Qiwei Yang

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Qiwei Yang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiwei Yang has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology and 42 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Qiwei Yang's work include Uterine Myomas and Treatments (46 papers), Endometriosis Research and Treatment (39 papers) and Renal and related cancers (17 papers). Qiwei Yang is often cited by papers focused on Uterine Myomas and Treatments (46 papers), Endometriosis Research and Treatment (39 papers) and Renal and related cancers (17 papers). Qiwei Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Spain. Qiwei Yang's co-authors include Ayman Al‐Hendy, Yufeng Tian, Helen R. Salwen, Alexandre Chlenski, Susan L. Cohn, Mohamed Ali, Michael P. Diamond, María Victoria Bariani, J. Usha Raj and Jun Wada and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Qiwei Yang

113 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Comprehensive Review of Uterine Fibroids: Developmental Origin, Pathogenesis, and Treatment

2021 193 citations Qiwei Yang, María Victoria Bariani et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qiwei Yang United States	37	1.3k	968	872	547	366	117	3.1k
Daichi Maeda Japan	28	1.0k 0.8×	245 0.3×	488 0.6×	382 0.7×	65 0.2×	91	2.5k
Norio Wake Japan	40	1.8k 1.4×	820 0.8×	425 0.5×	688 1.3×	60 0.2×	171	4.6k
Maija Kiuru United States	26	1.6k 1.2×	235 0.2×	96 0.1×	675 1.2×	132 0.4×	90	3.1k
Kiang-Teck Yeo United States	16	1.5k 1.1×	211 0.2×	195 0.2×	567 1.0×	56 0.2×	23	2.5k
Monika Schindl Austria	23	1.4k 1.1×	213 0.2×	118 0.1×	1.3k 2.3×	88 0.2×	39	2.5k
Sarah Berndt Belgium	24	673 0.5×	411 0.4×	326 0.4×	270 0.5×	24 0.1×	55	1.9k
Guijun Yan China	31	1.4k 1.0×	751 0.8×	858 1.0×	849 1.6×	21 0.1×	107	3.4k
Keiichi Isaka Japan	28	814 0.6×	704 0.7×	553 0.6×	575 1.1×	14 0.0×	116	2.5k
Yoshito Terai Japan	29	1.1k 0.9×	695 0.7×	908 1.0×	451 0.8×	14 0.0×	136	2.7k
Yoshiaki Kawano Japan	21	2.3k 1.7×	155 0.2×	228 0.3×	389 0.7×	26 0.1×	37	3.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Qiwei, et al.. (2025). Oral natural material hydrogels: a new strategy for enhancing oral drug delivery efficiency. Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition. 36(18). 2758–2785.

Vafaei, Somayeh, et al.. (2024). Empowering Strategies for Lifestyle Interventions, Diet Modifications, and Environmental Practices for Uterine Fibroid Prevention; Unveiling the LIFE UP Awareness. Nutrients. 16(6). 807–807. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Qiwei, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive Review of Uterine Leiomyosarcoma: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Targeted Therapy. Cells. 13(13). 1106–1106. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Qiwei, Somayeh Vafaei, María Victoria Bariani, et al.. (2024). Bromodomain-Containing Protein 9 Regulates Signaling Pathways and Reprograms the Epigenome in Immortalized Human Uterine Fibroid Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(2). 905–905. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Qiwei, Mohamed Ali, Lindsey S. Treviño, et al.. (2023). Epigenetic Modulation of Inflammatory Pathways in Myometrial Stem Cells and Risk of Uterine Fibroids. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(14). 11641–11641. 10 indexed citations

Ali, Mohamed, María Victoria Bariani, Somayeh Vafaei, et al.. (2023). Prevention of uterine fibroids: Molecular mechanisms and potential clinical application. PubMed. 1. 100018–100018. 11 indexed citations

Bariani, María Victoria, Yan‐Hong Cui, Mohamed Ali, et al.. (2023). TGFβ signaling links early life endocrine-disrupting chemicals exposure to suppression of nucleotide excision repair in rat myometrial stem cells. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 80(10). 288–288. 8 indexed citations

Ali, Mohamed, David A. Stone, Archana Laknaur, Qiwei Yang, & Ayman Al‐Hendy. (2023). EZH2 activates Wnt/β-catenin signaling in human uterine fibroids, which is inhibited by the natural compound methyl jasmonate. PubMed. 4(3). 239–256. 6 indexed citations

Baracat, Edmund Chada, et al.. (2023). Gene Expression Profile of Uterine Leiomyoma from Women Exposed to Different Air Pollution Levels in Metropolitan Cities of Sao Paulo, Brazil. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2431–2431. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Qiwei & Ayman Al‐Hendy. (2023). Update on the Role and Regulatory Mechanism of Extracellular Matrix in the Pathogenesis of Uterine Fibroids. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5778–5778. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Qiwei & Ayman Al‐Hendy. (2023). The Functional Role and Regulatory Mechanism of FTO m6A RNA Demethylase in Human Uterine Leiomyosarcoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(9). 7957–7957. 13 indexed citations

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Afrin, Sadia, Mohamed Ali, Malak El Sabeh, et al.. (2022). Simvastatin inhibits stem cell proliferation in human leiomyoma via TGF‐β3 and Wnt/β‐Catenin pathways. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 26(5). 1684–1698. 17 indexed citations

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Dobroff, Andrey S., et al.. (2022). Epigenetic Features in Uterine Leiomyosarcoma and Endometrial Stromal Sarcomas: An Overview of the Literature. Biomedicines. 10(10). 2567–2567. 8 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Indrajit, Adel Driss, Mohamed Ali, et al.. (2022). Human Myometrial and Uterine Fibroid Stem Cell-Derived Organoids for Intervening the Pathophysiology of Uterine Fibroid. Reproductive Sciences. 29(9). 2607–2619. 10 indexed citations

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Afrin, Sadia, Malak El Sabeh, Md Soriful Islam, et al.. (2021). Simvastatin modulates estrogen signaling in uterine leiomyoma via regulating receptor palmitoylation, trafficking and degradation. Pharmacological Research. 172. 105856–105856. 27 indexed citations

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Al‐Hendy, Ayman, et al.. (2020). Targeting Hedgehog Pathway and DNA Methyltransferases in Uterine Leiomyosarcoma Cells. Cells. 10(1). 53–53. 18 indexed citations

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Sun, Miranda, Ramaswamy Ramchandran, Jiwang Chen, Qiwei Yang, & J. Usha Raj. (2016). Smooth Muscle Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Mediates Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension in Neonatal Mice. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 55(6). 779–791. 40 indexed citations

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Ostler, Kelly R., Qiwei Yang, Timothy J. Looney, et al.. (2012). Truncated DNMT3B Isoform DNMT3B7 Suppresses Growth, Induces Differentiation, and Alters DNA Methylation in Human Neuroblastoma. Cancer Research. 72(18). 4714–4723. 32 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lin, Abdelkrim Sebkhi, Beata Wójciak‐Stothard, et al.. (2009). Simvastatin and sildenafil combine to attenuate pulmonary hypertension. European Respiratory Journal. 34(4). 948–957. 46 indexed citations

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Yang, Qiwei, Yufeng Tian, Shuqing Liu, et al.. (2007). Thrombospondin-1 Peptide ABT-510 Combined with Valproic Acid Is an Effective Antiangiogenesis Strategy in Neuroblastoma. Cancer Research. 67(4). 1716–1724. 70 indexed citations

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