Zhenpeng Dai

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Zhenpeng Dai is a scholar working on Immunology, Urology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenpeng Dai has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Urology and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Zhenpeng Dai's work include Hair Growth and Disorders (14 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (14 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Zhenpeng Dai is often cited by papers focused on Hair Growth and Disorders (14 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (14 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (7 papers). Zhenpeng Dai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Singapore. Zhenpeng Dai's co-authors include Angela M. Christiano, Raphael Clynes, Jane Cerise, Veronika Groh, Thomas A. Spies, Luzhou Xing, Ali Jabbari, Sivan Harel, Claire A. Higgins and Lynn Petukhova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Zhenpeng Dai

23 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Alopecia areata is driven by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and is reversed by JAK inhibition

2014 652 citations Luzhou Xing, Zhenpeng Dai et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers

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Pallavi Singh India

Sivan Harel United States

Roland Kruse Germany

Mario Vitacolonna Germany

Emanuel Rognoni United Kingdom

David M. Prowse United Kingdom

Johannes S. Kern Germany

Naoki Oshimori United States

Cecilia Rosada Denmark

David L. Hudson United Kingdom

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382 ×0.4

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578 ×0.9

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289 ×0.8

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenpeng Dai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dai, Zhenpeng, Yuqian Chang, Eunice Lee, et al.. (2025). Single-cell analysis of temporal immune cell dynamics in alopecia areata reveals a causal role for clonally expanded CD8+ T cells in disease. Cell Reports. 44(7). 115798–115798.

Zhao, Yi, Zhenpeng Dai, Rui Li, et al.. (2025). Screening of Fecal Bacteroides Strains and Discovery of Bacteroides eggerthii S13-F8 with Protective Effects Against Chemotherapy-Induced Diarrhea. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 18(1). 1003–1019.

Dai, Zhenpeng, Tanya Sezin, Yuqian Chang, et al.. (2022). Induction of T cell exhaustion by JAK1/3 inhibition in the treatment of alopecia areata. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 955038–955038. 23 indexed citations

Dai, Zhenpeng, et al.. (2021). Blockade of IL-7 signaling suppresses inflammatory responses and reverses alopecia areata in C3H/HeJ mice. Science Advances. 7(14). 26 indexed citations

Chen, James C., Zhenpeng Dai, & Angela M. Christiano. (2021). Regulatory network analysis defines unique drug mechanisms of action and facilitates patient-drug matching in alopecia areata clinical trials. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 19. 4751–4758. 5 indexed citations

Dai, Zhenpeng, James Chen, Yuqian Chang, & Angela M. Christiano. (2021). Selective inhibition of JAK3 signaling is sufficient to reverse alopecia areata. JCI Insight. 6(7). 52 indexed citations

Dai, Zhenpeng, et al.. (2019). A Subset of TREM2+ Dermal Macrophages Secretes Oncostatin M to Maintain Hair Follicle Stem Cell Quiescence and Inhibit Hair Growth. Cell stem cell. 24(4). 654–669.e6. 119 indexed citations

Dai, Zhenpeng, Wenjun Zeng, & Angela M. Christiano. (2018). 1098 Efficacy of selective next-generation JAK inhibitors in the treatment of alopecia areata. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 138(5). S186–S186. 3 indexed citations

Jong, Annemieke de, Ali Jabbari, Zhenpeng Dai, et al.. (2018). High-throughput T cell receptor sequencing identifies clonally expanded CD8+ T cell populations in alopecia areata. JCI Insight. 3(19). 45 indexed citations

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Dai, Zhenpeng, et al.. (2017). Novel therapies for alopecia areata: The era of rational drug development. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 141(2). 499–504. 14 indexed citations

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Dai, Zhenpeng, et al.. (2017). The Protective Effects of Dexmedetomidine on Ischemic Brain Injury. Survey of Anesthesiology. 61(5-6). 128–128. 1 indexed citations

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Dai, Zhenpeng, et al.. (2017). 649 Gut microbiota plays a role in the development of alopecia areata. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 137(5). S112–S112. 10 indexed citations

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Harel, Sivan, et al.. (2016). 691 Topical curcumin promotes induction of the murine hair cycle. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 136(5). S122–S122. 4 indexed citations

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Xing, Luzhou, Zhenpeng Dai, Ali Jabbari, et al.. (2014). Alopecia areata is driven by cytotoxic T lymphocytes and is reversed by JAK inhibition. Nature Medicine. 20(9). 1043–1049. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cai, Xin, Zhenpeng Dai, Rebecca S. Reeves, et al.. (2014). Autonomous Stimulation of Cancer Cell Plasticity by the Human NKG2D Lymphocyte Receptor Coexpressed with Its Ligands on Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e108942–e108942. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenjie, Wei Wu, Yuqing Jin, et al.. (2011). Cryopreservation of tissue-engineered epithelial sheets in trehalose. Biomaterials. 32(33). 8426–8435. 44 indexed citations

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Dai, Zhenpeng, H. Mann, Rebecca S. Reeves, et al.. (2011). Expression, signaling proficiency, and stimulatory function of the NKG2D lymphocyte receptor in human cancer cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(10). 4081–4086. 47 indexed citations

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Dai, Zhenpeng, Cameron J. Turtle, Garrett C. Booth, et al.. (2009). Normally occurring NKG2D+CD4+ T cells are immunosuppressive and inversely correlated with disease activity in juvenile-onset lupus. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 206(4). 793–805. 97 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Brett K., Daesong Yim, I‐Ting Chow, et al.. (2007). Disulphide-isomerase-enabled shedding of tumour-associated NKG2D ligands. Nature. 447(7143). 482–486. 304 indexed citations

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Groh, Veronika, Kimberly S. Smythe, Zhenpeng Dai, & Thomas A. Spies. (2006). Fas ligand–mediated paracrine T cell regulation by the receptor NKG2D in tumor immunity. Nature Immunology. 7(7). 755–762. 132 indexed citations

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