Keke Wei

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 977 citations indexed

About

Keke Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keke Wei has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 977 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Immunology and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Keke Wei's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (2 papers). Keke Wei is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (4 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (3 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (2 papers). Keke Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Keke Wei's co-authors include Jingwei Ma, Jincheng Liu, Ke Tang, Yinhua Lü, Weihong Jiang, Lei Li, Bo Huang, Liyan Zhu, Jiadi Lv and Yuying Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Immunity and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Keke Wei

23 papers receiving 969 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.

Lithium carbonate revitalizes tumor-reactive CD8+ T cells by shunting lactic acid into mitochondria

2024 71 citations Jingwei Ma, Liang Tang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keke Wei China	14	532	208	171	105	94	26	977
Binghua Li China	23	844 1.6×	163 0.8×	370 2.2×	61 0.6×	75 0.8×	73	1.5k
Yun Gao China	22	599 1.1×	162 0.8×	199 1.2×	140 1.3×	35 0.4×	67	1.4k
Cynthia R. Timblin United States	20	398 0.7×	187 0.9×	141 0.8×	28 0.3×	65 0.7×	36	1.4k
Jeong A Park South Korea	19	408 0.8×	259 1.2×	87 0.5×	76 0.7×	58 0.6×	62	1.3k
Kouya Yamaki Japan	19	266 0.5×	234 1.1×	89 0.5×	81 0.8×	97 1.0×	52	956
Cristina Correia United States	15	507 1.0×	131 0.6×	73 0.4×	44 0.4×	41 0.4×	48	991
Min Ren China	16	276 0.5×	187 0.9×	134 0.8×	42 0.4×	48 0.5×	45	902
Fulong Li China	22	899 1.7×	79 0.4×	183 1.1×	43 0.4×	67 0.7×	74	1.6k
Tingting Ge China	18	462 0.9×	121 0.6×	192 1.1×	42 0.4×	62 0.7×	64	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keke Wei

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Wei, Keke, et al.. (2025). Can the digital economy foster advancements in the healthcare sector? — a case study using interprovincial data from China. BMC Public Health. 25(1). 196–196. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Keke, Fang Liu, Cheng Ning, Yingbo Zhang, & Chunmei Hu. (2025). Choroidal metastasis as the first sign of small cell lung cancer: A case report. Oncology Letters. 30(4). 1–9.

Wei, Keke, Liang Tang, Xin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Lithium carbonate induces myofibroblast necroptosis to reverse pulmonary fibrosis. 1(1).

Lv, Jiadi, Dianheng Wang, Yabo Zhou, et al.. (2025). Mechanical signaling via β2 integrin decouples T cell proliferation and differentiation for generating stem cell-like CAR T cells. Immunity. 58(9). 2289–2304.e10. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Wenjie, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the oncogenic role of SLC25A13: a multi-omics pan-cancer analysis reveals its impact on glioma progression. Cancer Cell International. 25(1). 76–76.

Liu, Jincheng, et al.. (2024). Kidney function mediates the association of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and heavy metals with hepatic fibrosis risk. Environmental Research. 263(Pt 2). 120092–120092. 9 indexed citations

Wei, Keke, et al.. (2024). Kidney function mediates the effects of four per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 288. 117395–117395. 4 indexed citations

Wei, Keke, et al.. (2024). Measurement of China’s public health level: compilation and research of an index. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 686–686. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Shiqi, Kan Wang, Zhengfeng Fan, et al.. (2024). Modulation of anti-cardiac fibrosis immune responses by changing M2 macrophages into M1 macrophages. Molecular Medicine. 30(1). 88–88. 9 indexed citations

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Wei, Keke, et al.. (2023). The relationship between agricultural and animal husbandry economic development and carbon emissions in Henan Province, the analysis of factors affecting carbon emissions, and carbon emissions prediction. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 193. 115134–115134. 43 indexed citations

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Wei, Keke, et al.. (2023). Decoupling relationship between carbon emissions and economic development and prediction of carbon emissions in Henan Province: based on Tapio method and STIRPAT model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(18). 52679–52691. 43 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huafeng, Jincheng Liu, Zhuoshun Yang, et al.. (2022). TCR activation directly stimulates PYGB-dependent glycogenolysis to fuel the early recall response in CD8+ memory T cells. Molecular Cell. 82(16). 3077–3088.e6. 29 indexed citations

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Tang, Ke, Liyan Zhu, Jie Chen, et al.. (2021). Hypoxia Promotes Breast Cancer Cell Growth by Activating a Glycogen Metabolic Program. Cancer Research. 81(19). 4949–4963. 75 indexed citations

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Ma, Jingwei, Keke Wei, Junwei Liu, et al.. (2020). Glycogen metabolism regulates macrophage-mediated acute inflammatory responses. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1769–1769. 157 indexed citations

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Li, Lei, et al.. (2019). Synthetic biology approaches for chromosomal integration of genes and pathways in industrial microbial systems. Biotechnology Advances. 37(5). 730–745. 52 indexed citations

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Tang, Ke, Yuandong Yu, Liyan Zhu, et al.. (2019). Hypoxia-reprogrammed tricarboxylic acid cycle promotes the growth of human breast tumorigenic cells. Oncogene. 38(44). 6970–6984. 48 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huafeng, Ke Tang, Jingwei Ma, et al.. (2019). Ketogenesis-generated β-hydroxybutyrate is an epigenetic regulator of CD8+ T-cell memory development. Nature Cell Biology. 22(1). 18–25. 138 indexed citations

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Ma, Jingwei, Keke Wei, Huafeng Zhang, et al.. (2018). Mechanisms by Which Dendritic Cells Present Tumor Microparticle Antigens to CD8+ T Cells. Cancer Immunology Research. 6(9). 1057–1068. 64 indexed citations

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Li, Lei, Keke Wei, Guosong Zheng, et al.. (2018). aMSGE: advanced multiplex site-specific genome engineering with orthogonal modular recombinases in actinomycetes. Metabolic Engineering. 52. 153–167. 48 indexed citations

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Wei, Keke, Lei Li, Weihong Jiang, et al.. (2018). MilR2, a novel TetR family regulator involved in 5-oxomilbemycin A3/A4 biosynthesis in Streptomyces hygroscopicus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 102(20). 8841–8853. 16 indexed citations

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