Wei Cao

11.0k total citations · 8 hit papers
93 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Wei Cao is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Cao has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Immunology, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Wei Cao's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (22 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (19 papers). Wei Cao is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (22 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (21 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (19 papers). Wei Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Wei Cao's co-authors include Yong‐Jun Liu, Michel Gilliet, Yui-Hsi Wang, Tomoki� Ito, Norihiko Watanabe, Yi-Hong Wang, Omar Duramad, Zhengbin Yao, Hui Zheng and Tomasz Żal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wei Cao

88 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

Plasmacytoid dendritic cells sense self-DNA coupled with antimicrobial peptide

2007 1.4k citations Wei Cao, Yui-Hsi Wang et al. profile →
Plasmacytoid dendritic cells: sensing nucleic acids in viral infection and autoimmune diseases

2008 901 citations Wei Cao, Yong‐Jun Liu et al. profile →
TSLP-activated dendritic cells induce an inflammatory T helper type 2 cell response through OX40 ligand

2005 895 citations Tomoki� Ito, Yui-Hsi Wang et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
Hassall's corpuscles instruct dendritic cells to induce CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in human thymus

2005 565 citations Norihiko Watanabe, Tomoki� Ito et al. profile →
Identification of α-Dystroglycan as a Receptor for Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus and Lassa Fever Virus

1998 546 citations Wei Cao et al. profile →
Type I interferon response drives neuroinflammation and synapse loss in Alzheimer disease

2020 320 citations Ethan R. Roy, Hui Zheng et al. profile →
PERK is a critical metabolic hub for immunosuppressive function in macrophages

2022 164 citations Lydia Raines, Haoxin Zhao et al. Nature Immunology profile →
MGF360-9L Is a Major Virulence Factor Associated with the African Swine Fever Virus by Antagonizing the JAK/STAT Signaling Pathway

2022 86 citations Wei Cao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Cao United States	35	5.2k	1.6k	1.3k	936	829	93	8.3k
Laurie E. Harrington United States	31	9.5k 1.8×	1.8k 1.1×	978 0.8×	914 1.0×	579 0.7×	50	12.5k
Yves Delneste France	53	6.0k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	996 0.8×	348 0.4×	503 0.6×	157	9.5k
Masato Kubo Japan	28	5.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	642 0.7×	324 0.4×	54	7.4k
Estelle Bettelli United States	24	9.0k 1.7×	1.6k 1.0×	742 0.6×	740 0.8×	430 0.5×	36	11.8k
David Jarrossay Switzerland	28	6.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	598 0.5×	591 0.6×	729 0.9×	40	8.4k
Holly Cherwinski United States	29	6.4k 1.2×	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.0×	507 0.5×	572 0.7×	36	11.1k
David Voehringer Germany	52	6.0k 1.2×	2.6k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	286 0.3×	477 0.6×	149	10.2k
James B. Rottman United States	39	5.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	380 0.4×	567 0.7×	71	8.7k
Hervé Groux France	41	7.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	936 0.7×	552 0.6×	577 0.7×	79	10.6k
Franck J. Barrat United States	41	7.8k 1.5×	2.0k 1.2×	886 0.7×	490 0.5×	558 0.7×	66	11.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Cao

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhao, Haoxin, Jaeoh Park, Yuzhu Wang, et al.. (2025). Cancer suppresses mitochondrial chaperone activity in macrophages to drive immune evasion. Nature Immunology. 26(12). 2185–2200.

Roy, Ethan R. & Wei Cao. (2025). Advancing Alzheimer’s research by improving disease modeling of secondary tauopathy. PubMed. 1(1). 38–38.

Roy, Ethan R., Sanming Li, Yanyu Wang, et al.. (2024). Transcriptional Responses of Different Brain Cell Types to Oxygen Decline. Brain Sciences. 14(4). 341–341. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Wei. (2024). In sickness and in health—Type I interferon and the brain. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 16. 1403142–1403142. 6 indexed citations

Qin, Ling, Yang Han, Yan Li, et al.. (2023). The unreversible reduced but persistent activated NK and CD8 ⁺ T cells in severe/critical COVID-19 during omicron pandemic in China. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 12(1). 2208679–2208679. 9 indexed citations

Zhao, Peng, Yuanzhong Xu, Lu-Lin Jiang, et al.. (2022). A tetravalent TREM2 agonistic antibody reduced amyloid pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Science Translational Medicine. 14(661). eabq0095–eabq0095. 92 indexed citations

Raines, Lydia, Haoxin Zhao, Yuzhu Wang, et al.. (2022). PERK is a critical metabolic hub for immunosuppressive function in macrophages. Nature Immunology. 23(3). 431–445. 164 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Mei Lan, Amy Sun, Wei Cao, et al.. (2020). Physiological expression and function of the MDR1 transporter in cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 217(5). 32 indexed citations

Wan, Yushun, Wei Cao, Tao Han, et al.. (2017). Inducible Rubicon facilitates viral replication by antagonizing interferon production. Cellular and Molecular Immunology. 14(7). 607–620. 34 indexed citations

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Yu, Jiayi, Xiaofei Zhou, Mikyoung Chang, et al.. (2015). Regulation of T-cell activation and migration by the kinase TBK1 during neuroinflammation. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6074–6074. 89 indexed citations

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Dorta‐Estremera, Stephanie, Jinɡjinɡ Li, & Wei Cao. (2013). Rapid Generation of Amyloid from Native Proteins <em>In vitro</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 50869–50869. 8 indexed citations

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Domizio, Jérémy Di & Wei Cao. (2013). Fueling autoimmunity: type I interferon in autoimmune diseases. Expert Review of Clinical Immunology. 9(3). 201–210. 46 indexed citations

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Hanabuchi, Shino, Tomoki� Ito, Norihiko Watanabe, et al.. (2010). Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin-Activated Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Induce the Generation of FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells in Human Thymus. The Journal of Immunology. 184(6). 2999–3007. 156 indexed citations

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Cao, Wei & Laura Bover. (2010). Signaling and ligand interaction of ILT7: receptor‐mediated regulatory mechanisms for plasmacytoid dendritic cells. Immunological Reviews. 234(1). 163–176. 80 indexed citations

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Rosen, David B., Wei Cao, Danielle T. Avery, et al.. (2008). Functional Consequences of Interactions between Human NKR-P1A and Its Ligand LLT1 Expressed on Activated Dendritic Cells and B Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 180(10). 6508–6517. 128 indexed citations

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Cao, Wei, Li Zhang, David B. Rosen, et al.. (2007). Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Receptor BDCA2/Fc{varepsilon}R{gamma} Complex Uses BCR-like Signaling Cascade to Modulate Toll-Like Receptor Responses. The Journal of Immunology. 178. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Wei, Li Zhang, David B. Rosen, et al.. (2007). Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Receptor BDCA2/FcεRγ Complex Uses BCR-like Signaling Cascade to Modulate Toll-Like Receptor Responses (89.20). The Journal of Immunology. 178(1_Supplement). S152–S152. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Wei & Wei He. (2004). UL16 binding proteins. Immunobiology. 209(3). 283–290. 21 indexed citations

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Chen, Linyi, et al.. (2003). The Yeast Casein Kinase Yck3p Is Palmitoylated, then Sorted to the Vacuolar Membrane with AP-3-dependent Recognition of a YXXϕ Adaptin Sorting Signal. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(3). 1397–1406. 66 indexed citations

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Cao, Wei & Michael G. Douglas. (1996). Specific Targeting of ISP6 to Mitochondria Is Mediated by Sequences Other Than Its Amino Terminus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 224(2). 457–461. 9 indexed citations

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