Weiguo Cui

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
101 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Weiguo Cui is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiguo Cui has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Immunology, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Weiguo Cui's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (49 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (40 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (36 papers). Weiguo Cui is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (49 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (40 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (36 papers). Weiguo Cui collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Weiguo Cui's co-authors include Susan M. Kaech, Nikhil S. Joshi, Anmol Chandele, James Hagman, Heung Kyu Lee, Laurent Gapin, Ying Liu, Aimin Jiang, Ryan Zander and Jason S. Weinstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Weiguo Cui

98 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Inflammation Directs Memory Precursor and Short-Lived Effector CD8+ T Cell Fates via the Graded Expression of T-bet Transcription Factor

2007 1.4k citations Nikhil S. Joshi, Weiguo Cui et al. profile →
Transcriptional control of effector and memory CD8+ T cell differentiation

2012 1.1k citations Susan M. Kaech, Weiguo Cui profile →
CD36, a signaling receptor and fatty acid transporter that regulates immune cell metabolism and fate

2022 242 citations Yiliang Chen, Weiguo Cui et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiguo Cui United States	37	5.4k	1.9k	1.7k	737	366	101	7.1k
Gustavo Martínez United States	31	6.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	594 0.8×	428 1.2×	70	8.1k
Brian T. Edelson United States	36	5.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	689 0.9×	424 1.2×	59	7.1k
Ramon Arens Netherlands	48	5.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	261 0.7×	128	7.5k
Dietmar Zehn Germany	38	5.7k 1.1×	3.5k 1.8×	1.4k 0.9×	674 0.9×	398 1.1×	84	7.5k
Alain Vicari United States	35	6.5k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	806 1.1×	318 0.9×	56	8.3k
Joe Craft United States	47	6.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	852 1.2×	242 0.7×	104	8.4k
Fernando Bazán France	20	3.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	556 0.8×	429 1.2×	68	6.7k
Karsten Mahnke Germany	47	7.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	554 0.8×	219 0.6×	89	9.1k
Julie Helft United States	25	6.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	662 0.9×	204 0.6×	35	8.2k
Yuqiong Liang United States	28	3.7k 0.7×	899 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	970 1.3×	314 0.9×	36	6.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiguo Cui

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Steinert, Elizabeth M., Rogan A. Grant, Karthik Vasan, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial respiration is necessary for CD8+ T cell proliferation and cell fate. Nature Immunology. 26(8). 1267–1274. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Wenjing, Hui Yang, Suxia Yao, et al.. (2025). Intrinsic MicroRNA‐10a Restricts Regulatory T Cell Suppressive Function and Intestinal Repair by Coordinating Transcriptional, Metabolic, and Epithelial Repair Pathways. Advanced Science. 13(4). e09953–e09953.

Stancill, Jennifer S., Moujtaba Y. Kasmani, Weiguo Cui, & John A. Corbett. (2024). Single Cell RNAseq Analysis of Cytokine-Treated Human Islets: Association of Cellular Stress with Impaired Cytokine Responsiveness. Function. 5(4). 4 indexed citations

Wang, Min, Cheng Zhang, Chaofan Li, et al.. (2024). Glutamine Metabolism Is Required for Alveolar Macrophage Proliferation. 1(1). 10004–10004. 1 indexed citations

Weiss, Craig, et al.. (2024). Anti-CD49d Ab treatment ameliorates age-associated inflammatory response and mitigates CD8+ T-cell cytotoxicity after traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 21(1). 267–267. 1 indexed citations

Topchyan, Paytsar, et al.. (2023). The Role of CD4 T Cell Help in CD8 T Cell Differentiation and Function During Chronic Infection and Cancer. Immune Network. 23(5). e41–e41. 18 indexed citations

Zander, Ryan, Achia Khatun, Moujtaba Y. Kasmani, Yao Chen, & Weiguo Cui. (2022). Delineating the transcriptional landscape and clonal diversity of virus-specific CD4+ T cells during chronic viral infection. eLife. 11. 15 indexed citations

Kasmani, Moujtaba Y., et al.. (2022). Autoreactive CD8 T cells in NOD mice exhibit phenotypic heterogeneity but restricted TCR gene usage. Life Science Alliance. 5(10). e202201503–e202201503. 6 indexed citations

Kasmani, Moujtaba Y., Ryan Zander, H. Kay Chung, et al.. (2022). Clonal lineage tracing reveals mechanisms skewing CD8+ T cell fate decisions in chronic infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 220(1). 46 indexed citations

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Stancill, Jennifer S., Moujtaba Y. Kasmani, Achia Khatun, Weiguo Cui, & John A. Corbett. (2021). Single-cell RNA sequencing of mouse islets exposed to proinflammatory cytokines. Life Science Alliance. 4(6). e202000949–e202000949. 24 indexed citations

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Xin, Gang, Chen Yao, Paytsar Topchyan, et al.. (2021). Targeting PIM1-Mediated Metabolism in Myeloid Suppressor Cells to Treat Cancer. Cancer Immunology Research. 9(4). 454–469. 38 indexed citations

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Volberding, Peter J., Gang Xin, Moujtaba Y. Kasmani, et al.. (2021). Suppressive neutrophils require PIM1 for metabolic fitness and survival during chronic viral infection. Cell Reports. 35(8). 109160–109160. 17 indexed citations

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Jondle, C. N., K. E. Johnson, P. A. Sylvester, et al.. (2021). Gammaherpesvirus Usurps Host IL-17 Signaling To Support the Establishment of Chronic Infection. mBio. 12(2). 14 indexed citations

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Stancill, Jennifer S., Moujtaba Y. Kasmani, Achia Khatun, Weiguo Cui, & John A. Corbett. (2021). Cytokine and Nitric Oxide-Dependent Gene Regulation in Islet Endocrine and Nonendocrine Cells. Function. 3(1). zqab063–zqab063. 13 indexed citations

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Son, Young Min, In Su Cheon, Yue Wu, et al.. (2021). Tissue-resident CD4 ⁺ T helper cells assist the development of protective respiratory B and CD8 ⁺ T cell memory responses. Science Immunology. 6(55). 137 indexed citations

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Schauder, David, Jian Shen, Yao Chen, et al.. (2021). E2A-regulated epigenetic landscape promotes memory CD8 T cell differentiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(16). 27 indexed citations

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Fu, Chunmei, Jakob Loschko, Phuong Pham, et al.. (2020). Plasmacytoid dendritic cells cross-prime naive CD8 T cells by transferring antigen to conventional dendritic cells through exosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(38). 23730–23741. 90 indexed citations

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Xin, Gang, Achia Khatun, Paytsar Topchyan, et al.. (2019). Pathogen-Boosted Adoptive Cell Transfer Therapy Induces Endogenous Antitumor Immunity through Antigen Spreading. Cancer Immunology Research. 8(1). 7–18. 16 indexed citations

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Parish, Ian A., Heather D. Marshall, Matthew Staron, et al.. (2014). Chronic viral infection promotes sustained Th1-derived immunoregulatory IL-10 via BLIMP-1. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 124(8). 3455–3468. 68 indexed citations

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Rahman, Adeeb, Weiguo Cui, David F. LaRosa, et al.. (2008). MyD88 Plays a Critical T Cell-Intrinsic Role in Supporting CD8 T Cell Expansion during Acute Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 181(6). 3804–3810. 61 indexed citations

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