Lei Cao

Also affiliated with Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscience

Pilot corpus only

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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Why this DataRank?

An author's DataRank is the sum of the DataRanks of all 1 indexed paper attributed to them. A prolific author with many moderate-impact papers can outrank one with a single high-impact paper.

Author scores recompute whenever paper DataRanks are refreshed, so this number lags the underlying paper scores by at most one batch run.

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Papers

Driven by 29 papers. Top paper: “Advances in digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) and its emerging biomedical applications”.

Advances in digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) and its emerging biomedical applications

Biosensors and Bioelectronics(2017)10.1016/j.bios.2016.09.082

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0.855DataRank · unranked

298 citations

Xingye Cui, Jie Hu, Zedong Li, Jane Ru Choi, Qingzhen Yang +4 more

Enriched environment enhances NK cell maturation through hypothalamic BDNF in male mice

European Journal of Immunology(2020)10.1002/eji.201948358

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0.385DataRank · unranked

12 citations

Run Xiao, Stephen M. Bergin, Wei Huang, Logan A. Chrislip, Jianying Zhang +5 more

Adipose PTEN acts as a downstream mediator of a brain-fat axis in environmental enrichment

Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology(2020)10.1016/j.cpnec.2020.100013

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14 citations

Nicholas J. Queen, Travis McMurphy, Seemaab Ali, Ryan K. Wilkins, Bhavya Appana +2 more

Regulation of aging and cancer by enhanced environmental activation of a hypothalamic-sympathoneural-adipocyte axis

Translational Cancer Research(2020)10.21037/tcr.2020.02.39

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9 citations

Nicholas J. Queen, Lei Cao, Quais N. Hassan

CSF1R inhibitor PLX5622 and environmental enrichment additively improve metabolic outcomes in middle-aged female mice

Aging(2020)10.18632/aging.102724

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40 citations

Anthony G. Mansour, Wei Huang, Nicholas J. Queen, Xiaokui Mo, John E. Anderson +6 more

Visceral adipose tissue-directed FGF21 gene therapy improves metabolic and immune health in BTBR mice

Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development(2020)10.1016/j.omtm.2020.12.011

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33 citations

Rhiannon Bates, Wei Huang, Run Xiao, Bhavya Appana, Lei Cao +1 more

MG53 suppresses NF-κB activation to mitigate age-related heart failure

JCI Insight(2021)10.1172/jci.insight.148375

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47 citations

Xiuchun Li, Hannah Ong, Tao Tan, Ki Ho Park, Zehua Bian +12 more

Enhancing Effects of Environmental Enrichment on the Functions of Natural Killer Cells in Mice

Frontiers in Immunology(2021)10.3389/fimmu.2021.695859

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23 citations

Seemaab Ali, Michael A. Caligiuri, Lei Cao, Run Xiao

LMO3 reprograms visceral adipocyte metabolism during obesity

Journal of Molecular Medicine(2021)10.1007/s00109-021-02089-9

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18 citations

Anna Fenzl, Josefine Lindroos‐Christensen, Elisa Einwallner, Julia Husa, Nadine Witzeneder +15 more

Environmental activation of a hypothalamic BDNF-adipocyte IL-15 axis regulates adipose-natural killer cells

Brain Behavior and Immunity(2021)10.1016/j.bbi.2021.05.005

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10 citations

Run Xiao, Wei Huang, Ryan T. Judd, Xianglan Liu, Anthony G. Mansour +5 more

Environmental Enrichment Mitigates Age-Related Metabolic Decline and Lewis Lung Carcinoma Growth in Aged Female Mice

Cancer Prevention Research(2021)10.1158/1940-6207.capr-21-0085

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8 citations

Deng Hong, Wei Huang, Xiaokui Mo, Ryan K. Wilkins, Tao Zhu +3 more

Hypothalamic gene transfer of BDNF promotes healthy aging

Vitamins and hormones(2021)10.1016/bs.vh.2020.12.003

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3 citations

Seemaab Ali, Nicholas J. Queen, Lei Cao

eNAMPT actions through nucleus accumbens NAD + /SIRT1 link increased adiposity with sociability deficits programmed by peripuberty stress

Science Advances(2022)10.1126/sciadv.abj9109

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55 citations

Simone Astori, Ioannis Zalachoras, João Rodrigues, Sriparna Ghosal, Wei Huang +7 more

Improvements to Healthspan Through Environmental Enrichment and Lifestyle Interventions: Where Are We Now?

