Ziliang Ao

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Ziliang Ao is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziliang Ao has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Surgery, 26 papers in Genetics and 19 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Ziliang Ao's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (43 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (23 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (14 papers). Ziliang Ao is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (43 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (23 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (14 papers). Ziliang Ao collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Ziliang Ao's co-authors include Garth L. Warnock, Timothy J. Kieffer, Ray V. Rajotte, Norman M. Kneteman, Michael Riedel, Francis Karanu, Alireza Rezania, Ali Asadi, Jonathan R. T. Lakey and C. Bruce Verchere and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Ziliang Ao

49 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Maturation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell–Derived Pancreatic Progenitors Into Functional Islets Capable of Treating Pre-existing Diabetes in Mice

2012 428 citations Alireza Rezania, Jennifer E. Bruin et al. Diabetes profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ziliang Ao Canada	24	2.0k	1.1k	992	683	394	49	2.5k
Heide Brandhorst Germany	27	2.0k 1.0×	980 0.9×	926 0.9×	536 0.8×	492 1.2×	111	2.2k
Greg Poffenberger United States	22	1.6k 0.8×	840 0.8×	911 0.9×	748 1.1×	152 0.4×	31	2.2k
Ekaterine Berishvili Switzerland	19	1.1k 0.6×	450 0.4×	534 0.5×	539 0.8×	74 0.2×	65	1.6k
Indu Nair United States	17	566 0.3×	282 0.3×	320 0.3×	713 1.0×	106 0.3×	28	1.4k
Adrian Kee Keong Teo Singapore	23	1.0k 0.5×	293 0.3×	457 0.5×	1.5k 2.2×	29 0.1×	67	2.3k
Loredana Farilla United States	14	936 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	460 0.5×	793 1.2×	113 0.3×	22	2.0k
Anne‐Marie Madec France	23	620 0.3×	694 0.6×	551 0.6×	516 0.8×	23 0.1×	49	1.7k
Andrew Berry United Kingdom	22	751 0.4×	313 0.3×	543 0.5×	854 1.3×	79 0.2×	29	1.7k
Johan Lidén Sweden	14	113 0.1×	213 0.2×	369 0.4×	415 0.6×	86 0.2×	18	1.2k
Hisashi Oishi Japan	19	483 0.2×	211 0.2×	405 0.4×	677 1.0×	25 0.1×	61	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ziliang Ao

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Cheung, Susan, Ingrid Elisia, David Hasman, et al.. (2023). Wild Chaga (Inonotus obliquus) modulates inflammation, neural cell survival and inhibits proliferation of cancer cells. Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine. 9. 100328–100328. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yun, et al.. (2018). Amyloid formation reduces protein kinase B phosphorylation in primary islet β-cells which is improved by blocking IL-1β signaling. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0193184–e0193184. 7 indexed citations

Asadi, Ali, Yoo Jin Park, Timothy J. Kieffer, et al.. (2017). Amyloid formation disrupts the balance between interleukin-1β and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in human islets. Molecular Metabolism. 6(8). 833–844. 25 indexed citations

Wills, Quin F., Tobias Boothe, Ali Asadi, et al.. (2016). Statistical approaches and software for clustering islet cell functional heterogeneity. Islets. 8(2). 48–56. 10 indexed citations

Park, Yoo Jin, Minna Woo, Timothy J. Kieffer, et al.. (2014). The role of caspase-8 in amyloid-induced beta cell death in human and mouse islets. Diabetologia. 57(4). 765–775. 27 indexed citations

Zhang, Yun, Reza B. Jalili, Garth L. Warnock, et al.. (2012). Three-Dimensional Scaffolds Reduce Islet Amyloid Formation and Enhance Survival and Function of Cultured Human Islets. American Journal Of Pathology. 181(4). 1296–1305. 27 indexed citations

