kai Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Sun has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cancer Research and 14 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kai Sun's work include Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (9 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (9 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers). Kai Sun is often cited by papers focused on Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (9 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (9 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers). Kai Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Malaysia. Kai Sun's co-authors include Gabriel Mbalaviele, Yousef Abu‐Amer, Jianqiu Xiao, Tong Yang, Yael Alippe, Joseph B. Monahan, Judy Lieberman, Changfeng Wu, Chun Sun and Tieqiang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Gut and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kai Sun

61 papers receiving 1.2k 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 Sun China 20 653 228 215 185 147 63 1.2k
Can Chen China 21 552 0.8× 94 0.4× 276 1.3× 192 1.0× 149 1.0× 90 1.3k
Jiajun Xu China 24 730 1.1× 114 0.5× 212 1.0× 154 0.8× 212 1.4× 87 1.6k
Tianjiao Zhao China 19 453 0.7× 373 1.6× 79 0.4× 159 0.9× 115 0.8× 32 1.4k
De‐Liang Zhang United States 22 581 0.9× 75 0.3× 172 0.8× 114 0.6× 243 1.7× 39 2.1k
Manasa K. Nayak United States 22 424 0.6× 239 1.0× 146 0.7× 195 1.1× 80 0.5× 41 1.5k
Dongdong Zheng China 17 724 1.1× 111 0.5× 308 1.4× 138 0.7× 229 1.6× 51 1.6k
Timothy M. Millar United Kingdom 20 405 0.6× 217 1.0× 69 0.3× 93 0.5× 94 0.6× 38 1.4k
Ming Zong China 19 392 0.6× 112 0.5× 165 0.8× 154 0.8× 126 0.9× 75 1.2k
Yayun Nan China 18 419 0.6× 447 2.0× 57 0.3× 119 0.6× 99 0.7× 31 1.3k
Juan Luo China 20 970 1.5× 373 1.6× 379 1.8× 132 0.7× 66 0.4× 43 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Sun 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 Sun. Kai Sun 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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Liu, Qi, et al.. (2024). Hypoxia preconditioning increases Notch1 activity by regulating DNA methylation in vitro and in vivo. Molecular Biology Reports. 51(1). 507–507.
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Wang, Liping, et al.. (2024). MALAT1 and NEAT1 are Neuroprotective During Hypoxic Preconditioning in the Mouse Hippocampus Possibly by Regulation of NR2B. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. 25(4). 285–294.
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Zhang, Xiaolu, Xiaolei Liu, Wei Xie, et al.. (2022). Possible Involvement of DNA Methylation in TSC1 Gene Expression in Neuroprotection Induced by Hypoxic Preconditioning. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2022(1). 9306097–9306097. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Guoliang, Kai Sun, Zijuan Chen, et al.. (2022). Inhibiting tau protein improves the recovery of spinal cord injury in rats by alleviating neuroinflammation and oxidative stress. Neural Regeneration Research. 18(8). 0–0. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Guangyao, et al.. (2022). Analyzing Prognostic Hub Genes in the Microenvironment of Cutaneous Melanoma by Computer Integrated Bioinformatics. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience. 2022. 1–14. 1 indexed citations
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Xiao, Jianqiu, Kai Sun, Chun Wang, Yousef Abu‐Amer, & Gabriel Mbalaviele. (2022). Compound loss of GSDMD and GSDME function is necessary to achieve maximal therapeutic effect in colitis. Journal of Translational Autoimmunity. 5. 100162–100162. 13 indexed citations
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Xiao, Jianqiu, Chun Wang, Juo-Chin Yao, et al.. (2020). Radiation causes tissue damage by dysregulating inflammasome–gasdermin D signaling in both host and transplanted cells. PLoS Biology. 18(8). e3000807–e3000807. 40 indexed citations
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Yuan, Chao, Min Xu, Yong Mei, et al.. (2017). miR‐200c regulates endothelin‐1 induced PASMCs abnormal proliferation and apoptosis. IUBMB Life. 69(11). 877–886. 9 indexed citations
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Lin, Wenlong, Chunmei Ma, Yu Jiang, et al.. (2016). Raf kinase inhibitor protein mediates intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis and promotes IBDs in humans and mice. Gut. 66(4). 597–610. 57 indexed citations
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Wu, Shu‐Biao, et al.. (2015). Impact of CYP2D6 Polymorphisms on Postoperative Fentanyl Analgesia in Gastric Cancer Patients. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 19(5). 248–252. 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, Xiaoyi Duan, Hui Cai, et al.. (2015). Curcumin inhibits LPA-induced invasion by attenuating RhoA/ROCK/MMPs pathway in MCF7 breast cancer cells. Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 16(1). 37–47. 43 indexed citations
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Yang, Ya, Min Li, Yan Yan, et al.. (2015). Expression of RAP1B is associated with poor prognosis and promotes an aggressive phenotype in gastric cancer. Oncology Reports. 34(5). 2385–2394. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Kai, Hui Cai, Xiaoyi Duan, et al.. (2014). Aberrant expression and potential therapeutic target of lysophosphatidic acid receptor 3 in triple-negative breast cancers. Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 15(3). 371–380. 24 indexed citations
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Forsell, Pontus, Helena Almqvist, Tomas Åkerud, et al.. (2013). The Use of TrkA-PathHunter Assay in High-Throughput Screening to Identify Compounds That Affect Nerve Growth Factor Signaling. SLAS DISCOVERY. 18(6). 659–669. 9 indexed citations
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Xue, Hong, Jian Su, Kai Sun, Weiping Xie, & Hong Wang. (2011). Glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 gene polymorphism and COPD risk in smokers: an updated analysis. Molecular Biology Reports. 39(4). 5033–5042. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Xufeng, Peipei Huang, Jian Kang, Kai Sun, & Jinsong Zhang. (2010). Unexplained rhabdomyolysis: clinical analysis of twenty three cases. Zhonghua jizhen yixue zazhi. 19(10). 1062–1065. 4 indexed citations

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