Xia Gao

8.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
127 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Xia Gao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xia Gao has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cancer Research and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Xia Gao's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (11 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers). Xia Gao is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (11 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (7 papers). Xia Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. Xia Gao's co-authors include Jason W. Locasale, Ziwei Dai, Brigid L.M. Hogan, Sydney M. Sanderson, Scott H. Randell, Mengxiao Yu, Fuyou Li, Michael A. Reid, Yan Xue and Jason R. Rock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Xia Gao

121 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Dietary methionine influences therapy in mouse cancer models and alters human metabolism

2019 439 citations Xia Gao, Sydney M. Sanderson et al. profile →
Methionine metabolism in health and cancer: a nexus of diet and precision medicine

2019 370 citations Sydney M. Sanderson, Xia Gao et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →
Notch-Dependent Differentiation of Adult Airway Basal Stem Cells

2011 340 citations Xia Gao et al. profile →
The Nucleotide Sensor ZBP1 and Kinase RIPK3 Induce the Enzyme IRG1 to Promote an Antiviral Metabolic State in Neurons

2019 213 citations Xia Gao, Jason W. Locasale et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xia Gao China	36	2.7k	950	829	828	825	127	6.0k
Qin Wang China	40	2.3k 0.8×	593 0.6×	742 0.9×	706 0.9×	699 0.8×	288	6.7k
Zhenzhen Li China	44	3.7k 1.4×	876 0.9×	461 0.6×	610 0.7×	568 0.7×	312	6.8k
Fei Yan China	43	2.5k 0.9×	838 0.9×	732 0.9×	574 0.7×	427 0.5×	202	5.4k
Aihua Gong China	43	3.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	467 0.6×	661 0.8×	498 0.6×	145	7.0k
Yan Luo China	40	2.3k 0.8×	523 0.6×	289 0.3×	765 0.9×	413 0.5×	201	6.2k
Jie Gao China	43	2.9k 1.1×	578 0.6×	689 0.8×	882 1.1×	558 0.7×	238	6.4k
Gaetano Cairo Italy	52	3.8k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	709 0.9×	1.8k 2.1×	1.0k 1.2×	140	10.8k
Yongjun Wang China	48	3.3k 1.2×	681 0.7×	559 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	539 0.7×	233	8.4k
Hiroto Izumi Japan	54	6.6k 2.4×	1.7k 1.7×	1.2k 1.4×	2.1k 2.5×	1.0k 1.3×	211	9.9k
Masami Watanabe Japan	39	3.0k 1.1×	555 0.6×	394 0.5×	844 1.0×	863 1.0×	302	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Xia Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xia Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xia Gao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Xia, Peipei Chen, Ling Lin, et al.. (2025). Plasma lipidomic fingerprinting enables high-accuracy biomarker discovery for Alzheimer’s disease: a targeted LC-MRM/MS approach. GeroScience. 48(1). 1483–1498. 1 indexed citations

Saha, Pradip, Evelyn Groot, Lin Tan, et al.. (2025). N-acetylaspartate from fat cells regulates postprandial body temperature. Nature Metabolism. 7(8). 1524–1535.

Jin, Chen, David Moon, Hong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Resilience and Vulnerabilities of Tumor Cells under Purine Shortage Stress. Clinical Cancer Research. 31(20). 4345–4360.

Duan, Qing‐Qing, Wei‐Ming Su, Xiaojing Gu, et al.. (2025). Genetically Predict Diet‐derived Antioxidants and Risk of Neurodegenerative Diseases Among Individuals of European Descent: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Brain and Behavior. 15(8). e70766–e70766.

Zhang, Tianyou, et al.. (2024). Association between gut microbiota and diabetic nephropathy: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 15. 1361440–1361440. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Xia, et al.. (2024). Interaction between plant-based dietary pattern and frailty on cognitive decline: a longitudinal analysis of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey cohort. Age and Ageing. 53(1). 5 indexed citations

Chen, Ting, Xiaojing Gu, Wei‐Ming Su, et al.. (2024). Systematic druggable genome‐wide Mendelian randomization identifies therapeutic targets for sarcopenia. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 15(4). 1324–1334. 15 indexed citations

Zhu, Ying, et al.. (2023). Double Riveting and Steric Hindrance Strategy for Ultrahigh‐Loading Atomically Dispersed Iron Catalysts Toward Oxygen Reduction. Small. 19(33). e2301456–e2301456. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Xia, et al.. (2023). LINC01485 contributes to colorectal cancer progression by targeting miR‐383‐5p/KRT80 axis. Environmental Toxicology. 39(1). 398–408. 3 indexed citations

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Moon, David, Lingfan Xu, Fan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Targeting glutamine dependence with DRP‐104 inhibits proliferation and tumor growth of castration‐resistant prostate cancer. The Prostate. 84(4). 349–357. 6 indexed citations

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Duan, Qing‐Qing, Zheng Jiang, Wei‐Ming Su, et al.. (2023). Risk factors of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a global meta-summary. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17. 1177431–1177431. 14 indexed citations

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Gao, Xia, Ling Lin, Anqi Hu, et al.. (2022). Shotgun lipidomics combined targeted MRM reveals sphingolipid signatures of coronary artery disease. Talanta. 245. 123475–123475. 5 indexed citations

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Hu, Zuojian, Li Guan, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2022). Diagnostic value of serum sphingolipids in patients with colorectal cancer. The Analyst. 147(10). 2189–2197. 8 indexed citations

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Qian, Xiaoyun, et al.. (2021). Delayed postoperative complications in 624 consecutive cochlear implantation cases. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 141(7). 663–670. 4 indexed citations

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Gao, Xia, et al.. (2020). Construction of HRP Immobilized Enzyme Reactor Based on Hierarchically Porous Metal-organic Framework and Its Dye Degradation Application†. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 41(7). 1591. 3 indexed citations

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Gao, Xia, Jinghai Liu, Yu Sun, et al.. (2019). Optimized Co²⁺_(Td)–O–Fe³⁺_(Oh)electronic states in a spinel electrocatalyst for highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction performance. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 6(11). 3295–3301. 34 indexed citations

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Sanderson, Sydney M., Xia Gao, Ziwei Dai, & Jason W. Locasale. (2019). Methionine metabolism in health and cancer: a nexus of diet and precision medicine. Nature reviews. Cancer. 19(11). 625–637. 370 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reid, Michael A., Annamarie E. Allen, Shiyu Liu, et al.. (2018). Serine synthesis through PHGDH coordinates nucleotide levels by maintaining central carbon metabolism. Nature Communications. 9(1). 159 indexed citations

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Gao, Xia, et al.. (2016). The level and influencing factors of self-compassion among clinical nurses. Zhonghua xiandai huli zazhi. 22(2). 186–189. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Xia, et al.. (2013). Expression and significance of Hsp27 in invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast. Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research. 40(9). 1 indexed citations

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