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55
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16318
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2246
National Ranking
1108

Overview

Hong Ji is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Physiology, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

Among the main topics addressed in their work are Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, and RNA Modifications and Cancer.

The scientist has published notable papers including:

  • "N6-methyladenosine (m6A)-mediated up-regulation of long noncoding RNA LINC01320 promotes the proliferation, migration, and invasion of gastric cancer via miR495-5p/RAB19 axis" (2021, Bioengineered)
  • "The improvement effect of gastrodin on LPS/GalN-induced fulminant hepatitis via inhibiting inflammation and apoptosis and restoring autophagy" (2020, International Immunopharmacology)
  • "Identification, functional prediction, and key lncRNA verification of cold stress-related lncRNAs in rats liver" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Cold exposure-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress regulates autophagy through the SIRT2/FoxO1 signaling pathway" (2022, Journal of Cellular Physiology)
  • "Novel phospho-switch function of delta-catenin in dendrite development" (2020, The Journal of Cell Biology)

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Bin Xu, Jingru Guo, Shize Li, Changjun Bao, and Jing Ai.

The scientist often publishes in venues such as PubMed, Research Square, Frontiers in Physiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Exosomes: extracellular organelles important in intercellular communication.

    Suresh Mathivanan;Hong Ji;Richard J. Simpson

  • Vesiclepedia: a compendium for extracellular vesicles with continuous community annotation

    Hina Kalra;Richard J. Simpson;Hong Ji;Elena Aikawa

  • Comparison of ultracentrifugation, density gradient separation, and immunoaffinity capture methods for isolating human colon cancer cell line LIM1863-derived exosomes.

    Bow J. Tauro;David W. Greening;Rommel A. Mathias;Hong Ji

  • Telomerase modulates Wnt signalling by association with target gene chromatin

    Jae Il Park;Andrew S. Venteicher;Ji Yeon Hong;Jinkuk Choi

  • A Protocol for Exosome Isolation and Characterization: Evaluation of Ultracentrifugation, Density-Gradient Separation, and Immunoaffinity Capture Methods

    David W. Greening;Rong Xu;Hong Ji;Bow J. Tauro

  • Proteomics Analysis of A33 Immunoaffinity-purified Exosomes Released from the Human Colon Tumor Cell Line LIM1215 Reveals a Tissue-specific Protein Signature

    Suresh Mathivanan;Justin W. E. Lim;Bow J. Tauro;Hong Ji

  • Two distinct populations of exosomes are released from LIM1863 colon carcinoma cell-derived organoids

    Bow J. Tauro;David W. Greening;Rommel A. Mathias;Suresh Mathivanan

  • Proteome profiling of exosomes derived from human primary and metastatic colorectal cancer cells reveal differential expression of key metastatic factors and signal transduction components

    Hong Ji;David W. Greening;Thomas W. Barnes;Justin W. Lim

  • Kaiso/p120-Catenin and TCF/β-Catenin Complexes Coordinately Regulate Canonical Wnt Gene Targets

    Jae Il Park;Jae Il Park;Si Wan Kim;Jon P. Lyons;Jon P. Lyons;Hong Ji

  • Highly-purified exosomes and shed microvesicles isolated from the human colon cancer cell line LIM1863 by sequential centrifugal ultrafiltration are biochemically and functionally distinct

    Rong Xu;David W. Greening;Alin Rai;Hong Ji

  • Hypoxia-induced pathological angiogenesis mediates tumor cell dissemination, invasion, and metastasis in a zebrafish tumor model

    Samantha Lin Chiou Lee;Samantha Lin Chiou Lee;Pegah Rouhi;Lasse Dahl Jensen;Danfang Zhang

  • The human A33 antigen is a transmembrane glycoprotein and a novel member of the immunoglobulin superfamily

    Joan K. Heath;Sara J. White;Cameron N. Johnstone;Bruno Catimel

  • Non-canonical Wnt signals are modulated by the Kaiso transcriptional repressor and p120-catenin.

    Si Wan Kim;Jae Il Park;Christopher M. Spring;Amy K. Sater

  • Deep Sequencing of RNA from Three Different Extracellular Vesicle (EV) Subtypes Released from the Human LIM1863 Colon Cancer Cell Line Uncovers Distinct Mirna-Enrichment Signatures

    Hong Ji;Maoshan Chen;David W. Greening;Weifeng He

  • Wnt-4 activates the canonical β-catenin-mediated Wnt pathway and binds Frizzled-6 CRD: functional implications of Wnt/β-catenin activity in kidney epithelial cells

    Jon P. Lyons;Ulrich W. Mueller;Hong Ji;Christopher Everett

  • PAF and EZH2 Induce Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Hyperactivation

    Hae Yun Jung;Sohee Jun;Moonsup Lee;Han Cheon Kim

  • Oncogenic H-Ras Reprograms Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) Cell-derived Exosomal Proteins Following Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition

    Bow J. Tauro;Rommel A. Mathias;Rommel A. Mathias;David W. Greening;Shashi K. Gopal

  • Lung epithelial branching program antagonizes alveolar differentiation

    Daniel R. Chang;Denise Martinez Alanis;Rachel K. Miller;Hong Ji

  • Molecular and Functional Characterization of a Calcium-sensitive Chloride Channel from Mouse Lung

    R. Gandhi;R.C. Elble;A.D. Gruber;K.D. Schreur

  • Restoration of full-length adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) protein in a colon cancer cell line enhances cell adhesion.

    Maree C Faux;Janine L Ross;Clare Meeker;Terrance Grant Johns

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Simpson
Richard J. Simpson La Trobe University
Robert L. Moritz
Robert L. Moritz Institute for Systems Biology
Gavin E. Reid
Gavin E. Reid University of Melbourne
Antony W. Burgess
Antony W. Burgess Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Suresh Mathivanan
Suresh Mathivanan La Trobe University
Andrew M. Scott
Andrew M. Scott La Trobe University
Joan K. Heath
Joan K. Heath Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Gerd Ritter
Gerd Ritter Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Lloyd J. Old
Lloyd J. Old Ludwig Cancer Research
Stuart G. Turville
Stuart G. Turville University of New South Wales

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