Shih-Lei Lai

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Shih-Lei Lai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Shih-Lei Lai has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Shih-Lei Lai's work include Congenital heart defects research (9 papers), Coronary Artery Anomalies (5 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (5 papers). Shih-Lei Lai is often cited by papers focused on Congenital heart defects research (9 papers), Coronary Artery Anomalies (5 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (5 papers). Shih-Lei Lai collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, Germany and United States. Shih-Lei Lai's co-authors include Didier Y. R. Stainier, Rubén Marín‐Juez, Carsten Kuenne, Andrea Rossi, Khrievono Kikhi, Stefan Günther, R. Fukuda, Carter M. Takacs, Nana Fukuda and Mohamed A. El-Brolosy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Shih-Lei Lai

18 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. Genetic compensation triggered by mutant mRNA degradation
    2019 635 citations Mohamed A. El-Brolosy, Zacharias Kontarakis et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shih-Lei Lai Taiwan 13 1.1k 394 199 172 140 18 1.4k
Deborah M. Garrity United States 13 1.2k 1.0× 538 1.4× 132 0.7× 215 1.3× 95 0.7× 32 1.5k
Ruijin Huang Germany 28 1.7k 1.5× 277 0.7× 351 1.8× 123 0.7× 76 0.5× 61 2.2k
Heather Verkade Australia 22 1.5k 1.4× 711 1.8× 229 1.2× 84 0.5× 72 0.5× 39 2.0k
Anne Harrington United States 13 1.1k 1.0× 236 0.6× 289 1.5× 90 0.5× 47 0.3× 20 1.5k
Zheng‐Zheng Bao United States 18 1.8k 1.6× 308 0.8× 277 1.4× 269 1.6× 80 0.6× 23 2.0k
Claudia Gerri United Kingdom 12 1.5k 1.4× 561 1.4× 384 1.9× 69 0.4× 73 0.5× 16 2.1k
Kazuko Koshiba‐Takeuchi Japan 19 1.9k 1.7× 159 0.4× 423 2.1× 176 1.0× 112 0.8× 27 2.2k
Hiroki Kokubo Japan 26 1.7k 1.5× 147 0.4× 397 2.0× 143 0.8× 104 0.7× 46 2.2k
Wiebke Herzog Germany 29 1.5k 1.4× 977 2.5× 204 1.0× 78 0.5× 115 0.8× 35 2.5k
Matthew Gemberling United States 15 2.1k 1.9× 387 1.0× 333 1.7× 335 1.9× 330 2.4× 16 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shih-Lei Lai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shih-Lei Lai

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Song, Wei, Wen‐Pin Chen, J.L.C. Ch'ng, et al.. (2025). N-Cadherin promotes cardiac regeneration by potentiating pro-mitotic β-Catenin signaling in cardiomyocytes. Nature Communications. 16(1). 896–896. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Bai‐Lin, I-Ting Lin, Stefan Günther, et al.. (2025). Border-zone cardiomyocytes and macrophages regulate extracellular matrix remodeling to promote cardiomyocyte protrusion during cardiac regeneration. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3823–3823. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, I-Ting, Kuan‐Ting Liu, Tai‐Ming Ko, et al.. (2023). Comparative single-cell profiling reveals distinct cardiac resident macrophages essential for zebrafish heart regeneration. eLife. 12. 30 indexed citations
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Lai, Shih-Lei, et al.. (2022). Modulation of VEGFA Signaling During Heart Regeneration in Zebrafish. Methods in molecular biology. 2475. 297–312. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Shide, et al.. (2022). Comparative Study in Zebrafish and Medaka Unravels the Mechanisms of Tissue Regeneration. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. 14 indexed citations
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Tsedeke, Ayele Taddese, Alessandra Gentile, Vanesa Jiménez-Amilburu, et al.. (2021). Cardiomyocyte heterogeneity during zebrafish development and regeneration. Developmental Biology. 476. 259–271. 9 indexed citations
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Lin, Yuh‐Charn, et al.. (2021). Zebrafish Scube1 and Scube2 cooperate in promoting Vegfa signalling during embryonic vascularization. Cardiovascular Research. 118(4). 1074–1087. 5 indexed citations
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El-Brolosy, Mohamed A., Zacharias Kontarakis, Andrea Rossi, et al.. (2019). Genetic compensation triggered by mutant mRNA degradation. Nature. 568(7751). 193–197. 635 indexed citations breakdown →
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Palmer, Nicholas J., Khrievono Kikhi, Shih-Lei Lai, et al.. (2018). Conditional mutagenesis by oligonucleotide-mediated integration of loxP sites in zebrafish. PLoS Genetics. 14(11). e1007754–e1007754. 37 indexed citations
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Lai, Shih-Lei, Rubén Marín‐Juez, & Didier Y. R. Stainier. (2018). Immune responses in cardiac repair and regeneration: a comparative point of view. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 76(7). 1365–1380. 74 indexed citations
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Lai, Shih-Lei, Rubén Marín‐Juez, Pedro Luís Moura, et al.. (2017). Reciprocal analyses in zebrafish and medaka reveal that harnessing the immune response promotes cardiac regeneration. eLife. 6. 211 indexed citations
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Marín‐Juez, Rubén, Michele Marass, Sébastien Gauvrit, et al.. (2016). Fast revascularization of the injured area is essential to support zebrafish heart regeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(40). 11237–11242. 149 indexed citations
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Lai, Shih-Lei, Wanling Yao, Anna J.S. Houben, et al.. (2012). Autotaxin/Lpar3 signaling regulates Kupffer's vesicle formation and left-right asymmetry in zebrafish. Development. 139(23). 4439–4448. 36 indexed citations
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Yeh, Chen-Min, et al.. (2011). Ptenb Mediates Gastrulation Cell Movements via Cdc42/AKT1 in Zebrafish. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18702–e18702. 18 indexed citations
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Lin, Chun‐Wei, Shuo‐Ting Yen, Hui-Ting Chang, et al.. (2010). Loss of Cofilin 1 Disturbs Actin Dynamics, Adhesion between Enveloping and Deep Cell Layers and Cell Movements during Gastrulation in Zebrafish. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e15331–e15331. 18 indexed citations
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Lai, Shih-Lei, Andy J. Chien, & Randall T. Moon. (2009). Wnt/Fz signaling and the cytoskeleton: potential roles in tumorigenesis. Cell Research. 19(5). 532–545. 127 indexed citations
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Lai, Shih-Lei, et al.. (2008). Diaphanous-Related Formin 2 and Profilin I Are Required for Gastrulation Cell Movements. PLoS ONE. 3(10). e3439–e3439. 34 indexed citations
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Lai, Shih-Lei, et al.. (2005). Rho mediates cytokinesis and epiboly via ROCK in zebrafish. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 71(2). 186–196. 41 indexed citations

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