Kai Zhao

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Kai Zhao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Zhao has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Immunology and 23 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Kai Zhao's work include Inflammasome and immune disorders (21 papers), Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (13 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers). Kai Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Inflammasome and immune disorders (21 papers), Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (13 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (11 papers). Kai Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Kai Zhao's co-authors include Xuetao Cao, Qicong Shen, Dezhi Zhao, Yiqi Liu, Nan Li, Ben Lü, Yan Gu, Xia Li, Qian Zhang and Chunmei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Kai Zhao

92 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tet2 is required to resolve inflammation by recruiting Hdac2 to specifically repress IL-6

2015 609 citations Qian Zhang, Kai Zhao et al. Nature profile →
Intrinsic Radical Species Scavenging Activities of Tea Polyphenols Nanoparticles Block Pyroptosis in Endotoxin-Induced Sepsis

2022 138 citations Yuan Chen, Ruiheng Luo et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Zhao China	31	1.9k	1.1k	521	428	336	94	3.5k
Chunyan Ji China	33	1.9k 1.0×	938 0.9×	784 1.5×	624 1.5×	734 2.2×	173	3.5k
Xiaoyun Fu United States	36	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	383 0.7×	627 1.5×	258 0.8×	141	4.5k
Melpo Christofidou‐Solomidou United States	45	2.1k 1.1×	779 0.7×	624 1.2×	457 1.1×	508 1.5×	110	5.3k
Tao Yi China	36	1.9k 1.0×	868 0.8×	831 1.6×	265 0.6×	673 2.0×	206	4.1k
Hamed Mohammadi Iran	35	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	569 1.1×	202 0.5×	733 2.2×	130	3.9k
Sheng Wei United States	33	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	695 1.3×	390 0.9×	542 1.6×	96	3.4k
Hong Hong China	27	1.1k 0.5×	903 0.9×	365 0.7×	177 0.4×	289 0.9×	96	2.6k
Majid Ahmadi Iran	40	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	479 0.9×	131 0.3×	454 1.4×	103	4.2k
Kazuo Yudoh Japan	38	1.4k 0.7×	697 0.7×	516 1.0×	203 0.5×	532 1.6×	145	4.4k
Xi Yuan Sweden	36	1.3k 0.7×	639 0.6×	346 0.7×	294 0.7×	242 0.7×	100	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Zhao

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

All Works

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Luo, Ruiheng, Mingliang Ma, Dan Wang, et al.. (2025). GSK461364 Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome by Targeting NEK7 Phosphorylation. Advanced Science. 12(44). e04816–e04816.

Wang, Cheng, Ge Gao, Ying Yang, et al.. (2025). Deciphering the value of anoikis-related genes in prognosis, immune microenvironment, and drug sensitivity of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Pathology - Research and Practice. 268. 155849–155849. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Kai, et al.. (2024). Chemokine receptors are required for effector T-cell trafficking to GVHD tissues but not to bone marrow. Blood Advances. 9(1). 209–221.

Xu, Xueming, et al.. (2024). Repurposing disulfiram with CuET nanocrystals: Enhancing anti-pyroptotic effect through NLRP3 inflammasome inhibition for treating inflammatory bowel diseases. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 14(6). 2698–2715. 11 indexed citations

Jiang, Li, et al.. (2024). MYELOID-DERIVED TLR4-TRIF SIGNALING PATHWAY MEDIATES OXIDATIVE STRESS IN LPS/D-GALN-INDUCED ACUTE LIVER FAILURE. Shock. 62(4). 582–587. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yuan, Ruiheng Luo, Jing Li, et al.. (2022). Intrinsic Radical Species Scavenging Activities of Tea Polyphenols Nanoparticles Block Pyroptosis in Endotoxin-Induced Sepsis. ACS Nano. 16(2). 2429–2441. 138 indexed citations breakdown →

Tang, Yiting, Jianfeng Wu, Kai Zhao, et al.. (2022). Impaired interferon-γ signaling promotes the development of silicosis. iScience. 25(7). 104647–104647. 12 indexed citations

Zhu, Shengyun, Jing Liang, Feng Zhu, et al.. (2021). The effects of myeloablative or non-myeloablative total body irradiations on intestinal tract in mice. Bioscience Reports. 41(3). 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Lei, et al.. (2020). Ameliorative effects of the traditional Chinese medicine formula Qing-Mai-Yin on arteriosclerosis obliterans in a rabbit model. Pharmaceutical Biology. 58(1). 785–795. 7 indexed citations

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Meng, Ran, Lan Gu, Yanyan Lu, et al.. (2019). High mobility group box 1 enables bacterial lipids to trigger receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIPK3)-mediated necroptosis and apoptosis in mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(22). 8872–8884. 12 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kai, Jing Bai, Qingyi Zeng, et al.. (2017). Efficient wastewater treatment and simultaneously electricity production using a photocatalytic fuel cell based on the radical chain reactions initiated by dual photoelectrodes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 337. 47–54. 38 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kai, Yu Tian, Dongmei Zhao, et al.. (2016). IL-22 promoted CD3 + T cell infiltration by IL-22R induced STAT3 phosphorylation in murine acute graft versus host disease target organs after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. International Immunopharmacology. 39. 383–388. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kai, Lingling Yin, Dongmei Zhao, et al.. (2015). Dynamic regulation of effector IFN-γ-producing and IL-17-producing T cell subsets in the development of acute graft-versus-host disease. Molecular Medicine Reports. 13(2). 1395–1403. 16 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qian, Kai Zhao, Qicong Shen, et al.. (2015). Tet2 is required to resolve inflammation by recruiting Hdac2 to specifically repress IL-6. Nature. 525(7569). 389–393. 609 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhan, Xiaoping, Yuxuan Xin, Kai Zhao, et al.. (2015). Synthesis, characterization and molecular dynamics simulation of the polyacrylates membranes. e-Polymers. 16(1). 83–89. 4 indexed citations

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Zhao, Kai, Lingling Yin, Chong Chen, et al.. (2014). Interleukin-22 Aggravates Murine Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease by Expanding Effector T Cell and Reducing Regulatory T Cell. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 34(9). 707–715. 28 indexed citations

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Yao, Zhenyu, Qian Zhang, Xia Li, et al.. (2014). Death Domain-associated Protein 6 (Daxx) Selectively Represses IL-6 Transcription through Histone Deacetylase 1 (HDAC1)-mediated Histone Deacetylation in Macrophages. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(13). 9372–9379. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Zhiling Yan, Hai Cheng, et al.. (2014). Co-transplantation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Cxcr4 Gene-Transduced Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promotes Hematopoiesis. Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics. 71(3). 1579–1587. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Bingyu, Xinhao Shi, Wei Gu, et al.. (2013). Graphene based electrochemical biosensor for label-free measurement of the activity and inhibition of protein tyrosine kinase. The Analyst. 138(23). 7212–7212. 24 indexed citations

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Wu, Qing‐Yun, Feng Li, Jiang Cao, et al.. (2012). Amino acid residue E543 in JAK2 C618R is a potential therapeutic target for myeloproliferative disorders caused by JAK2 C618R mutation. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 528(1). 57–66. 10 indexed citations

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