Xuan Cao

2.7k total citations
41 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Xuan Cao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuan Cao has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Xuan Cao's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers). Xuan Cao is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (11 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (8 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers). Xuan Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Xuan Cao's co-authors include Liujing Wei, Qiang Hua, Yongjin J. Zhou, Yuan Lin, Gang Wei, Vivek B. Shenoy, Shan Yang, Jason A. Burdick, Robert L. Mauck and Jiayu Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Xuan Cao

40 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xuan Cao China 22 1.1k 367 321 138 124 41 1.7k
Nobutaka Nakashima Japan 26 1.5k 1.3× 193 0.5× 213 0.7× 80 0.6× 85 0.7× 74 2.1k
Søren L. Pedersen Denmark 28 1.3k 1.2× 367 1.0× 161 0.5× 81 0.6× 44 0.4× 81 2.3k
Xiaoshan Shi China 21 770 0.7× 154 0.4× 256 0.8× 99 0.7× 186 1.5× 52 1.7k
Yama Abassi United States 27 1.3k 1.1× 609 1.7× 229 0.7× 32 0.2× 76 0.6× 38 2.6k
Takashi Kodama Japan 23 1.4k 1.3× 149 0.4× 115 0.4× 92 0.7× 150 1.2× 137 2.6k
Robert Huber Germany 19 1.3k 1.1× 288 0.8× 85 0.3× 114 0.8× 27 0.2× 35 1.7k
Chong Wang China 27 1.3k 1.1× 199 0.5× 190 0.6× 67 0.5× 56 0.5× 115 2.2k
Franck Madoux United States 22 983 0.9× 194 0.5× 287 0.9× 53 0.4× 42 0.3× 43 1.7k
Lingyun Li China 27 1.9k 1.7× 281 0.8× 509 1.6× 74 0.5× 59 0.5× 82 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Xuan Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xuan Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuan Cao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hu, Yue, Yueyue Zhang, Yueyue Zhang, et al.. (2025). Matrine targets β-catenin and blocks the formation of β-catenin/TCF7L2 complex to promote ferroptosis and inhibit metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer. Phytomedicine. 145. 157044–157044. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Shan, Ruibing Chen, Xuan Cao, Guodong Wang, & Yongjin J. Zhou. (2024). De novo biosynthesis of the hops bioactive flavonoid xanthohumol in yeast. Nature Communications. 15(1). 253–253. 34 indexed citations
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Alvarez‐Calderon, Francesca, Byong H. Kang, Oleksandr Kyrysyuk, et al.. (2023). Targeting of the CD161 inhibitory receptor enhances T-cell–mediated immunity against hematological malignancies. Blood. 143(12). 1124–1138. 12 indexed citations
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Yan, Chunxiao, Ning Gao, Xuan Cao, et al.. (2023). Auxotrophs compromise cell growth and fatty acid production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnology Journal. 18(4). e2200510–e2200510. 17 indexed citations
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Cao, Xuan, Wei Yu, Yu Chen, et al.. (2022). Engineering yeast for high-level production of diterpenoid sclareol. Metabolic Engineering. 75. 19–28. 63 indexed citations
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Wei, Liujing, Xuan Cao, Jing‐Jing Liu, et al.. (2021). Increased Accumulation of Squalene in Engineered Yarrowia lipolytica through Deletion of PEX10 and URE2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(17). e0048121–e0048121. 33 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiaolong, Xuan Cao, Ying Li, et al.. (2021). Pre-existing chromatin accessibility of switchable repressive compartment delineates cell plasticity. National Science Review. 9(6). nwab230–nwab230. 4 indexed citations
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Qi, Yilun, Shibin Hu, Xuan Cao, et al.. (2020). Identification of Integrator-PP2A complex (INTAC), an RNA polymerase II phosphatase. Science. 370(6520). 121 indexed citations
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Molenda, Olivia, Xuan Cao, Camilla Nesbø, et al.. (2020). Insights into origins and function of the unexplored majority of the reductive dehalogenase gene family as a result of genome assembly and ortholog group classification. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 22(3). 663–678. 45 indexed citations
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Cao, Xuan, Shan Yang, Chunyang Cao, & Yongjin J. Zhou. (2020). Harnessing sub-organelle metabolism for biosynthesis of isoprenoids in yeast. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 5(3). 179–186. 51 indexed citations
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Yang, Shan, Xuan Cao, Wei Yu, Shengying Li, & Yongjin J. Zhou. (2020). Efficient targeted mutation of genomic essential genes in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(7). 3037–3047. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuwen, Pin Lv, Xuan Cao, et al.. (2019). The Nuclear Matrix Protein SAFB Cooperates with Major Satellite RNAs to Stabilize Heterochromatin Architecture Partially through Phase Separation. Molecular Cell. 77(2). 368–383.e7. 104 indexed citations
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Gong, Ze, Spencer E. Szczesny, Steven R. Caliari, et al.. (2018). Matching material and cellular timescales maximizes cell spreading on viscoelastic substrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(12). E2686–E2695. 211 indexed citations
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Gao, Qi, Xuan Cao, Yuying Huang, et al.. (2018). Overproduction of Fatty Acid Ethyl Esters by the Oleaginous Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica through Metabolic Engineering and Process Optimization. ACS Synthetic Biology. 7(5). 1371–1380. 54 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yihong, Wenli Qian, Xiaoling Weng, et al.. (2018). Enhanced PAPSS2/VCAN sulfation axis is essential for Snail-mediated breast cancer cell migration and metastasis. Cell Death and Differentiation. 26(3). 565–579. 86 indexed citations
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Cao, Xuan, Ehsan Ban, Brendon M. Baker, et al.. (2017). Multiscale model predicts increasing focal adhesion size with decreasing stiffness in fibrous matrices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(23). E4549–E4555. 80 indexed citations
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Cao, Xuan, et al.. (2016). Metabolic engineering of oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for limonene overproduction. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 9(1). 214–214. 132 indexed citations
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Cao, Xuan, Yuan Lin, Tristan P. Driscoll, et al.. (2016). A Chemo-Mechanical Model for Extracellular Matrix and Nuclear Rigidity Regulated Size of Focal Adhesion Plaques. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 622a–622a. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Xuan, Yuan Lin, Tristan P. Driscoll, et al.. (2015). A Chemomechanical Model of Matrix and Nuclear Rigidity Regulation of Focal Adhesion Size. Biophysical Journal. 109(9). 1807–1817. 47 indexed citations
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Cao, Xuan, Robert Eisenthal, & John Hubble. (2002). Detachment strategies for affinity-adsorbed cells. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 31(1-2). 153–160. 17 indexed citations

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