Lei Xing

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 741 citations indexed

About

Lei Xing is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Xing has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 741 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lei Xing's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Lei Xing is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (4 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Lei Xing collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and Germany. Lei Xing's co-authors include Vance L. Trudeau, Wieland Β. Huttner, Nan Zheng, Jiaqi Wang, Takashi Namba, Huiying Li, Muchen Zhang, Pauline Wimberger, Nereo Kalebic and Shiqi Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Lei Xing

33 papers receiving 728 citations

Hit Papers

Human TKTL1 implies greater neurogenesis in frontal neoco... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75
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. Human TKTL1 implies greater neurogenesis in frontal neocortex of modern humans than Neanderthals
    2022 76 citations Anneline Pinson, Lei Xing et al. Science profile →

Peers

Lei Xing
Lu Gao China
Wei Ma China
Jing Tang China
Yoshiki Matsumoto Japan
Hui Yao China
Ida Ferrandino Italy
Jing Xiong China
Charles F. Ide United States
María del Rayo Sánchez‐Carbente Mexico
Carolin Schneider Germany
Lu Gao China
Lei Xing
Citations per year, relative to Lei Xing Lei Xing (= 1×) peers Lu Gao

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Xing

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Xing

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Xing

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xing, Lei, Anni I. Nieminen, Ronald Naumann, et al.. (2024). Functional synergy of a human-specific and an ape-specific metabolic regulator in human neocortex development. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3468–3468. 13 indexed citations
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Xing, Lei, Wieland Β. Huttner, & Takashi Namba. (2024). Role of cell metabolism in the pathophysiology of brain size-associated neurodevelopmental disorders. Neurobiology of Disease. 199. 106607–106607. 1 indexed citations
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Pinson, Anneline, Lei Xing, Takashi Namba, et al.. (2022). Human TKTL1 implies greater neurogenesis in frontal neocortex of modern humans than Neanderthals. Science. 377(6611). eabl6422–eabl6422. 76 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mora‐Bermúdez, Felipe, Philipp Kanis, Jula Peters, et al.. (2022). Longer metaphase and fewer chromosome segregation errors in modern human than Neanderthal brain development. Science Advances. 8(30). eabn7702–eabn7702. 30 indexed citations
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Xing, Lei, Takashi Namba, Anneline Pinson, et al.. (2021). Expression of human‐specific ARHGAP11B in mice leads to neocortex expansion and increased memory flexibility. The EMBO Journal. 40(13). e107093–e107093. 35 indexed citations
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Souders, Christopher L., Wei Chi, Dillon F. Da Fonte, et al.. (2021). Mitochondria of teleost radial glia: A novel target of neuroendocrine disruption by environmental chemicals?. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology. 243. 108995–108995. 2 indexed citations
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Xing, Lei, Nereo Kalebic, Takashi Namba, et al.. (2020). Serotonin Receptor 2A Activation Promotes Evolutionarily Relevant Basal Progenitor Proliferation in the Developing Neocortex. Neuron. 108(6). 1113–1129.e6. 28 indexed citations
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Xing, Lei, et al.. (2019). Effect of reducing runoff, sediment, soil nitrogen and phosphorus losses in sloping farmland based on short ridge of clover hedgerow with ridge tillage. Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao. 35(22). 209–215. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Huaigu, Huiying Li, Peng Li, et al.. (2019). Modulation activity of heat-treated and untreated lactoferrin on the TLR-4 pathway in anoxia cell model and cerebral ischemia reperfusion mouse model. Journal of Dairy Science. 103(2). 1151–1163. 18 indexed citations
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Namba, Takashi, Judit Dóczi, Anneline Pinson, et al.. (2019). Human-Specific ARHGAP11B Acts in Mitochondria to Expand Neocortical Progenitors by Glutaminolysis. Neuron. 105(5). 867–881.e9. 90 indexed citations
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Yang, Shiqi, Yongsheng Wang, Ruliang Liu, Lei Xing, & Zhengli Yang. (2018). Improved crop yield and reduced nitrate nitrogen leaching with straw return in a rice-wheat rotation of Ningxia irrigation district. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9458–9458. 60 indexed citations
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Fonte, Dillon F. Da, Christopher J. Martyniuk, Lei Xing, & Vance L. Trudeau. (2018). Secretoneurin A Directly Regulates the Proteome of Goldfish Radial Glial Cells In Vitro. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 9. 68–68. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Huiying, Lei Xing, Jiaqi Wang, & Nan Zheng. (2018). Toxicology studies of furosine in vitro/in vivo and exploration of the related mechanism. Toxicology Letters. 291. 101–111. 26 indexed citations
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Fonte, Dillon F. Da, et al.. (2017). Secretoneurin-A inhibits aromatase B (cyp19a1b) expression in female goldfish (Carassius auratus) radial glial cells. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 257. 106–112. 11 indexed citations
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Xing, Lei, et al.. (2016). Direct Regulation of Aromatase B Expression by 17β-Estradiol and Dopamine D1 Receptor Agonist in Adult Radial Glial Cells. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 9. 504–504. 24 indexed citations
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Xing, Lei, et al.. (2016). Dehydroabietic acid cytotoxicity in goldfish radial glial cells in vitro. Aquatic Toxicology. 180. 78–83. 4 indexed citations
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Xing, Lei, et al.. (2016). Proteomic profiling reveals dopaminergic regulation of progenitor cell functions of goldfish radial glial cells in vitro. Journal of Proteomics. 144. 123–132. 9 indexed citations
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Xing, Lei, Mukunda Goswami, & Vance L. Trudeau. (2014). Radial glial cell: Critical functions and new perspective as a steroid synthetic cell. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 203. 181–185. 34 indexed citations

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