Mingkai Xu

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Mingkai Xu is a scholar working on Immunology, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mingkai Xu has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Immunology, 11 papers in Pollution and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mingkai Xu's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (6 papers). Mingkai Xu is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (6 papers). Mingkai Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Taiwan. Mingkai Xu's co-authors include Huiwen Zhang, Gulinare Halimu, Qianru Zhang, Xuanhe Fu, Yongqiang Li, Yansheng Li, Chenggang Zhang, Wu Gu, Xiujuan Wang and Zhichun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Mingkai Xu

54 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Internalization and toxicity: A preliminary study of effects of nanoplastic particles on human lung epithelial cell

2019 484 citations Mingkai Xu, Gulinare Halimu et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Toxic effects of nanoplastics with different sizes and surface charges on epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in A549 cells and the potential toxicological mechanism

2022 147 citations Gulinare Halimu, Qianru Zhang et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mingkai Xu China	15	770	300	287	279	194	61	1.3k
Jiayi Wu China	16	622 0.8×	366 1.2×	177 0.6×	284 1.0×	438 2.3×	29	1.3k
Qingfei Li China	19	644 0.8×	260 0.9×	152 0.5×	366 1.3×	186 1.0×	74	1.5k
Yaoyao Zhu China	22	205 0.3×	120 0.4×	274 1.0×	212 0.8×	103 0.5×	50	1.7k
Lulu Kong China	20	277 0.4×	55 0.2×	125 0.4×	138 0.5×	241 1.2×	41	1.1k
Yiqi Wu China	20	397 0.5×	179 0.6×	110 0.4×	76 0.3×	228 1.2×	50	1.1k
Chin-King Looi Malaysia	8	547 0.7×	324 1.1×	163 0.6×	137 0.5×	132 0.7×	11	888
Constanza Cortés Spain	17	564 0.7×	258 0.9×	261 0.9×	355 1.3×	208 1.1×	19	1.1k
Aiguo Zhou China	16	980 1.3×	519 1.7×	105 0.4×	209 0.7×	203 1.0×	42	1.5k
Lisa M. Reece United States	17	185 0.2×	72 0.2×	208 0.7×	79 0.3×	259 1.3×	55	1.5k
Haixing Song China	24	239 0.3×	132 0.4×	252 0.9×	63 0.2×	470 2.4×	87	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mingkai Xu

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Chen, Yan, Zuoqing Liu, Bin Chen, et al.. (2025). A‐Site Cation Deficiency in Antiperovskites for Precisely Accelerating the Volmer Step of Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(37). 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Xinyue, Mingkai Xu, Renfu Li, et al.. (2025). Porous covalent organic framework/MXene nanocomposites: An electrochemical platform for sensitively aptasensing ampicillin. Microchemical Journal. 219. 115299–115299.

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Guan, Xinyu, Zhongzhi Han, Xu Li, et al.. (2025). Biodegradation of acetochlor by microbial consortium AT1: microcosm centric microbiomic-metabolomics mechanisms and environmental remediation feasibility. Journal of Environmental Management. 387. 125892–125892. 1 indexed citations

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Hong, Shaohuan, Wei‐Hsiang Huang, Bin Chen, et al.. (2025). Rare‐Earth Regulated Bond Polarizability in Layered Cuprates for Promoted Surface Reconstruction Toward C ₂₊ Electrosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie. 137(49).

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Hong, Shaohuan, Wei‐Hsiang Huang, Bin Chen, et al.. (2025). Rare‐Earth Regulated Bond Polarizability in Layered Cuprates for Promoted Surface Reconstruction Toward C ₂₊ Electrosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(49). e202518058–e202518058.

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Guan, Xinyu, Xiang Li, Zhongzhi Han, et al.. (2025). Acetochlor promotes the aging of mulch-derived microplastics in soil by altering the plastisphere microbial community. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138641–138641. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shan, et al.. (2024). Design and preparation of a sensitive electrochemical aptasensor based on hierarchical porous UiO-66 for detecting ampicillin. Microchemical Journal. 206. 111581–111581. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, Mingkai, Cong Li, Chunming Liu, Siyuan Wang, & Yunong Tian. (2024). Autonomous Location and Obstacle Avoidance of Inspection Robots Based on Multi-modal Information. 1948–1954.

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Halimu, Gulinare, Qianru Zhang, Zhichun Zhang, et al.. (2022). Toxic effects of nanoplastics with different sizes and surface charges on epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in A549 cells and the potential toxicological mechanism. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 430. 128485–128485. 147 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Yuqi, Mingkai Xu, Zhichun Zhang, et al.. (2021). In vitro study on the toxicity of nanoplastics with different charges to murine splenic lymphocytes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 424(Pt B). 127508–127508. 86 indexed citations

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Xu, Mingkai, Yongqiang Li, Yansheng Li, et al.. (2020). An iRGD peptide fused superantigen mutant induced tumor-targeting and T lymphocyte infiltrating in cancer immunotherapy. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 586. 119498–119498. 14 indexed citations

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Xu, Mingkai, Gulinare Halimu, Qianru Zhang, et al.. (2019). Internalization and toxicity: A preliminary study of effects of nanoplastic particles on human lung epithelial cell. The Science of The Total Environment. 694. 133794–133794. 484 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Yongqiang, et al.. (2018). [Construction of HER2-specific CAR-T cells and in vitro analysis of their activity to suppress tumor cell growth].. PubMed. 34(5). 731–742. 1 indexed citations

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Fu, Xuanhe, Mingkai Xu, Yongqiang Li, et al.. (2018). Enhanced interaction between SEC2 mutant and TCR Vβ induces MHC II–independent activation of T cells via PKCθ/NF-κB and IL-2R/STAT5 signaling pathways. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(51). 19771–19784. 22 indexed citations

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Fu, Xuanhe, et al.. (2017). Staphylococcal enterotoxin C2 mutant drives T lymphocyte activation through PI3K/mTOR and NF-ĸB signaling pathways. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 333. 51–59. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Mingkai, et al.. (2016). Up-regulation of granzyme B and perforin by staphylococcal enterotoxin C2 mutant induces enhanced cytotoxicity in Hepa1–6 cells. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 313. 1–9. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Liqiang, Xinyu Li, Xu Li, et al.. (2015). Improved stability and enhanced efficiency to degrade chlorimuron-ethyl by the entrapment of esterase SulE in cross-linked poly (γ-glutamic acid)/gelatin hydrogel. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 287. 287–295. 17 indexed citations

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Xu, Mingkai, et al.. (2015). TNF-α produced by SEC2 mutant (SAM-3)-activated human T cells induces apoptosis of HepG2 cells. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 100(6). 2677–2684. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Mingkai, Xiaogang Wang, Yongming Cai, et al.. (2011). An engineered superantigen SEC2 exhibits promising antitumor activity and low toxicity. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 60(5). 705–713. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Mingkai & Chenggang Zhang. (2005). Gene expression and function study of fusion immunotoxin anti-Her-2-scFv—SEC2 in Escherichia coli. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 70(1). 78–84. 19 indexed citations

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