Li Ye

12.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
35 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Li Ye is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Ye has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Epidemiology, 11 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Li Ye's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (10 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (7 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (4 papers). Li Ye is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (10 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (7 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (4 papers). Li Ye collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Li Ye's co-authors include Bruce M. Spiegelman, Jun Wu, Pontus Boström, Jang Hyun Choi, Hua Tu, James C. Lo, Saverio Cinti, Mark P. Jedrychowski, Steven P. Gygi and Melin J. Khandekar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Li Ye

33 papers receiving 9.4k 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 PGC1-α-dependent myokine that drives brown-fat-like development of white fat and thermogenesis

2012 3.7k citations Pontus Boström, Jun Wu et al. Nature profile →
Beige Adipocytes Are a Distinct Type of Thermogenic Fat Cell in Mouse and Human

2012 2.6k citations Jun Wu, Pontus Boström et al. Cell profile →
p38 and JNK MAPK pathways control the balance of apoptosis and autophagy in response to chemotherapeutic agents

2013 815 citations Li Ye et al. profile →
Proper Scaling of the Anomalous Hall Effect

2009 410 citations Li Ye et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li Ye China	18	6.8k	3.6k	2.7k	1.5k	1.3k	35	9.5k
Jürgen Eckel Germany	59	5.1k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	4.0k 1.5×	892 0.6×	2.1k 1.7×	212	11.8k
Jöerg Heeren Germany	54	4.7k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	3.6k 1.3×	699 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	169	10.6k
Francesc Villarroya Spain	64	8.2k 1.2×	4.6k 1.3×	6.2k 2.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	308	15.3k
Paul Cohen United States	48	7.2k 1.1×	4.4k 1.2×	3.8k 1.4×	963 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	83	12.7k
Qiong Wang China	44	3.7k 0.5×	2.8k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	426 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	141	7.6k
Mark P. Jedrychowski United States	53	8.9k 1.3×	4.6k 1.3×	11.3k 4.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	93	22.5k
Jing He United States	42	4.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	4.0k 1.5×	287 0.2×	573 0.5×	116	8.9k
Frédéric Picard Canada	35	3.5k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	3.6k 1.3×	219 0.1×	538 0.4×	92	8.3k
Stewart H. Lecker United States	37	4.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	10.5k 3.8×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	63	13.4k
John N. Fain United States	61	5.1k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	5.0k 1.8×	230 0.2×	2.6k 2.1×	239	13.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Li Ye

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Ye

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pang, Zhengyuan, et al.. (2025). Mapping cellular targets of covalent cancer drugs in the entire mammalian body. Cell. 189(3). 725–738.e15.

Kong, Yan, You‐Wen Qian, Haoyue Guo, et al.. (2024). Spatial heterogeneity of infiltrating immune cells in the tumor microenvironment of non-small cell lung cancer. Translational Oncology. 50. 102143–102143. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Jiayang, et al.. (2023). Targeting collagen in tumor extracellular matrix as a novel targeted strategy in cancer immunotherapy. Frontiers in Oncology. 13. 1225483–1225483. 11 indexed citations

Ye, Li, et al.. (2023). Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of a gold core–silver shell-sponge substrate for detection of thiram and diquat. Analytical Methods. 15(36). 4645–4655. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Hongjuan, Hecheng Zhu, Weiren Luo, et al.. (2022). TBL1X and Flot2 form a positive feedback loop to promote metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 18(3). 1134–1149. 17 indexed citations

Zhang, Hui, et al.. (2021). Disruption of Wnt/β-catenin Pathway Elevates the Sensitivity of Gastric Cancer Cells to PD-1 Antibody. Current Molecular Pharmacology. 15(3). 557–569. 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing, et al.. (2021). Massage with Chinese herbal medicine compound ointment combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine hot compress in the treatment of urinary retention after operation for mixed hemorrhoids and related nursing measures: A care report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

Peng, Cheng, et al.. (2020). Fungichromin production by Streptomyces sp. WP-1, an endophyte from Pinus dabeshanensis, and its antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(24). 10437–10449. 17 indexed citations

Zhang, Xuyao, Yichen Wang, Jiajun Fan, et al.. (2019). Blocking CD47 efficiently potentiated therapeutic effects of anti-angiogenic therapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 7(1). 346–346. 82 indexed citations

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Ye, Li. (2017). Plasma levels of miR-19-5p correlate with sFLT-1 levels in gestational diabetes mellitus. Biomedical Research-tokyo. 28(18). 7856–7861. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiang, et al.. (2017). Peniproline A, a new 1-phenylamino-2-pyrrolidone metabolite from the endophytic fungusPenicillium decumbensCP-4. Natural Product Research. 31(15). 1772–1777. 7 indexed citations

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Ye, Li, Mengnan Xu, Min Hu, et al.. (2017). TRPV4 is involved in irisin-induced endothelium-dependent vasodilation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 495(1). 41–45. 32 indexed citations

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Li, Jiyang, Weina Wang, Meiqing Feng, et al.. (2016). Human apolipoprotein A-I exerts a prophylactic effect on high-fat diet-induced atherosclerosis via inflammation inhibition in a rabbit model. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 49(2). 149–158. 12 indexed citations

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Shi, Xunlong, Haiyan Zhu, Li Ye, et al.. (2013). Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Recombinant Human EPO-Fc Fusion Protein In Vivo. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72673–e72673. 8 indexed citations

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Wu, Jun, Pontus Boström, Lauren M. Sparks, et al.. (2012). Beige Adipocytes Are a Distinct Type of Thermogenic Fat Cell in Mouse and Human. Cell. 150(2). 366–376. 2608 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boström, Pontus, Jun Wu, Mark P. Jedrychowski, et al.. (2012). A PGC1-α-dependent myokine that drives brown-fat-like development of white fat and thermogenesis. Nature. 481(7382). 463–468. 3741 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ye, Li, Sandra Kleiner, Jun Wu, et al.. (2012). TRPV4 Is a Regulator of Adipose Oxidative Metabolism, Inflammation, and Energy Homeostasis. Cell. 151(1). 96–110. 279 indexed citations

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Wang, Weina, Wei Zhou, Baolong Wang, et al.. (2012). Antioxidant effect of apolipoprotein A-I on high-fat diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in rabbits. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 45(2). 95–103. 21 indexed citations

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Gupta, Rana K., Rina J. Mepani, Sandra Kleiner, et al.. (2012). Zfp423 Expression Identifies Committed Preadipocytes and Localizes to Adipose Endothelial and Perivascular Cells. Cell Metabolism. 15(2). 230–239. 327 indexed citations

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Gupta, Rana K., Zoltàn Arany, Patrick Seale, et al.. (2010). Transcriptional control of preadipocyte determination by Zfp423. Nature. 464(7288). 619–623. 416 indexed citations

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