Le Dai

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 783 citations indexed

About

Le Dai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Le Dai has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 783 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cell Biology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Le Dai's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (3 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (2 papers). Le Dai is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (3 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (2 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (2 papers). Le Dai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Le Dai's co-authors include Francesco Tombola, Janahan Arulmoli, Lisa A. Flanagan, Medha M. Pathak, Jamison L. Nourse, Minsu Kim, Bo Ryoung Park, Sukanya Iyer, Waqas Chaudhry and Faris Sinjab and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Functional Materials and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Le Dai

16 papers receiving 770 citations

Hit Papers

Stretch-activated ion channel Piezo1 directs lineage choi... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Stretch-activated ion channel Piezo1 directs lineage choice in human neural stem cells
    2014 469 citations Medha M. Pathak, Jamison L. Nourse et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Le Dai United States 9 386 286 229 126 119 18 783
Vijaykumar S. Meli United States 16 545 1.4× 288 1.0× 322 1.4× 242 1.9× 152 1.3× 25 1.5k
Eugene Choi United States 18 677 1.8× 82 0.3× 57 0.2× 99 0.8× 108 0.9× 40 1.1k
Glareh Askarieh Sweden 10 587 1.5× 139 0.5× 49 0.2× 84 0.7× 49 0.4× 11 934
Hiroe Ohnishi Japan 17 421 1.1× 63 0.2× 60 0.3× 88 0.7× 36 0.3× 45 841
Samuel C. Yiu United States 23 223 0.6× 106 0.4× 72 0.3× 75 0.6× 23 0.2× 68 1.4k
Kavitha S. Rao United States 13 363 0.9× 60 0.2× 119 0.5× 170 1.3× 25 0.2× 20 846
Jiayu Liu China 10 155 0.4× 57 0.2× 418 1.8× 231 1.8× 52 0.4× 26 698
Margaret B. Fish United States 18 665 1.7× 44 0.2× 96 0.4× 124 1.0× 86 0.7× 28 1.1k
Vincent Gache France 16 892 2.3× 95 0.3× 446 1.9× 69 0.5× 12 0.1× 39 1.2k
Moira A. Lawson United States 12 551 1.4× 103 0.4× 506 2.2× 137 1.1× 33 0.3× 15 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Le Dai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Le Dai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Le Dai

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Dai, Le, et al.. (2025). Two‐pronged approach: Therapeutic effect of biological scaffold combined with immune intervention and β‐cell replacement on type 1 diabetic mice. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 27(6). 3464–3476. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Le & Qing Wang. (2025). Targeting ferroptosis: opportunities and challenges of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 16(1). 47–47. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Le, Fan Yu, Jiahua Zhu, et al.. (2024). Structural insights into the binding interaction between noraucuparin and bovine serum albumin: Implications for antibiotic design and function. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1319. 139392–139392. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Fan, Xiaole Han, Jiahua Zhu, et al.. (2023). A natural product noraucupatin against multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium: an inhibition mechanism study. 2. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Le, Tatsuya Akiyama, David S. Weiss, & Minsu Kim. (2023). Dissociation kinetics of small-molecule inhibitors in Escherichia coli is coupled to physiological state of cells. Communications Biology. 6(1). 223–223. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Le Dai, Shuhao Wang, et al.. (2022). All‐Ceramic Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvester. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(52). 44 indexed citations
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Dai, Le, et al.. (2021). Tsg101 Is Necessary for the Establishment and Maintenance of Mouse Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Polarity. Molecules and Cells. 44(3). 168–178. 4 indexed citations
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Dai, Le, et al.. (2021). Active Efflux Leads to Heterogeneous Dissipation of Proton Motive Force by Protonophores in Bacteria. mBio. 12(4). e0067621–e0067621. 54 indexed citations
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Park, Bo Ryoung, et al.. (2018). Antibiotic-induced population fluctuations and stochastic clearance of bacteria. eLife. 7. 68 indexed citations
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Liu, Qi, Wei‐Wei Ni, Zhen Li, et al.. (2018). Resolution and evaluation of 3-chlorophenyl-3-hydroxypropionylhydroxamic acid as antivirulence agent with excellent eradication efficacy in Helicobacter pylori infected mice. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 121. 293–300. 11 indexed citations
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Iyer, Sukanya, Le Dai, Bo Ryoung Park, & Minsu Kim. (2018). Distinct mechanisms coordinate transcription and translation under carbon and nitrogen starvation in Escherichia coli. Nature Microbiology. 3(6). 741–748. 62 indexed citations
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Dai, Le, Jun Hatakeyama, Keejung Yoon, et al.. (2017). The Retinal Pigment Epithelium Is a Notch Signaling Niche in the Mouse Retina. Cell Reports. 19(2). 351–363. 17 indexed citations
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Pathak, Medha M., Jamison L. Nourse, Janahan Arulmoli, et al.. (2015). Piezo1 Transduces Extracellular Matrix Mechanical Cues to Direct Human Neural Stem Cell Fate. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 506a–506a.
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Phan, Long, Rylan Kautz, Janahan Arulmoli, et al.. (2015). Reflectin as a Material for Neural Stem Cell Growth. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(1). 278–284. 21 indexed citations
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Dai, Le & Yun Wang. (2015). Design and simulation of curved sensors of PVDF for fetal heart rate monitoring. 17. 129–132. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Namsuk, Kyung Hwa Kang, Eun Jung Lee, et al.. (2014). Correction: Regulation of retinal axon growth by secreted Vax1 homeodomain protein. eLife. 3. 3 indexed citations
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Kim, Namsuk, Kyung Hwa Kang, Eun Jung Lee, et al.. (2014). Regulation of retinal axon growth by secreted Vax1 homeodomain protein. eLife. 3. e02671–e02671. 23 indexed citations
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Pathak, Medha M., Jamison L. Nourse, Janahan Arulmoli, et al.. (2014). Stretch-activated ion channel Piezo1 directs lineage choice in human neural stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(45). 16148–16153. 469 indexed citations breakdown →

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