Lei Yu

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Lei Yu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Yu has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cancer Research and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Lei Yu's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (9 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (8 papers). Lei Yu is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers), Circular RNAs in diseases (9 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (8 papers). Lei Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Lei Yu's co-authors include Songtao Qi, Jie Hu, Jia Fan, Jian Zhou, Hongguang Zhu, Shaohua Lu, Zhang Xue-lin, Guo‐Huan Yang, Xue Gao and Ying Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Brain and Clinical Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Lei Yu

65 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Plasma MicroRNA Panel to Diagnose Hepatitis B Virus–Relat... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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. Plasma MicroRNA Panel to Diagnose Hepatitis B Virus–Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma
    2011 521 citations Jian Zhou, Lei Yu et al. profile →

Peers

Lei Yu
Myung Jin Son South Korea
Steven Song United States
Shunichi Morikawa Japan
Xuetao Pei China
Takeshi Katsuda Japan
Arman Jahangiri United States
Yu Yao China
Ruth Ganß Australia
Yueh Chien Taiwan
Christian Fischer Germany
Myung Jin Son South Korea
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Countries citing papers authored by Lei Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lei Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lei Yu 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 Yu. Lei Yu 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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Liu, Xinfu, et al.. (2025). Correlation of serum uric acid with cancer: a systematic evaluation and dose-response meta-analysis of 43 cohort studies. International Journal of Surgery. 111(12). 9656–9668.
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Debnath, Kumar Biswajit, et al.. (2025). EOLD: A reinforcement learning-based energy-optimised load disaggregation framework for demand-side energy management. Renewable Energy. 252. 123536–123536. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Meng, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Reinforcement Learning with Dense Rewards from Language Model Critic. 9119–9138. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xin, Lei Yu, Jiabin Su, et al.. (2023). Individualised evaluation based on pathophysiology for moyamoya vasculopathy: application in surgical revascularisation. Stroke and Vascular Neurology. 9(3). 268–278. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Ke, Lei Yu, Lei Li, et al.. (2023). Keratin7 and Desmoplakin are involved in acute lung injury induced by sepsis through RAGE. International Immunopharmacology. 124(Pt A). 110867–110867. 1 indexed citations
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Na, Hui, Yan Li, Cong‐Yi Wang, Lei Yu, & Bo Ma. (2022). Comparative analysis of visual quality between unilateral implantation of a trifocal intraocular lens and a rotationally asymmetric refractive multifocal intraocular lens. International Journal of Ophthalmology. 15(9). 1460–1467. 3 indexed citations
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He, Yutong, Honghao Hou, Shuqi Wang, et al.. (2020). From waste of marine culture to natural patch in cardiac tissue engineering. Bioactive Materials. 6(7). 2000–2010. 43 indexed citations
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Mo, Jialin, et al.. (2019). MicroRNA-365 Knockdown Prevents Ischemic Neuronal Injury by Activating Oxidation Resistance 1-Mediated Antioxidant Signals. Neuroscience Bulletin. 35(5). 815–825. 15 indexed citations
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Yu, Lei, Chao Gao, Jiabin Su, et al.. (2019). Microstructural damage pattern of vascular cognitive impairment: a comparison between moyamoya disease and cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disease. Neural Regeneration Research. 14(5). 858–858. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Zheng, Zhenggang Ren, Yi Chen, et al.. (2018). Adjuvant Transarterial Chemoembolization for HBV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Resection: A Randomized Controlled Study. Clinical Cancer Research. 24(9). 2074–2081. 204 indexed citations
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Li, Pei-Xin, Deshu Chen, Yun Cui, et al.. (2018). Src Plays an Important Role in AGE-Induced Endothelial Cell Proliferation, Migration, and Tubulogenesis. Frontiers in Physiology. 9. 765–765. 32 indexed citations
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He, Yutong, Genlan Ye, Song Chen, et al.. (2018). Mussel-inspired conductive nanofibrous membranes repair myocardial infarction by enhancing cardiac function and revascularization. Theranostics. 8(18). 5159–5177. 60 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chang, Qi Feng, Lei Yu, et al.. (2016). Raltitrexed plus oxaliplatin-based transarterial chemoembolization in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Anti-Cancer Drugs. 27(7). 689–694. 21 indexed citations
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Liao, Boyi, Zheng Wang, Jie Hu, et al.. (2015). PI-88 inhibits postoperative recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma via disrupting the surge of heparanase after liver resection. Tumor Biology. 37(3). 2987–2998. 28 indexed citations
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Huang, Weiyi, Bingke Lv, Huijun Zeng, et al.. (2015). Paracrine Factors Secreted by MSCs Promote Astrocyte Survival Associated With GFAP Downregulation After Ischemic Stroke via p38 MAPK and JNK. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 230(10). 2461–2475. 65 indexed citations
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Ji, Junfang, Lei Yu, Zhipeng Yu, et al.. (2013). Development of a miR-26 Companion Diagnostic Test for Adjuvant Interferon-alpha Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 9(3). 303–312. 22 indexed citations
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Zhu, Kai, Zhi Dai, Qi Pan, et al.. (2011). Metadherin Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis through Induction of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(23). 7294–7302. 122 indexed citations
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Qi, Songtao, Lei Yu, Si Gui, et al.. (2011). IDH mutations predict longer survival and response to temozolomide in secondary glioblastoma. Cancer Science. 103(2). 269–273. 227 indexed citations
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Yu, Lei, Patricia Baxter, Horatiu Voicu, et al.. (2010). A clinically relevant orthotopic xenograft model of ependymoma that maintains the genomic signature of the primary tumor and preserves cancer stem cells in vivo. Neuro-Oncology. 12(6). 580–594. 63 indexed citations

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