Lei Cao-Lei

1.2k total citations
21 papers, 841 citations indexed

About

Lei Cao-Lei is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Cao-Lei has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 841 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Lei Cao-Lei's work include Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (5 papers). Lei Cao-Lei is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (13 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (9 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (5 papers). Lei Cao-Lei collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and Luxembourg. Lei Cao-Lei's co-authors include Suzanne King, Moshe Szyf, David P. Laplante, Guillaume Elgbeili, Renaud Massart, Ziv Machnes, Matthew Suderman, Kelsey N. Dancause, Gerlinde A. S. Metz and Stephen G. Matthews and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lei Cao-Lei

19 papers receiving 827 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lei Cao-Lei Canada 13 425 280 244 201 127 21 841
Helena Palma‐Gudiel Spain 14 290 0.7× 321 1.1× 146 0.6× 214 1.1× 173 1.4× 28 850
Franz Veru Canada 13 308 0.7× 90 0.3× 243 1.0× 218 1.1× 127 1.0× 18 757
Alexander Neumann Netherlands 17 197 0.5× 129 0.5× 211 0.9× 290 1.4× 53 0.4× 38 771
Elizabeth Braithwaite United Kingdom 13 242 0.6× 80 0.3× 307 1.3× 246 1.2× 130 1.0× 40 641
Cornelieke van de Beek Netherlands 12 288 0.7× 423 1.5× 248 1.0× 121 0.6× 40 0.3× 16 1.0k
Christelle Stouder Switzerland 8 354 0.8× 440 1.6× 70 0.3× 164 0.8× 110 0.9× 8 829
Jolien Rijlaarsdam Netherlands 18 228 0.5× 164 0.6× 217 0.9× 353 1.8× 29 0.2× 30 889
Nora K. Moog Germany 12 342 0.8× 65 0.2× 376 1.5× 404 2.0× 222 1.7× 18 1.1k
Hayley S. Kamin United States 10 172 0.4× 96 0.3× 112 0.5× 196 1.0× 153 1.2× 15 611
Pablo A. Nepomnaschy Canada 14 234 0.6× 61 0.2× 207 0.8× 82 0.4× 153 1.2× 30 953

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Cao-Lei

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cao-Lei, Lei, et al.. (2025). Epigenetic Insights into the Impact of Disaster-Related Prenatal Stress: A Narrative Review. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 34(1). 7–22.
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Guillaume Elgbeili, David P. Laplante, Moshe Szyf, & Suzanne King. (2025). DNA Methylation Mediates the Association Between Prenatal Maternal Stress and the Broad Autism Phenotype in Human Adolescents: Project Ice Storm. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(19). 9468–9468.
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Cao-Lei, Lei, et al.. (2024). The impact of climate change-related disasters on mental health and epigenetics: a narrative review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 1 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, et al.. (2022). A narrative review of the epigenetics of post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 857087–857087. 9 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Sophie Farinelle, Claude P. Muller, et al.. (2021). Assessment of 9-OH- and 7,8-diol-benzo[a]pyrene in Blood as Potent Markers of Cognitive Impairment Related to benzo[a]pyrene Exposure: An Animal Model Study. Toxics. 9(3). 50–50. 9 indexed citations
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Tran, Luan T., Lei Cao-Lei, Maryam Oskoui, et al.. (2021). A Novel De Novo Variant in DYNC1H1 Causes Spinal Muscular Atrophy Lower Extremity Predominant in Identical Twins: A Case Report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 2329048X211027438–2329048X211027438. 2 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, et al.. (2021). Prenatal Maternal Stress From a Natural Disaster and Hippocampal Volumes: Gene-by-Environment Interactions in Young Adolescents From Project Ice Storm. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. 706660–706660. 12 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Guillaume Elgbeili, Moshe Szyf, David P. Laplante, & Suzanne King. (2019). Differential genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in childhood obesity. BMC Research Notes. 12(1). 174–174. 16 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Kelsey N. Dancause, Guillaume Elgbeili, et al.. (2018). DNA methylation mediates the effect of maternal cognitive appraisal of a disaster in pregnancy on the child’s C-peptide secretion in adolescence: Project Ice Storm. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192199–e0192199. 30 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Susanne R. de Rooij, Suzanne King, et al.. (2017). Prenatal stress and epigenetics. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 117. 198–210. 144 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Franz Veru, Guillaume Elgbeili, et al.. (2016). DNA methylation mediates the effect of exposure to prenatal maternal stress on cytokine production in children at age 13½ years: Project Ice Storm. Clinical Epigenetics. 8(1). 54–54. 49 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Kelsey N. Dancause, Guillaume Elgbeili, et al.. (2016). Pregnant women's cognitive appraisal of a natural disaster affects their children's BMI and central adiposity via DNA methylation: Project Ice Storm. Early Human Development. 103. 189–192. 33 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, David P. Laplante, & Suzanne King. (2016). Prenatal Maternal Stress and Epigenetics: Review of the Human Research. 2(1). 16–25. 44 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Kelsey N. Dancause, Guillaume Elgbeili, et al.. (2015). DNA methylation mediates the impact of exposure to prenatal maternal stress on BMI and central adiposity in children at age 13½ years: Project Ice Storm. Epigenetics. 10(8). 749–761. 88 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Guillaume Elgbeili, Renaud Massart, et al.. (2015). Pregnant women’s cognitive appraisal of a natural disaster affects DNA methylation in their children 13 years later: Project Ice Storm. Translational Psychiatry. 5(2). e515–e515. 65 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Renaud Massart, Matthew Suderman, et al.. (2014). DNA Methylation Signatures Triggered by Prenatal Maternal Stress Exposure to a Natural Disaster: Project Ice Storm. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107653–e107653. 226 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, et al.. (2013). Glucocorticoid receptor gene expression and promoter CpG modifications throughout the human brain. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 47(11). 1597–1607. 33 indexed citations
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Cao-Lei, Lei, Robert Kumsta, Stefan Wüst, et al.. (2011). Transcriptional control of the human glucocorticoid receptor: identification and analysis of alternative promoter regions. Human Genetics. 129(5). 533–543. 50 indexed citations

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