Weitao Cao

453 total citations
17 papers, 255 citations indexed

About

Weitao Cao is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Weitao Cao has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 255 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 7 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Weitao Cao's work include Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (4 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (4 papers) and Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research (3 papers). Weitao Cao is often cited by papers focused on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (4 papers), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research (4 papers) and Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research (3 papers). Weitao Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Weitao Cao's co-authors include Pixin Ran, Bing Li, Jinding Pu, Zhaowei Yang, Naijian Li, Yumin Zhou, Jiahuan Zhang, Zhishan Deng, Zhang Wang and Jing Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences and Experimental Cell Research.

In The Last Decade

Weitao Cao

15 papers receiving 254 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weitao Cao China 7 151 115 49 45 41 17 255
Jingran Ma China 7 156 1.0× 19 0.2× 36 0.7× 53 1.2× 26 0.6× 11 315
Darcy Denner United States 7 138 0.9× 132 1.1× 11 0.2× 141 3.1× 48 1.2× 8 293
Amir Hakim United Kingdom 6 51 0.3× 88 0.8× 13 0.3× 125 2.8× 18 0.4× 13 322
Andrew G. Sokolow United States 7 75 0.5× 86 0.7× 14 0.3× 27 0.6× 6 0.1× 16 238
Kasey Strothman United States 4 38 0.3× 57 0.5× 10 0.2× 119 2.6× 16 0.4× 10 233
Jennifer McCracken United States 5 28 0.2× 125 1.1× 46 0.9× 157 3.5× 11 0.3× 9 281
James Tonkin United Kingdom 5 20 0.1× 123 1.1× 70 1.4× 40 0.9× 11 0.3× 13 240
Giulia Gnesini Italy 5 28 0.2× 146 1.3× 25 0.5× 154 3.4× 61 1.5× 6 294
Bruce K. Rubin United States 9 93 0.6× 122 1.1× 6 0.1× 43 1.0× 14 0.3× 10 276
Dana Savici United States 7 26 0.2× 221 1.9× 11 0.2× 56 1.2× 10 0.2× 11 322

Countries citing papers authored by Weitao Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weitao Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weitao Cao

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Wang, Luyao, Weitao Cao, Yan Xue, et al.. (2025). Upregulated Calcium Sensing Receptor Mediates Pulmonary Venous Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension. Acta Physiologica. 242(1). e70142–e70142.
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Sun, Cheng, Weitao Cao, Jin Lv, et al.. (2025). Application of the metagenomic next-generation sequencing technology to identify the causes of pleural effusion. Frontiers in Medicine. 12. 1525100–1525100. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Li‐Zhi, Juan Xu, Hongbin Zhou, et al.. (2025). NR1D1 mitigates IL-17a-induced small airway remodeling in biomass smoke-induced COPD. Toxicology Letters. 409. 74–86. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Xinyuan, Peiyi Li, Zhiqiang Cai, et al.. (2025). Interplay of ECM organization, ROCK signaling, and cell polarity drives mesothelium formation and lung growth. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9610–9610.
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Cao, Weitao, Jia Li, Ruixue Yang, et al.. (2024). Single-cell transcriptomics reveals e-cigarette vapor-induced airway epithelial remodeling and injury. Respiratory Research. 25(1). 353–353. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Qingyang, Yü Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, et al.. (2024). The influence of CLEC5A on early macrophage-mediated inflammation in COPD progression. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 81(1). 330–330. 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Hong, Hong Yuan, Weitao Cao, et al.. (2024). Chronic hypoxia promotes pulmonary venous smooth muscle cell proliferation through the CaSR-TRPC6/ROCE pathway. Experimental Cell Research. 444(2). 114363–114363. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Shuxin, Zi Yang, Shiyun Liu, et al.. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 spike protein induces IL-18-mediated cardiopulmonary inflammation via reduced mitophagy. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 8(1). 108–108. 45 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yi, Xiaoyu Wang, Jiahuan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Smad3‐mediated lncRNA HSALR1 enhances the non‐classic signalling pathway of TGF‐β1 in human bronchial fibroblasts by binding to HSP90AB1. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 13(6). e1292–e1292. 5 indexed citations
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Cao, Weitao, Jiahuan Zhang, Zihui Wang, et al.. (2022). Genetic screening of MMP1 as a potential pathogenic gene in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Life Sciences. 313. 121214–121214. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Naijian, Zhang Wang, Zhishan Deng, et al.. (2021). Gut microbiota dysbiosis contributes to the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respiratory Research. 22(1). 274–274. 120 indexed citations
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Yin, Wenguang, Weitao Cao, Guangde Zhou, et al.. (2021). Analysis of pathological changes in the epithelium in COVID-19 patient airways. ERJ Open Research. 7(2). 690–2020. 15 indexed citations
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Pu, Jinding, Juan Xu, Lu Chen, et al.. (2021). Exposure to biomass smoke induces pulmonary Th17 cell differentiation by activating TLR2 on dendritic cells in a COPD rat model. Toxicology Letters. 348. 28–39. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Juan, Yongliang Jiang, Wei Hong, et al.. (2021). Platelet-derived growth factor-BB induces pulmonary venous smooth muscle cells proliferation by upregulating calcium sensing receptor under hypoxic conditions. Cytotechnology. 73(2). 189–201. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Juan, Yongliang Jiang, Wei Hong, et al.. (2021). Chronic hypoxia promoted pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells proliferation through upregulated calcium‐sensing receptorcanonical transient receptor potential 1/6 pathway. Microcirculation. 28(6). e12715–e12715. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Naijian, Zhaowei Yang, Baoling Liao, et al.. (2020). Chronic exposure to ambient particulate matter induces gut microbial dysbiosis in a rat COPD model. Respiratory Research. 21(1). 271–271. 29 indexed citations
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Cao, Weitao, Wei Hong, Yongliang Jiang, et al.. (2019). A novel function of calcium sensing receptor in chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary venous smooth muscle cells proliferation. Hypertension Research. 43(4). 271–280. 5 indexed citations

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