Xiaowei Lu

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Xiaowei Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaowei Lu has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Xiaowei Lu's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (15 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (14 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (10 papers). Xiaowei Lu is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (15 papers), Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer (14 papers) and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (10 papers). Xiaowei Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Xiaowei Lu's co-authors include H. Robert Horvitz, Marc Tessier‐Lavigne, Conor W. Sipe, Christine Jolicoeur, Helen Rayburn, Albertha J.M. Walhout, Nicolas Thierry‐Mieg, Marc Vidal, Raffaella Sordella and Michael A. Brasch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Xiaowei Lu

72 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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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.

Protein Interaction Mapping in C. elegans Using Proteins Involved in Vulval Development

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaowei Lu United States	33	3.3k	881	831	597	532	76	4.9k
Robert Barstead United States	25	4.0k 1.2×	783 0.9×	463 0.6×	1.7k 2.8×	868 1.6×	28	6.2k
Makoto Kinoshita Japan	44	3.8k 1.2×	1.8k 2.1×	729 0.9×	304 0.5×	417 0.8×	131	6.1k
Bogi Andersen United States	43	3.7k 1.1×	894 1.0×	450 0.5×	224 0.4×	1.6k 3.1×	95	6.3k
William C. Skarnes United States	20	3.4k 1.0×	825 0.9×	1.4k 1.7×	143 0.2×	919 1.7×	29	4.9k
Mark Fortini United States	28	3.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	304 0.5×	543 1.0×	43	5.5k
Lydia Teboul United Kingdom	25	3.0k 0.9×	367 0.4×	207 0.2×	128 0.2×	793 1.5×	54	4.2k
H. Robert Horvitz United States	14	2.7k 0.8×	455 0.5×	486 0.6×	1.4k 2.3×	269 0.5×	16	4.3k
Joshua S. Kaminker United States	27	2.7k 0.8×	292 0.3×	603 0.7×	266 0.4×	401 0.8×	36	4.3k
Kiyoko Fukami Japan	47	4.2k 1.3×	2.0k 2.3×	813 1.0×	62 0.1×	492 0.9×	121	7.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaowei Lu

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Zhang, Yang, et al.. (2025). Study on the safety distance determination model for natural gas wells in Ordos Basin subsidence areas of coal mining. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 11(1). 1 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaowei, et al.. (2025). Predictive modeling of cardiovascular risk in systemic sclerosis: a single-center retrospective study integrating clinical and imaging data. Clinical Rheumatology. 45(2). 979–989.

Chen, Jingzhi, Xiaowei Lu, Jincan Li, et al.. (2024). Kidney targeting and modulating macrophage polarization through AMPK signaling: Therapeutic mechanism of berberine in uric acid nephropathy. International Immunopharmacology. 138. 112632–112632. 9 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaowei, et al.. (2024). Unsupervised multimodal abdominal tumor registration based on prototype alignment. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 97. 106672–106672.

Zheng, Xiaohong, Xiaowei Lu, Baoyi Chen, et al.. (2024). Discovery of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine in HUA patients with uroliths and biomarkers for its associated nephropathy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1870(4). 167051–167051. 1 indexed citations

Borges, Ricardo Moraes, et al.. (2024). Wnt7b acts in concert with Wnt5a to regulate tissue elongation and planar cell polarity via noncanonical Wnt signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(35). e2405217121–e2405217121. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Ruixi, Xiaowei Lu, Mohan Liu, et al.. (2023). Identification of nonfunctional PABPC1L causing oocyte maturation abnormalities and early embryonic arrest in female primary infertility. Clinical Genetics. 104(6). 648–658. 7 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaowei, et al.. (2022). Intraoperative Intercostal Nerve Cryoneurolysis for Post-Thoracotomy Pain Control: A Case Discussion. PubMed. 9(3). 458–463. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaowei, et al.. (2022). Neurocysticercosis: A Rare Cause of Headache Needing Craniotomy. PubMed. 9(1). 434–437.

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Li, Zhichao, et al.. (2018). Preincubation with glutathione ethyl ester improves the developmental competence of vitrified mouse oocytes. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 35(7). 1169–1178. 21 indexed citations

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Feng, Yun, Song Guo, Xiaowei Lu, et al.. (2017). Improved cryotolerance and developmental competence of human oocytes matured in vitro by transient hydrostatic pressure treatment prior to vitrification. Cryobiology. 75. 144–150. 12 indexed citations

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Feng, Yi, Peng Cui, Xiaowei Lu, et al.. (2017). CLARITY reveals dynamics of ovarian follicular architecture and vasculature in three-dimensions. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44810–44810. 85 indexed citations

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Xu, Bingfang, Raquel Fantin Domeniconi, Ana Cláudia Ferreira Souza, et al.. (2016). Protein tyrosine kinase 7 is essential for tubular morphogenesis of the Wolffian duct. Developmental Biology. 412(2). 219–233. 28 indexed citations

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Sun, Yijuan, et al.. (2015). Vitrification of in vitro matured oocytes diminishes embryo development potential before but not after embryo genomic activation. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 33(2). 231–236. 5 indexed citations

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Williams, Margot, et al.. (2014). Distinct Apical and Basolateral Mechanisms Drive Planar Cell Polarity-Dependent Convergent Extension of the Mouse Neural Plate. Developmental Cell. 29(1). 34–46. 135 indexed citations

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Zhang, Aijun, Bufang Xu, Yijuan Sun, et al.. (2012). Dynamic changes of histone H3 trimethylated at positions K4 and K27 in human oocytes and preimplantation embryos. Fertility and Sterility. 98(4). 1009–1016. 26 indexed citations

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Lu, Xiaowei. (2008). Effect of transection of cervical sympathetic trunk on calcitonin gene-related peptide of plasma in rats with focal cerebral ischemia. Zhongguo kangfu yixue zazhi.

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Elso, Colleen M., et al.. (2008). Germline Translocations in Mice: Unique Tools for Analyzing Gene Function and Long-Distance Regulatory Mechanisms. JNCI Monographs. 2008(39). 91–95. 5 indexed citations

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Friedel, Roland H., Andrew Plump, Xiaowei Lu, et al.. (2005). Gene targeting using a promoterless gene trap vector (“targeted trapping”) is an efficient method to mutate a large fraction of genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(37). 13188–13193. 75 indexed citations

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Leighton, Philip A., Kevin J. Mitchell, Lisa V. Goodrich, et al.. (2001). Defining brain wiring patterns and mechanisms through gene trapping in mice. Nature. 410(6825). 174–179. 338 indexed citations

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