Yinhua Ni

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
79 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Yinhua Ni is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yinhua Ni has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Epidemiology, 30 papers in Physiology and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yinhua Ni's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (22 papers), Gut microbiota and health (14 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (13 papers). Yinhua Ni is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (22 papers), Gut microbiota and health (14 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (13 papers). Yinhua Ni collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Thailand. Yinhua Ni's co-authors include Tsuguhito Ota, Zhengwei Fu, Fen Zhuge, Guanliang Chen, Liang Xu, Mayumi Nagashimada, Naoto Nagata, Shuichi Kaneko, Hironori Kitade and Liyang Ni and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yinhua Ni

78 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Spermidine improves gut barrier integrity and gut microbiota function in diet-induced obese mice

2020 415 citations Lingyan Ma, Yinhua Ni et al. Gut Microbes profile →
SGLT2 Inhibition by Empagliflozin Promotes Fat Utilization and Browning and Attenuates Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by Polarizing M2 Macrophages in Diet-induced Obese Mice

2017 402 citations Liang Xu, Naoto Nagata et al. profile →
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Insulin Resistance: New Insights and Potential New Treatments

2017 383 citations Hironori Kitade, Yinhua Ni et al. Nutrients profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yinhua Ni China	35	1.7k	1.4k	1.1k	873	493	79	4.3k
Giuseppina Mattace Raso Italy	43	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.6k 1.5×	763 0.9×	391 0.8×	121	5.9k
Shiho Fujisaka Japan	27	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	612 0.7×	303 0.6×	64	3.8k
Wenhong Cao China	37	2.6k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	2.2k 2.0×	639 0.7×	584 1.2×	132	5.5k
Jeong‐a Kim United States	34	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.4×	1.0k 1.2×	608 1.2×	93	5.7k
René L. Jacobs Canada	40	2.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	883 1.0×	718 1.5×	110	6.0k
Krisztián Stadler United States	28	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	970 0.9×	434 0.5×	454 0.9×	65	4.4k
Andreas Oberbach Germany	26	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	2.2k 2.0×	401 0.5×	578 1.2×	80	5.2k
Armando R. Tovar Mexico	43	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	1.2k 1.3×	702 1.4×	227	6.6k
Jun Yin China	29	3.1k 1.8×	1.5k 1.1×	2.5k 2.3×	1.1k 1.3×	647 1.3×	90	6.9k
Oh Yoen Kim South Korea	36	1.1k 0.6×	732 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	644 0.7×	390 0.8×	134	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yinhua Ni

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Ni, Yinhua, Liujie Zheng, Liyang Ni, et al.. (2025). Gut-kidney interaction reinforces dapagliflozin-mediated alleviation in diabetic nephropathy. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 328(2). C452–C466. 8 indexed citations

Ni, Yinhua, Wenlong Yang, Yuxiang Pan, et al.. (2025). Modified huangfeng decoction alleviates diabetic nephropathy by activating autophagy and regulating the gut microbiota. Phytomedicine. 141. 156677–156677. 6 indexed citations

Jin, Juan, Longqiang Wang, Yong-Jun Liu, et al.. (2023). Depiction of immune heterogeneity of peripheral blood from patients with type II diabetic nephropathy based on mass cytometry. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 1018608–1018608. 8 indexed citations

Pan, Yuxiang, Ping Gong, Yi Yang, et al.. (2023). <i>Bifidobacterium animalis</i> subsp. <i>lactis</i> LKM512 Alleviates Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Larval Zebrafish by Reshaping Microbiota. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 46(12). 1706–1713. 4 indexed citations

Ni, Yinhua, Luting Hu, Yang Song, et al.. (2021). Bisphenol A impairs cognitive function and 5-HT metabolism in adult male mice by modulating the microbiota-gut-brain axis. Chemosphere. 282. 130952–130952. 81 indexed citations

Ma, Lingyan, Yinhua Ni, Zhe Wang, et al.. (2020). Spermidine improves gut barrier integrity and gut microbiota function in diet-induced obese mice. Gut Microbes. 12(1). 1832857–1832857. 415 indexed citations breakdown →

