Lei Cheng

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lei Cheng is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Cheng has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Lei Cheng's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (20 papers), Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (13 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (13 papers). Lei Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (20 papers), Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (13 papers) and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (13 papers). Lei Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Lei Cheng's co-authors include Lin Nie, Yuanqiang Zhang, Yunpeng Zhao, Jianlu Wei, Yi Liu, Yunpeng Zhao, Hua Zhao, Xiaocong Zhou, Li Zhang and Zi‐Jiang Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lei Cheng

70 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Mechanical overloading induces GPX4-regulated chondrocyte ferroptosis in osteoarthritis via Piezo1 channel facilitated calcium influx

2022 173 citations Pengfei Zhang, Krasimir Vasilev et al. Journal of Advanced Research profile →
Piezo1 channel exaggerates ferroptosis of nucleus pulposus cells by mediating mechanical stress-induced iron influx

2024 45 citations Pengfei Zhang, Lei Cheng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Cheng China	26	538	488	375	278	255	71	1.7k
Yuanqiang Zhang China	23	318 0.6×	688 1.4×	204 0.5×	173 0.6×	125 0.5×	90	1.6k
Anjing Liang China	24	399 0.7×	522 1.1×	204 0.5×	340 1.2×	366 1.4×	57	1.6k
Liangming Zhang China	24	608 1.1×	442 0.9×	221 0.6×	677 2.4×	261 1.0×	92	2.0k
Dionysios J. Papachristou Greece	30	242 0.4×	1.1k 2.2×	111 0.3×	618 2.2×	321 1.3×	98	2.9k
Seil Sohn South Korea	25	650 1.2×	299 0.6×	190 0.5×	719 2.6×	172 0.7×	89	1.8k
Xiaobin Guo China	22	158 0.3×	518 1.1×	145 0.4×	270 1.0×	157 0.6×	50	1.2k
Xiaosheng Ma China	21	740 1.4×	721 1.5×	209 0.6×	407 1.5×	137 0.5×	82	1.7k
Huilin Yang China	24	312 0.6×	642 1.3×	183 0.5×	381 1.4×	211 0.8×	54	1.7k
B. A. J. Evans United Kingdom	25	317 0.6×	713 1.5×	62 0.2×	264 0.9×	168 0.7×	49	2.6k
Xinlei Xia China	22	801 1.5×	391 0.8×	257 0.7×	624 2.2×	168 0.7×	118	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Cheng

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kong, Xiangzhen, et al.. (2025). Periplocin targets LRP4 to regulate metabolic homeostasis and anti-inflammation for the treatment of IVDD. Phytomedicine. 143. 156885–156885. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Zhicheng, Lei Yu, Yuanqiang Zhang, et al.. (2025). GDF11 alleviates glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head by regulating angiogenesis via the PI3K-AKT-eNOS pathway. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1682–1682.

Cheng, Lei, et al.. (2024). Synergistic stabilization of red-bedded mudstone with microbial-geopolymer: An experimental study. Construction and Building Materials. 441. 137503–137503. 2 indexed citations

Zhu, Xuetao, Jianxiong Guo, Xinyu Liu, et al.. (2024). Fully Automatic Deep Learning Model for Spine Refracture in Patients with OVCF: A Multi‐Center Study. Orthopaedic Surgery. 16(8). 2052–2065. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Da‐Wang, Zhang Jing, Weiyi Sun, et al.. (2024). Rejuvenation Modulation of Nucleus Pulposus Progenitor Cells Reverses Senescence‐Associated Intervertebral Disc Degeneration. Advanced Materials. 37(7). e2409979–e2409979. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Pengfei, Long Liu, Xuetao Zhu, et al.. (2024). Selenium-SelK-GPX4 axis protects nucleus pulposus cells against mechanical overloading-induced ferroptosis and attenuates senescence of intervertebral disc. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 49–49. 32 indexed citations

Zhang, Pengfei, Shuai Zhang, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2024). GDF11 protects against mitochondrial-dysfunction-dependent NLRP3 inflammasome activation to attenuate osteoarthritis. Journal of Advanced Research. 73. 501–515. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Zihao, Jinbo Liu, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2023). Atsttrin regulates osteoblastogenesis and osteoclastogenesis through the TNFR pathway. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1251–1251. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, Lei Cheng, Yanbo Du, et al.. (2023). 6-(7-Nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazol-4-ylthio) Hexanol Inhibits Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis of Endometriosis by Regulating Glutathione S-Transferase Mu Class 4. Reproductive Sciences. 30(10). 2945–2961. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lei, et al.. (2022). Research progress on pH-sensitive drug delivery systems in the treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Kaiwen, Jianlu Wei, Guohua Li, et al.. (2021). Fexofenadine Protects Against Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Through TNF Signaling. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 687024–687024. 20 indexed citations

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Yan, Huili, et al.. (2019). ATP-binding cassette sub-family a member1 gene mutation improves lipid metabolic abnormalities in diabetes mellitus. Lipids in Health and Disease. 18(1). 103–103. 10 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lei, et al.. (2018). mRNA treatment produces sustained expression of enzymatically active human ADAMTS13 in mice. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7859–7859. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Shaoyi, Jianlu Wei, Yu‐Chen Fan, et al.. (2018). Progranulin Is Positively Associated with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Interaction with IL-10 and IL-17 Through TNF Pathways. Inflammation. 41(5). 1852–1863. 47 indexed citations

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Jiao, Xue, Huihui Zhang, Hanni Ke, et al.. (2017). Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: Phenotypic Characterization Within Different Etiologies. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 102(7). 2281–2290. 86 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongli, Xiaofei Xu, Ting Han, et al.. (2017). A novel homozygous mutation in the FSHR gene is causative for primary ovarian insufficiency. Fertility and Sterility. 108(6). 1050–1055.e2. 39 indexed citations

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Chen, Bin, Yi Liu, Yuanqiang Zhang, et al.. (2017). IL-21 Is Positively Associated with Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Interaction with TNF-α Through the JAK-STAT Signaling Pathway. Inflammation. 40(2). 612–622. 33 indexed citations

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Yao, Zhixiao, Lin Nie, Yunpeng Zhao, et al.. (2016). Salubrinal Suppresses IL-17-Induced Upregulation of MMP-13 and Extracellular Matrix Degradation Through the NF-kB Pathway in Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells. Inflammation. 39(6). 1997–2007. 48 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wen, Lin Nie, Xia Wang, et al.. (2014). Th17 Cell Frequency and IL-17 Concentration Correlate With Pre- and Postoperative Pain Sensation in Patients With Intervertebral Disk Degeneration. Orthopedics. 37(7). e685–91. 19 indexed citations

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Gong, Lei, et al.. (2011). Intracellular trafficking and secretion of cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor in neurosecretory cells. Journal of Neurochemistry. 117(1). 121–132. 32 indexed citations

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