Yi He

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yi He is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biological Psychiatry and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi He has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 13 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Yi He's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (13 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers). Yi He is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (13 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers). Yi He collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Yi He's co-authors include Abba J. Kastin, Weihong Pan, Hung Hsuchou, Zuoli Sun, Siyu Ren, Mingxia Liu, Haixia Wang, Jian Yang, Gang Wang and Xiaojun Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Brain and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Yi He

64 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Microglia in depression: an overview of microglia in the pathogenesis and treatment of depression

2022 316 citations Haixia Wang, Yi He et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi He China	25	539	422	415	383	375	70	2.0k
Hung Hsuchou United States	30	601 1.1×	562 1.3×	667 1.6×	249 0.7×	1.1k 2.8×	59	2.6k
Fen Wang China	29	756 1.4×	406 1.0×	449 1.1×	177 0.5×	208 0.6×	94	2.2k
Yanli Zhang China	22	392 0.7×	350 0.8×	274 0.7×	268 0.7×	126 0.3×	66	1.6k
Carole Rovère France	32	816 1.5×	562 1.3×	425 1.0×	178 0.5×	501 1.3×	63	2.8k
Mercedes Lasaga Argentina	29	585 1.1×	431 1.0×	490 1.2×	174 0.5×	557 1.5×	96	2.3k
Atsuyoshi Shimada Japan	29	637 1.2×	579 1.4×	511 1.2×	194 0.5×	99 0.3×	85	2.1k
Sudarshana Purkayastha United States	15	560 1.0×	263 0.6×	512 1.2×	93 0.2×	428 1.1×	20	1.7k
Flavia Saravia Argentina	31	479 0.9×	662 1.6×	805 1.9×	150 0.4×	265 0.7×	61	2.5k
Di Ma China	24	875 1.6×	385 0.9×	862 2.1×	107 0.3×	261 0.7×	82	2.6k
Harry Steinbusch Netherlands	19	421 0.8×	276 0.7×	330 0.8×	644 1.7×	133 0.4×	31	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi He

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tang, Lili, Yi He, Ying Pang, et al.. (2025). Clinical effect of ePRO-based symptom monitoring and management on improving survival outcomes in patients with advanced cancer: a single-centre, prospective, randomised controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open. 15(6). e097058–e097058. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Yunong, Rong Wu, Yi He, et al.. (2025). Cohabitation facilitates microbiome shifts that promote isoflavone transformation to ameliorate liver injury. Cell Host & Microbe. 33(5). 688–704.e10. 3 indexed citations

He, Yi, Wujin Chen, Xiaoyu Chen, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Specific Gut Microbiota on Hyperuricemia — A Mendelian Randomization Analysis and Clinical Validation. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Volume 18. 1891–1902. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Haixia, et al.. (2025). Daidzein alleviates chronic restraint stress-induced depression-like behavior by regulating neuroinflammation and synaptic plasticity via microbiota-gut-brain axis. Phytomedicine. 148. 157394–157394. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Zuoli, Bowen Zhang, Jingjing Zhou, et al.. (2024). Integrated Single‐Cell RNA‐seq and ATAC‐seq Reveals Heterogeneous Differentiation of CD4⁺ Naive T Cell Subsets is Associated with Response to Antidepressant Treatment in Major Depressive Disorder. Advanced Science. 11(30). e2308393–e2308393. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Yusu, et al.. (2024). Therapeutic potential of the citrus flavonoid hesperidin and its aglycone hesperetin against chemotherapy-induced toxicity. Traditional Medicine Research. 10(4). 22–22. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Haixia, et al.. (2024). Neoprzewaquinone A alters the migration, phagocytosis and energy metabolism of IL-15-induced HMC3 cells. Molecular Immunology. 174. 11–17. 1 indexed citations

He, Bailin, Shikai Deng, Yi He, et al.. (2023). Cytokines induced memory-like NK cells engineered to express CD19 CAR exhibit enhanced responses against B cell malignancies. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1130442–1130442. 18 indexed citations

He, Yi, Fang Tong, Peng Zheng, et al.. (2022). Metabolic responses in the cortex and hippocampus induced by Il-15rα mutation. Molecular Omics. 18(9). 865–872. 3 indexed citations

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He, Yi, Qijing Bo, Zhen Mao, et al.. (2022). Reduced Serum Levels of Soluble Interleukin-15 Receptor α in Schizophrenia and Its Relationship to the Excited Phenotype. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 842003–842003. 1 indexed citations

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He, Yi, Dongqing Yin, Yanzhe Ning, et al.. (2021). Shi-Zhen-An-Shen Decoction, a Herbal Medicine That Reverses Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination and Behavioral Deficits in Mice Independent of the Neuregulin-1 Pathway. Neural Plasticity. 2021. 1–12. 3 indexed citations

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He, Yi, Yuxin Yu, Yanan Li, et al.. (2021). Phenotypic Resemblance to Neuropsychiatric Disorder and Altered mRNA Profiles in Cortex and Hippocampus Underlying IL15Rα Knockout. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14. 582279–582279. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Zuoli, Lei Zhao, Qijing Bo, et al.. (2021). Brain-Specific Oxysterols and Risk of Schizophrenia in Clinical High-Risk Subjects and Patients With Schizophrenia. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12. 711734–711734. 11 indexed citations

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Qu, Jing, Fenqin Xue, Yi He, et al.. (2020). Specific Knockdown of α-Synuclein by Peptide-Directed Proteasome Degradation Rescued Its Associated Neurotoxicity. Cell chemical biology. 27(6). 751–762.e4. 61 indexed citations

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Sun, Zuoli, Min Wang, Jun Jia, et al.. (2018). Effects of different patterns of electric stimulation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex on hippocampal–prefrontal coherence in a rat model of depression. Behavioural Brain Research. 356. 179–188. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Bo, Jin Xu, Yong Wang, et al.. (2012). Tenuigenin Protects Dopaminergic Neurons from Inflammation‐Mediated Damage Induced by the Lipopolysaccharide. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 18(7). 584–590. 37 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaojun, Hung Hsuchou, Abba J. Kastin, et al.. (2010). Interleukin-15 affects serotonin system and exerts antidepressive effects through IL15Rα receptor. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 36(2). 266–278. 30 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaojun, Weihong Pan, Yi He, Hung Hsuchou, & Abba J. Kastin. (2010). Cerebral interleukin-15 shows upregulation and beneficial effects in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 223(1-2). 65–72. 42 indexed citations

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He, Yi, Abba J. Kastin, Hung Hsuchou, & Weihong Pan. (2009). The Cdk5/p35 Kinases Modulate Leptin-Induced STAT3 Signaling. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 39(1-2). 49–58. 15 indexed citations

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He, Yi, Huili Li, Weiyan Xie, et al.. (2007). The presence of active Cdk5 associated with p35 in astrocytes and its important role in process elongation of scratched astrocyte. Glia. 55(6). 573–583. 26 indexed citations

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