Xiaowu Gai

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
90 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaowu Gai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaowu Gai has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Xiaowu Gai's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (12 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (11 papers). Xiaowu Gai is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (12 papers) and Genomics and Rare Diseases (11 papers). Xiaowu Gai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Xiaowu Gai's co-authors include Linda Brubaker, Michael J. Zilliox, Alan J. Wolfe, Meghan M. Pearce, Paul C. Schreckenberger, Amy Rosenfeld, Evann E. Hilt, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Krystal Thomas‐White and Elizabeth R. Mueller and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Xiaowu Gai

84 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Urine Is Not Sterile: Use of Enhanced Urine Culture Techniques To Detect Resident Bacterial Flora in the Adult Female Bladder

2013 579 citations Evann E. Hilt, Meghan M. Pearce et al. profile →
The Female Urinary Microbiome: a Comparison of Women with and without Urgency Urinary Incontinence

2014 524 citations Meghan M. Pearce, Evann E. Hilt et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaowu Gai

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Copy number variant analysis improves diagnostic yield in a diverse pediatric exome sequencing cohort 2025 ·npj Genomic Medicine ·Elan Hahn, Avinash V. Dharmadhikari, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Simran Maggo, Ankit Sharma, Brian Lee, Dennis T. Maglinte, Soheil Shams, Matthew A. Deardorff, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Xiaowu Gai, Miao Sun, Ryan J. Schmidt, Gordana Raca, Jianling Ji	0
2	Trafficking of mitochondrial double-stranded RNA from mitochondria to the cytosol 2024 ·Life Science Alliance ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Milica Momcilovic, Dejerianne Ostrow, Simran Maggo, (unknown), Xiaowu Gai, Guillaume Chanfreau, David B. Shackelford, Michael A. Teitell, Carla M. Koehler	5
3	An Exome Capture-Based RNA-Sequencing Assay for Genome-Wide Identification and Prioritization of Clinically Important Fusions in Pediatric Tumors 2023 ·Journal of Molecular Diagnostics ·Jonathan D. Buckley, Ryan J. Schmidt, Dejerianne Ostrow, Dennis T. Maglinte, Moiz Bootwalla, David Ruble, (unknown), Jianling Ji, Alexandra E. Kovach, Etan Orgel, Gordana Raca, Fariba Navid, Leo Mascarenhas, Bruce Pawel, Nathan Robison, Xiaowu Gai, Jaclyn A. Biegel	3
4	Expert Panel Curation of 113 Primary Mitochondrial Disease Genes for the Leigh Syndrome Spectrum 2023 ·Annals of Neurology ·Elizabeth M. McCormick, (unknown), Julie P. Taylor, Alison J. Coffey, Li Shen, Danuta Krotoski, Brian Harding, (unknown), Xiaowu Gai, Marni J. Falk, Zarazuela Zolkipli‐Cunningham, Shamima Rahman	23
5	Mitochondrial 1555 G>A variant as a potential risk factor for childhood glioblastoma 2022 ·Neuro-Oncology Advances ·Shaobo Li, Xiaowu Gai, Swe Swe Myint, (unknown), Libby M. Morimoto, Catherine Metayer, Adam J. de Smith, Kyle M. Walsh, Joseph L. Wiemels	2
6	m.3685T>C is a Novel Mitochondrial DNA Variant That Causes Leigh Syndrome 2022 ·Molecular Case Studies ·(unknown), (unknown), Xiaowu Gai, Benita Tamrazi, (unknown), Wendy G. Mitchell, Ryan J. Schmidt	2
7	Establishing the Clinical Utility of ctDNA Analysis for Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment Monitoring of Retinoblastoma: The Aqueous Humor Liquid Biopsy 2021 ·Cancers ·Liya Xu, (unknown), Ashley Polski, Rishvanth K. Prabakar, Li Shen, Chen‐Ching Peng, Mark W. Reid, Patricia Chévez‐Barrios, Jonathan W. Kim, Rachana Shah, Rima Jubran, Peter Kühn, David Cobrinik, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Xiaowu Gai, James Hicks, Jesse L. Berry	42
8	AnthOligo: automating the design of oligonucleotides for capture/enrichment technologies 2020 ·Bioinformatics ·Pushkala Jayaraman, Timothy L. Mosbruger, Taishan Hu, (unknown), Chao Wu, Peter Clark, Monica D’Arcy, Deborah Ferriola, (unknown), Xiaowu Gai, Dimitrios Monos, Mahdi Sarmady	7
