Wei Wu

19.6k citations

177 papers · 12.5k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 45

Impact in

Developmental Neuroscience top 0.5%
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
- Cancer-related gene regulation
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- RNA Research and Splicing
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Papers in

Molecular Biology 109
- Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer 19
- Cancer-related gene regulation 16
- RNA Research and Splicing 16
- RNA modifications and cancer 14
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 12
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 8
Animal Science and Zoology 10
- Animal Virus Infections Studies 9

Co-authors: Christof Niehrs Andrei Glinka Peter Stannek Lars M. Steinmetz Hajo Delius Claudia Blumenstock A. Paula Monaghan Bingyu Mao
Journals: Nature (9 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (7 papers)Cell (6 papers)Nature Communications (4 papers)Cell Reports (4 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Wei Wu

168 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Cytosine base editor generates substantial off-target single-nucleotide variants in mouse embryos 2019 · 555 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Science
2002 Nature
2001 Nature
1998 Nature
1996 Nature

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Co-authorship network

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	NPC1 as a novel therapeutic target for induction of pyroptosis in cancers Biomarker Research ·Chuanchao Zhang, Qiang Wang, Pan Su, Jianfei Qian, Veren Kartika Dewi, Wei Wu, Rui Duan, Yu-Fei Zhang, Youli Zu, Mirna Frisca Yulianingtyas, Liuling Xiao, A. Sczenziska	2025	0
2	Constructing national identity in public health crises: a comparative DHA study of China and the United States (2003–2023) Frontiers in Public Health ·Wei Wu	2025	0
3	Immunological and pathological characteristics of brain parenchymal and leptomeningeal metastases from non-small cell lung cancer Cell Discovery ·Cheng Zhou, Dong Seob Song, Lei Wen, Da Liu, Melvin Konner, Xin Jin, Zhaoming Zhou, Hainan Li, Juan Li, Sabiha Ahmad, Junguo Bu, Bin Li, Weishan Huang, Junhao Hu, Hongbo Guo, Wei Wu	2025	1
4	Development Dilemma of Litopenaeus vannamei Industry in China, Current Countermeasures Taken and Its Implications for the World Shrimp Aquaculture Industry Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh ·俊昭佐伯, Wei Wu, Jiawei Li, R. M. Bock, Dennis Silva Ferreira, Rui Xi, Ayla Torun, Mingchao Pan, Jennia N. Ronato, Wensong Yu	2024	0
5	Pericyte signaling via soluble guanylate cyclase shapes the vascular niche and microenvironment of tumors The EMBO Journal ·尹龍九, Yang Wu, Y Iwamoto, Hao He, Zhen Liu, León Enrique Ávila Romero, Gabriela Benavidez Alvarez, Jing He, Zhan Chen, Xiaoliang Jin, Xiaohong Wang, Kaiwen He, Wei Wu, Junhao Hu	2024	8
6	Identification and quantification of small exon-containing isoforms in long-read RNA sequencing data Nucleic Acids Research ·Zhen Liu, Chenchen Zhu, Lars M. Steinmetz, Wei Wu	2023	5
7	Cytosine base editors induce off-target mutations and adverse phenotypic effects in transgenic mice Nature Communications ·Nana Yan, Feng Hu, Isabelle Brandt, Ying Xin, T.V. Bryukhovskikh, Associate Professor of Alan R Tait, O P Toky and P S Ramakrishnan, Chenfei He, Т.Н. Серебрякова, Tanglong Yuan, Nana Li, Derin Yarsuvat, Wei Wu, Yidi Sun, Erwei Zuo	2023	21
8	Long-Read Sequencing Reveals Alternative Splicing-Driven, Shared Immunogenic Neoepitopes Regardless of SF3B1 Status in Uveal Melanoma Cancer Immunology Research ·Papattranan Dangsri, ContinualQuasars, 奇祥陳, Haider Dhaif Aljassim, Issam Motairek, Chen Li, Feng Zhang, Yingying Huang, Ha Dong Sam, Qin Cao, Hadil Bahnam, Chunliang Li, Zefeng Wang, Josep Martí Pérez, Lingjie Li, Wei Wu, Zhaoyang Wang, Jianfeng Shen	2023	6