Frontiers in Neuroscience(2020)10.3389/fnins.2020.00605

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83 citations

Quais N. Hassan, Lei Cao, Nicholas J. Queen

Adipocyte CD1d Gene Transfer Induces T Cell Expansion and Adipocyte Inflammation in CD1d Knockout Mice

The Journal of Immunology(2022)10.4049/jimmunol.2100313

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5 citations

Anthony G. Mansour, Wei Huang, Quais N. Hassan, Ryan K. Wilkins, Suraj Komatineni +11 more

Social isolation exacerbates diet-induced obesity and peripheral inflammation in young male mice under thermoneutrality

iScience(2023)10.1016/j.isci.2023.106259

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25 citations

Wei Huang, Suraj Komatineni, Anthony G. Mansour, Run Xiao, Logan A. Chrislip +2 more

Long-term effects of a fat-directed FGF21 gene therapy in aged female mice

Gene Therapy(2023)10.1038/s41434-023-00422-0

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10 citations

W. David Arnold, Wei Huang, Alissa Ray, Gregory Owendoff, Lei Cao +1 more

AAV-BDNF gene therapy ameliorates a hypothalamic neuroinflammatory signature in the Magel2-null model of Prader-Willi syndrome

Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development(2023)10.1016/j.omtm.2023.09.004

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6 citations

Wei Huang, Xunchang Zou, Xiaokui Mo, Lei Cao, Nicholas J. Queen

Hypothalamic TrkB.FL overexpression improves metabolic outcomes in the BTBR mouse model of autism

PLoS ONE(2023)10.1371/journal.pone.0282566

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4 citations

Amber A. Boardman, Rhiannon Bates, Xunchang Zou, Wei Huang, Lei Cao +1 more

Protocol to minimize the confounding effect of cold stress on socially isolated mice using thermoneutral housing

STAR Protocols(2023)10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102533

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3 citations

Nicholas J. Queen, Lei Cao, Bhavya Appana

Environmental Enrichment Improves Motor Function and Muscle Transcriptome of Aged Mice

Advanced Biology(2023)10.1002/adbi.202300148

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1 citations

Rhiannon Bates, Xunchang Zou, Nicholas J. Queen, Xiaokui Mo, W. David Arnold +4 more

Physical Activity Delays Obesity-Associated Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in Mice and Decreases Inflammation

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.01.03.521203

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2 citations

Kelly Dubay, Ali Lahooti, Niharika Badi, Olivia Ueltschi, Kristyn Gumpper +17 more

Gene therapy approaches for obesity-induced adipose neuropathy: Device-targeted AAV-mediated neurotrophic factor delivery to adipocytes in subcutaneous adipose

Molecular Therapy(2024)10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.02.035

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13 citations

Tianyi Tao, Kofi Mensah-Arhin, Jake W. Willows, Rhiannon Bates, Wei Huang +4 more

Development of an adipose-tropic AAV capsid ablating liver tropism

iScience(2024)10.1016/j.isci.2024.110930

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6 citations

Rhiannon Bates, Bhavya Appana, Tawfiq Mohammed, Lei Cao, Wei Huang

Dose-finding and in vivo safety study of an adipose targeted leptin gene therapy for congenital leptin deficiency

Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development(2025)10.1016/j.omtm.2025.101500

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2 citations

Tawfiq Mohammed, Xunchang Zou, Anya A. Krishnan, Xiaokui Mo, Min Xiao +2 more

Environmental Enrichment Normalizes Metabolic Function in the Murine Model of Prader–Willi Syndrome Magel2-Null Mice

Endocrinology(2025)10.1210/endocr/bqaf001

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1 citations

Xunchang Zou, Wei Huang, Tawfiq Mohammed, Lei Cao, Nicholas J. Queen

Subcutaneous administration of adipose-tropic gene therapy for congenital leptin deficiency

Research Square(2025)10.21203/rs.3.rs-7030870/v1

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1 citations

Wei Huang, Min Xiao, Xunchang Zou, Lei Cao

UCHL1 protects against ischemic heart injury via activating HIF-1α signal pathway

Redox Biology(2022)10.1016/j.redox.2022.102295

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48 citations

Xiaoliang Wang, Ki Ho Park, Kyung Eun Lee, Jong-Soo Kim, Peng Chen +11 more

Adipose Tissue: An Emerging Target for Adeno-associated Viral Vectors

Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development(2020)10.1016/j.omtm.2020.09.009

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48 citations

Wei Huang, Lei Cao, Rhiannon Bates