Xiaolei Sun

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Xiaolei Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaolei Sun has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 14 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xiaolei Sun's work include Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (13 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (8 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers). Xiaolei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (13 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (8 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers). Xiaolei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Xiaolei Sun's co-authors include Junbo Ge, Zhen Dong, Aijun Sun, Kai Hu, Rifeng Gao, Aijun Sun, Leilei Ma, Yang Gao, Yunzeng Zou and Jie Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Xiaolei Sun

43 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

GSDMD-Mediated Cardiomyocyte Pyroptosis Promotes Myocardial I/R Injury

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaolei Sun China	23	882	333	234	212	174	45	1.4k
Pingzhen Yang China	21	585 0.7×	242 0.7×	139 0.6×	265 1.3×	124 0.7×	55	1.3k
Xiaoping Ji China	21	913 1.0×	359 1.1×	147 0.6×	142 0.7×	486 2.8×	59	1.6k
Naijin Zhang China	22	730 0.8×	200 0.6×	81 0.3×	233 1.1×	223 1.3×	71	1.3k
Hiroki Takahashi Japan	20	486 0.6×	596 1.8×	113 0.5×	167 0.8×	128 0.7×	62	1.4k
Christophe Montessuit Switzerland	21	1.0k 1.1×	563 1.7×	250 1.1×	134 0.6×	220 1.3×	48	1.8k
Jingzhou Chen China	22	709 0.8×	428 1.3×	101 0.4×	145 0.7×	299 1.7×	84	1.5k
Courtney Cates United States	15	687 0.8×	367 1.1×	149 0.6×	204 1.0×	145 0.8×	20	1.3k
Zhen Qiu China	14	784 0.9×	125 0.4×	125 0.5×	152 0.7×	195 1.1×	38	1.2k
Hiroe Toba Japan	22	486 0.6×	490 1.5×	97 0.4×	97 0.5×	141 0.8×	52	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaolei Sun

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

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Jiao, Lei, Lijun Hu, Yiming Zhang, et al.. (2025). Amorphous RuO ₂ Nanozymes with an Excellent Catalytic Efficiency Superior to Natural Peroxidases. Small. 21(24). e2502158–e2502158. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaolei, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial uptake and translocation by macrophages promotes vascular regeneration in peripheral ischemia. Bioactive Materials. 52. 845–856.

Li, Chang, Xiang Wei, Ying Wang, et al.. (2024). Bufalin Ameliorates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Suppressing Macrophage Pyroptosis via P62 Pathway. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 18(2). 221–236. 4 indexed citations

Gao, Rifeng, Kun Yang, Xiaolei Sun, et al.. (2024). Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 serves as a key cardiometabolic adaptation regulator in response to plateau hypoxia in mice. Translational research. 267. 25–38. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaolei, Hang Chen, Rifeng Gao, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial transplantation ameliorates doxorubicin-induced cardiac dysfunction via activating glutamine metabolism. iScience. 26(10). 107790–107790. 13 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaolei, Hang Chen, Rifeng Gao, et al.. (2023). Intravenous Transplantation of an Ischemic-specific Peptide-TPP-mitochondrial Compound Alleviates Myocardial Ischemic Reperfusion Injury. ACS Nano. 17(2). 896–909. 66 indexed citations

Wang, Peng, Rifeng Gao, Tingting Wu, et al.. (2023). Accumulation of endogenous adenosine improves cardiomyocyte metabolism via epigenetic reprogramming in an ischemia-reperfusion model. Redox Biology. 67. 102884–102884. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Rifeng, Kun Yang, Yanan Qu, et al.. (2023). m6A demethylase ALKBH5 attenuates doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity via posttranscriptional stabilization of Rasal3. iScience. 26(3). 106215–106215. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Jinyan, Liwei Liu, Zhen Dong, et al.. (2023). An ischemic area-targeting, peroxynitrite-responsive, biomimetic carbon monoxide nanogenerator for preventing myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Bioactive Materials. 28. 480–494. 22 indexed citations

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Wu, Jian, Jifu Jin, Huairui Shi, et al.. (2022). Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) Elicits Protection against Pulmonary Hypertension via Inhibition of ERK1/2‐Mediated Autophagy. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2022(1). 2555476–2555476. 15 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yongchao, Zhiqiang Pei, Fuhai Li, et al.. (2021). m7G Methyltransferase METTL1 Promotes Post-ischemic Angiogenesis via Promoting VEGFA mRNA Translation. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 642080–642080. 64 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaolei, Rifeng Gao, Wenjia Li, et al.. (2021). Alda-1 treatment promotes the therapeutic effect of mitochondrial transplantation for myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Bioactive Materials. 6(7). 2058–2069. 54 indexed citations

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Gao, Rifeng, Xiao Li, Haiyan Xiang, et al.. (2020). The covalent NLRP3-inflammasome inhibitor Oridonin relieves myocardial infarction induced myocardial fibrosis and cardiac remodeling in mice. International Immunopharmacology. 90. 107133–107133. 76 indexed citations

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Jiang, Hao, Daile Jia, Beijian Zhang, et al.. (2020). Exercise improves cardiac function and glucose metabolism in mice with experimental myocardial infarction through inhibiting HDAC4 and upregulating GLUT1 expression. Basic Research in Cardiology. 115(3). 28–28. 59 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hong, Zeng Wang, Zhen Dong, et al.. (2018). Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 deficiency promotes atherosclerotic plaque instability through accelerating mitochondrial ROS-mediated vascular smooth muscle cell senescence. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1865(7). 1782–1792. 33 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaolei, Bin Li, Huanhuan Cai, et al.. (2018). Establishment of a PRKAG2 cardiac syndrome disease model and mechanism study using human induced pluripotent stem cells. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 117. 49–61. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaolei, Hong Zhu, Zhen Dong, et al.. (2017). Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 deficiency compromises therapeutic effect of ALDH bright cell on peripheral ischemia. Redox Biology. 13. 196–206. 19 indexed citations

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Shen, Cheng, Cong Wang, Shasha Han, et al.. (2016). Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 deficiency negates chronic low-to-moderate alcohol consumption-induced cardioprotecion possibly via ROS-dependent apoptosis and RIP1/RIP3/MLKL-mediated necroptosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1863(8). 1912–1918. 37 indexed citations

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Shen, Cheng, Cong Wang, Fan Fan, et al.. (2014). Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) deficiency exacerbates pressure overload-induced cardiac dysfunction by inhibiting Beclin-1 dependent autophagy pathway. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1852(2). 310–318. 36 indexed citations

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Ma, Xinlong, et al.. (2011). Effects of tension stress on the expression of inflammatory cytokines in intervertebral disc in rat. Zhonghua guke zazhi. 31(5). 556–562. 1 indexed citations

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