Yunai Du

937 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 778 citations indexed

About

Yunai Du is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunai Du has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 778 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Biomaterials, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yunai Du's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (5 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (5 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (3 papers). Yunai Du is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (5 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (5 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (3 papers). Yunai Du collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Yunai Du's co-authors include Chunmeng Sun, Jiasheng Tu, Liping Huang, Yuan Ding, Fanling Meng, Liang Luo, Xiuxia Wang, Xiangliang Yang, Yiyi Zhang and Yanan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials and Journal of Controlled Release.

In The Last Decade

Yunai Du

11 papers receiving 773 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.

Mild photothermal therapy potentiates anti-PD-L1 treatment for immunologically cold tumors via an all-in-one and all-in-control strategy

2019 509 citations Liping Huang, Yanan Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yunai Du China	9	549	232	217	203	134	11	778
Fengyun Shen China	14	491 0.9×	328 1.4×	239 1.1×	210 1.0×	128 1.0×	26	829
Yuanji Feng China	13	427 0.8×	297 1.3×	275 1.3×	159 0.8×	130 1.0×	22	756
DaeYong Lee South Korea	19	481 0.9×	443 1.9×	255 1.2×	245 1.2×	182 1.4×	33	1.0k
Asmita Banstola South Korea	15	489 0.9×	203 0.9×	185 0.9×	316 1.6×	90 0.7×	21	744
Mengsi Zhan China	16	484 0.9×	342 1.5×	203 0.9×	247 1.2×	130 1.0×	37	869
Mengyun Liang China	16	542 1.0×	409 1.8×	189 0.9×	252 1.2×	140 1.0×	27	858
Mixiao Tan China	13	442 0.8×	260 1.1×	124 0.6×	195 1.0×	141 1.1×	21	735
Yue Yan China	16	535 1.0×	384 1.7×	184 0.8×	258 1.3×	172 1.3×	39	876
Zar Chi Soe South Korea	16	559 1.0×	295 1.3×	205 0.9×	426 2.1×	176 1.3×	21	957

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunai Du

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Chen, Dali, Yunai Du, Huihong Li, et al.. (2025). Phase-separating Pt(IV)-graft-glycopeptides sequentially sensing pH and redox for deep tumor penetration and targeting chemotherapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 379. 743–756. 5 indexed citations

2.

Chen, Qian, Yanan Li, Liping Huang, et al.. (2023). Nano-vaccines combining customized in situ anti-PD-L1 depot for enhanced tumor immunotherapy. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 53. 102693–102693. 6 indexed citations

3.

Wang, Sheng, Jingwen Zhang, Wei Li, et al.. (2022). Hyaluronic acid-guided assembly of ceria nanozymes as plaque-targeting ROS scavengers for anti-atherosclerotic therapy. Carbohydrate Polymers. 296. 119940–119940. 47 indexed citations

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Du, Yunai, Yanan Li, Xuezhao Li, et al.. (2020). Sequential Enzyme Activation of a “Pro‐Staramine”‐Based Nanomedicine to Target Tumor Mitochondria. Advanced Functional Materials. 30(9). 23 indexed citations

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Du, Yunai, Sheng Wang, Tianhao Zhang, et al.. (2020). Enhanced cytotoxicity of a redox-sensitive hyaluronic acid-based nanomedicine toward different oncocytes via various internalization mechanisms. Drug Delivery. 27(1). 128–136. 15 indexed citations

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Huang, Liping, Yanan Li, Yunai Du, et al.. (2019). Mild photothermal therapy potentiates anti-PD-L1 treatment for immunologically cold tumors via an all-in-one and all-in-control strategy. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4871–4871. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chaurasiya, Birendra, et al.. (2018). Size-based anti-tumoral effect of paclitaxel loaded albumin microparticle dry powders for inhalation to treat metastatic lung cancer in a mouse model. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 542(1-2). 90–99. 16 indexed citations

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Du, Yunai, Liping Huang, Birendra Chaurasiya, et al.. (2018). Redox-responsive micelles from disulfide bond-bridged hyaluronic acid-tocopherol succinate for the treatment of melanoma. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 14(3). 713–723. 52 indexed citations

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Huang, Liping, Birendra Chaurasiya, Dawei Wu, et al.. (2018). Versatile redox-sensitive pullulan nanoparticles for enhanced liver targeting and efficient cancer therapy. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 14(3). 1005–1017. 55 indexed citations

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Huang, Liping, Yutong Wang, Xiang Ling, et al.. (2016). Efficient delivery of paclitaxel into ASGPR over-expressed cancer cells using reversibly stabilized multifunctional pullulan nanoparticles. Carbohydrate Polymers. 159. 178–187. 30 indexed citations

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Li, Maozhong, Yunai Du, Chunmeng Sun, et al.. (2015). Risk assessment of supply chain for pharmaceutical excipients with AHP-fuzzy comprehensive evaluation. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy. 42(4). 676–684. 20 indexed citations

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