Wei Ying

6.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
79 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Ying is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Ying has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Immunology and 21 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Wei Ying's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (17 papers), Extracellular vesicles in disease (14 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (11 papers). Wei Ying is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (17 papers), Extracellular vesicles in disease (14 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (11 papers). Wei Ying collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Wei Ying's co-authors include Jerrold M. Olefsky, Felipe C.G. Reis, Wenxian Fu, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, Roi Isaac, Joshua Wollam, Jachelle M. Ofrecio, Pingping Li, Matthew Riopel and Yun Sok Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Wei Ying

71 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Adipose Tissue Macrophage-Derived Exosomal miRNAs Can Mod... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2021 2019 2021 2022 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Adipose Tissue Macrophage-Derived Exosomal miRNAs Can Modulate In Vivo and In Vitro Insulin Sensitivity
    2017 931 citations Wei Ying, Matthew Riopel et al. Cell profile →
  2. Exosomes as mediators of intercellular crosstalk in metabolism
    2021 520 citations Roi Isaac, Felipe C.G. Reis et al. profile →
  3. The role of macrophages in obesity-associated islet inflammation and β-cell abnormalities
    2019 261 citations Wei Ying, Wenxian Fu et al. Nature Reviews Endocrinology profile →
  4. MiR-690, an exosomal-derived miRNA from M2-polarized macrophages, improves insulin sensitivity in obese mice
    2021 221 citations Wei Ying, Hong Gao et al. profile →
  5. Aberrant iron distribution via hepatocyte-stellate cell axis drives liver lipogenesis and fibrosis
    2022 150 citations Hong Gao, Zhongmou Jin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Ying United States 29 2.6k 1.3k 997 860 658 79 4.4k
Bernardo S. Franklin Germany 27 3.4k 1.3× 922 0.7× 1.6k 1.6× 553 0.6× 576 0.9× 42 5.5k
Rui Song China 35 2.2k 0.9× 914 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 499 0.6× 346 0.5× 134 4.8k
Sandeep Kumar United States 38 2.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 705 0.7× 309 0.4× 333 0.5× 129 4.1k
Kai Yin China 33 1.7k 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 992 1.0× 534 0.6× 324 0.5× 117 4.0k
Clare Bao United States 24 1.7k 0.7× 679 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 1.1k 1.6× 27 4.8k
Akihide Tanimoto Japan 39 1.7k 0.7× 743 0.6× 836 0.8× 492 0.6× 691 1.1× 262 4.9k
Beiyan Zhou United States 28 2.7k 1.1× 2.2k 1.7× 1.1k 1.1× 484 0.6× 413 0.6× 63 4.5k
Anil K. Chauhan United States 41 1.7k 0.7× 521 0.4× 1.5k 1.5× 494 0.6× 306 0.5× 129 5.3k
Miguel Otero United States 33 1.7k 0.7× 936 0.7× 521 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 593 0.9× 86 5.8k
Tetsuaki Hirase Japan 27 3.0k 1.2× 564 0.4× 620 0.6× 389 0.5× 844 1.3× 57 6.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Ying

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Ying

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Ying. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Ying 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 Ying. Wei Ying 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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Lv, Ming, Handong Yang, Wenwen Wu, et al.. (2025). The clinical significance of T-cell regulation in hypertension treatment. PubMed. 16. 1550206–1550206. 2 indexed citations
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Rohm, Theresa V., Felipe C.G. Reis, Roi Isaac, et al.. (2024). Adipose tissue macrophages secrete small extracellular vesicles that mediate rosiglitazone-induced insulin sensitization. Nature Metabolism. 6(5). 880–898. 23 indexed citations
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Ying, Wei, et al.. (2024). Thermosensitive Capturer Coupled with the CD63 Aptamer for Highly Efficient Isolation of Exosomes. ACS Macro Letters. 195–200. 6 indexed citations
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Zheng, Rongxiu, et al.. (2024). Early change of retinal nerve fiber layer in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in northern China. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 37(4). 341–346.
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Li, Cui, et al.. (2024). RNA editing events and expression profiles of mitochondrial protein-coding genes in the endemic and endangered medicinal plant, Corydalis saxicola. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1332460–1332460. 5 indexed citations
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Ying, Wei, et al.. (2024). Hepatic insulin resistance affects the efficacy of metformin in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: A Sub-Analysis of the MARCH trial. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 214. 111788–111788. 1 indexed citations
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Muntjewerff, Elke M., Kechun Tang, Gustaf Christoffersson, et al.. (2021). Chromogranin A regulates gut permeability via the antagonistic actions of its proteolytic peptides. Acta Physiologica. 232(2). e13655–e13655. 19 indexed citations
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Ji, Yudong, Zhenlong Luo, Hong Gao, et al.. (2021). Hepatocyte-derived exosomes from early onset obese mice promote insulin sensitivity through miR-3075. Nature Metabolism. 3(9). 1163–1174. 71 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jian, et al.. (2020). Effects of fertilisation on microbial communities in short-term coal mine reclamation. Soil Research. 58(8). 779–789. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chao, Wei Ying, Le Xu, et al.. (2020). A Bunyavirus-Inducible Ubiquitin Ligase Targets RNA Polymerase IV for Degradation during Viral Pathogenesis in Rice. Molecular Plant. 13(6). 836–850. 46 indexed citations
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Chen, Siyu, Wei Ying, Xiaoyu Han, et al.. (2019). Cucurbit Chlorotic Yellows Virus p22 Protein Interacts with Cucumber SKP1LB1 and Its F-Box-Like Motif Is Crucial for Silencing Suppressor Activity. Viruses. 11(9). 818–818. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Li Sun, Mengqi Su, et al.. (2019). Spexin protects cardiomyocytes from hypoxia-induced metabolic and mitochondrial dysfunction. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 393(1). 25–33. 42 indexed citations
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Ying, Wei, Wenxian Fu, Yun Sok Lee, & Jerrold M. Olefsky. (2019). The role of macrophages in obesity-associated islet inflammation and β-cell abnormalities. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 16(2). 81–90. 261 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ying, Wei, Matthew Riopel, Gautam Bandyopadhyay, et al.. (2017). Adipose Tissue Macrophage-Derived Exosomal miRNAs Can Modulate In Vivo and In Vitro Insulin Sensitivity. Cell. 171(2). 372–384.e12. 931 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Pingping, Shuainan Liu, Min Lü, et al.. (2016). Hematopoietic-Derived Galectin-3 Causes Cellular and Systemic Insulin Resistance. Cell. 167(4). 973–984.e12. 240 indexed citations
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Shi, Liheng, Andy Jeesu Kim, Richard Chang, et al.. (2016). Deletion of miR-150 Exacerbates Retinal Vascular Overgrowth in High-Fat-Diet Induced Diabetic Mice. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157543–e0157543. 27 indexed citations
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Bousquet, Marina, Guoqing Zhuang, Cong Meng, et al.. (2013). miR-150 Blocks MLL-AF9–Associated Leukemia through Oncogene Repression. Molecular Cancer Research. 11(8). 912–922. 30 indexed citations

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