Weihua Cai

687 total citations
17 papers, 518 citations indexed

About

Weihua Cai is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weihua Cai has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 518 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 7 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Weihua Cai's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (6 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (3 papers). Weihua Cai is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (6 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers) and Spinal Cord Injury Research (3 papers). Weihua Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Finland. Weihua Cai's co-authors include Jin Fan, Guoyong Yin, Xuhui Ge, Yuluo Rong, Jiaxing Wang, Chengyue Ji, Zhuanghui Wang, Lumei Kang, Wei Zhou and Ye Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Cell Death and Differentiation.

In The Last Decade

Weihua Cai

15 papers receiving 517 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weihua Cai China	10	253	138	123	112	111	17	518
Chengshi Xu China	15	224 0.9×	49 0.4×	106 0.9×	52 0.5×	78 0.7×	35	617
Yuji Guo China	11	280 1.1×	68 0.5×	130 1.1×	50 0.4×	63 0.6×	12	580
Akhilesh Kumar United States	9	395 1.6×	132 1.0×	114 0.9×	32 0.3×	52 0.5×	14	577
Caiyong Yu China	11	210 0.8×	76 0.6×	69 0.6×	92 0.8×	79 0.7×	21	526
Yiwu Dai China	12	174 0.7×	35 0.3×	84 0.7×	104 0.9×	114 1.0×	29	547
Pietro Familiari Italy	13	184 0.7×	40 0.3×	69 0.6×	46 0.4×	33 0.3×	38	522
Johannes Dorst Germany	18	232 0.9×	135 1.0×	36 0.3×	44 0.4×	73 0.7×	39	953
Dabing Li China	13	248 1.0×	93 0.7×	54 0.4×	31 0.3×	67 0.6×	30	499
Wenjun Xu China	15	321 1.3×	116 0.8×	24 0.2×	28 0.3×	103 0.9×	54	615
Ranran Han China	17	410 1.6×	56 0.4×	69 0.6×	75 0.7×	63 0.6×	24	959

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17 of 17 papers shown

Wu, Ye, Yao Gu, Xuhui Ge, et al.. (2025). Assessing the utility of MRI‑based vertebral bone quality (VBQ) and CT-derived Hounsfield Units for predicting cervical screw loosening. European Spine Journal. 34(8). 3337–3344.

Zhu, Yufeng, Junjun Xiong, Ye Wu, et al.. (2025). A Dual-Factor Scaffold for Spinal Cord Injury Repair Targeting Inflammation and Ferroptosis. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(23). 33540–33554.

Gao, Yu, Ye Wu, Xuhui Ge, et al.. (2023). Assessing the utility of MRI-based vertebral bone quality (VBQ) for predicting lumbar pedicle screw loosening. European Spine Journal. 33(1). 289–297. 18 indexed citations

Rong, Yuluo, Jin Fan, Chengyue Ji, et al.. (2021). USP11 regulates autophagy-dependent ferroptosis after spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury by deubiquitinating Beclin 1. Cell Death and Differentiation. 29(6). 1164–1175. 154 indexed citations

Ji, Chengyue, Yuluo Rong, Ning Yan, et al.. (2021). Surgical outcome and risk factors for cervical spinal cord injury patients in chronic stage: a 2-year follow-up study. European Spine Journal. 30(6). 1495–1500. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Zhuanghui, Yuluo Rong, Pengyu Tang, et al.. (2021). Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Asymptomatic Spondylotic Cervical Spinal Stenosis in Patients with Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. World Neurosurgery. 151. e1051–e1058. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, Dongdong Jiang, Fangyi Gong, et al.. (2020). miR-210-5p promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition by inhibiting PIK3R5 thereby activating oncogenic autophagy in osteosarcoma cells. Cell Death and Disease. 11(2). 93–93. 48 indexed citations

Luo, Yongjun, Jiaxing Wang, Jie Pei, et al.. (2020). Interactions between the MMP‐3 gene rs591058 polymorphism and occupational risk factors contribute to the increased risk for lumbar disk herniation: A case‐control study. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. 34(7). e23273–e23273. 7 indexed citations

Rong, Yuluo, Jiaxing Wang, Tao Sui, et al.. (2019). <p>Cervical intradural disc herniation with Brown-Séquard syndrome: case report and literature review</p>. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 12. 2403–2410. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Weihua, Fan Jin, Haiyuan Yang, et al.. (2018). Mitochondrial division inhibitor 1 protects cortical neurons from excitotoxicity: a mechanistic pathway. Neural Regeneration Research. 13(9). 1552–1552. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Zhisong, Yuanyuan Mao, Lingli Liang, et al.. (2017). The transcription factor C/EBPβ in the dorsal root ganglion contributes to peripheral nerve trauma–induced nociceptive hypersensitivity. Science Signaling. 10(487). 55 indexed citations

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Li, Zhisong, Yaru Li, Jing Cao, et al.. (2017). Membrane protein Nav1.7 contributes to the persistent post-surgical pain regulated by p-p65 in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) of SMIR rats model. BMC Anesthesiology. 17(1). 150–150. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Dongfei, Weihua Cai, Jian Chen, et al.. (2016). An In Situ Gelling Drug Delivery System for Improved Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 5(12). 1513–1521. 32 indexed citations

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Cai, Weihua, Jing Cao, Xiuhua Ren, et al.. (2015). shRNA mediated knockdown of Nav1.7 in rat dorsal root ganglion attenuates pain following burn injury. BMC Anesthesiology. 16(1). 59–59. 20 indexed citations

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Fan, Jin, Zitao Zhang, Jun Gu, et al.. (2014). Ischemic preconditioning enhances autophagy but suppresses autophagic cell death in rat spinal neurons following ischemia-reperfusion. Brain Research. 1562. 76–86. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liang, et al.. (2013). Antibiotic penetration into rabbit nucleus pulposus with discitis. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 24(4). 453–458. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Hongping, et al.. (2013). Intrathecal miR-96 Inhibits Nav1.3 Expression and Alleviates Neuropathic Pain in Rat Following Chronic Construction Injury. Neurochemical Research. 39(1). 76–83. 106 indexed citations

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