Yekai Wang

1.3k total citations
39 papers, 899 citations indexed

About

Yekai Wang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yekai Wang has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 899 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Ophthalmology and 5 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Yekai Wang's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (14 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (12 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). Yekai Wang is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (14 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (12 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). Yekai Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Yekai Wang's co-authors include Jianhai Du, Siyan Zhu, Shiquan Zhou, Wangyu Zhu, Xiaoguang Liu, Yanyan Huang, Yongkui Zhang, Jihang Zhou, Zeng Fang and Lina Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Yekai Wang

37 papers receiving 893 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yekai Wang United States 15 676 278 253 77 75 39 899
Yihua Zhu China 14 500 0.7× 107 0.4× 207 0.8× 45 0.6× 61 0.8× 44 726
Deborah Wallace Ireland 22 711 1.1× 578 2.1× 73 0.3× 73 0.9× 219 2.9× 46 1.2k
Li Xuan Tan United States 13 658 1.0× 494 1.8× 37 0.1× 71 0.9× 159 2.1× 18 953
Susana Galli United States 14 357 0.5× 91 0.3× 115 0.5× 90 1.2× 35 0.5× 29 862
Takuya Hasegawa Japan 14 434 0.6× 322 1.2× 78 0.3× 42 0.5× 255 3.4× 27 817
Heidi Roehrich United States 15 443 0.7× 342 1.2× 33 0.1× 44 0.6× 95 1.3× 29 752
Andrew Orr Canada 12 348 0.5× 95 0.3× 34 0.1× 62 0.8× 79 1.1× 17 735
Masafumi Kurimoto Japan 18 617 0.9× 812 2.9× 54 0.2× 103 1.3× 436 5.8× 26 1.2k
Haicheng She China 15 629 0.9× 780 2.8× 40 0.2× 81 1.1× 351 4.7× 38 1.3k
Hisham Alkuraya Saudi Arabia 12 313 0.5× 267 1.0× 31 0.1× 40 0.5× 155 2.1× 17 653

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yekai Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yekai Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yekai Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yekai Wang 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 Yekai Wang. Yekai Wang 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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Wang, Yekai, Xiaoqin Lu, Wei Wang, et al.. (2025). Metabolic regulation of visual acuity. Science Advances. 11(26). eadx2050–eadx2050.
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Zhu, Siyan, Rong Xu, Abbi L. Engel, et al.. (2023). Proline provides a nitrogen source in the retinal pigment epithelium to synthesize and export amino acids for the neural retina. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(11). 105275–105275. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Rong, et al.. (2023). Tissue-Specific Sex Difference in Mouse Eye and Brain Metabolome Under Fed and Fasted States. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 64(3). 18–18. 12 indexed citations
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Daniele, Lauren L., Ivy S. Samuels, Nikhil Mehta, et al.. (2022). Glucose uptake by GLUT1 in photoreceptors is essential for outer segment renewal and rod photoreceptor survival. The FASEB Journal. 36(8). e22428–e22428. 17 indexed citations
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Zhu, Siyan, Jiancheng Huang, Rong Xu, et al.. (2022). Isocitrate dehydrogenase 3b is required for spermiogenesis but dispensable for retinal viability. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(9). 102387–102387. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Yingying, Ting Zhang, Shaoxue Zeng, et al.. (2022). Transketolase in human Müller cells is critical to resist light stress through the pentose phosphate and NRF2 pathways. Redox Biology. 54. 102379–102379. 14 indexed citations
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Xu, Rong, Yekai Wang, & Jianhai Du. (2021). Tracing Nitrogen Metabolism in Mouse Tissues with Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. BIO-PROTOCOL. 11(4). e3925–e3925. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Jiancheng, Yekai Wang, Ying Pei, et al.. (2020). Metabolic signature of eyelid basal cell carcinoma. Experimental Eye Research. 198. 108140–108140. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Rong, Yekai Wang, Jiancheng Huang, et al.. (2020). The retina and retinal pigment epithelium differ in nitrogen metabolism and are metabolically connected. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(8). 2324–2335. 28 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ting, Wei Liu, Yekai Wang, et al.. (2020). Metabolic Features of Mouse and Human Retinas: Rods versus Cones, Macula versus Periphery, Retina versus RPE. iScience. 23(11). 101672–101672. 47 indexed citations
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Yam, Michelle, Abbi L. Engel, Yekai Wang, et al.. (2019). Proline mediates metabolic communication between retinal pigment epithelial cells and the retina. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(26). 10278–10289. 68 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Ashwini Kini, Yekai Wang, et al.. (2019). Metabolic Deregulation of the Blood-Outer Retinal Barrier in Retinitis Pigmentosa. Cell Reports. 28(5). 1323–1334.e4. 57 indexed citations
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Zhu, Siyan, Michelle Yam, Yekai Wang, et al.. (2018). Impact of euthanasia, dissection and postmortem delay on metabolic profile in mouse retina and RPE/choroid. Experimental Eye Research. 174. 113–120. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Yekai, Fanyi Zhong, Michelle Yam, et al.. (2018). Metabolic signature of the aging eye in mice. Neurobiology of Aging. 71. 223–233. 71 indexed citations
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Wang, Yekai, Qianqian Han, Hongmei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Binding interactions of MoS2 quantum dots with hemoglobin and their adsorption isotherms and kinetics in vitro. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 275. 304–311. 4 indexed citations
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Chao, Jennifer R., Abbi L. Engel, Connor S.R. Jankowski, et al.. (2017). Human retinal pigment epithelial cells prefer proline as a nutrient and transport metabolic intermediates to the retinal side. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(31). 12895–12905. 70 indexed citations
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Zhu, Wangyu, Xiaoguang Liu, Xiaofei Hu, et al.. (2012). [Investigation on the iodine nutritional status and the prevalence of thyroid carcinoma in Zhoushan Archipelago residents].. PubMed. 41(1). 79–82. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaoguang, Wangyu Zhu, Yanyan Huang, et al.. (2011). High expression of serum miR-21 and tumor miR-200c associated with poor prognosis in patients with lung cancer. Medical Oncology. 29(2). 618–626. 208 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yongkui, Fang Zeng, Yuncheng Li, et al.. (2011). Chan-Yu-Bao-Yuan-Tang induces apoptosis in NSCLC and SCLC cell lines via a mitochondria-mediated pathway. Xenobiotica. 41(7). 593–602. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Shiquan, et al.. (2011). [Expression and prognostic value of vacuole membrane protein 1 in non-small-cell lung cancer].. PubMed. 91(40). 2828–31. 1 indexed citations

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