Weiqi Lei

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Weiqi Lei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weiqi Lei has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Weiqi Lei's work include Diabetes and associated disorders (3 papers), Bone health and treatments (2 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (2 papers). Weiqi Lei is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes and associated disorders (3 papers), Bone health and treatments (2 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (2 papers). Weiqi Lei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Weiqi Lei's co-authors include Xu Cao, Mei Wan, Xiangwei Wu, Lijuan Pang, Xinyu Peng, Ling Zhao, Zhenqi Shi, Chao Wan, Junbo Hu and Wim Van Hul and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Weiqi Lei

11 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

TGF-β1–induced migration of bone mesenchymal stem cells couples bone resorption with formation

2009 906 citations Yi Tang, Xiangwei Wu et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weiqi Lei United States	10	805	429	220	199	199	11	1.6k
Lingling Xian United States	17	805 1.0×	424 1.0×	206 0.9×	151 0.8×	187 0.9×	31	1.5k
Danka Grčević Croatia	27	1.0k 1.3×	482 1.1×	305 1.4×	261 1.3×	282 1.4×	84	1.9k
Andrew M. Ho United States	13	715 0.9×	240 0.6×	162 0.7×	257 1.3×	153 0.8×	16	1.7k
Jérôme Amiaud France	24	685 0.9×	462 1.1×	210 1.0×	187 0.9×	103 0.5×	48	1.8k
Brya G. Matthews New Zealand	24	786 1.0×	387 0.9×	403 1.8×	332 1.7×	336 1.7×	54	1.8k
Vicky Kartsogiannis Australia	20	1.0k 1.3×	692 1.6×	134 0.6×	114 0.6×	238 1.2×	27	1.7k
Tian-Fang Li China	22	702 0.9×	361 0.8×	86 0.4×	385 1.9×	160 0.8×	54	1.6k
Martine Deckers Netherlands	12	1.0k 1.3×	495 1.2×	218 1.0×	303 1.5×	125 0.6×	18	1.9k
Takashi Kikuiri Japan	15	724 0.9×	508 1.2×	537 2.4×	290 1.5×	329 1.7×	31	1.8k
Therese Standal Norway	22	846 1.1×	702 1.6×	165 0.8×	94 0.5×	78 0.4×	47	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Weiqi Lei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weiqi Lei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weiqi Lei

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Lu, Ailing, Manuel A. Pallero, Benjamin Y. Owusu, et al.. (2020). Calreticulin is important for the development of renal fibrosis and dysfunction in diabetic nephropathy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 100034–100034. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Lei, Yu Chai, Changjun Li, et al.. (2018). Oxidized phospholipids are ligands for LRP6. Bone Research. 6(1). 22–22. 31 indexed citations

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Lu, Ailing, Manuel A. Pallero, Weiqi Lei, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of Transforming Growth Factor-β Activation Diminishes Tumor Progression and Osteolytic Bone Disease in Mouse Models of Multiple Myeloma. American Journal Of Pathology. 186(3). 678–690. 49 indexed citations

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Kozlovskaya, Veronika, Bing Xue, Weiqi Lei, et al.. (2015). Diabetes: Hydrogen‐Bonded Multilayers of Tannic Acid as Mediators of T‐Cell Immunity (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 5/2015). Advanced Healthcare Materials. 4(5). 685–685. 1 indexed citations

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Kozlovskaya, Veronika, Bing Xue, Weiqi Lei, et al.. (2014). Hydrogen‐Bonded Multilayers of Tannic Acid as Mediators of T‐Cell Immunity. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 4(5). 686–694. 88 indexed citations

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Padgett, Lindsey E., Ashley R. Burg, Weiqi Lei, & Hubert M. Tse. (2014). Loss of NADPH Oxidase–Derived Superoxide Skews Macrophage Phenotypes to Delay Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes. 64(3). 937–946. 94 indexed citations

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Lei, Weiqi, Ashley R. Burg, Kah Yong Goh, et al.. (2012). Dysregulated TLR3-dependent signaling and innate immune activation in superoxide-deficient macrophages from nonobese diabetic mice. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 52(9). 2047–2056. 22 indexed citations

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Wan, Mei, Jun Li, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2011). LRP6 Mediates cAMP Generation by G Protein–Coupled Receptors Through Regulating the Membrane Targeting of Gα _s. Science Signaling. 4(164). ra15–ra15. 43 indexed citations

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Cao, Xu, Xiangwei Wu, Deborah A. Frassica, et al.. (2011). Irradiation induces bone injury by damaging bone marrow microenvironment for stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(4). 1609–1614. 199 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiangwei, Lijuan Pang, Weiqi Lei, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of Sca-1-Positive Skeletal Stem Cell Recruitment by Alendronate Blunts the Anabolic Effects of Parathyroid Hormone on Bone Remodeling. Cell stem cell. 7(5). 571–580. 105 indexed citations

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Tang, Yi, Xiangwei Wu, Weiqi Lei, et al.. (2009). TGF-β1–induced migration of bone mesenchymal stem cells couples bone resorption with formation. Nature Medicine. 15(7). 757–765. 906 indexed citations breakdown →

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