Xun Ai

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Xun Ai is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Xun Ai has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Xun Ai's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (34 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (13 papers) and Connexins and lens biology (11 papers). Xun Ai is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (34 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (13 papers) and Connexins and lens biology (11 papers). Xun Ai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Xun Ai's co-authors include Steven M. Pogwizd, Donald M. Bers, Thomas R. Shannon, Jerry Curran, Jiajie Yan, Bianca J.J.M. Brundel, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Natasja M.S. de Groot, Mellanie True Hills and Weiwei Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Xun Ai

44 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Ca ²⁺ /Calmodulin–Dependent Protein Kinase Modulates Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor Phosphorylation and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca ²⁺ Leak in Heart Failure

2005 553 citations Xun Ai, Jerry Curran et al. Circulation Research profile →
Atrial fibrillation

2022 254 citations Bianca J.J.M. Brundel, Xun Ai et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xun Ai United States	22	1.5k	1.4k	239	114	110	46	2.2k
Ange Maguy Canada	26	2.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	305 1.3×	97 0.9×	168 1.5×	44	2.9k
Hai‐Ying Sun Hong Kong	25	783 0.5×	976 0.7×	313 1.3×	158 1.4×	148 1.3×	62	1.8k
Virginie Bito Belgium	24	1.3k 0.8×	895 0.7×	280 1.2×	107 0.9×	149 1.4×	84	1.8k
Jan Magnus Aronsen Norway	29	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	198 0.8×	96 0.8×	173 1.6×	88	2.2k
Yoshinori Nishijima United States	21	1.2k 0.8×	934 0.7×	171 0.7×	171 1.5×	106 1.0×	66	1.7k
Khalid Chakir United States	24	1.4k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	307 1.3×	221 1.9×	165 1.5×	44	2.4k
Xiaoying Zhang United States	21	721 0.5×	968 0.7×	173 0.7×	166 1.5×	195 1.8×	39	1.5k
Elizabeth D. Luczak United States	18	808 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	163 0.7×	233 2.0×	98 0.9×	27	1.8k
Jessica L. Caldwell United Kingdom	13	797 0.5×	653 0.5×	156 0.7×	73 0.6×	83 0.8×	20	1.2k
Tong Tang United States	26	575 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	188 0.8×	69 0.6×	160 1.5×	59	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Xun Ai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xun Ai

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

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Johnson, C M, Drew Nassal, Xianyao Xu, et al.. (2025). The two-pore K⁺ channel TREK-1 regulates pressure overload-induced cardiac remodeling. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 329(1). H178–H190.

Yan, Jiajie, Alma Nani, Jaime DeSantiago, et al.. (2024). Isolated Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor Function Varies Between Mammals. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 257(1-2). 25–36. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Xianlong, et al.. (2023). Long-Term Alcohol-Activated c-Jun N-terminal Kinase Isoform 2 Preserves Cardiac Function but Drives Ca2+-Triggered Arrhythmias. Cells. 12(18). 2233–2233. 1 indexed citations

Brundel, Bianca J.J.M., et al.. (2022). Atrial fibrillation. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 8(1). 21–21. 254 indexed citations breakdown →

Feng, Jianlin, Pengyu Zong, Jiajie Yan, et al.. (2021). Upregulation of transient receptor potential melastatin 4 (TRPM4) in ventricular fibroblasts from heart failure patients. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 473(3). 521–531. 18 indexed citations

Yan, Jiajie, Cheryl R. Killingsworth, Greg Walcott, et al.. (2021). Molecular remodeling of Cx43, but not structural remodeling, promotes arrhythmias in an arrhythmogenic canine model of nonischemic heart failure. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 158. 72–81. 9 indexed citations

Yang, Mei, Jiajie Yan, Weiwei Zhao, et al.. (2020). Causal roles of stress kinase JNK2 in DNA methylation and binge alcohol withdrawal-evoked behavioral deficits. Pharmacological Research. 164. 105375–105375. 8 indexed citations

Barefield, David Y., James W. McNamara, Thomas L. Lynch, et al.. (2019). Ablation of the calpain-targeted site in cardiac myosin binding protein-C is cardioprotective during ischemia-reperfusion injury. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 129. 236–246. 20 indexed citations

Yan, Jiajie, Weiwei Zhao, Xianlong Gao, et al.. (2018). Role of Stress Kinase JNK in Binge Alcohol-Evoked Atrial Arrhythmia. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(13). 1459–1470. 50 indexed citations

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Hou, Xiaoying, Hongzhi Du, Xingping Quan, et al.. (2018). Silibinin Inhibits NSCLC Metastasis by Targeting the EGFR/LOX Pathway. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 9. 21–21. 43 indexed citations

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Yan, Jiajie, Weiwei Zhao, Xiaomin Wu, et al.. (2017). The stress kinase JNK regulates gap junction Cx43 gene expression and promotes atrial fibrillation in the aged heart. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 114. 105–115. 47 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rui, Guoying Zhang, Binggang Xiang, et al.. (2017). TRAF3 negatively regulates platelet activation and thrombosis. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17112–17112. 10 indexed citations

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Ai, Xun, et al.. (2017). Regulation of cardiac gap junctions by protein phosphatases. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 107. 52–57. 23 indexed citations

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Yan, Jiajie, et al.. (2015). Voltage and Calcium Dual Channel Optical Mapping of Cultured HL-1 Atrial Myocyte Monolayer. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 7 indexed citations

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Gemel, Joanna, et al.. (2014). Connexin40 abnormalities and atrial fibrillation in the human heart. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 76. 159–168. 51 indexed citations

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Yan, Jiajie, Wei Kong, Qiang Zhang, et al.. (2012). c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation contributes to reduced connexin43 and development of atrial arrhythmias. Cardiovascular Research. 97(3). 589–597. 57 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yujie, Xun Ai, Robert A. Oster, Donald M. Bers, & Steven M. Pogwizd. (2012). Sex differences in repolarization and slow delayed rectifier potassium current and their regulation by sympathetic stimulation in rabbits. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 465(6). 805–818. 19 indexed citations

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Ai, Xun, Weiwei Zhao, & Steven M. Pogwizd. (2009). Connexin43 knockdown or overexpression modulates cell coupling in control and failing rabbit left ventricular myocytes. Cardiovascular Research. 85(4). 751–762. 24 indexed citations

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Ai, Xun, Weiwei Zhao, Donald M. Bers, & Steven M. Pogwizd. (2009). Sex Differences Of RyR2 Expression And Phosphorylation In Heart Failure. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 551a–551a. 1 indexed citations

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Ai, Xun, Jerry Curran, Thomas R. Shannon, Donald M. Bers, & Steven M. Pogwizd. (2005). Ca ²⁺ /Calmodulin–Dependent Protein Kinase Modulates Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor Phosphorylation and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca ²⁺ Leak in Heart Failure. Circulation Research. 97(12). 1314–1322. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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