Weijing Cai

11.7k citations

118 papers · 9.2k · 3 hit papers · h-index 52

Impact in

Clinical Biochemistry top 0.01%
- Advanced Glycation End Products research
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism top 0.2%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies
- Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Papers in

Clinical Biochemistry 52
- Advanced Glycation End Products research 52
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 23
- Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations 19

Co-authors: Helen Vlassara (44 shared papers)Jaime Uribarri (37 shared papers)Li Zhu (18 shared papers)Gary E. Striker (20 shared papers)Μelpomeni Peppa (10 shared papers)Teresia Goldberg (4 shared papers)John Cijiang He (15 shared papers)Renata Pyzik (7 shared papers)
Journals: PLoS ONE (6 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 papers)Journal of Thoracic Oncology (5 papers)Translational Lung Cancer Research (4 papers)Diabetes Care (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Israel

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Weijing Cai

118 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Weijing Cai's Hit Papers

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Advanced Glycation End Products in Foods and a Practical Guide to Their Reduction in the Diet 2010 · 970 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
2002 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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1	Advanced Glycation End Products in Foods and a Practical Guide to Their Reduction in the Diet Journal of the American Dietetic Association ·Jaime Uribarri, Sandra Woodruff, Susan Goodman, Weijing Cai, Xue Chen, Renata Pyzik, Angie Yong, Gary E. Striker, Helen Vlassara Hit paper breakdown →	2010	970
2	Advanced glycoxidation end products in commonly consumed foods Journal of the American Dietetic Association ·Teresia Goldberg, Weijing Cai, Μelpomeni Peppa, Véronique Dardaine, Bantwal Suresh Baliga, Jaime Uribarri, Helen Vlassara Hit paper breakdown →	2004	589
3	Inflammatory mediators are induced by dietary glycotoxins, a major risk factor for diabetic angiopathy Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Helen Vlassara, Weijing Cai, Jill P. Crandall, Teresia Goldberg, Robert Oberstein, Véronique Dardaine, Μelpomeni Peppa, Elliot J. Rayfield Hit paper breakdown →	2002	544
4	Diet‐Derived Advanced Glycation End Products Are Major Contributors to the Body's AGE Pool and Induce Inflammation in Healthy Subjects Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Jaime Uribarri, Weijing Cai, Oana Sandu, Μelpomeni Peppa, Teresia Goldberg, Helen Vlassara	2005	334
5	Restriction of Advanced Glycation End Products Improves Insulin Resistance in Human Type 2 Diabetes Diabetes Care ·Jaime Uribarri, Weijing Cai, Maya Ramdas, Susan Goodman, Renata Pyzik, Xue Chen, Li Zhu, Gary E. Striker, Helen Vlassara	2011	273
6	Restriction of Dietary Glycotoxins Reduces Excessive Advanced Glycation End Products in Renal Failure Patients Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Jaime Uribarri, Μelpomeni Peppa, Weijing Cai, Teresia Goldberg, Min Lü, Cijiang He, Helen Vlassara	2003	269
7	Oral advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) promote insulin resistance and diabetes by depleting the antioxidant defenses AGE receptor-1 and sirtuin 1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Weijing Cai, Maya Ramdas, Li Zhu, Xue Chen, Gary E. Striker, Helen Vlassara	2012	267
8	Improved Insulin Sensitivity Is Associated With Restricted Intake of Dietary Glycoxidation Products in the db/db Mouse Diabetes ·Susanna M. Hofmann, H. Henry Dong, Li Zhu, Weijing Cai, Jennifer Altomonte, Swan N. Thung, Feng Zeng, Edward A. Fisher, Helen Vlassara	2002	249
9	Oxidative Stress-Inducing Carbonyl Compounds From Common Foods: Novel Mediators of Cellular Dysfunction Molecular Medicine ·Weijing Cai, Qiao-di Gao, Li Zhu, Μelpomeni Peppa, Cijiang He, Helen Vlassara	2002	203
10	Advanced glycation endproduct (AGE) receptor 1 is a negative regulator of the inflammatory response to AGE in mesangial cells Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Changyong Lu, John Cijiang He, Weijing Cai, Huixian Liu, Li Zhu, Helen Vlassara	2004	187