9	Comprehensive Genome Analysis of 6,000 USA SARS-CoV-2 Isolates Reveals Haplotype Signatures and Localized Transmission Patterns by State and by Country 2020 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Li Shen, Jennifer Dien Bard, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Alexander R. Judkins, Xiaowu Gai	14
10	Landscape of Germline and Somatic Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Pediatric Malignancies 2019 ·Cancer Research ·Petr Tříska, Kristiyana Kaneva, Daria Merkurjev, Noor Sohail, Marni J. Falk, Timothy J. Triche, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Xiaowu Gai	29
11	A semiautomated whole-exome sequencing workflow leads to increased diagnostic yield and identification of novel candidate variants 2019 ·Molecular Case Studies ·Jianling Ji, Li Shen, Moiz Bootwalla, (unknown), Tatiana V. Tatarinova, Dennis T. Maglinte, Jonathan D. Buckley, Gordana Raca, Sulagna C. Saitta, Jaclyn A. Biegel, Xiaowu Gai	36
12	Improved understanding of the disease mechanism of steroid induced glaucoma using gene editing techniques 2017 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Xiaowu Gai, Jing Yang, Maria E Sousa, Michael H. Farkas, Qin Liu	0
13	Whole exome sequencing identification of novel candidate genes in patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy 2017 ·Vision Research ·Cindy Ung, (unknown), Li Shen, Samaneh Davoudi, (unknown), Daniel Navarro-Gomez, Ching J. Chen, Heather Hancock, Alan D. Penman, (unknown), Mark Consugar, (unknown), Vinay Shah, Joseph F. Arboleda‐Velásquez, Lucia Sobrin, Xiaowu Gai, Leo A. Kim	32
14	Incontinence Medication Response Relates to the Female Urinary Microbiota 2016 ·Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey ·Krystal Thomas‐White, Evann E. Hilt, Cynthia S. Fok, Meghan M. Pearce, Elizabeth R. Mueller, Stephanie Kliethermes‌, Kristin M. Jacobs, Michael J. Zilliox, Cynthia Brincat, Travis K. Price, Gina Kuffel, Paul C. Schreckenberger, Xiaowu Gai, Linda Brubaker, Alan J. Wolfe	10
15	Panel-based genetic diagnostic testing for inherited eye diseases is highly accurate and reproducible, and more sensitive for variant detection, than exome sequencing 2014 ·Genetics in Medicine ·Mark Consugar, Daniel Navarro-Gomez, Emily Place, Kinga M. Bujakowska, Maria E Sousa, Zoë Fonseca-Kelly, Daniel G. Taub, (unknown), Dan Yi Wang, Elizabeth D. Au, Katherine B. Sims, David A. Sweetser, Anne B. Fulton, Qin Liu, Janey L. Wiggs, Xiaowu Gai, Eric A. Pierce	179
16	Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy and High Resolution Imaging in Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa Caused by a Novel PRPF31 Nonsense Mutation 2013 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Jessica I. W. Morgan, (unknown), Grace Han, Albert M. Maguire, Brian J. Forbes, Xiaowu Gai, Eric A. Pierce, Jean Bennett, Daniel C. Chung	1
17	Next-generation sequencing: the solution for high-resolution, unambiguous human leukocyte antigen typing 2010 ·Human Immunology ·Curt Lind, Deborah Ferriola, Kate Mackiewicz, (unknown), Marianne Rogers, (unknown), Russell Walker, (unknown), (unknown), Monica D’Arcy, Xiaowu Gai, Damian Goodridge, D. Sayer, Dimitri Monos	113
18	Genomic Analysis Using High-Density Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Oligonucleotide Arrays and Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification Provides a Comprehensive Analysis of INI1/SMARCB1 in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors 2009 ·Clinical Cancer Research ·Eric M. Jackson, Angela J. Sievert, Xiaowu Gai, Håkon Håkonarson, Alexander R. Judkins, Laura Tooke, Juan C. Perín, Hongbo Xie, Tamim H. Shaikh, Jaclyn A. Biegel	142
19	Sequence mining and transcript profiling to explore cyst nematode parasitism 2009 ·BMC Genomics ·Axel A. Elling, Makedonka Mitreva, Xiaowu Gai, John Martin, Justin Recknor, Eric Davis, R. S. Hussey, Dan Nettleton, James P. McCarter, Thomas J. Baum	41
20	SNP array mapping of chromosome 20p deletions: Genotypes, phenotypes, and copy number variation 2008 ·Human Mutation ·Binita M. Kamath, Brian Thiel, Xiaowu Gai, Laura K. Conlin, (unknown), Joseph Glessner, Dinah Clark, Daniel M. Warthen, Tamim H. Shaikh, Ercan Mıhçı, David A. Piccoli, Struan F.A. Grant, Håkon Håkonarson, Ian D. Krantz, Nancy B. Spinner	46

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