Xin D. Gao

2.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
18 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Xin D. Gao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin D. Gao has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Xin D. Gao's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Xin D. Gao is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (4 papers). Xin D. Gao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Xin D. Gao's co-authors include Aditya Raguram, Jaron A. M. Mercer, Jonathan M. Levy, Luke W. Koblan, Andrew T. Nelson, David Liu, Andrew V. Anzalone, Chonghui Cheng, Erik J. Sontheimer and Jaegyoon Ahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Xin D. Gao

16 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Programmable deletion, replacement, integration and inversion of large DNA sequences with twin prime editing

2021 376 citations Andrew V. Anzalone, Xin D. Gao et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Phage-assisted evolution and protein engineering yield compact, efficient prime editors

2023 161 citations Jordan L. Doman, Smriti Pandey et al. Cell profile →
Efficient site-specific integration of large genes in mammalian cells via continuously evolved recombinases and prime editing

2024 70 citations Smriti Pandey, Xin D. Gao et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xin D. Gao United States	12	1.3k	275	147	141	127	18	1.4k
Michael C. Bassik United States	2	1.8k 1.4×	286 1.0×	193 1.3×	131 0.9×	105 0.8×	2	1.9k
Quan Ho United States	6	1.4k 1.1×	266 1.0×	134 0.9×	141 1.0×	104 0.8×	6	1.6k
Suhani Vora United States	5	1.6k 1.3×	247 0.9×	199 1.4×	109 0.8×	113 0.9×	6	1.7k
Elizabeth Frias Switzerland	4	1.1k 0.8×	265 1.0×	67 0.5×	143 1.0×	69 0.5×	5	1.2k
Marcelle Tuttle United States	6	2.1k 1.6×	358 1.3×	88 0.6×	124 0.9×	161 1.3×	13	2.2k
Christopher D. Guzman United States	5	1.6k 1.3×	312 1.1×	107 0.7×	266 1.9×	101 0.8×	5	1.8k
John C. Manteiga United States	4	2.0k 1.6×	157 0.6×	108 0.7×	67 0.5×	214 1.7×	6	2.1k
Russell C. DeKelver United States	15	2.0k 1.5×	673 2.4×	64 0.4×	179 1.3×	183 1.4×	29	2.2k
Mitchell L. Leibowitz United States	8	1.0k 0.8×	425 1.5×	226 1.5×	130 0.9×	252 2.0×	9	1.3k
Wulan Deng United States	13	1.8k 1.4×	206 0.7×	72 0.5×	61 0.4×	314 2.5×	21	2.0k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Liu, Yanlong, et al.. (2025). Preparation and characterization of selenium nanoparticles modified by Tremella polysaccharides and the anti-canine mammary tumor activity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 336. 149410–149410.

He, Xiaoyu, Xin D. Gao, Pengpeng Liu, et al.. (2025). In vivo prime editing rescues photoreceptor degeneration in nonsense mutant retinitis pigmentosa. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2394–2394. 6 indexed citations

Abutaleb, Nadia O., Xin D. Gao, Kevin L. Shores, et al.. (2025). Adenine base editing rescues pathogenic phenotypes in tissue engineered vascular model of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. APL Bioengineering. 9(1). 16110–16110.

Gao, Xin D., Amber McElroy, Smriti Pandey, et al.. (2024). Twin Prime Editing Mediated Exon Skipping/Reinsertion for Restored Collagen VII Expression in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 144(12). 2764–2777.e9. 5 indexed citations

Pandey, Smriti, Xin D. Gao, N Krasnow, et al.. (2024). Efficient site-specific integration of large genes in mammalian cells via continuously evolved recombinases and prime editing. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 9(1). 22–39. 70 indexed citations breakdown →

He, Xiaoyu, Xin D. Gao, Fang Li, et al.. (2023). Prime editing: current advances and therapeutic opportunities in human diseases. Science Bulletin. 68(24). 3278–3291. 15 indexed citations

Doman, Jordan L., Smriti Pandey, Monica E. Neugebauer, et al.. (2023). Phage-assisted evolution and protein engineering yield compact, efficient prime editors. Cell. 186(18). 3983–4002.e26. 161 indexed citations breakdown →

Choi, Elliot H., Susie Suh, Andrzej T. Foik, et al.. (2022). In vivo base editing rescues cone photoreceptors in a mouse model of early-onset inherited retinal degeneration. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1830–1830. 60 indexed citations

Liu, Pengpeng, Ogooluwa Ojelabi, Xin D. Gao, et al.. (2022). Adenine Base Editing In Vivo with a Single Adeno-Associated Virus Vector. PubMed. 1(3). 285–299. 43 indexed citations

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Anzalone, Andrew V., Xin D. Gao, Andrew T. Nelson, et al.. (2021). Programmable deletion, replacement, integration and inversion of large DNA sequences with twin prime editing. Nature Biotechnology. 40(5). 731–740. 376 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Honghong, Rhonda L. Brown, Yong Wei, et al.. (2019). CD44 splice isoform switching determines breast cancer stem cell state. Genes & Development. 33(3-4). 166–179. 165 indexed citations

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Amrani, Nadia, Xin D. Gao, Pengpeng Liu, et al.. (2018). NmeCas9 is an intrinsically high-fidelity genome-editing platform. Genome biology. 19(1). 214–214. 96 indexed citations

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Lee, Jooyoung, Aamir Mir, Alireza Edraki, et al.. (2018). Potent Cas9 Inhibition in Bacterial and Human Cells by AcrIIC4 and AcrIIC5 Anti-CRISPR Proteins. mBio. 9(6). 79 indexed citations

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Gao, Xin D., Tomás Rodríguez, & Erik J. Sontheimer. (2018). Adapting dCas9-APEX2 for subnuclear proteomic profiling. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 616. 365–383. 3 indexed citations

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Harvey, Samuel E., Yilin Xu, Xiaodan Lin, et al.. (2018). Coregulation of alternative splicing by hnRNPM and ESRP1 during EMT. RNA. 24(10). 1326–1338. 55 indexed citations

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Gao, Xin D., Li‐Chun Tu, Aamir Mir, et al.. (2018). C-BERST: defining subnuclear proteomic landscapes at genomic elements with dCas9–APEX2. Nature Methods. 15(6). 433–436. 96 indexed citations

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Gao, Xin D., Xin Gao, Li‐Chun Tu, et al.. (2018). Mapping subnuclear proteomes onto genome architecture via C-BERST. Protocol Exchange. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Yilin, Xin D. Gao, Jae‐Hyung Lee, et al.. (2014). Cell type-restricted activity of hnRNPM promotes breast cancer metastasis via regulating alternative splicing. Genes & Development. 28(11). 1191–1203. 186 indexed citations

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