11	Protection against Loss of Innate Defenses in Adulthood by Low Advanced Glycation End Products (AGE) Intake: Role of the Antiinflammatory AGE Receptor-1 The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Helen Vlassara, Weijing Cai, Susan Goodman, Renata Pyzik, Angie Yong, Xue Chen, Li Zhu, Tina Neade, Michal Schnaider Beeri, Jeremy M. Silverman, Luigi Ferrucci, Laurie Tansman, Gary E. Striker, Jaime Uribarri	2009	184
12	Development and interpretation of a pathomics-based model for the prediction of microsatellite instability in Colorectal Cancer Theranostics ·Rui Cao, Fan Yang, Si-Cong Ma, Li Liu, Yu Zhao, Yan Li, Dehua Wu, Tongxin Wang, Weijia Lu, Weijing Cai, Hongbo Zhu, Xue‐Jun Guo, Yuwen Lu, Junjie Kuang, Wenjing Huan, Weimin Tang, Kun Huang, Junzhou Huang, Jianhua Yao, Zhong‐Yi Dong	2020	176
13	Prevention of diabetic nephropathy in mice by a diet low in glycoxidation products Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews ·Feng Zheng, Cijiang He, Weijing Cai, Masakazu Hattori, Michael W. Steffes, Helen Vlassara	2002	166
14	Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes in High-Fat–Fed Mice Are Linked to High Glycotoxin Intake Diabetes ·Oana Sandu, Keying Song, Weijing Cai, Feng Zheng, Jaime Uribarri, Helen Vlassara	2005	165
15	Reduced Oxidant Stress and Extended Lifespan in Mice Exposed to a Low Glycotoxin Diet American Journal Of Pathology ·Weijing Cai, John Cijiang He, Li Zhu, Xue Chen, Sylvan Wallenstein, Gary E. Striker, Helen Vlassara	2007	147
16	Oral Glycotoxins Determine the Effects of Calorie Restriction on Oxidant Stress, Age-Related Diseases, and Lifespan American Journal Of Pathology ·Weijing Cai, John Cijiang He, Li Zhu, Chen Xue, Feng Zheng, Gary E. Striker, Helen Vlassara	2008	146
17	Dietary glycotoxins promote diabetic atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice Atherosclerosis ·Reigh-Yi Lin, Robin P. Choudhury, Weijing Cai, Min Lü, John T. Fallon, Edward A. Fisher, Helen Vlassara	2003	142
18	High Levels of Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products Transform Low-Dersity Lipoprotein Into a Potent Redox-Sensitive Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Stimulant in Diabetic Patients Circulation ·Weijing Cai, John Cijiang He, Li Zhu, Μelpomeni Peppa, Changyong Lu, Jaime Uribarri, Helen Vlassara	2004	142
19	Oral glycotoxins are a modifiable cause of dementia and the metabolic syndrome in mice and humans Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Weijing Cai, Jaime Uribarri, Li Zhu, Xue Chen, Shobha Swamy, Zhengshan Zhao, Fabrizio Grosjean, Calogera M. Simonaro, George A. Kuchel, Michal Schnaider Beeri, Mark Woodward, Gary E. Striker, Helen Vlassara	2014	139
20	Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Results from Advanced Glycation End Products (AGE)-Mediated Inhibition of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase through RAGE Activation Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ·Ellena A. Linden, Weijing Cai, John Cijiang He, Xue Chen, Li Zhu, Jonathan Winston, Helen Vlassara, Jaime Uribarri	2008	137

About Weijing Cai

Weijing Cai is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Molecular Biology and Physiology, having authored 118 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Glycation End Products research (52 papers), Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (19 papers), Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies (10 papers), Biochemical effects in animals (9 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (6 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (5 papers), Lung Cancer Research Studies (5 papers) and Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Biochemistry (5.0k citations), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (2.7k citations), Nephrology (591 citations), Physiology (1.6k citations) and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (997 citations). Weijing Cai has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Helen Vlassara, Jaime Uribarri, Li Zhu, Gary E. Striker, Μelpomeni Peppa, Teresia Goldberg, John Cijiang He, Renata Pyzik, Susan Goodman and Xue Chen. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Translational Lung Cancer Research and Diabetes Care.

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