Leizhen Wei

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Leizhen Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leizhen Wei has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Leizhen Wei's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (17 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers) and PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (5 papers). Leizhen Wei is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (17 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (5 papers) and PARP inhibition in cancer therapy (5 papers). Leizhen Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Leizhen Wei's co-authors include Li Lan, C. Elizabeth Shaaban, Satoshi Nakajima, Akira Yasui, Guang Peng, Xiangwei Wu, Lin Yang, Prabodh Kapoor, Qianxing Mo and Gordon B. Mills and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Leizhen Wei

20 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

ARID1A Deficiency Impairs the DNA Damage Checkpoint and Sensitizes Cells to PARP Inhibitors

2015 358 citations Jianfeng Shen, Yang Peng et al. Cancer Discovery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leizhen Wei United States	17	1.2k	466	205	186	124	20	1.4k
Amanda W. Kijas Australia	16	963 0.8×	346 0.7×	231 1.1×	122 0.7×	99 0.8×	22	1.1k
Sylvie Thuault France	15	1.0k 0.8×	421 0.9×	388 1.9×	101 0.5×	94 0.8×	18	1.3k
Etsuko Shibata United States	19	1.2k 1.0×	367 0.8×	281 1.4×	66 0.4×	177 1.4×	24	1.3k
Leandros-Vassilios Vassiliou United Kingdom	3	1.4k 1.1×	734 1.6×	297 1.4×	86 0.5×	180 1.5×	4	1.6k
Shirley M.-H. Sy Hong Kong	20	1.5k 1.3×	621 1.3×	298 1.5×	106 0.6×	520 4.2×	26	1.8k
Claire Attwooll United States	9	961 0.8×	375 0.8×	259 1.3×	65 0.3×	170 1.4×	12	1.3k
Scott Davey Canada	18	1.4k 1.2×	523 1.1×	321 1.6×	100 0.5×	107 0.9×	32	1.6k
Colin E.J. Pritchard Netherlands	18	1.0k 0.8×	350 0.8×	135 0.7×	46 0.2×	152 1.2×	34	1.3k
Elizabeth L. Christie Australia	13	498 0.4×	403 0.9×	267 1.3×	77 0.4×	66 0.5×	24	883
Richard H. van Jaarsveld Netherlands	9	566 0.5×	511 1.1×	231 1.1×	95 0.5×	185 1.5×	12	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leizhen Wei

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Chen, Hao, Haibo Yang, Xiaolan Zhu, et al.. (2020). m5C modification of mRNA serves a DNA damage code to promote homologous recombination. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2834–2834. 135 indexed citations

Zang, Yachen, Laura E. Pascal, Yibin Zhou, et al.. (2017). ELL2 regulates DNA non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair in prostate cancer cells. Cancer Letters. 415. 198–207. 14 indexed citations

Gao, Ying, Changling Li, Leizhen Wei, et al.. (2017). SSRP1 Cooperates with PARP and XRCC1 to Facilitate Single-Strand DNA Break Repair by Chromatin Priming. Cancer Research. 77(10). 2674–2685. 35 indexed citations

Wei, Leizhen, et al.. (2016). Transcription-coupled homologous recombination after oxidative damage. DNA repair. 44. 76–80. 18 indexed citations

Wei, Leizhen, et al.. (2016). The Lys63-deubiquitylating Enzyme BRCC36 Limits DNA Break Processing and Repair. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(31). 16197–16207. 37 indexed citations

Shen, Jianfeng, Yang Peng, Leizhen Wei, et al.. (2015). ARID1A Deficiency Impairs the DNA Damage Checkpoint and Sensitizes Cells to PARP Inhibitors. Cancer Discovery. 5(7). 752–767. 358 indexed citations breakdown →

Wei, Leizhen, et al.. (2015). Regulation of DNA Damage Signaling and Cell Death Responses by Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Membrane Protein 1 (LMP1) and LMP2A in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells. Journal of Virology. 89(15). 7612–7624. 22 indexed citations

Xing, Mengtan, Mingrui Yang, Wei Huo, et al.. (2015). Interactome analysis identifies a new paralogue of XRCC4 in non-homologous end joining DNA repair pathway. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6233–6233. 133 indexed citations

Lan, Li, Guang Peng, Ying‐Nai Wang, et al.. (2015). Tyrosine 370 phosphorylation of ATM positively regulates DNA damage response. Cell Research. 25(2). 225–236. 35 indexed citations

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Wei, Leizhen, Satoshi Nakajima, Stefanie Böhm, et al.. (2015). DNA damage during the G0/G1 phase triggers RNA-templated, Cockayne syndrome B-dependent homologous recombination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(27). E3495–504. 125 indexed citations

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Fang, Qingming, Xiaohong Wang, Leizhen Wei, et al.. (2014). HSP90 regulates DNA repair via the interaction between XRCC1 and DNA polymerase β. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5513–5513. 98 indexed citations

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Nakajima, Satoshi, Li Lan, Leizhen Wei, et al.. (2014). Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 5 Is Required for the Efficient Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e84899–e84899. 53 indexed citations

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Wei, Leizhen, et al.. (2014). Novel Method for Site-specific Induction of Oxidative DNA Damage to Study Recruitment of Repair Proteins to Heterochromatin and Euchromatin. BIO-PROTOCOL. 4(11). 1 indexed citations

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Kanno, Shin‐ichiro, Masahiro Nakayama, Leizhen Wei, et al.. (2013). The BRCA1/BARD1-Interacting Protein OLA1 Functions in Centrosome Regulation. Molecular Cell. 53(1). 101–114. 56 indexed citations

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Benitez, Anaid, Fenghua Yuan, Satoshi Nakajima, et al.. (2013). Damage-dependent regulation of MUS81-EME1 by Fanconi anemia complementation group A protein. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(3). 1671–1683. 14 indexed citations

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Wei, Leizhen, Satoshi Nakajima, Shin-ichiro Kanno, et al.. (2013). Damage response of XRCC1 at sites of DNA single strand breaks is regulated by phosphorylation and ubiquitylation after degradation of poly(ADP-ribose). Journal of Cell Science. 126(19). 4414–4423. 63 indexed citations

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Lan, Li, Satoshi Nakajima, Leizhen Wei, et al.. (2013). Novel method for site-specific induction of oxidative DNA damage reveals differences in recruitment of repair proteins to heterochromatin and euchromatin. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(4). 2330–2345. 86 indexed citations

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Gao, Min, Leizhen Wei, Qian Xu, et al.. (2012). A Novel Role of Human Holliday Junction Resolvase GEN1 in the Maintenance of Centrosome Integrity. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49687–e49687. 17 indexed citations

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Wei, Leizhen, Li Lan, Akira Yasui, et al.. (2011). BRCA1 contributes to transcription‐coupled repair of DNA damage through polyubiquitination and degradation of Cockayne syndrome B protein. Cancer Science. 102(10). 1840–1847. 40 indexed citations

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Wei, Leizhen, Li Lan, Zehui Hong, et al.. (2008). Rapid Recruitment of BRCA1 to DNA Double-Strand Breaks Is Dependent on Its Association with Ku80. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 28(24). 7380–7393. 59 indexed citations

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