Ma, Lingyan, Yinhua Ni, Luting Hu, et al.. (2020). Spermidine ameliorates high-fat diet-induced hepatic steatosis and adipose tissue inflammation in preexisting obese mice. Life Sciences. 265. 118739–118739. 43 indexed citations

Yuan, Xianling, Zihong Pan, Cuiyuan Jin, et al.. (2019). Gut microbiota: An underestimated and unintended recipient for pesticide-induced toxicity. Chemosphere. 227. 425–434. 146 indexed citations

Ni, Yinhua, Fen Zhuge, Mayumi Nagashimada, et al.. (2019). Lycopene prevents the progression of lipotoxicity-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by decreasing oxidative stress in mice. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 152. 571–582. 53 indexed citations

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Ni, Yinhua, Tianqi Yang, Ze Wang, et al.. (2019). Late‐Night Eating‐Induced Physiological Dysregulation and Circadian Misalignment Are Accompanied by Microbial Dysbiosis. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 63(24). e1900867–e1900867. 40 indexed citations

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Ni, Yinhua, Zhe Wang, Lingyan Ma, et al.. (2019). Pilose antler polypeptides ameliorate inflammation and oxidative stress and improves gut microbiota in hypoxic-ischemic injured rats. Nutrition Research. 64. 93–108. 41 indexed citations

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Ni, Yinhua, Lingyan Ma, Tao Wu, et al.. (2018). The involvement of sympathetic nervous system in essence of chicken-facilitated physiological adaption and circadian resetting. Life Sciences. 201. 54–62. 8 indexed citations

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Pongkan, Wanpitak, Liang Xu, Naoto Nagata, et al.. (2017). BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN EXERTS BETTER CARDIOPROTECTION AGAINST CARDIAC ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY THAN ASTAXANTHIN VIA PROTECTING MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION IN MICE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(11). 104–104. 1 indexed citations

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Zhuge, Fen, Yinhua Ni, Mayumi Nagashimada, et al.. (2016). DPP-4 Inhibition by Linagliptin Attenuates Obesity-Related Inflammation and Insulin Resistance by Regulating M1/M2 Macrophage Polarization. Diabetes. 65(10). 2966–2979. 168 indexed citations

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Ni, Yinhua, Fen Zhuge, Mayumi Nagashimada, & Tsuguhito Ota. (2016). Novel Action of Carotenoids on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Macrophage Polarization and Liver Homeostasis. Nutrients. 8(7). 391–391. 73 indexed citations

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Ni, Yinhua, Mayumi Nagashimada, Fen Zhuge, et al.. (2015). Astaxanthin prevents and reverses diet-induced insulin resistance and steatohepatitis in mice: A comparison with vitamin E. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 17192–17192. 212 indexed citations

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Xu, Liang, Hironori Kitade, Yinhua Ni, & Tsuguhito Ota. (2015). Roles of Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in Obesity-Associated Insulin Resistance and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Biomolecules. 5(3). 1563–1579. 160 indexed citations

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Kita, Yuki, Toshinari Takamura, Hirofumi Misu, et al.. (2012). Metformin Prevents and Reverses Inflammation in a Non-Diabetic Mouse Model of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e43056–e43056. 124 indexed citations

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Wu, Tao, Yinhua Ni, Fen Zhuge, et al.. (2011). Significant dissociation of expression patterns of the basic helix–loop–helix transcription factors Dec1 and Dec2 in rat kidney. Journal of Experimental Biology. 214(8). 1257–1263. 8 indexed citations

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Wu, Tao, Yinhua Ni, Fen Zhuge, & Zhengwei Fu. (2010). Resetting Process of Peripheral Circadian Gene Expression after theCombined Reversal of Feeding Schedule and Light/Dark Cycle Via a24-h Light Period Transition in Rats. Physiological Research. 59(4). 581–590. 16 indexed citations

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