Lesley Cheng

18.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Lesley Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lesley Cheng has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lesley Cheng's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (33 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (25 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (11 papers). Lesley Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (33 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (25 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (11 papers). Lesley Cheng collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Lesley Cheng's co-authors include Andrew F. Hill, Benjamin J. Scicluna, Robyn A. Sharples, Laura J. Vella, Xin Sun, Colin L. Masters, Bradley M. Coleman, Catriona McLean, Kevin J. Barnham and Christopher Fowler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Lesley Cheng

49 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Exosomes provide a protective and enriched source of miRNA for biomarker profiling compared to intracellular and cell‐free blood

2014 671 citations Lesley Cheng, Robyn A. Sharples et al. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles profile →
Therapeutically harnessing extracellular vesicles

2022 515 citations Lesley Cheng, Andrew F. Hill Nature Reviews Drug Discovery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lesley Cheng Australia	28	3.3k	2.0k	399	311	241	49	3.9k
Samira Lakhal United Kingdom	8	4.5k 1.4×	2.5k 1.2×	397 1.0×	567 1.8×	177 0.7×	9	5.1k
Johnny Akers United States	18	2.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	264 0.7×	407 1.3×	162 0.7×	30	3.1k
Corinne Betts United Kingdom	19	5.0k 1.5×	2.1k 1.0×	327 0.8×	519 1.7×	220 0.9×	30	5.3k
Charles Pin‐Kuang Lai United States	24	4.1k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	588 1.5×	753 2.4×	166 0.7×	41	4.8k
Mara Sullivan United States	18	2.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	709 1.8×	253 0.8×	128 0.5×	29	3.5k
Jie Ding China	42	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	367 0.9×	315 1.0×	201 0.8×	189	5.6k
Susan Magdaleno United States	22	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	280 0.7×	201 0.6×	140 0.6×	36	4.2k
HaiFang Yin China	30	7.4k 2.2×	2.7k 1.4×	765 1.9×	962 3.1×	375 1.6×	67	8.1k
Michael Liem Australia	28	2.0k 0.6×	908 0.5×	324 0.8×	203 0.7×	104 0.4×	34	3.1k
Shu Wen United States	24	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	584 1.5×	339 1.1×	189 0.8×	62	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lesley Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lesley Cheng

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Nogueras‐Ortiz, Carlos, Erden Eren, Pamela J. Yao, et al.. (2024). Single‐extracellular vesicle (EV) analyses validate the use of L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule (L1CAM) as a reliable biomarker of neuron‐derived EVs. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 13(6). e12459–e12459. 41 indexed citations

Wilson, Carey, Lesley Cheng, Terence Y. Pang, et al.. (2024). Serotonergic-dependent effects of exercise and elevated stress hormone on small non-coding RNA transcriptomics and proteomics in a mouse model of affective disorders. Neuropharmacology. 265. 110240–110240. 1 indexed citations

Spiers, Jereme G., John D. Lee, Trent M. Woodruff, et al.. (2024). A Panel of miRNA Biomarkers Common to Serum and Brain-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Identified in Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Molecular Neurobiology. 61(8). 5901–5915. 5 indexed citations

Huang, Yiyao, Tom A. P. Driedonks, Lesley Cheng, et al.. (2023). Small RNA Profiles of Brain Tissue-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 99(s2). S235–S248. 5 indexed citations

Phillips, William D., Andrew F. Hill, Lesley Cheng, et al.. (2023). Cellular communication through extracellular vesicles and lipid droplets. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). e77–e77. 16 indexed citations

Huang, Yiyao, Tom A. P. Driedonks, Lesley Cheng, et al.. (2022). Relationships of APOE Genotypes With Small RNA and Protein Cargo of Brain Tissue Extracellular Vesicles From Patients With Late-Stage AD. Neurology Genetics. 8(6). e200026–e200026. 6 indexed citations

Cheng, Lesley & Andrew F. Hill. (2022). Therapeutically harnessing extracellular vesicles. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 21(5). 379–399. 515 indexed citations breakdown →

Huang, Yiyao, Tom A. P. Driedonks, Lesley Cheng, et al.. (2022). Brain Tissue-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Alzheimer’s Disease Display Altered Key Protein Levels Including Cell Type-Specific Markers. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 90(3). 1057–1072. 32 indexed citations

Garnham, Alexandra L., et al.. (2021). Small Extracellular Vesicle Enrichment of a Retrotransposon-Derived Double-Stranded RNA: A Means to Avoid Autoinflammation?. Biomedicines. 9(9). 1136–1136. 4 indexed citations

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Foers, Andrew D., Alexandra L. Garnham, Simon Chatfield, et al.. (2021). Extracellular Vesicles in Synovial Fluid from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Contain miRNAs with Capacity to Modulate Inflammation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(9). 4910–4910. 25 indexed citations

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Huang, Yiyao, Lesley Cheng, Andrey Turchinovich, et al.. (2020). Influence of species and processing parameters on recovery and content of brain tissue‐derived extracellular vesicles. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 9(1). 1785746–1785746. 86 indexed citations

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Foers, Andrew D., Laura F. Dagley, Simon Chatfield, et al.. (2020). Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles reveals an immunogenic cargo in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid. Clinical & Translational Immunology. 9(11). e1185–e1185. 27 indexed citations

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Foers, Andrew D., Alexandra L. Garnham, Gordon K. Smyth, et al.. (2020). Circulating Small Noncoding RNA Biomarkers of Response to Triple Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy in White Women With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. The Journal of Rheumatology. 47(12). 1746–1751. 5 indexed citations

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Greening, David W., Michael Notaras, Maoshan Chen, et al.. (2019). Chronic methamphetamine interacts with BDNF Val66Met to remodel psychosis pathways in the mesocorticolimbic proteome. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(8). 4431–4447. 35 indexed citations

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Yap, Tami, Kendrick Koo, Lesley Cheng, et al.. (2018). Predicting the Presence of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using Commonly Dysregulated MicroRNA in Oral Swirls. Cancer Prevention Research. 11(8). 491–502. 33 indexed citations

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Foers, Andrew D., Simon Chatfield, Laura F. Dagley, et al.. (2018). Enrichment of extracellular vesicles from human synovial fluid using size exclusion chromatography. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 7(1). 1490145–1490145. 100 indexed citations

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Foers, Andrew D., Lesley Cheng, Andrew F. Hill, Ian P. Wicks, & Ken C. Pang. (2017). Review: Extracellular Vesicles in Joint Inflammation. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 69(7). 1350–1362. 22 indexed citations

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Lunavat, Taral R., Lesley Cheng, Berglind O. Einarsdottir, et al.. (2017). BRAF^V600inhibition alters the microRNA cargo in the vesicular secretome of malignant melanoma cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(29). E5930–E5939. 98 indexed citations

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Sampaio, Natália G., Lesley Cheng, & Emily M. Eriksson. (2017). The role of extracellular vesicles in malaria biology and pathogenesis. Malaria Journal. 16(1). 245–245. 50 indexed citations

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Cheng, Lesley, Danielle Smith, Robin L. Anderson, & Phillip Nagley. (2011). Modulation of Cellular Hsp72 Levels in Undifferentiated and Neuron-Like SH-SY5Y Cells Determines Resistance to Staurosporine-Induced Apoptosis. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24473–e24473. 6 indexed citations

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