Xiangwei Gao

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Xiangwei Gao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiangwei Gao has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiangwei Gao's work include RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (12 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers). Xiangwei Gao is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers), Cancer-related gene regulation (12 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (11 papers). Xiangwei Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xiangwei Gao's co-authors include Shu‐Bing Qian, Ji Wan, Xingqian Zhang, Zhengping Xu, Jun Zhou, Samie R. Jaffrey, Saisai Wei, Botao Liu, Jinghao Sheng and Ben Shen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Xiangwei Gao

45 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Dynamic m6A mRNA methylation directs translational control of heat shock response

2015 988 citations Ji Wan, Xiangwei Gao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiangwei Gao China	25	2.0k	767	222	146	106	48	2.5k
Anita G. Seto United States	20	3.1k 1.5×	1.7k 2.2×	75 0.3×	111 0.8×	87 0.8×	29	3.8k
Xuerui Yang China	26	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	72 0.3×	156 1.1×	83 0.8×	57	2.9k
Yawei Gao China	24	2.9k 1.4×	554 0.7×	128 0.6×	124 0.8×	96 0.9×	50	3.4k
Xiaoyang Zhang China	26	2.4k 1.2×	717 0.9×	95 0.4×	363 2.5×	93 0.9×	86	3.3k
Alexander Rapp Germany	23	1.2k 0.6×	271 0.4×	29 0.1×	190 1.3×	68 0.6×	56	1.8k
Ilkka Miinalainen Finland	28	1.4k 0.7×	455 0.6×	31 0.1×	186 1.3×	138 1.3×	85	2.1k
Lorenzo Montanaro Italy	36	3.2k 1.6×	947 1.2×	56 0.3×	915 6.3×	158 1.5×	101	4.1k
Shuai Li China	18	546 0.3×	373 0.5×	39 0.2×	170 1.2×	34 0.3×	66	1.1k
Raman Bahal United States	28	2.9k 1.5×	952 1.2×	42 0.2×	178 1.2×	41 0.4×	62	3.5k
Qubo Zhu China	25	1.3k 0.6×	580 0.8×	37 0.2×	117 0.8×	49 0.5×	46	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiangwei Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiangwei Gao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiangwei Gao

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yu, Qian, Saisai Wei, Lei Yu, et al.. (2025). ALKBH8-mediated codon-specific translation promotes colorectal tumorigenesis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9075–9075.

Han, Bing, et al.. (2025). Nuclear accumulation of YTHDF1 regulates mRNA splicing in the DNA damage response. Science Advances. 11(16). eado7660–eado7660.

Wei, Saisai, et al.. (2025). Transcriptome-wide mapping of N3-methylcytidine modification at single-base resolution. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(5). 1 indexed citations

Li, Songyu, Ya Liu, Xiang Wu, et al.. (2025). The m C methyltransferase NSUN2 promotes progression of acute myeloid leukemia by regulating serine metabolism. Cell Reports. 44(5). 115661–115661. 3 indexed citations

Song, Peizhe, Ying Gao, Zhiping Deng, et al.. (2024). The m ⁶ A reader SlYTH2 negatively regulates tomato fruit aroma by impeding the translation process. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(28). e2405100121–e2405100121. 29 indexed citations

Wu, Guo-Cai, et al.. (2023). The RNA m6A Reader YTHDF1 Is Required for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Progression. Cancer Research. 83(6). 845–860. 62 indexed citations

Yu, Qian, Jingyu Hou, Bing Han, et al.. (2023). Adipocyte YTH N(6)-methyladenosine RNA-binding protein 1 protects against obesity by promoting white adipose tissue beiging in male mice. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1379–1379. 17 indexed citations

Pan, Hai‐Tao, et al.. (2022). A novel isoform of hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase inhibits cell proliferation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 606. 75–79. 2 indexed citations

Han, Bing, Saisai Wei, Fengying Li, et al.. (2021). Decoding m6A mRNA methylation by reader proteins in cancer. Cancer Letters. 518. 256–265. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Fengying, Yu Weng, Chao Qi, et al.. (2021). A panel of platelet-associated circulating long non-coding RNAs as potential biomarkers for colorectal cancer. Genomics. 114(1). 31–37. 28 indexed citations

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Bai, Rongpan, Desen Sun, Xiaoliang Shi, et al.. (2020). Myeloid cells protect intestinal epithelial barrier integrity through the angiogenin/plexin‐B2 axis. The EMBO Journal. 39(13). e103325–e103325. 30 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiangwei, et al.. (2020). Silencing of Long Non-Coding RNA LINC01106 Suppresses the Proliferation, Migration and Invasion of Endometrial Cancer Cells Through Regulating the miR-449a/MET Axis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Xia, Saisai Wei, Rongpan Bai, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of RNA polymerase III transcription by Triptolide attenuates colorectal tumorigenesis. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 38(1). 217–217. 35 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xinyuan, Saisai Wei, Lin Chen, et al.. (2019). Autophagic flux blockage in alveolar epithelial cells is essential in silica nanoparticle-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Cell Death and Disease. 10(2). 127–127. 82 indexed citations

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Dong, Haojie, Chunhua Weng, Rongpan Bai, et al.. (2018). The regulatory network of miR-141 in the inhibition of angiogenesis. Angiogenesis. 22(2). 251–262. 40 indexed citations

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Li, Siqi, Desen Sun, Xiangwei Gao, et al.. (2017). Angiogenin Prevents Progranulin A9D Mutation-Induced Neuronal-Like Cell Apoptosis Through Cleaving tRNAs into tiRNAs. Molecular Neurobiology. 55(2). 1338–1351. 25 indexed citations

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Han, Bing, et al.. (2017). Silica nanoparticle releases SIRT6-induced epigenetic silencing of follistatin. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 95. 27–34. 11 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiangwei, et al.. (2014). Quantitative profiling of initiating ribosomes in vivo. Nature Methods. 12(2). 147–153. 181 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiangwei, Saisai Wei, Kairan Lai, et al.. (2010). Nucleolar Follistatin Promotes Cancer Cell Survival under Glucose-deprived Conditions through Inhibiting Cellular rRNA Synthesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(47). 36857–36864. 28 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiangwei & Zhengping Xu. (2008). Mechanisms of action of angiogenin. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 40(7). 619–624. 185 indexed citations

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