Yong Wei

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Yong Wei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Wei has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Oncology and 17 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yong Wei's work include Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (11 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (10 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (9 papers). Yong Wei is often cited by papers focused on Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (11 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (10 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (9 papers). Yong Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Yong Wei's co-authors include Yibin Kang, Guohong Hu, Andrés Blanco, Qifeng Yang, Bruce G. Haffty, Laura Mercatali, Toni Ibrahim, Dino Amadori, Xin Lü and Toni Celià-Terrassa and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yong Wei

52 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Direct targeting of Sec23a by miR-200s influences cancer cell secretome and promotes metastatic colonization

2011 508 citations Brian Ell, Toni Ibrahim et al. profile →
VCAM-1 Promotes Osteolytic Expansion of Indolent Bone Micrometastasis of Breast Cancer by Engaging α4β1-Positive Osteoclast Progenitors

2011 397 citations Xin Lü, Yong Wei et al. Cancer Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Wei United States	31	2.7k	2.0k	1.3k	749	470	53	4.3k
Paolo Michieli Italy	28	2.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	547 0.7×	355 0.8×	41	4.6k
Farbod Darvishian United States	37	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	496 0.7×	833 1.8×	119	4.3k
Joana Paredes Portugal	40	2.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	533 0.7×	344 0.7×	95	4.5k
Cristina Nadal Spain	17	2.2k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	312 0.4×	475 1.0×	42	4.3k
Patrick W.B. Derksen Netherlands	36	3.2k 1.2×	2.4k 1.2×	926 0.7×	471 0.6×	459 1.0×	70	4.9k
Daniele V. F. Tauriello Netherlands	19	2.3k 0.8×	3.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	548 0.7×	1.2k 2.5×	34	4.9k
Jason I. Herschkowitz United States	25	3.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	354 0.5×	335 0.7×	49	4.9k
Gustavo Baldassarre Italy	40	3.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.4×	364 0.5×	432 0.9×	134	5.1k
Sauveur-Michel Maira Switzerland	31	3.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	778 0.6×	506 0.7×	416 0.9×	42	4.7k
Lori Hazlehurst United States	35	2.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	557 0.4×	339 0.5×	575 1.2×	91	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Yong Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Wei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yong Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yong Wei 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 Yong Wei. Yong Wei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Fang, Cao, Mark Esposito, Bokai Song, et al.. (2026). Targeting autocrine retinoic acid signaling by ALDH1A2 inhibition enhances antitumor dendritic cell vaccine efficacy. Nature Immunology. 27(2). 250–264.

Roichman, Asael, Gabriela Reyes‐Castellanos, Ziqing Chen, et al.. (2025). Dietary Fiber Lacks a Consistent Effect on Immune Checkpoint Blockade Efficacy Across Diverse Murine Tumor Models. Cancer Research. 85(17). 3335–3347. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Eun-Mi, Yong Wei, Xiang Hang, et al.. (2025). CXCR4+ mammary gland macrophageal niche promotes tumor initiating cell activity and immune suppression during tumorigenesis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4854–4854. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Zheng, et al.. (2025). SMARCA4 Inhibits Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis through RHOA Suppression. Cancer Research. 85(10). 1803–1818. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Yong, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide sRNA and mRNA transcriptomic profiling insights into carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 14. 1419989–1419989. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Wen, Yong Tang, Clotilde Wiel, et al.. (2023). SOX9 drives KRAS-induced lung adenocarcinoma progression and suppresses anti-tumor immunity. Oncogene. 42(27). 2183–2194. 8 indexed citations

Shen, Minhong, Heath A. Smith, Yong Wei, et al.. (2021). Pharmacological disruption of the MTDH–SND1 complex enhances tumor antigen presentation and synergizes with anti-PD-1 therapy in metastatic breast cancer. Nature Cancer. 3(1). 60–74. 45 indexed citations

Esposito, Mark, Fang Cao, Katelyn C. Cook, et al.. (2021). TGF-β-induced DACT1 biomolecular condensates repress Wnt signalling to promote bone metastasis. Nature Cell Biology. 23(3). 257–267. 90 indexed citations

Shen, Minhong, Shanshan Xie, Michelle Rowicki, et al.. (2020). Therapeutic Targeting of Metadherin Suppresses Colorectal and Lung Cancer Progression and Metastasis. Cancer Research. 81(4). 1014–1025. 37 indexed citations

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Esposito, Mark, Nandini Mondal, Todd M. Greco, et al.. (2019). Bone vascular niche E-selectin induces mesenchymal–epithelial transition and Wnt activation in cancer cells to promote bone metastasis. Nature Cell Biology. 21(5). 627–639. 179 indexed citations

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Shen, Minhong, Yi-Zhou Jiang, Yong Wei, et al.. (2019). Tinagl1 Suppresses Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis by Simultaneously Inhibiting Integrin/FAK and EGFR Signaling. Cancer Cell. 35(1). 64–80.e7. 136 indexed citations

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Celià-Terrassa, Toni, Daniel Dan Liu, Brian Ell, et al.. (2018). Hysteresis control of epithelial-mesenchymal transition dynamics conveys a distinct program with enhanced metastatic ability. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5005–5005. 123 indexed citations

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Chakrabarti, Rumela, Toni Celià-Terrassa, Sushil Kumar, et al.. (2018). Notch ligand Dll1 mediates cross-talk between mammary stem cells and the macrophageal niche. Science. 360(6396). 147 indexed citations

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Wan, Liling, Guohong Hu, Yong Wei, et al.. (2014). Genetic Ablation of Metadherin Inhibits Autochthonous Prostate Cancer Progression and Metastasis. Cancer Research. 74(18). 5336–5347. 35 indexed citations

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Wan, Liling, Xin Lü, Salina Yuan, et al.. (2014). MTDH-SND1 Interaction Is Crucial for Expansion and Activity of Tumor-Initiating Cells in Diverse Oncogene- and Carcinogen-Induced Mammary Tumors. Cancer Cell. 26(1). 92–105. 109 indexed citations

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Lee, Shuet Theng, Min Feng, Yong Wei, et al.. (2013). Protein tyrosine phosphatase UBASH3B is overexpressed in triple-negative breast cancer and promotes invasion and metastasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(27). 11121–11126. 55 indexed citations

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Chakrabarti, Rumela, Julie Hwang, Andrés Blanco, et al.. (2012). Elf5 inhibits the epithelial–mesenchymal transition in mammary gland development and breast cancer metastasis by transcriptionally repressing Snail2. Nature Cell Biology. 14(11). 1212–1222. 224 indexed citations

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Lü, Xin, Carol H. Yan, Min Yuan, et al.. (2010). In vivo Dynamics and Distinct Functions of Hypoxia in Primary Tumor Growth and Organotropic Metastasis of Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 70(10). 3905–3914. 78 indexed citations

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Xu, Libin, Yong Wei, Taoyang Chen, et al.. (2010). Occult HBV infection in anti-HBs-positive young adults after neonatal HB vaccination. Vaccine. 28(37). 5986–5992. 47 indexed citations

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Yu, Bei, Yong Wei, SaeHeum Song, M. Guillaume Wientjes, & Jessie L.‐S. Au. (2006). bFGF as a therapeutic target for chemosensitization in colorectal cancer.. Cancer Research. 66. 1295–1296. 1 indexed citations

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