Zhen Cai

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 593 citations indexed

About

Zhen Cai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Cai has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 593 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cancer Research and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Zhen Cai's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Zhen Cai is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Zhen Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Zhen Cai's co-authors include Hui‐Kuan Lin, Che-Chia Hsu, Danni Peng, Fei Han, Chuan Xu, Guoxiang Jin, Chi‐Yun Wang, Dazhi Xu, Xian Zhang and John Kenneth Morrow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Cell Biology and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Cai

9 papers receiving 589 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.

NSUN2 is a glucose sensor suppressing cGAS/STING to maintain tumorigenesis and immunotherapy resistance

2023 121 citations Tingjin Chen, Zhigang Xu et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhen Cai China	7	475	149	81	62	57	9	593
Yuan Ma China	13	380 0.8×	179 1.2×	98 1.2×	95 1.5×	48 0.8×	19	584
Che-Chia Hsu United States	6	387 0.8×	145 1.0×	91 1.1×	70 1.1×	42 0.7×	10	504
Chien-Yu Chen United States	5	314 0.7×	157 1.1×	86 1.1×	39 0.6×	60 1.1×	7	475
Yantong Guo China	14	308 0.6×	154 1.0×	103 1.3×	57 0.9×	50 0.9×	26	535
Avi Kumar United States	6	328 0.7×	169 1.1×	80 1.0×	49 0.8×	71 1.2×	12	489
Huairui Yuan China	10	432 0.9×	159 1.1×	94 1.2×	108 1.7×	46 0.8×	14	600
M. Val Toledo-Lobo Spain	13	320 0.7×	135 0.9×	117 1.4×	53 0.9×	44 0.8×	31	531
Shenghui Qin China	12	297 0.6×	156 1.0×	108 1.3×	56 0.9×	37 0.6×	27	476
Ming Ma China	14	289 0.6×	163 1.1×	127 1.6×	100 1.6×	58 1.0×	32	530

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Cai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Cai

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

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Hsu, Che-Chia, Chi‐Yun Wang, Rajesh Manne, et al.. (2025). ALDH4A1 functions as an active component of the MPC complex maintaining mitochondrial pyruvate import for TCA cycle entry and tumour suppression. Nature Cell Biology. 27(5). 847–862. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Tingjin, Zhigang Xu, Rajesh Manne, et al.. (2023). NSUN2 is a glucose sensor suppressing cGAS/STING to maintain tumorigenesis and immunotherapy resistance. Cell Metabolism. 35(10). 1782–1798.e8. 121 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Yao, et al.. (2022). BDSF Is a Degradation-Prone Quorum-Sensing Signal Detected by the Histidine Kinase RpfC of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88(8). e0003122–e0003122. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Guihua, Jie Long, Yuan Gao, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: SETDB1-mediated methylation of Akt promotes its K63-linked ubiquitination and activation leading to tumorigenesis. Nature Cell Biology. 23(6). 676–676. 4 indexed citations

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Hsu, Che-Chia, Danni Peng, Zhen Cai, & Hui‐Kuan Lin. (2021). AMPK signaling and its targeting in cancer progression and treatment. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 85. 52–68. 146 indexed citations

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Liu, Chunfang, Zhan Ma, Zhen Cai, et al.. (2020). Identification of primordial germ cell-like cells as liver metastasis initiating cells in mouse tumour models. Cell Discovery. 6(1). 15–15. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Xinling, Yi Zhao, Enfan Zhang, et al.. (2019). The synergistic effect of PFK15 with metformin exerts anti-myeloma activity via PFKFB3. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 515(2). 332–338. 22 indexed citations

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Wang, Guihua, Jie Long, Yuan Gao, et al.. (2019). SETDB1-mediated methylation of Akt promotes its K63-linked ubiquitination and activation leading to tumorigenesis. Nature Cell Biology. 21(2). 214–225. 143 indexed citations

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Han, Fei, Chien‐Feng Li, Zhen Cai, et al.. (2018). The critical role of AMPK in driving Akt activation under stress, tumorigenesis and drug resistance. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4728–4728. 139 indexed citations

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