Y. Peter Di

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Y. Peter Di is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Y. Peter Di has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Microbiology and 28 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Y. Peter Di's work include Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (26 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (12 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (11 papers). Y. Peter Di is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (26 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (12 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (11 papers). Y. Peter Di collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Y. Peter Di's co-authors include Berthony Deslouches, George D. Leikauf, Qiao Lin, Naftali Kaminski, Valerian E. Kagan, Ronald C. Montelaro, Simon C. Watkins, Andrew A. Amoscato, Yulia Y. Tyurina and Dimitri A. Svistunenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Y. Peter Di

101 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Cytochrome c acts as a cardiolipin oxygenase required for release of proapoptotic factors

2005 1.0k citations Valerian E. Kagan, Y. Peter Di et al. profile →
Mesenchymal stem cells use extracellular vesicles to outsource mitophagy and shuttle microRNAs

2015 752 citations Y. Peter Di, George D. Leikauf et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Y. Peter Di United States	38	3.1k	1.1k	969	795	565	107	5.4k
Hirofumi Kai Japan	36	2.1k 0.7×	769 0.7×	266 0.3×	1.4k 1.7×	536 0.9×	228	4.9k
Johan Bylund Sweden	44	2.5k 0.8×	407 0.4×	543 0.6×	2.5k 3.1×	297 0.5×	156	5.5k
Akio Matsumoto Japan	32	2.8k 0.9×	274 0.2×	422 0.4×	909 1.1×	206 0.4×	154	5.9k
Anna Karlsson Sweden	46	3.3k 1.0×	351 0.3×	615 0.6×	3.9k 4.9×	307 0.5×	130	6.5k
Franco Di Padova Switzerland	34	2.8k 0.9×	398 0.4×	291 0.3×	2.3k 2.9×	908 1.6×	70	6.1k
Mary C. Rose United States	32	1.6k 0.5×	1.6k 1.5×	162 0.2×	627 0.8×	182 0.3×	71	4.0k
Cláes Dahlgren Sweden	51	5.4k 1.7×	647 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	5.6k 7.0×	678 1.2×	279	10.2k
Ping Chen China	46	4.0k 1.3×	579 0.5×	182 0.2×	1.1k 1.4×	1.5k 2.6×	358	7.8k
Giulio Cabrini Italy	36	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	136 0.1×	562 0.7×	528 0.9×	117	4.1k
Jessy S. Deshane United States	43	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	104 0.1×	1.4k 1.8×	589 1.0×	111	5.8k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Di, Y. Peter, et al.. (2025). Research Progress on Atmospheric Turbulence Perception and Correction Based on Adaptive Optics and Deep Learning. Advanced Photonics Research. 6(7).

Hou, Fei, Yumeng Zhang, Y. Peter Di, & Hao Xiong. (2025). Government Digital Attention and Firm-Level Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from China. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 62(5). 1389–1410.

Luo, Tianlie, Ping Zhang, Jingjing Shi, et al.. (2025). Impact of black phosphorus nanosheet exposure on growth, reproduction, antioxidant mechanisms, and transcriptomic responses in Daphnia magna. Aquatic Toxicology. 283. 107333–107333. 1 indexed citations

Di, Y. Peter, et al.. (2024). Lung antimicrobial proteins and peptides: from host defense to therapeutic strategies. Physiological Reviews. 104(4). 1643–1677. 9 indexed citations

Loffredo, Maria Rosa, et al.. (2024). The pH-Insensitive Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activities of the Frog Skin Derived Peptide Esc(1-21): Promising Features for Novel Anti-Infective Drugs. Antibiotics. 13(8). 701–701. 2 indexed citations

Di, Y. Peter & Hongmei Mou. (2024). Airway Serous Cells: A Comparative Study of Spatial Distribution and Abundance among Species. PubMed. 1(3). 10013–10013.

Bein, Kiflai, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Apple Polyphenol Phloretin on Respiratory Pathogens Associated With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 11. 652944–652944. 17 indexed citations

Bein, Kiflai, Koustav Ganguly, Vincent J. Concel, et al.. (2020). Genetic determinants of ammonia-induced acute lung injury in mice. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 320(1). L41–L62. 10 indexed citations

Heinrich, Frank, Fernando G. Dupuy, Anja Penk, et al.. (2020). Synergistic Biophysical Techniques Reveal Structural Mechanisms of Engineered Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides in Lipid Model Membranes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(28). 6247–6256. 17 indexed citations

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Penk, Anja, Daniel Huster, Robert K. Ernst, et al.. (2020). Significance of Secondary Structure Determination When Evaluating Rationally Designed Antimicrobial Peptides. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 394a–394a. 2 indexed citations

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Casciaro, Bruno, Qiao Lin, Sergii Afonin, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation and expression of virulence genes by selective epimerization in the peptide Esculentin‐1a(1‐21)NH₂. FEBS Journal. 286(19). 3874–3891. 48 indexed citations

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Chen, Chen, et al.. (2018). Urinary Bladder Matrix Protects Host in a Murine Model of Bacterial-Induced Lung Infection. Tissue Engineering Part A. 25(3-4). 257–270. 2 indexed citations

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Cappiello, Floriana, Antonio Di Grazia, Li-av Segev-Zarko, et al.. (2016). Esculentin-1a-Derived Peptides Promote Clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Internalized in Bronchial Cells of Cystic Fibrosis Patients and Lung Cell Migration: Biochemical Properties and a Plausible Mode of Action. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 60(12). 7252–7262. 50 indexed citations

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Di, Y. Peter. (2014). Assessment of Pathological and Physiological Changes in Mouse Lung Through Bronchoalveolar Lavage. Methods in molecular biology. 1105. 33–42. 6 indexed citations

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Di, Y. Peter, Alexey V. Tkach, Naveena Yanamala, et al.. (2013). Dual Acute Proinflammatory and Antifibrotic Pulmonary Effects of Short Palate, Lung, and Nasal Epithelium Clone–1 after Exposure to Carbon Nanotubes. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 49(5). 759–767. 26 indexed citations

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Thaikoottathil, Jyoti, Richard J. Martin, Y. Peter Di, et al.. (2012). SPLUNC1 Deficiency Enhances Airway Eosinophilic Inflammation in Mice. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 47(2). 253–260. 32 indexed citations

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Tao, Shasha, Lingxiang Zhu, Wai-Ming Lee, et al.. (2011). Negative Control of TLR3 Signaling by TICAM1 Down-Regulation. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 46(5). 660–667. 18 indexed citations

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Leikauf, George D., Vincent J. Concel, Pengyuan Liu, et al.. (2011). Haplotype Association Mapping of Acute Lung Injury in Mice Implicates Activin A Receptor, Type 1. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 183(11). 1499–1509. 33 indexed citations

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Deshmukh, Hitesh, Jeffrey J. Atkinson, William D. Hardie, et al.. (2009). Matrix Metalloproteinase-14 Mediates a Phenotypic Shift in the Airways to Increase Mucin Production. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 180(9). 834–845. 40 indexed citations

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Lin, Herbert Y., Patricia A. Masso‐Welch, Y. Peter Di, et al.. (1993). The 170-kDa glucose-regulated stress protein is an endoplasmic reticulum protein that binds immunoglobulin.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4(11). 1109–1119. 138 indexed citations

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