Feng Cai

Also affiliated with Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Guangxi University, Nantong University, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Southwestern Medical Center, Fujian Institute of Oceanography, Southwestern Medical Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMedicineChemistry

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This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Driven by 21 papers. Top paper: “Guanosine triphosphate links MYC-dependent metabolic and ribosome programs in small-cell lung cancer”.

Guanosine triphosphate links MYC-dependent metabolic and ribosome programs in small-cell lung cancer

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2020)10.1172/jci139929

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0.652DataRank · unranked

76 citations

Kenneth E. Huffman, Zixi Wang, Xun Wang, Kailong Li, Feng Cai +23 more

Purine nucleotide depletion prompts cell migration by stimulating the serine synthesis pathway

Nature Communications(2022)10.1038/s41467-022-30362-z

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86 citations

R. Kesavan, Umakant Sahu, Alpaslan Tasdogan, Elodie Villa, Zied Djabari +16 more

In vivo characterization of glutamine metabolism identifies therapeutic targets in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Science Advances(2022)10.1126/sciadv.abp8293

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58 citations

Amy Tarangelo, Lindsey K. Boroughs, Mukundan Ragavan, Yuanyuan Zhang, Cheng‐Yang Wu +24 more

Targeting BCAT1 Combined with α-Ketoglutarate Triggers Metabolic Synthetic Lethality in Glioblastoma

Cancer Research(2022)10.1158/0008-5472.can-21-3868

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57 citations

Hui Peng, Mi Zhou, Lei Bao, Chenliang Wang, Feng Cai +11 more

Metabolon formation regulates branched-chain amino acid oxidation and homeostasis

Nature Metabolism(2022)10.1038/s42255-022-00689-4

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47 citations

Zhimin Gu, Gen Zhang, Richard Wynn, Pranita Kaphle, Hui Cao +10 more

Disabling Uncompetitive Inhibition of Oncogenic IDH Mutations Drives Acquired Resistance

Cancer Discovery(2022)10.1158/2159-8290.cd-21-1661

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19 citations

Yuxuan Liu, Lihu Gong, Mingyi Chen, Yazan F. Madanat, Yuannyu Zhang +23 more

Comprehensive isotopomer analysis of glutamate and aspartate in small tissue samples

Cell Metabolism(2023)10.1016/j.cmet.2023.07.013

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16 citations

Divya Bezwada, Ling Cai, Rohit Mahar, Zheng Wu, Mario C. Chang +18 more

Mitochondrial metabolism in primary and metastatic human kidney cancers

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.02.06.527285

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17 citations

Nicholas P. Lesner, Bailey Brooks, Hieu Vu, Zheng Wu, Ling Cai +27 more

De novo and salvage purine synthesis pathways across tissues and tumors

Cell(2024)10.1016/j.cell.2024.05.011

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178 citations

Dohun Kim, R. Kesavan, Harrison Brown, Trishna Dey, Mona Hoseini Soflaee +20 more

Mitochondrial complex I promotes kidney cancer metastasis

Nature(2024)10.1038/s41586-024-07812-3

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117 citations

Luigi Perelli, Nicholas P. Lesner, Ling Cai, Bailey Brooks, Zheng Wu +33 more

Electron transport chain inhibition increases cellular dependence on purine transport and salvage

Cell Metabolism(2024)10.1016/j.cmet.2024.05.014

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91 citations

Divya Bezwada, Feng Cai, Robert C. Harris, Bookyung Ko, Varun Sondhi +21 more

Metabolic inflexibility promotes mitochondrial health during liver regeneration

Science(2024)10.1126/science.adj4301

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59 citations

Cameron J. Menezes, Yuemeng Jia, Yi Xiao, Siva Sai Krishna Venigalla, Feng Cai +20 more

A glutamine metabolic switch supports erythropoiesis

Science(2024)10.1126/science.adh9215

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31 citations

Zhimin Gu, Yuannyu Zhang, Hieu Vu, Christophe Lechauve, Feng Cai +12 more

Concurrent loss of LKB1 and KEAP1 enhances SHMT-mediated antioxidant defence in KRAS-mutant lung cancer

Nature Metabolism(2024)10.1038/s42255-024-01066-z

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25 citations

Nefertiti Muhammad, Elizabeth L. Lieu, Feng Cai, Jiawei Mu, Yun‐Sok Ha +18 more

Glycosaminoglycan-mediated lipoprotein uptake protects cancer cells from ferroptosis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.05.13.593939

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2 citations

Lingjie Sang, Divya Bezwada, Nathaniel Kim, Amrita Basu, Sheng‐Chieh Hsu +15 more

Mitochondrial NADPH fuels mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis and lipoylation to power oxidative metabolism

Nature Cell Biology(2025)10.1038/s41556-025-01655-4

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29 citations

R. Kesavan, K.S. Ryu, Trishna Dey, Austin Marckx, Cameron J. Menezes +16 more

NUDT5 regulates purine metabolism and thiopurine sensitivity by interacting with PPAT

Science(2025)10.1126/science.adx9717

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6 citations

Phong Nguyen, Varun Sondhi, Run-Wen Yao, Zhifang Lu, Tao Dai +22 more

CD44-mediated metabolic rewiring is a targetable dependency of IDH-mutant leukemia

Blood(2025)10.1182/blood.2024027207

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6 citations

Yuxuan Liu, Ningning Liu, Hieu Vu, Feng Cai, Hui Cao +14 more

Mutant IDH silences GSX2 to reprogram neural progenitor cell fate and promote gliomagenesis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.08.12.667486

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1 citations

Diana D. Shi, Lei Guo, Ethan Neumann, Michael M. Levitt, Pranita Kaphle +28 more

Gliomas phenocopy an inborn error of metabolism to drive neuronal activity and tumor growth

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.09.15.676412

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1 citations

Kenji Miki, Charles K. Edgar, Shuangcheng Alivia Wu, Yi Xiao, Milan R. Savani +49 more

L-2-hydroxyglutarate impairs neuronal differentiation through epigenetic activation of MYC expression

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.04.16.649033

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Xun Wang, Ashley Solmonson, Ling Cai, Yi Xiao, Alpaslan Tasdogan +18 more