Vyl Leung

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Vyl Leung is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Vyl Leung has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 36 papers in Pharmacology and 35 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Vyl Leung's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (52 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (36 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (12 papers). Vyl Leung is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (52 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (36 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (12 papers). Vyl Leung collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Canada. Vyl Leung's co-authors include Kmc Cheung, Danny Chan, Fengjuan Lv, Rocky S. Tuan, Keith D. K. Luk, William W. Lu, Yong‐Can Huang, Fan Yang, Vivian Tam and Wilson Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Vyl Leung

83 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Concise Review: The Surface Markers and Identity of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

2014 765 citations Fengjuan Lv, Kmc Cheung et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vyl Leung Hong Kong	31	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	793	707	85	3.4k
Lachlan J. Smith United States	35	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	440 0.6×	202 0.3×	96	3.2k
Björn P. Meij Netherlands	42	2.0k 1.2×	852 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	771 1.0×	264 0.4×	194	4.9k
Minoru Doita Japan	38	2.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	2.7k 2.4×	469 0.6×	227 0.3×	178	4.6k
Tomoatsu Kimura Japan	50	3.0k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	3.3k 2.9×	1.8k 2.2×	463 0.7×	212	7.7k
Marianna A. Tryfonidou Netherlands	32	1.7k 1.0×	973 0.8×	879 0.8×	530 0.7×	114 0.2×	161	2.9k
H. I. Georgescu United States	36	1.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	1.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	189 0.3×	69	5.6k
Guixing Qiu China	36	1.3k 0.8×	321 0.3×	2.9k 2.6×	658 0.8×	170 0.2×	288	4.8k
Eugene J-M.A. Thonar United States	33	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	547 0.7×	104 0.1×	61	4.1k
Eugene J.‐M.A. Thonar United States	43	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	190 0.3×	109	6.1k
Katsumasa Takagi Japan	40	582 0.3×	368 0.3×	2.0k 1.8×	1.0k 1.3×	159 0.2×	190	5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vyl Leung

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Wu, Stanley Chun Ming, Peng Liao, Kathryn S.E. Cheah, et al.. (2025). Biglycan fragment modulates TGF-β activity in intervertebral disc via an eIF6-coupled intracellular path. Science Advances. 11(7). eadq8545–eadq8545. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Yi, Zezhuo Su, Yong‐Can Huang, et al.. (2025). Fibrocyte enrichment and myofibroblastic adaptation causes nucleus pulposus fibrosis and associates with disc degeneration severity. Bone Research. 13(1). 10–10. 5 indexed citations

Tan, Zhijia, Peikai Chen, Shuang Guo, et al.. (2024). Progenitor-like cells contributing to cellular heterogeneity in the nucleus pulposus are lost in intervertebral disc degeneration. Cell Reports. 43(6). 114342–114342. 15 indexed citations

Chen, Peikai, Zhijia Tan, Weiliang Shen, et al.. (2023). Application of silver nanoparticles for improving motor recovery after spinal cord injury via reduction of pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages. Heliyon. 9(5). e15689–e15689. 7 indexed citations

Lyu, Feng‐Juan, Kmc Cheung, Zhaomin Zheng, et al.. (2019). IVD progenitor cells: a new horizon for understanding disc homeostasis and repair. Nature Reviews Rheumatology. 15(2). 102–112. 136 indexed citations

Sun, Yi, Vyl Leung, & Kmc Cheung. (2018). Clinical trials of intervertebral disc regeneration: current status and future developments. International Orthopaedics. 43(4). 1003–1010. 22 indexed citations

Lv, Fengxiang, et al.. (2016). Degenerated intervertebral discs contain increased proportion of α-smooth muscle actin positive cells. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 24. S481–S482. 2 indexed citations

Lv, Fengxiang, Yan Peng, Yi Sun, et al.. (2016). Matrix metalloproteinase 12 is an indicator of intervertebral disc degeneration co-expressed with fibrotic markers. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 24(10). 1826–1836. 44 indexed citations

Hwang, Priscilla Y., Liufang Jing, Jun Chen, et al.. (2016). N-cadherin is Key to Expression of the Nucleus Pulposus Cell Phenotype under Selective Substrate Culture Conditions. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 28038–28038. 45 indexed citations

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Cheung, Prudence Wing Hang, Vivian Tam, Vyl Leung, et al.. (2016). The paradoxical relationship between ligamentum flavum hypertrophy and developmental lumbar spinal stenosis. PubMed. 11(1). 26–26. 26 indexed citations

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Sun, Yi, Li Zhou, Vivian Tam, et al.. (2015). Enrichment of committed human nucleus pulposus cells expressing chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans under alginate encapsulation. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 23(7). 1194–1203. 23 indexed citations

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Yim, Rita, Juliana Tsz Yan Lee, Cora Bow, et al.. (2014). A Systematic Review of the Safety and Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Disc Degeneration: Insights and Future Directions for Regenerative Therapeutics. Stem Cells and Development. 23(21). 2553–2567. 81 indexed citations

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Diao, Hua, et al.. (2013). Delivering Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Collagen Microsphere Carriers to Rabbit Degenerative Disc: Reduced Risk of Osteophyte Formation. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(9-10). 1379–1391. 37 indexed citations

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Huang, Shishu, Vyl Leung, Dan Long, et al.. (2013). Coupling of small leucine-rich proteoglycans to hypoxic survival of a progenitor cell-like subpopulation in Rhesus Macaque intervertebral disc. Biomaterials. 34(28). 6548–6558. 31 indexed citations

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Lv, Fengjuan, Minmin Lu, Kmc Cheung, Vyl Leung, & Guangqian Zhou. (2012). Intrinsic Properties of Mesemchymal Stem Cells from Human Bone Marrow, Umbilical Cord and Umbilical Cord Blood Comparing the Different Sources of MSC. Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 7(6). 389–399. 45 indexed citations

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Leung, Vyl, Vivian G. Loo, Charles Frenette, et al.. (2012). First Canadian Outbreak of Enterobacteriaceae‐Expressing Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Type 3. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 23(3). 117–120. 15 indexed citations

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Huang, Shishu, Vyl Leung, Songlin Peng, et al.. (2011). Developmental Definition of MSCs: New Insights Into Pending Questions. Cellular Reprogramming. 13(6). 465–472. 24 indexed citations

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Leung, Vyl, Bo Gao, Keith K. H. Leung, et al.. (2011). SOX9 Governs Differentiation Stage-Specific Gene Expression in Growth Plate Chondrocytes via Direct Concomitant Transactivation and Repression. PLoS Genetics. 7(11). e1002356–e1002356. 169 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Vyl Leung, Keith D. K. Luk, Danny Chan, & Kmc Cheung. (2009). Injury‐induced sequential transformation of notochordal nucleus pulposus to chondrogenic and fibrocartilaginous phenotype in the mouse. The Journal of Pathology. 218(1). 113–121. 110 indexed citations

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Leung, Vyl, et al.. (2008). Effect of Severity of Intervertebral Disc Injury on Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Regeneration. Connective Tissue Research. 49(1). 15–21. 67 indexed citations

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