Li He

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Li He is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Li He has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Cell Biology and 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Li He's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (13 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers). Li He is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (13 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (11 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (5 papers). Li He collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Li He's co-authors include Denise J. Montell, Xiaobo Wang, Norbert Perrimon, Jiuhong Huang, Jessica K. Sawyer, Yi Wu, Klaus M. Hahn, John J. Kopchick, Yihua Zhou and Gerhard Baumann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Li He

68 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

A mammalian model for Laron syndrome produced by targeted disruption of the mouse growth hormone receptor/binding protein gene (the Laron mouse)

1997 639 citations Li He et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Mechanical Feedback through E-Cadherin Promotes Direction Sensing during Collective Cell Migration

2014 376 citations Li He, Xiaobo Wang et al. profile →
PARP inhibition promotes ferroptosis via repressing SLC7A11 and synergizes with ferroptosis inducers in BRCA-proficient ovarian cancer

2021 252 citations Li He et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Li He	1.9k	1.2k	620	465	433	70	3.8k
Herbert Schulz	2.3k 1.2×	280 0.2×	747 1.2×	407 0.9×	299 0.7×	121	4.2k
Kiyoko Fukami	4.2k 2.2×	2.0k 1.7×	787 1.3×	813 1.7×	124 0.3×	121	7.2k
Bettina Erdmann	3.0k 1.5×	758 0.6×	420 0.7×	496 1.1×	209 0.5×	47	4.6k
Vincenzo Cirulli	2.8k 1.4×	579 0.5×	271 0.4×	513 1.1×	952 2.2×	62	5.3k
Françoise Fougerousse	3.4k 1.7×	1.1k 0.9×	326 0.5×	710 1.5×	191 0.4×	55	4.4k
Gary Davidson	3.5k 1.8×	664 0.6×	293 0.5×	519 1.1×	189 0.4×	63	5.2k
Heiko Lickert	5.3k 2.7×	641 0.5×	517 0.8×	318 0.7×	719 1.7×	149	7.6k
Fred A. Pereira	2.3k 1.2×	370 0.3×	270 0.4×	558 1.2×	197 0.5×	65	3.9k
Narito Morii	3.9k 2.0×	1.9k 1.6×	551 0.9×	900 1.9×	316 0.7×	107	6.9k
Christophe Guilluy	2.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	518 0.8×	152 0.3×	87 0.2×	43	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Li He

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Fields of papers citing papers by Li He

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li He

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Yuxuan, Weihua Li, Yue Zhang, et al.. (2025). Addressable and perceptible dynamic reprogram of ferromagnetic soft machines. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2267–2267. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yue, Yuchen Xia, Xinhui Wang, et al.. (2025). MISO regulates mitochondrial dynamics and mtDNA homeostasis by establishing membrane subdomains. Nature Cell Biology. 28(2). 255–267.

Torres, Roberto C., Hai Yang, Li He, et al.. (2025). Population structure of Helicobacter pylori and antibiotic resistance-associated variants in a high-risk area of gastric cancer. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 63(5). e0003325–e0003325. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Chenliang, Sha Song, Xiao‐Yu Kuang, et al.. (2025). Adipose tissue-secreted Spz5 promotes distal tumor progression via Toll-6-mediated Hh pathway activation in Drosophila. The EMBO Journal. 44(15). 4301–4330. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Wenjia, et al.. (2025). Dietary amino acids promote glucagon-like hormone release to generate global calcium waves in adipose tissues in Drosophila. Nature Communications. 16(1). 247–247. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Yi, et al.. (2024). A retrospective study to determine the correlation among HBV PreS1 antigen, HBV e antigen, alanine aminotransferase, and HBV DNA. Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology. 48(6). 102369–102369.

Liu, Meng & Li He. (2024). Dietary cysteine and methionine promote peroxisome elevation and fat loss by induction of CG33474 expression in Drosophila adipose tissue. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 190–190. 1 indexed citations

He, Li & Norbert Perrimon. (2023). Synthetic Notch receptors and their applications to study cell-cell contacts in vivo. Developmental Cell. 58(3). 171–173. 5 indexed citations

Jin, Jingjing, Peng Lü, Jiemeng Tao, et al.. (2023). Single-nucleus RNA sequencing of Nicotiana tabacum seedlings reveals heterogeneity among cell types. Industrial Crops and Products. 208. 117825–117825. 6 indexed citations

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Weiner, Alexis T., Silas Boye Nissen, Kaye Suyama, et al.. (2023). Protein phosphatase 1 regulates core PCP signaling. EMBO Reports. 24(12). e56997–e56997. 2 indexed citations

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Xia, Yuchen, et al.. (2023). CCDC127 regulates lipid droplet homeostasis by enhancing mitochondria-ER contacts. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 683. 149116–149116. 5 indexed citations

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He, Li, Richard Binari, Jiuhong Huang, Julia Falo Sanjuan, & Norbert Perrimon. (2019). In vivo study of gene expression with an enhanced dual-color fluorescent transcriptional timer. eLife. 8. 51 indexed citations

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He, Li, et al.. (2019). Regulation of insulin and adipokinetic hormone/glucagon production in flies. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biology. 9(2). e360–e360. 46 indexed citations

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Xu, Chiwei, Junjie Luo, Li He, Craig Montell, & Norbert Perrimon. (2017). Oxidative stress induces stem cell proliferation via TRPA1/RyR-mediated Ca2+ signaling in the Drosophila midgut. eLife. 6. 74 indexed citations

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Chen, Chiao‐Lin, Yanhui Hu, Namrata D. Udeshi, et al.. (2015). Proteomic mapping in live Drosophila tissues using an engineered ascorbate peroxidase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(39). 12093–12098. 117 indexed citations

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Wei, Wu, et al.. (2015). Prokaryotic expression of PDI-4 from Giardia canis and determination of its location.. 10(1). 50–53. 1 indexed citations

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He, Li, Michael R. Frost, John T. Siegwart, & Thomas T. Norton. (2012). Gene Expression Signatures in Tree Shrew Choroid during Lens-Induced Myopia, Recovery, and Plus-Lens Wear. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 53(14). 3454–3454. 1 indexed citations

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He, Li. (2012). The effect of BMP-4 on the proliferation and migration of human hair follicle outer root sheath cell. 1 indexed citations

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Sawyer, Jessica K., et al.. (2011). A contractile actomyosin network linked to adherens junctions by Canoe/afadin helps drive convergent extension. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 22(14). 2491–2508. 132 indexed citations

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Wu, Yi, Xiaobo Wang, Li He, Denise J. Montell, & Klaus M. Hahn. (2011). Spatiotemporal Control of Small GTPases with Light Using the LOV Domain. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 497. 393–407. 39 indexed citations

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