Rezania, Alireza, Jennifer E. Bruin, Michael Riedel, et al.. (2012). Maturation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell–Derived Pancreatic Progenitors Into Functional Islets Capable of Treating Pre-existing Diabetes in Mice. Diabetes. 61(8). 2016–2029. 428 indexed citations breakdown →

Larijani, Bagher, Babak Arjmand, Mahsa M. Amoli, et al.. (2011). Establishing a cGMP pancreatic islet processing facility: the first experience in Iran. Cell and Tissue Banking. 13(4). 569–575. 11 indexed citations

Fujita, Yukihiro, Rhonda D. Wideman, Ali Asadi, et al.. (2010). Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Is Expressed in Pancreatic Islet α-Cells and Promotes Insulin Secretion. Gastroenterology. 138(5). 1966–1975.e1. 126 indexed citations

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Widenmaier, Scott B., Ziliang Ao, Sujin Kim, Garth L. Warnock, & Christopher H.S. McIntosh. (2009). Suppression of p38 MAPK and JNK via Akt-mediated Inhibition of Apoptosis Signal-regulating Kinase 1 Constitutes a Core Component of the β-Cell Pro-survival Effects of Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(44). 30372–30382. 85 indexed citations

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Li, Dongsheng, et al.. (2009). Do immunotherapy and ß cell replacement play a synergistic role in the treatment of type 1 diabetes?. Life Sciences. 85(15-16). 549–556. 9 indexed citations

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Ao, Ziliang, Mark Meloche, Timothy J. Kieffer, Garth L. Warnock, & Lucy Marzban. (2008). The Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Analogue Exenatide Reduces Beta-Cell Apoptosis and Enhances Survival of Cultured Human Islets: Implications for Clinical Islet Transplantation. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 32(4). 337–337. 1 indexed citations

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Warnock, Garth L., Ziliang Ao, Paul Keown, et al.. (2007). The Effect of Medical Therapy and Islet Cell Transplantation on Diabetic Nephropathy: An Interim Report. Transplantation. 84(1). 17–22. 39 indexed citations

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Fung, Michelle, Ziliang Ao, Mark Meloche, et al.. (2007). Effect of Exenatide on ?? Cell Function After Islet Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetes. Transplantation. 83(1). 24–28. 100 indexed citations

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Rayat, Gina R., et al.. (2000). MICROENCAPSULATION OF NEONATAL PORCINE ISLETS: PROTECTION FROM HUMAN ANTIBODY/COMPLEMENT-MEDIATED CYTOLYSIS IN VITRO AND LONG-TERM REVERSAL OF DIABETES IN NUDE MICE1. Transplantation. 69(6). 1084–1090. 38 indexed citations

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Korbutt, Gregory S., et al.. (1997). Neonatal Porcine Islets as a Possible Source of Tissue for Humans and Microencapsulation Improves the Metabolic Response of Islet Graft Posttransplantation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 831(1). 294–303. 11 indexed citations

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Lakey, Jonathan R.T., Garth L. Warnock, Ziliang Ao, & Ray V. Rajotte. (1996). Bulk Cryopreservation of Isolated Islets of Langerhans. Cell Transplantation. 5(3). 395–404. 12 indexed citations

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Lakey, Jonathan R.T., Garth L. Warnock, Ray V. Rajotte, et al.. (1996). VARIABLES IN ORGAN DONORS THAT AFFECT THE RECOVERY OF HUMAN ISLETS OF LANGERHANS1. Transplantation. 61(7). 1047–1053. 239 indexed citations

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Kneteman, Norman M., et al.. (1994). CADAVER PANCREAS RECOVERY TECHNIQUE. Transplantation. 58(10). 1114–1118. 16 indexed citations

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Lakey, Jonathan R. T., Randall W. Yatscoff, Deepak Katyal, et al.. (1993). PROLONGATION OF CANINE PANCREATIC ISLET ALLOGRAFT SURVIVAL WITH COMBINED RAPAMYCIN AND CYCLOSPORINE THERAPY AT LOW DOSES. Transplantation. 56(6). 1293–1298. 57 indexed citations

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