Weilan Ye

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Weilan Ye is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weilan Ye has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Weilan Ye's work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (10 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (6 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers). Weilan Ye is often cited by papers focused on Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (10 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (6 papers) and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (6 papers). Weilan Ye collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Netherlands. Weilan Ye's co-authors include Arnon Rosenthal, Mary Hynes, Kenji Shimamura, John L.R. Rubenstein, Frédéric J. de Sauvage, Eileen M. Lafer, Menno van Lookeren Campagne, Brian L. Yaspan, Jennifer LeCouter and Dorothy French and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Weilan Ye

42 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

FGF and Shh Signals Control Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Cell Fate in the Anterior Neural Plate

1998 709 citations Weilan Ye, Kenji Shimamura et al. Cell profile →
IL-1 and IL-1ra are key regulators of the inflammatory response to RNA vaccines

2022 310 citations Siri Tähtinen, Ann-Jay Tong et al. Nature Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weilan Ye United States	27	3.2k	701	638	436	413	43	4.3k
Amir Rattner United States	33	4.1k 1.3×	607 0.9×	951 1.5×	645 1.5×	297 0.7×	62	5.3k
Masayuki Komada Japan	37	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	451 0.7×	346 0.8×	750 1.8×	80	4.8k
Ricardo Martínez United States	17	2.4k 0.8×	580 0.8×	494 0.8×	313 0.7×	452 1.1×	41	3.4k
Valeria Marigo Italy	35	4.3k 1.4×	638 0.9×	791 1.2×	1.1k 2.5×	185 0.4×	88	5.0k
Karen Wolburg‐Buchholz Germany	25	2.4k 0.8×	540 0.8×	601 0.9×	187 0.4×	615 1.5×	38	4.4k
Dale D. Hunter United States	30	2.7k 0.9×	810 1.2×	1.5k 2.4×	207 0.5×	149 0.4×	56	4.3k
Takahiko Matsuda Japan	18	2.6k 0.8×	391 0.6×	811 1.3×	434 1.0×	275 0.7×	27	3.2k
Alessandro Fantin United Kingdom	26	1.7k 0.5×	392 0.6×	632 1.0×	131 0.3×	399 1.0×	64	2.9k
Douglas S. Annis United States	33	1.6k 0.5×	501 0.7×	556 0.9×	339 0.8×	315 0.8×	72	3.7k
Vasso Episkopou United Kingdom	30	3.1k 1.0×	434 0.6×	257 0.4×	785 1.8×	493 1.2×	53	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Weilan Ye

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weilan Ye

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weilan Ye. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weilan Ye 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 Weilan Ye. Weilan Ye is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhao, Haitao, Simin Xu, Weilan Ye, et al.. (2025). Atomevo-odor: A database for understanding olfactory receptor-odorant pairs with multi-artificial intelligence methods. Food Chemistry. 476. 143392–143392. 1 indexed citations

Curtis, Matthew B., Gu Zhang, Robyn Clark, et al.. (2025). Abstract PR002: T cell engager therapy affects the spatial distribution and phenotype of T cells in the tumor microenvironment. Cancer Immunology Research. 13(2_Supplement). PR002–PR002. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Qinghao, Weilan Ye, Wenda Chen, et al.. (2025). Beyond Conventional Doping: Sulfur‐Induced Electronic and Interfacial Dynamics for Advanced Nitrate Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(32). e202504815–e202504815. 5 indexed citations

Himmels, Patricia, Alfonso Arrazate, Robyn Clark, et al.. (2023). T cell‐dependent bispecific antibodies alter organ‐specific endothelial cell–T cell interaction. EMBO Reports. 24(3). e55532–e55532. 6 indexed citations

Tähtinen, Siri, Ann-Jay Tong, Patricia Himmels, et al.. (2022). IL-1 and IL-1ra are key regulators of the inflammatory response to RNA vaccines. Nature Immunology. 23(4). 532–542. 310 indexed citations breakdown →

