Pingwei Li

9.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
79 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Pingwei Li is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Pingwei Li has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Immunology, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Pingwei Li's work include interferon and immune responses (32 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (17 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers). Pingwei Li is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (32 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (17 papers) and Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers). Pingwei Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Pingwei Li's co-authors include Roland K. Strong, Chang Shu, Yigong Shi, C. Cheng Kao, Baoyu Zhao, Daniel L. Morris, Thomas A. Spies, Andrew B. Herr, Alexander Steinle and Robert E. Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Pingwei Li

76 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Mechanism of XIAP-Mediated Inhibition of Caspase-9

2003 527 citations Eric N. Shiozaki, Jijie Chai et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Crystal Structure of a UBP-Family Deubiquitinating Enzyme in Isolation and in Complex with Ubiquitin Aldehyde

2002 515 citations Min Hu, Pingwei Li et al. profile →
Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is Activated by Double-Stranded DNA-Induced Oligomerization

2013 511 citations Xin Li, Chang Shu et al. Immunity profile →
A conserved PLPLRT/SD motif of STING mediates the recruitment and activation of TBK1

2019 322 citations Baoyu Zhao, Fenglei Du et al. profile →
Mitochondrial ROS promotes susceptibility to infection via gasdermin D-mediated necroptosis

2022 250 citations Jordyn J. VanPortfliet, Baoyu Zhao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pingwei Li United States	39	4.2k	3.7k	1.3k	1.2k	940	79	7.2k
Nan Yan United States	34	4.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.5×	457 0.4×	927 1.0×	74	6.8k
David M. Markovitz United States	45	2.2k 0.5×	3.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	885 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	119	7.5k
Siddharth Balachandran United States	44	3.2k 0.8×	3.8k 1.0×	727 0.6×	911 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	82	6.4k
Julián Pardo Spain	40	2.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	681 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	744 0.8×	147	5.5k
Lei Jin China	39	3.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	925 0.7×	894 0.8×	889 0.9×	121	5.3k
Birgit Schittek Germany	50	1.9k 0.5×	3.6k 1.0×	506 0.4×	1.8k 1.6×	649 0.7×	118	7.4k
Jason W. Upton United States	29	3.0k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	503 0.4×	589 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	38	5.7k
Weisan Chen Australia	52	5.4k 1.3×	3.6k 1.0×	620 0.5×	2.1k 1.8×	2.0k 2.2×	181	8.9k
Jean Pieters Switzerland	44	3.5k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	2.2k 1.7×	428 0.4×	1.9k 2.0×	109	8.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pingwei Li

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

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Boyer, Joshua A., Stephanie Cambier, Jordyn J. VanPortfliet, et al.. (2025). Structures of ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCC1 reveal the molecular basis of cyclic dinucleotide cGAMP export. Immunity. 58(1). 59–73.e5. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Kai S., Lauren R. Blankenship, Pingwei Li, et al.. (2023). A Novel Y-Shaped, S–O–N–O–S-Bridged Cross-Link between Three Residues C22, C44, and K61 Is Frequently Observed in the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(3). 449–455. 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Baoyu, et al.. (2022). Energy landscape reshaped by strain-specific mutations underlies epistasis in NS1 evolution of influenza A virus. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5775–5775. 6 indexed citations

Simeon, Rudo, Jeng-Yih Chang, Ran Meng, et al.. (2022). Structural dynamics of receptor recognition and pH-induced dissociation of full-length Clostridioides difficile Toxin B. PLoS Biology. 20(3). e3001589–e3001589. 14 indexed citations

Alugubelli, Yugendar R., Zhi Geng, Kai S. Yang, et al.. (2022). A systematic exploration of boceprevir-based main protease inhibitors as SARS-CoV-2 antivirals. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 240. 114596–114596. 33 indexed citations

Yan, Ya, Mao Miao, Ke Zhan, et al.. (2017). Quasi‐Emulsion Confined Synthesis of Edge‐Rich Ultrathin MoS₂ Nanosheets/Graphene Hybrid for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(3). 556–560. 57 indexed citations

Yan, Ya, Mao Miao, Ke Zhan, et al.. (2017). Cover Feature: Quasi‐Emulsion Confined Synthesis of Edge‐Rich Ultrathin MoS₂ Nanosheets/Graphene Hybrid for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution (Chem. Eur. J. 3/2018). Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(3). 507–507. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Baoyu, Guanghui Yi, Fenglei Du, et al.. (2017). Structure and function of the Zika virus full-length NS5 protein. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14762–14762. 151 indexed citations

Yang, Yuan, et al.. (2013). Cd ²⁺ as a Ca ²⁺ Surrogate in Protein–Membrane Interactions: Isostructural but Not Isofunctional. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(35). 12980–12983. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, Chang Shu, Guanghui Yi, et al.. (2013). Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase Is Activated by Double-Stranded DNA-Induced Oligomerization. Immunity. 39(6). 1019–1031. 511 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sung, Min Woo, et al.. (2012). Crystallographic characterization of mouse AIM2 HIN-200 domain bound to a 15 bp and an 18 bp double-stranded DNA. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 68(9). 1081–1084. 12 indexed citations

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Chang, Mikyoung, Wei Jin, Jae‐Hoon Chang, et al.. (2011). The ubiquitin ligase Peli1 negatively regulates T cell activation and prevents autoimmunity. Nature Immunology. 12(10). 1002–1009. 147 indexed citations

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Lü, Cheng, Hengyu Xu, C. T. Ranjith-Kumar, et al.. (2010). The Structural Basis of 5′ Triphosphate Double-Stranded RNA Recognition by RIG-I C-Terminal Domain. Structure. 18(8). 1032–1043. 176 indexed citations

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Liu, Yi, Xiaofei Zhu, Tianlei Ying, et al.. (2010). Probing the role of the bridging C509 between the [Fe4S4] cubane and the [Ni_pNi_d] centre in the A-cluster of acetyl-coenzyme A synthase. Chemical Communications. 47(4). 1291–1293. 6 indexed citations

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Jin, Hongjun, Ioannis Kagiampakis, Pingwei Li, & Patricia J. LiWang. (2009). Structural and functional studies of the potent anti‐HIV chemokine variant P2‐RANTES. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 78(2). 295–308. 16 indexed citations

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Hu, Min, Pingwei Li, Ling Song, et al.. (2005). Structure and mechanisms of the proteasome‐associated deubiquitinating enzyme USP14. The EMBO Journal. 24(21). 3747–3756. 339 indexed citations

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Shiozaki, Eric N., Jijie Chai, Daniel J. Rigotti, et al.. (2003). Mechanism of XIAP-Mediated Inhibition of Caspase-9. Molecular Cell. 11(2). 519–527. 527 indexed citations breakdown →

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Strong, Roland K., Margaret A. Holmes, Pingwei Li, et al.. (2003). HLA-E Allelic Variants. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(7). 5082–5090. 252 indexed citations

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Steinle, Alexander, Pingwei Li, Daniel L. Morris, et al.. (2001). Interactions of human NKG2D with its ligands MICA, MICB, and homologs of the mouse RAE-1 protein family. Immunogenetics. 53(4). 279–287. 372 indexed citations

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Li, Pingwei, et al.. (1999). Crystal Structure of the MHC Class I Homolog MIC-A, a γδ T Cell Ligand. Immunity. 10(5). 577–584. 148 indexed citations

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