Ying Lai

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ying Lai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying Lai has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Cell Biology and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ying Lai's work include Cellular transport and secretion (31 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (23 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Ying Lai is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (31 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (23 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Ying Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Ying Lai's co-authors include Axel T. Brünger, Jiajie Diao, Qiangjun Zhou, Richard A. Pfuetzner, Ucheor B. Choi, Minglei Zhao, Jeremy Leitz, Yeon‐Kyun Shin, Qing Zhong and Nam Ki Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ying Lai

46 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

ATG14 promotes membrane tethering and fusion of autophago... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. ATG14 promotes membrane tethering and fusion of autophagosomes to endolysosomes
    2015 443 citations Jiajie Diao, Rong Liu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ying Lai United States 25 1.6k 1.3k 565 465 387 46 2.6k
Dmytro Puchkov Germany 29 2.0k 1.2× 1.7k 1.3× 718 1.3× 356 0.8× 425 1.1× 59 3.1k
Jesse Hay United States 29 2.4k 1.5× 2.6k 2.0× 395 0.7× 233 0.5× 551 1.4× 44 3.6k
Gabriele Fischer von Mollard Germany 31 2.6k 1.6× 2.7k 2.0× 753 1.3× 205 0.4× 506 1.3× 61 3.8k
Nobuhiro Nakamura Japan 32 2.3k 1.4× 2.2k 1.7× 410 0.7× 436 0.9× 365 0.9× 61 3.7k
Ji Sun United States 26 1.7k 1.1× 742 0.6× 411 0.7× 148 0.3× 374 1.0× 40 2.8k
Kristien J.M. Zaal United States 28 2.4k 1.5× 1.9k 1.4× 333 0.6× 393 0.8× 711 1.8× 35 3.9k
Yanzhuang Wang United States 38 2.3k 1.4× 2.3k 1.7× 231 0.4× 470 1.0× 513 1.3× 99 4.2k
Jan R.T. van Weering Netherlands 28 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 376 0.7× 159 0.3× 378 1.0× 56 2.4k
Thomas J. Melia United States 35 3.6k 2.2× 2.8k 2.1× 835 1.5× 1.6k 3.4× 551 1.4× 62 5.2k
Gustavo Egea Spain 37 2.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.1× 432 0.8× 189 0.4× 437 1.1× 105 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ying Lai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying Lai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ying Lai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ying Lai 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 Ying Lai. Ying Lai 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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Yuan, Bo, Mengyan Ma, Yujie Wu, et al.. (2025). Discovery of novel covalent PI3Kδ inhibitors bearing alaninamide moiety by lysine-targeted covalent strategy. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 297. 117948–117948. 1 indexed citations
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Cui, Lele, Yongsheng Cui, Jing Liu, et al.. (2025). Bioengineered nanovesicles for efficient siRNA delivery through ligand-receptor-mediated and enzyme-controlled membrane fusion. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6174–6174. 3 indexed citations
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Song, Xiaoyu, Tao Li, Yuxin Zhu, et al.. (2024). STING guides the STX17-SNAP29-VAMP8 complex assembly to control autophagy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 100147–100147. 13 indexed citations
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Lai, Ying, Chunyu Zhao, Chuchu Wang, et al.. (2023). Neutral lysophosphatidylcholine mediates α-synuclein-induced synaptic vesicle clustering. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(44). e2310174120–e2310174120. 14 indexed citations
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Wu, Mengdan, Wei Li, Sheng Lin, et al.. (2023). A Suitable Membrane Distance Regulated by the RBD_ACE2 Interaction is Critical for SARS‐CoV‐2 Spike‐Mediated Viral Invasion. Advanced Science. 10(28). e2301478–e2301478. 5 indexed citations
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Qu, Tao, et al.. (2022). Prognosis of Second Molars with External Root Resorption Caused by Adjacent Embedded Third Molars. Journal of Endodontics. 48(9). 1113–1120. 7 indexed citations
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Cui, Lele, et al.. (2022). Vesicle trafficking and vesicle fusion: mechanisms, biological functions, and their implications for potential disease therapy. Molecular Biomedicine. 3(1). 29–29. 59 indexed citations
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Lai, Ying, Michael J. Tuvim, Jeremy Leitz, et al.. (2022). Screening of Hydrocarbon-Stapled Peptides for Inhibition of Calcium-Triggered Exocytosis. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 891041–891041. 7 indexed citations
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Brünger, Axel T., Ucheor B. Choi, Ying Lai, et al.. (2019). The pre-synaptic fusion machinery. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 54. 179–188. 64 indexed citations
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Lai, Ying & Axel T. Brünger. (2018). Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Vesicle Priming by Munc13 and Munc18. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 152a–152a. 1 indexed citations
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Lai, Ying, Ucheor B. Choi, Jeremy Leitz, et al.. (2017). Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Vesicle Priming by Munc13 and Munc18. Neuron. 95(3). 591–607.e10. 177 indexed citations
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Diao, Jiajie, et al.. (2016). In Vitro Reconstitution of Autophagosome–Lysosome Fusion. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 587. 365–376. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Chuchu, Chunyu Zhao, Dan Li, et al.. (2016). Versatile Structures of α-Synuclein. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 9. 48–48. 89 indexed citations
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Wang, Yongyao, Linsen Li, Chen Hou, et al.. (2016). SNARE-mediated membrane fusion in autophagy. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 60. 97–104. 107 indexed citations
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Lai, Ying, Lin Zhao, Bing Bu, et al.. (2015). Lipid molecules influence early stages of yeast SNARE-mediated membrane fusion. Physical Biology. 12(2). 25003–25003. 12 indexed citations
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Diao, Jiajie, Rong Liu, Yueguang Rong, et al.. (2015). ATG14 promotes membrane tethering and fusion of autophagosomes to endolysosomes. Nature. 520(7548). 563–566. 443 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Qiangjun, Ying Lai, Taulant Bacaj, et al.. (2015). Architecture of the synaptotagmin–SNARE machinery for neuronal exocytosis. Nature. 525(7567). 62–67. 250 indexed citations
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Lai, Ying, et al.. (2014). Synaptotagmin 1 and Ca2+ drive trans SNARE zippering. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 4575–4575. 17 indexed citations
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Yang, Wenqiang, Ying Lai, Meina Li, Wenying Xu, & Yongbiao Xue. (2008). A Novel C2-Domain Phospholipid-Binding Protein, OsPBP1, Is Required for Pollen Fertility in Rice. Molecular Plant. 1(5). 770–785. 34 indexed citations
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Lan, Lefu, Wei Chen, Ying Lai, et al.. (2004). Monitoring of Gene Expression Profiles and Isolation of Candidate Genes Involved in Pollination and Fertilization in Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) with a 10K cDNA Microarray. Plant Molecular Biology. 54(4). 471–487. 60 indexed citations

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