Wei Cai

4.2k total citations
70 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Wei Cai is a scholar working on Neurology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Cai has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Neurology, 22 papers in Immunology and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Wei Cai's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (26 papers), Immune cells in cancer (10 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (9 papers). Wei Cai is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (26 papers), Immune cells in cancer (10 papers) and Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (9 papers). Wei Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wei Cai's co-authors include Xiaoming Hu, Zhengqi Lu, Jun Chen, Rehana K. Leak, Yanqin Gao, Mengyan Hu, Peiying Li, Jingyan Zhao, Sanxin Liu and Boyu Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ACS Nano and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wei Cai

67 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Cai China 26 1.4k 868 732 471 447 70 2.9k
Lidia García‐Bonilla United States 24 1.2k 0.9× 796 0.9× 492 0.7× 361 0.8× 386 0.9× 41 2.5k
Michael K. Schuhmann Germany 31 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.4× 639 0.9× 441 0.9× 835 1.9× 95 3.5k
Jesús M. Pradillo Spain 30 1.4k 1.0× 808 0.9× 762 1.0× 214 0.5× 486 1.1× 47 2.7k
Mathias Gelderblom Germany 33 2.0k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.7× 456 1.0× 605 1.4× 79 3.9k
Dominic A. Siler United States 14 1.1k 0.8× 741 0.9× 789 1.1× 227 0.5× 243 0.5× 27 2.4k
Hideyuki Yoshioka Japan 22 713 0.5× 812 0.9× 417 0.6× 621 1.3× 374 0.8× 96 2.8k
Kaibin Shi China 23 1.1k 0.8× 688 0.8× 478 0.7× 697 1.5× 514 1.1× 38 2.3k
Nikola Lessov United States 25 1.4k 1.0× 828 1.0× 686 0.9× 409 0.9× 445 1.0× 27 2.9k
Hidenori Wake Japan 28 695 0.5× 774 0.9× 623 0.9× 301 0.6× 347 0.8× 90 2.7k
Pengfei Xu China 22 1.1k 0.8× 889 1.0× 621 0.8× 253 0.5× 156 0.3× 43 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Cai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Tiemei, Mengyan Hu, Shisi Wang, et al.. (2025). Novel Perivascular Macrophage Mechanism to Promote Glymphatic Aβ Clearance After Stroke. Stroke. 56(9). 2695–2706. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Mengyan, Lianxiong Yuan, Shilin Wu, et al.. (2025). BM-MSC-derived migrasomes reverse stroke-induced thymic atrophy and immunosuppression via Pin1 delivery to thymic epithelial cells. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 22(1). 271–271.
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Huang, Jiayuan, Sanxin Liu, Peijie Li, et al.. (2024). Multi-omics analysis of gut-brain axis reveals novel microbial and neurotransmitter signatures in patients with arteriosclerotic cerebral small vessel disease. Pharmacological Research. 208. 107385–107385. 2 indexed citations
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Shen, Shishi, Yuge Wang, Lizhi Xiao, et al.. (2024). Temporal dynamics of neutrophil functions in multiple sclerosis. Neurobiology of Disease. 203. 106744–106744. 2 indexed citations
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Qin, Qin, Shisi Wang, Lei Wei, et al.. (2024). STING Activation in Macrophages and Microglia Drives Poststroke Inflammation: Implications for Neuroinflammatory Mechanisms and Therapeutic Interventions. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 30(12). e70106–e70106. 4 indexed citations
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Gong, Junli, Sanxin Liu, Shisi Wang, et al.. (2023). Identification of fecal microbiome signatures associated with familial longevity and candidate metabolites for healthy aging. Aging Cell. 22(6). e13848–e13848. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Sheng, Xuejiao Men, Wei Cai, et al.. (2023). Gut microbes exacerbate systemic inflammation and behavior disorders in neurologic disease CADASIL. Microbiome. 11(1). 202–202. 20 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jun, Yan Liu, Junlong Dang, et al.. (2023). Infusion of GMSCs relieves autoimmune arthritis by suppressing the externalization of neutrophil extracellular traps via PGE2-PKA-ERK axis. Journal of Advanced Research. 58. 79–91. 24 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, Mengyan Hu, Chunyi Li, et al.. (2022). FOXP3+ macrophage represses acute ischemic stroke-induced neural inflammation. Autophagy. 19(4). 1144–1163. 60 indexed citations
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Shen, Shishi, Xi Cheng, Luyao Zhou, et al.. (2022). Neutrophil Nanovesicle Protects against Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis through Enhancing Myelin Clearance by Microglia. ACS Nano. 16(11). 18886–18897. 29 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, Xiaohong Chen, Danli Lu, et al.. (2022). Natural Killer Cells Disrupt Nerve Fibers by Granzyme H in Atheriosclerotic Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 78(3). 414–423. 9 indexed citations
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Hu, Kewei, Wei Cai, Wen Tang, et al.. (2020). Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and drainage and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatograph for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: which one is preferred?. Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas. 112(12). 893–897. 11 indexed citations
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Hu, Mengyan, et al.. (2020). Update of Immunosenescence in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 585655–585655. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qingxiu, Wen Zhu, Fei Xu, et al.. (2019). The interleukin-4/PPARγ signaling axis promotes oligodendrocyte differentiation and remyelination after brain injury. PLoS Biology. 17(6). e3000330–e3000330. 118 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, Sanxin Liu, Mengyan Hu, et al.. (2018). Post-stroke DHA Treatment Protects Against Acute Ischemic Brain Injury by Skewing Macrophage Polarity Toward the M2 Phenotype. Translational Stroke Research. 9(6). 669–680. 63 indexed citations
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Zhou, Li, Sha Tan, Yilong Shan, et al.. (2016). Baicalein improves behavioral dysfunction induced by Alzheimer’s disease in rats. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Volume 12. 3145–3152. 35 indexed citations
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Tan, Sha, Lei Zhang, Xiaoyu Chen, et al.. (2016). Comparison of the Chinese ischemic stroke subclassification and Trial of Org 10172 in acute stroke treatment systems in minor stroke. BMC Neurology. 16(1). 162–162. 7 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, Kai Zhang, Peiying Li, et al.. (2016). Dysfunction of the neurovascular unit in ischemic stroke and neurodegenerative diseases: An aging effect. Ageing Research Reviews. 34. 77–87. 224 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lei, Yanxia Huang, Yinyao Lin, et al.. (2016). Anti-inflammatory effect of cholera toxin B subunit in experimental stroke. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 13(1). 147–147. 15 indexed citations
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Shan, Yilong, Sha Tan, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2016). Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 is associated with disease status in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in south China. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 299. 118–123. 14 indexed citations

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