Yiju Wei

857 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 558 citations indexed

About

Yiju Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiju Wei has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 558 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Yiju Wei's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (8 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (6 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (3 papers). Yiju Wei is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (8 papers), Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis (6 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (3 papers). Yiju Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yiju Wei's co-authors include Wei Li, Patricia Yee, Benjamin Anderson, Hong‐Gang Wang, Miaolu Tang, Krishnamoorthy Thamburaj, Tong Lu, Dawit Aregawi, Zhijun Liu and Megan M. Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Oncogene and Journal of Cell Science.

In The Last Decade

Yiju Wei

18 papers receiving 555 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.

Neutrophil-induced ferroptosis promotes tumor necrosis in glioblastoma progression

2020 302 citations Patricia Yee, Yiju Wei et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yiju Wei China	9	300	172	164	131	117	19	558
Patricia Yee United States	10	304 1.0×	194 1.1×	166 1.0×	105 0.8×	130 1.1×	15	588
Miguel Sáinz‐Jaspeado Spain	12	272 0.9×	92 0.5×	85 0.5×	124 0.9×	51 0.4×	14	492
Rongxin Geng China	14	265 0.9×	120 0.7×	170 1.0×	23 0.2×	92 0.8×	25	492
Julie Dwyer France	13	415 1.4×	46 0.3×	142 0.9×	76 0.6×	111 0.9×	14	700
Parisa Imanirad United States	7	248 0.8×	56 0.3×	127 0.8×	113 0.9×	68 0.6×	8	453
Tracy J. Berg United States	10	279 0.9×	37 0.2×	111 0.7×	77 0.6×	72 0.6×	15	461
Daniel Biljes Germany	4	313 1.0×	47 0.3×	81 0.5×	76 0.6×	86 0.7×	5	505
Matthew Smith-Cohn United States	7	354 1.2×	130 0.8×	246 1.5×	28 0.2×	85 0.7×	11	643
Zhitao Jing China	17	519 1.7×	147 0.9×	344 2.1×	22 0.2×	93 0.8×	40	821
Fenghua Zhou China	16	448 1.5×	59 0.3×	231 1.4×	41 0.3×	42 0.4×	19	645

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiju Wei

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19 of 19 papers shown

Liu, Xin, Wei Wang, Qunhua Nie, et al.. (2025). The Role and Mechanisms of Ubiquitin-Proteasome System-Mediated Ferroptosis in Neurological Disorders. Neuroscience Bulletin. 41(4). 691–706. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Jie, Wei Wang, Xin Liu, et al.. (2025). PDIA3 Inhibition Facilitates Sensitivity of IKE‐Induced Ferroptosis via STAT3/LCN2 Axis to Improve Glioblastoma Therapy. Advanced Science. 13(12). e14191–e14191.

Zhang, Daoqiang, et al.. (2025). Oxidative potential determines the oxidative stress and ferroptotic toxicity of airborne particulate matter on pulmonary epithelial cells. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 291. 117845–117845. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Lili, Haiyan He, Wei Li, Weilin Jin, & Yiju Wei. (2024). The solute carrier transporters (SLCs) family in nutrient metabolism and ferroptosis. Biomarker Research. 12(1). 94–94. 16 indexed citations

Chen, Zhao, Dong Han, Yiju Wei, et al.. (2023). Typical pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration caused by compound heterozygous mutations in PANK2 gene in a Chinese patient: a case report and literature review. Frontiers in Neurology. 14. 1170557–1170557. 1 indexed citations

Chang, De, Hong‐Zhen Du, Xiaowei Chen, et al.. (2022). A controlled random gene perturbation method identifies ARPC1B gene as a key regulator of cancer metastasis. Genes & Diseases. 10(3). 687–689. 1 indexed citations

Han, Dong, et al.. (2021). Case Report: Complete Maternal Uniparental Disomy of Chromosome 2 With a Novel UNC80 Splicing Variant c.5609-4G> A in a Chinese Patient With Infantile Hypotonia With Psychomotor Retardation and Characteristic Facies 2. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 747422–747422. 4 indexed citations

Wei, Yiju & Wei Li. (2021). Calcium, an Emerging Intracellular Messenger for the Hippo Pathway Regulation. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 694828–694828. 10 indexed citations

Wei, Yiju, Huacheng Luo, Patricia Yee, et al.. (2021). Paraspeckle Protein NONO Promotes TAZ Phase Separation in the Nucleus to Drive the Oncogenic Transcriptional Program. Advanced Science. 8(24). e2102653–e2102653. 42 indexed citations

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Wei, Yiju, Patricia Yee, Zhijun Liu, et al.. (2020). NEDD 4L‐mediated Merlin ubiquitination facilitates Hippo pathway activation. EMBO Reports. 21(12). e50642–e50642. 19 indexed citations

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Yee, Patricia, Yiju Wei, Tong Lu, et al.. (2020). Neutrophil-induced ferroptosis promotes tumor necrosis in glioblastoma progression. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5424–5424. 302 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yee, Patricia, Yiju Wei, Soo Yeon Kim, et al.. (2020). TAMI-23. NEUTROPHIL-TRIGGERED FERROPTOSIS PROMOTES TUMOR NECROSIS IN GLIOBLASTOMA PROGRESSION. Neuro-Oncology. 22(Supplement_2). ii218–ii218. 1 indexed citations

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Pajtler, Kristian W., Yiju Wei, Mikaella Vouri, et al.. (2019). EPEN-06. YAP1 SUBGROUP SUPRATENTORIAL EPENDYMOMA REQUIRES TEAD AND NUCLEAR FACTOR I-MEDIATED TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROGRAMS FOR TUMORIGENESIS. Neuro-Oncology. 21(Supplement_2). ii78–ii78. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhijun, Patricia Yee, Yiju Wei, et al.. (2019). Differential YAP expression in glioma cells induces cell competition and promotes tumorigenesis. Journal of Cell Science. 132(5). 49 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, Fangling Cheng, Yiju Wei, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of TAZ contributes radiation-induced senescence and growth arrest in glioma cells. Oncogene. 38(15). 2788–2799. 33 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhijun, Yiju Wei, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Induction of store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) suppresses glioblastoma growth by inhibiting the Hippo pathway transcriptional coactivators YAP/TAZ. Oncogene. 38(1). 120–139. 53 indexed citations

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Wang, Jian, Yan Chen, Pingli Mo, et al.. (2018). 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits aflatoxin B1-induced proliferation and dedifferentiation of hepatic progenitor cells by regulating PI3K/Akt and Hippo pathways. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 183. 228–237. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Haixuan, Jiandong Shi, Jing Sun, et al.. (2014). Gene expression profiles identify both MyD88-independent and MyD88-dependent pathways involved in the maturation of dendritic cells mediated by heparan sulfate: A novel adjuvant. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 10(12). 3711–3721. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanli, et al.. (2006). Human Flt3 ligand from Pichia pastoris inhibits growth of lymphoma and colon adenocarcinoma in mice.. PubMed. 5(3). 161–6. 1 indexed citations

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