Xiaowei Wang

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Xiaowei Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaowei Wang has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Cancer Research and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Xiaowei Wang's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (23 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (12 papers). Xiaowei Wang is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (23 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (17 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (12 papers). Xiaowei Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Xiaowei Wang's co-authors include Brian Seed, Huajun Wang, David Brown, Frank J. Slack, Dmitriy Ovcharenko, Mike Wilson, Kevin Kelnar, Aurora Esquela‐Kerscher, Jaclyn Shingara and Charles D. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Xiaowei Wang

55 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

The let-7 MicroRNA Represses Cell Proliferation Pathways in Human Cells

2007 1.0k citations Charles D. Johnson, Aurora Esquela‐Kerscher et al. Cancer Research profile →
PrimerBank: a resource of human and mouse PCR primer pairs for gene expression detection and quantification

2009 713 citations Xiaowei Wang, Huajun Wang et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaowei Wang China	20	2.8k	2.2k	350	338	262	59	3.7k
Christos Polytarchou United States	33	2.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	531 1.5×	388 1.1×	262 1.0×	65	4.0k
Nicole Ludwig Germany	32	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	176 0.5×	310 0.9×	165 0.6×	100	3.5k
Yu Liang China	16	3.5k 1.3×	3.4k 1.5×	342 1.0×	227 0.7×	129 0.5×	29	4.3k
Sheng‐Da Hsu Taiwan	14	3.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.3×	163 0.5×	245 0.7×	155 0.6×	18	4.0k
Kun Sun China	32	2.7k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	561 1.6×	208 0.6×	276 1.1×	101	4.2k
Giuseppe Gasparre Italy	37	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	326 0.9×	157 0.5×	291 1.1×	114	3.6k
David T. Humphreys Australia	27	4.3k 1.6×	1.8k 0.8×	473 1.4×	345 1.0×	144 0.5×	49	5.2k
Yaoting Gui China	33	2.8k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	280 0.8×	663 2.0×	320 1.2×	164	4.6k
Petra Leidinger Germany	34	3.4k 1.2×	3.1k 1.4×	180 0.5×	361 1.1×	146 0.6×	76	4.7k
Francesca Peruzzi United States	28	2.2k 0.8×	895 0.4×	605 1.7×	325 1.0×	168 0.6×	82	3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaowei Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaowei Wang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Yue, Xinyu Tan, Lu Wang, et al.. (2025). TRIM38 Suppresses the Progression of Colorectal Cancer via Enhancing CCT6A Ubiquitination to Inhibit the MYC Pathway. Advanced Science. 12(16). e2411285–e2411285. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Weijun, Die Xu, Xiaowei Wang, et al.. (2025). Identification of Bruceine A as a novel HSP90AB1 inhibitor for suppressing hepatocellular carcinoma growth. Journal of Advanced Research. 82. 863–879. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Pengfei, et al.. (2024). Single-cell analysis reveals that TCF7L2 facilitates the progression of ccRCC via tumor-associated macrophages. Cellular Signalling. 124. 111453–111453. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Qingyang, et al.. (2024). Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptome Profiling Identifies the Transcription Factor BHLHE40 as a Driver of EMT in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Research. 84(13). 2202–2217. 15 indexed citations

Lü, Peng, Xiaopei Li, Jinqiang Wang, et al.. (2024). Circulating Mitochondrial N -Formyl Peptides Are Associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Regulate Endothelial Barrier through FPR2. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 72(5). 533–550.

Murata, Daisuke, Fumiya Ito, Gongyu Tang, et al.. (2024). mCAUSE: Prioritizing mitochondrial targets that alleviate pancreatic cancer cell phenotypes. iScience. 27(9). 110880–110880. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2022). Downregulation of miR-210 Promoted Apoptosis of Hippocampal Neurons by Negatively Regulating the TLR4/NF-кB1 Signaling Pathway in a Rat Model of Status Epilepticus. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Volume 18. 1763–1770. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Sheng, Jiahui Zhou, Zhihao Chen, et al.. (2022). A novel m7G-related lncRNA risk model for predicting prognosis and evaluating the tumor immune microenvironment in colon carcinoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 934928–934928. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2021). LINC00460 facilitated tongue squamous cell carcinoma progression via the miR‐320b/IGF2BP3 axis. Oral Diseases. 28(6). 1496–1508. 13 indexed citations

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Xin, Junyi, Xiaowei Wang, Shuwei Li, et al.. (2020). A transcriptomic study for identifying cardia‐ and non–cardia‐specific gastric cancer prognostic factors using genetic algorithm‐based methods. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(16). 9457–9465. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Jinghang, Yanxiu Li, Min Jin, Lin Huang, & Xiaowei Wang. (2020). Identification of key candidate genes associated with prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma by integrated bioinformatical analysis. Translational Cancer Research. 9(11). 6841–6856. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2020). Exosomal lncRNA HEIH promotes cisplatin resistance in tongue squamous cell carcinoma via targeting miR-3619-5p/HDGF axis. Acta Histochemica. 122(8). 151647–151647. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Jinghang, et al.. (2020). Identification key genes, key miRNAs and key transcription factors of lung adenocarcinoma. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 12(5). 1917–1933. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaowei, Cheng Ma, Tianjiao Liu, et al.. (2019). Comparison of Microwave Ablation and Transarterial Chemoembolization for Single-Nodule Hepatocellular Carcinoma Smaller Than 5cm: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Pei, Yan Li, Ping Li, Yuying Zhang, & Xiaowei Wang. (2019). c-Myc induced the regulation of long non-coding RNA RHPN1-AS1 on breast cancer cell proliferation via inhibiting P53. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 294(5). 1219–1229. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaolong, et al.. (2014). Structural basis of valmerins as dual inhibitors of GSK3β/CDK5. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 20(9). 2407–2407. 29 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianqiang, Jun Gao, Zhaoshen Li, et al.. (2011). Diagnostic value of plasma miR 55 for pancreatic cancer. 11(2). 79–81. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2009). PrimerBank: a resource of human and mouse PCR primer pairs for gene expression detection and quantification. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(suppl_1). D792–D799. 713 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Xiaowei, et al.. (2008). A comprehensive collection of experimentally validated primers for Polymerase Chain Reaction quantitation of murine transcript abundance. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 633–633. 209 indexed citations

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Johnson, Charles D., Aurora Esquela‐Kerscher, Giovanni Stefani, et al.. (2007). The let-7 MicroRNA Represses Cell Proliferation Pathways in Human Cells. Cancer Research. 67(16). 7713–7722. 1035 indexed citations breakdown →

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