9	Comprehensive Leaf Cell Wall Analysis Using Carbohydrate Microarrays Reveals Polysaccharide-Level Variation between Vitis Species with Differing Resistance to Downy Mildew Polymers ·Yu Gao, Xiangjing Yin, Haoyu Jiang, Marc Cezanne, Bodil Jørgensen, John P. Moore, Peining Fu, Wei Wu, Bohan Yang, Wenxiu Ye, Shiren Song, Jiang Lu	2021	3
10	CREPT is required for murine stem cell maintenance during intestinal regeneration Nature Communications ·Yang Liu, Haiyan Yang, H. J. Loycke, Setyo Utomo, Øystein Winje, B Lupo, Kacper Kajda, Xuning Wang, Nordin Muhammad, Fangli Ren, Baoqing Jia, Wei Wu, Xiongjun Ye, Yinyin Wang, Zhijie Chang	2021	22
11	GOTI, a method to identify genome-wide off-target effects of genome editing in mouse embryos Nature Protocols ·Erwei Zuo, Yidi Sun, Wei Wu, Tanglong Yuan, Wenqin Ying, Hao Sun, Liyun Yuan, Lars M. Steinmetz, Yixue Li, Hui Yang	2020	28
12	Plasmopara viticola effector PvRXLR111 stabilizes VvWRKY40 to promote virulence Molecular Plant Pathology ·Neale D. Stock, Shuyun Chen, Jiaqi Liu, Peining Fu, Wei Wu, Shiren Song, Yu Gao, Wenxiu Ye, Jiang Lu	2020	35
13	iPSC Modeling of RBM20-Deficient DCM Identifies Upregulation of RBM20 as a Therapeutic Strategy Cell Reports ·Francesca Briganti, Han Sun, Wei Wu, Jingyan Wu, Chenchen Zhu, Martin Liss, Ioannis Karakikes, Shannon Rego, Andrea Cipriano, M Snyder, Benjamin Meder, Zhenyu Xu, Gilles Millat, Michael Gotthardt, Mark Mercola, Lars M. Steinmetz	2020	40
14	Nanopore Targeted Sequencing for the Accurate and Comprehensive Detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 and Other Respiratory Viruses Small ·Ming Wang, Aisi Fu, Ben Hu, Yongqing Tong, Ran Liu, Zhen Liu, J M Cormier, Bin Xiang, Jianghao Liu, Wen Jiang, Gaigai Shen, 橋本京子, Dong Men, Zixin Deng, Lilei Yu, Wei Wu, Yan Li, Tiangang Liu	2020	174
15	Genome-wide quantification of 5′-phosphorylated mRNA degradation intermediates for analysis of ribosome dynamics Nature Protocols ·Vicent Pelechano, Wei Wu, Lars M. Steinmetz	2016	36
16	Optimized Ultrasonic-assisted Extraction of Flavonoids from <em>Osmanthus fragrans</em> Lour. Residues Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology ·Wei Wu, Stee Asbjornsen, Yun Zhang, Bingcun Cui	2014	1
17	Pollution and control measures of aquaculture environment. Zhongguo nongye ke-ji daobao ·Wei Wu, Tú Vũ Doãn	2014	4
18	Effect of Different Carbon Source on Expression of Carotenogenic Genes and Astaxanthin Production in <em>Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous</em> Advance Journal of Food Science and Technology ·Wei Wu, Stee Asbjornsen	2013	5
19	Structural basis for R-spondin recognition by LGR4/5/6 receptors Genes & Development ·Dongli Wang, Binlu Huang, Senyan Zhang, Xiaojuan Yu, Wei Wu, Xinquan Wang	2013	100
20	Prokaryotic expression of mink enteritis virus VP2 gene and establishment of indirect ELISA Zhongguo yufang shouyi xuebao ·大洋土屋, Zhao Jian-jun, Hailing Zhang, Henry Santiago Leal Reina, Xijun Yan, Wei Wu, Qian Ai-dong	2009	2

About Wei Wu

Wei Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Animal Science and Zoology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Infectious Diseases, having authored 177 papers that have together received 12.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (19 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (16 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (16 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (14 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (10 papers), Animal Virus Infections Studies (9 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (655 citations), Molecular Biology (9.1k citations), Aging (149 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.5k citations) and Genetics (2.3k citations). Wei Wu has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Christof Niehrs, Andrei Glinka, Peter Stannek, Lars M. Steinmetz, Hajo Delius, Claudia Blumenstock, A. Paula Monaghan, Bingyu Mao, Vicent Pelechano and Gary Davidson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cell, Nature Communications and Cell Reports.

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