Yaohui Chai

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Yaohui Chai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaohui Chai has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Yaohui Chai's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (7 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers) and Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis (3 papers). Yaohui Chai is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (7 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers) and Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis (3 papers). Yaohui Chai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and China. Yaohui Chai's co-authors include Henry L. Paulson, Nancy M. Bonini, Ho Yin Edwin Chan, John M. Warrick, Stacia L. Koppenhafer, Aislinn Williams, Jianqiang Shao, Victor M. Miller, Robert E. Cohen and Deborah L. Segaloff and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Yaohui Chai

13 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Suppression of polyglutamine-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila by the molecular chaperone HSP70

1999 665 citations John M. Warrick, Ho Yin Edwin Chan et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaohui Chai United States	11	1.4k	1.1k	314	237	120	13	1.7k
Natalia Slepko Italy	13	1.2k 0.9×	948 0.9×	154 0.5×	242 1.0×	94 0.8×	16	1.6k
Christian Landles United Kingdom	19	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	139 0.4×	460 1.9×	147 1.2×	25	2.6k
Nicholas S. Caron Canada	22	1.1k 0.8×	956 0.9×	130 0.4×	353 1.5×	106 0.9×	38	1.5k
Johnny K. Ngsee Canada	21	866 0.6×	237 0.2×	512 1.6×	186 0.8×	73 0.6×	35	1.3k
Eva Teuling Netherlands	12	462 0.3×	274 0.3×	237 0.8×	444 1.9×	60 0.5×	14	1.1k
Sandra McNeil United States	18	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	95 0.3×	535 2.3×	97 0.8×	23	2.0k
Guey‐Shin Wang Taiwan	12	1.5k 1.1×	550 0.5×	95 0.3×	105 0.4×	182 1.5×	17	1.8k
Mark Kristiansen United Kingdom	16	902 0.6×	352 0.3×	200 0.6×	168 0.7×	66 0.6×	17	1.2k
Christopher J. Cummings United States	11	2.8k 1.9×	2.2k 2.1×	437 1.4×	542 2.3×	269 2.2×	12	3.2k
Claire Haueter United States	12	713 0.5×	311 0.3×	375 1.2×	162 0.7×	90 0.8×	12	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaohui Chai

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13 of 13 papers shown

Chai, Yaohui, et al.. (2012). Dermatomyositis Presenting With Focal Scleroderma-Like Skin Changes. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 13(4). 191–195. 1 indexed citations

Chai, Yaohui, et al.. (2011). Limb edema and anasarca associated with severe dermatomyositis: Report of four cases. Neuromuscular Disorders. 21(6). 439–442. 18 indexed citations

Chai, Yaohui & Tulio E. Bertorini. (2010). A Female With Progressive Four-Limb Paresthesias and Gait Difficulty. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 11(4). 191–197. 2 indexed citations

Chai, Yaohui, Tulio E. Bertorini, & Frank McGrew. (2010). Hereditary inclusion‐body myopathy associated with cardiomyopathy: Report of two siblings. Muscle & Nerve. 43(1). 133–136. 14 indexed citations

Chai, Yaohui & Bola Adamolekun. (2010). Cryptogenic Gelastic Epilepsy Originating from the Right Temporal Lobe. Medical Principles and Practice. 19(2). 153–158. 10 indexed citations

Chai, Yaohui, et al.. (2005). Defining the Role of Ubiquitin-interacting Motifs in the Polyglutamine Disease Protein, Ataxin-3. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(36). 32026–32034. 81 indexed citations

Chai, Yaohui, et al.. (2004). Poly-ubiquitin Binding by the Polyglutamine Disease Protein Ataxin-3 Links Its Normal Function to Protein Surveillance Pathways. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(5). 3605–3611. 132 indexed citations

Chai, Yaohui, Jianqiang Shao, Victor M. Miller, Aislinn Williams, & Henry L. Paulson. (2002). Live-cell imaging reveals divergent intracellular dynamics of polyglutamine disease proteins and supports a sequestration model of pathogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(14). 9310–9315. 169 indexed citations

Chai, Yaohui, Lizi Wu, James D. Griffin, & Henry L. Paulson. (2001). The Role of Protein Composition in Specifying Nuclear Inclusion Formation in Polyglutamine Disease. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(48). 44889–44897. 91 indexed citations

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Warrick, John M., et al.. (1999). Suppression of polyglutamine-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila by the molecular chaperone HSP70. Nature Genetics. 23(4). 425–428. 665 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chai, Yaohui, Stacia L. Koppenhafer, Nancy M. Bonini, & Henry L. Paulson. (1999). Analysis of the Role of Heat Shock Protein (Hsp) Molecular Chaperones in Polyglutamine Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 19(23). 10338–10347. 351 indexed citations

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Davis, David P., et al.. (1998). Association of Gonadotropin Receptor Precursors with the Protein Folding Chaperone Calnexin¹. Endocrinology. 139(4). 1588–1593. 57 indexed citations

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Latronico, Ana Cláudia, Yaohui Chai, Ivo J.P. Arnhold, et al.. (1998). A Homozygous Microdeletion in Helix 7 of the Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Associated with Familial Testicular and Ovarian Resistance Is Due to Both Decreased Cell Surface Expression and Impaired Effector Activation by the Cell Surface Receptor. Molecular Endocrinology. 12(3). 442–450. 89 indexed citations

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