Wei Cui

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
120 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Cui is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Cui has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Surgery and 17 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wei Cui's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (20 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (10 papers). Wei Cui is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (20 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (13 papers) and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (10 papers). Wei Cui collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Wei Cui's co-authors include Jason Yu, Rosemary J. Akhurst, Allan Balmain, A. John Clark, Lesley Gerrard, Jie Du, H. Elyse Ireland, Deborah Fowlis, Sheila Bryson and Elizabeth Duffie and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Wei Cui

117 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Proliferation, survival and metabolism: the role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling in pluripotency and cell fate determination

2016 853 citations Jason Yu, Wei Cui Development profile →
TGFβ1 Inhibits the Formation of Benign Skin Tumors, but Enhances Progression to Invasive Spindle Carcinomas in Transgenic Mice

1996 505 citations Wei Cui 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 Cui China	43	3.8k	929	779	702	584	120	6.4k
Lijian Hui China	38	3.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	820 1.1×	791 1.1×	531 0.9×	88	6.1k
Otmar Huber Germany	47	5.4k 1.4×	511 0.6×	891 1.1×	520 0.7×	482 0.8×	109	8.0k
Geir Christensen Norway	44	3.2k 0.8×	909 1.0×	571 0.7×	469 0.7×	663 1.1×	213	6.8k
Mohit Kapoor Canada	43	2.9k 0.8×	870 0.9×	720 0.9×	1.5k 2.1×	672 1.2×	144	7.5k
Hideki Chiba Japan	50	3.9k 1.0×	644 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	524 0.9×	149	7.6k
Christine M. Sorenson United States	45	3.9k 1.0×	362 0.4×	973 1.2×	668 1.0×	968 1.7×	145	7.0k
Ambra Pozzi United States	53	4.0k 1.0×	642 0.7×	1.3k 1.7×	1.4k 2.1×	744 1.3×	173	8.5k
Nathan J. Pavlos Australia	39	2.6k 0.7×	707 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	537 0.8×	516 0.9×	87	5.5k
Motokuni Aoki Japan	49	3.0k 0.8×	1.8k 2.0×	454 0.6×	887 1.3×	752 1.3×	122	6.7k
Nariyoshi Shinomiya Japan	38	2.0k 0.5×	718 0.8×	887 1.1×	486 0.7×	931 1.6×	194	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Cui

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Cui

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Cui

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Cui. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Cui 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 Cui. Wei Cui 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

Zhong, Ming, Xiaoyuan Wang, Yongshan Zhao, et al.. (2025). Activation of epigenetic reprogramming via crotonylation overcomes resistance to EGFR-TKI therapy in lung cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(40). e2509255122–e2509255122. 1 indexed citations

Clowes, Virginia, Catherine Dennis, Qing Gao, et al.. (2024). Homozygous HOXC13 Variant Causes Pure Hair and Nail Ectodermal Dysplasia via Reduction in Protein Stability. Human Mutation. 2024(1). 6420246–6420246.

Cui, Wei, et al.. (2023). Extracellular matrix modulates the spatial hepatic features in hepatocyte-like cells derived from human embryonic stem cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 14(1). 314–314. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Xuanyu, Baoge Liu, Yuan Yuan, et al.. (2023). The Temporal and Spatial Changes of Autophagy and PI3K Isoforms in Different Neural Cells After Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury. Molecular Neurobiology. 60(9). 5366–5377. 1 indexed citations

Yazid, Muhammad Dain, et al.. (2021). The Intra- and Extra-Telomeric Role of TRF2 in the DNA Damage Response. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(18). 9900–9900. 14 indexed citations

Li, Taotao, Na Gao, Wei Cui, et al.. (2021). The role of CD8+ Granzyme B+ T cells in the pathogenesis of Takayasu’s arteritis. Clinical Rheumatology. 41(1). 167–176. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Ran, Sujuan Du, Ying Liu, et al.. (2020). Mucoadhesive-to-penetrating controllable peptosomes-in-microspheres co-loaded with anti-miR-31 oligonucleotide and Curcumin for targeted colorectal cancer therapy. Theranostics. 10(8). 3594–3611. 49 indexed citations

Xu, Wenyi, Guannan Li, Zhengquan Yu, et al.. (2019). CD146 Regulates Growth Factor-Induced mTORC2 Activity Independent of the PI3K and mTORC1 Pathways. Cell Reports. 29(5). 1311–1322.e5. 18 indexed citations

Bell, Emma, et al.. (2019). OCT4 and PAX6 determine the dual function of SOX2 in human ESCs as a key pluripotent or neural factor. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 10(1). 122–122. 33 indexed citations

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Luo, Yongting, Wenyi Xu, Guannan Li, & Wei Cui. (2018). Weighing In on mTOR Complex 2 Signaling: The Expanding Role in Cell Metabolism. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2018(1). 7838647–7838647. 57 indexed citations

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Ma, Xianghui, Yang Su, Yongli Song, et al.. (2018). MiR-31 Mediates Inflammatory Signaling to Promote Re-Epithelialization during Skin Wound Healing. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 138(10). 2253–2263. 91 indexed citations

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Tian, Yuhua, Xianghui Ma, Cong Lv, et al.. (2017). Stress responsive miR-31 is a major modulator of mouse intestinal stem cells during regeneration and tumorigenesis. eLife. 6. 51 indexed citations

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Yu, Jason & Wei Cui. (2016). Proliferation, survival and metabolism: the role of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling in pluripotency and cell fate determination. Development. 143(17). 3050–3060. 853 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Jason, Thamil Selvee Ramasamy, Nick Murphy, et al.. (2015). PI3K/mTORC2 regulates TGF-β/Activin signalling by modulating Smad2/3 activity via linker phosphorylation. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7212–7212. 76 indexed citations

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Ramasamy, Thamil Selvee, et al.. (2012). Application of Three-Dimensional Culture Conditions to Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Definitive Endoderm Cells Enhances Hepatocyte Differentiation and Functionality. Tissue Engineering Part A. 19(3-4). 360–367. 52 indexed citations

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Wu, Jia Qian, Lukas Habegger, Parinya Noisa, et al.. (2010). Dynamic transcriptomes during neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells revealed by short, long, and paired-end sequencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(11). 5254–5259. 150 indexed citations

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Wang, Yun, et al.. (2010). Neuroprotective effects of salvianolic acid B against oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion damage in primary rat cortical neurons.. PubMed. 123(24). 3612–9. 16 indexed citations

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Fletcher, Judy, Wei Cui, Kay Samuel, et al.. (2008). The Inhibitory Role of Stromal Cell Mesenchyme on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Hepatocyte Differentiation is Overcome by Wnt3a Treatment. Cloning and Stem Cells. 10(3). 331–340. 19 indexed citations

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Hay, David C., et al.. (2007). Direct Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Hepatocyte-like Cells Exhibiting Functional Activities. Cloning and Stem Cells. 9(1). 51–62. 117 indexed citations

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Rahman, Ruman, et al.. (2006). Telomerase with mutated catalytic motifs has dominant negative effects on telomerase activity and inhibits cell growth. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 350(3). 796–802. 1 indexed citations

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