Betz, Charles, Ilkka Paatero, Christopher W. Wilson, et al.. (2021). Control of dynamic cell behaviors during angiogenesis and anastomosis by Rasip1. Development. 148(15). 7 indexed citations

Weekes, Colin D., Lee S. Rosen, Anna Capasso, et al.. (2018). Phase I study of the anti-α5β1 monoclonal antibody MINT1526A with or without bevacizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 82(2). 339–351. 15 indexed citations

Vitorino, Philip, Ailey Crow, Jesse Bakke, et al.. (2015). MAP4K4 regulates integrin-FERM binding to control endothelial cell motility. Nature. 519(7544). 425–430. 107 indexed citations

Wilson, Christopher W. & Weilan Ye. (2014). Regulation of vascular endothelial junction stability and remodeling through Rap1-Rasip1 signaling. Cell Adhesion & Migration. 8(2). 76–83. 41 indexed citations

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Junge, Harald J., Stacey C. Yang, Jeremy B. Burton, et al.. (2009). TSPAN12 Regulates Retinal Vascular Development by Promoting Norrin- but Not Wnt-Induced FZD4/β-Catenin Signaling. Cell. 139(2). 299–311. 289 indexed citations

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Campa, Claudio, Ian Kasman, Weilan Ye, et al.. (2008). Effects of an Anti–VEGF-A Monoclonal Antibody on Laser-Induced Choroidal Neovascularization in Mice: Optimizing Methods to Quantify Vascular Changes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 49(3). 1178–1178. 60 indexed citations

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Evangelista, Marie, James Lee, Leon Parker, et al.. (2008). Supplementary Materials for Kinome siRNA Screen Identifies Regulators of Ciliogenesis and Hedgehog Signal Transduction. 13 indexed citations

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Evangelista, Marie, James Lee, Leon Parker, et al.. (2008). Kinome siRNA Screen Identifies Regulators of Ciliogenesis and Hedgehog Signal Transduction. Science Signaling. 1(39). ra7–ra7. 64 indexed citations

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Mazière, Ann De, Leon Parker, Suzanne van Dijk, Weilan Ye, & Judith Klumperman. (2008). Egfl7 knockdown causes defects in the extension and junctional arrangements of endothelial cells during zebrafish vasculogenesis. Developmental Dynamics. 237(3). 580–591. 28 indexed citations

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Craven, Sarah E., Dorothy French, Weilan Ye, Frédéric J. de Sauvage, & Arnon Rosenthal. (2005). Loss of Hspa9b in zebrafish recapitulates the ineffective hematopoiesis of the myelodysplastic syndrome. Blood. 105(9). 3528–3534. 84 indexed citations

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Ye, Weilan, Maxime Bouchard, Donna M. Stone, et al.. (2001). Distinct regulators control the expression of the mid-hindbrain organizer signal FGF8. Nature Neuroscience. 4(12). 1175–1181. 100 indexed citations

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Hynes, Mary, Weilan Ye, Kevin Wang, et al.. (2000). The seven-transmembrane receptor Smoothened cell-autonomously induces multiple ventral cell types. Nature Neuroscience. 3(1). 41–46. 127 indexed citations

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Ye, Weilan, Kenji Shimamura, John L.R. Rubenstein, Mary Hynes, & Arnon Rosenthal. (1998). FGF and Shh Signals Control Dopaminergic and Serotonergic Cell Fate in the Anterior Neural Plate. Cell. 93(5). 755–766. 709 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ye, Weilan & Eileen M. Lafer. (1995). Bacterially expressed F1‐20/AP‐3 assembles clathrin into cages with a narrow size distribution: Implications for the regulation of quantal size during neurotransmission. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 41(1). 15–26. 69 indexed citations

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Ye, Weilan & Eileen M. Lafer. (1995). Clathrin Binding and Assembly Activities of Expressed Domains of the Synapse-specific Clathrin Assembly Protein AP-3. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(18). 10933–10939. 64 indexed citations

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