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Overview

Ji Ming Wang was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research contributions spanned multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and immunology and microbiology.

The scientist's main fields of study included:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology

Within these broad categories, Ji Ming Wang's work also addressed several focused subfields:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
  • Oncology
  • Microbiology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The topics most frequently covered in their research encompassed:

  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation

Ji Ming Wang published extensively in scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE
  • Nature Communications
  • Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • The Journal of Immunology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Dual blockade of CD47 and HER2 eliminates radioresistant breast cancer cells" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "New genetic and epigenetic insights into the chemokine system: the latest discoveries aiding progression toward precision medicine" (2023), published in Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • "The Contribution of Chemoattractant GPCRs, Formylpeptide Receptors, to Inflammation and Cancer" (2020), published in Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • "A Critical Role of Formyl Peptide Receptors in Host Defense against Escherichia coli" (2020), published in The Journal of Immunology
  • "A Novel Biological Activity of the STAT3 Inhibitor Stattic in Inhibiting Glutathione Reductase and Suppressing the Tumorigenicity of Human Cervical Cancer Cells via a ROS-Dependent Pathway" (2021), published in OncoTargets and Therapy

Ji Ming Wang collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Keqiang Chen
  • Teizo Yoshimura
  • Jiaqiang Huang
  • Wanghua Gong
  • Philip M. Murphy

Best Publications

  • β-Defensins: Linking Innate and Adaptive Immunity Through Dendritic and T Cell CCR6

    D. Yang;O. Chertov;S. N. Bykovskaia;Q. Chen

  • Ll-37, the Neutrophil Granule–And Epithelial Cell–Derived Cathelicidin, Utilizes Formyl Peptide Receptor–Like 1 (Fprl1) as a Receptor to Chemoattract Human Peripheral Blood Neutrophils, Monocytes, and T Cells

    De Yang;Qian Chen;Albert P. Schmidt;G. Mark Anderson

  • Neutrophil swarms require LTB4 and integrins at sites of cell death in vivo

    Tim Lämmermann;Philippe V. Afonso;Bastian R. Angermann;Ji Ming Wang

  • Recombinant Human Interferon-inducible Protein 10 Is a Chemoattractant for Human Monocytes and T Lymphocytes and Promotes T Cell Adhesion to Endothelial Cells

    Dennis D. Taub;Andrew R. Lloyd;Kevin Conlon;Ji Ming Wang

  • Formyl-peptide receptors revisited

    Yingying Le;Philip M Murphy;Ji Ming Wang

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXIII. Nomenclature for the formyl peptide receptor (FPR) family.

    Richard D. Ye;François Boulay;Ji Ming Wang;Claes Dahlgren

  • Granulocyte- and granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factors induce human endothelial cells to migrate and proliferate.

    Federico Bussolino;Ji Ming Wang;Paola Defilippi;F. Turrini

  • Identification of Defensin-1, Defensin-2, and CAP37/Azurocidin as T-cell Chemoattractant Proteins Released from Interleukin-8-stimulated Neutrophils (∗)

    Oleg Chertov;Dennis F. Michiel;Luoling Xu;Ji Ming Wang

  • Serum amyloid A is a chemoattractant: induction of migration, adhesion, and tissue infiltration of monocytes and polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

    Raffaele Badolato;Ji Ming Wang;William J Murphy;Andrew R. Lloyd

  • A Seven-transmembrane, G Protein–coupled Receptor, FPRL1, Mediates the Chemotactic Activity of Serum Amyloid A for Human Phagocytic Cells

    Shao Bo Su;Wanghua Gong;Ji Liang Gao;Weiping Shen

  • Human recombinant monocyte chemotactic protein and other C-C chemokines bind and induce directional migration of dendritic cells in vitro.

    Luo Ling Xu;M. K. Warren;W. L. Rose;W. Gong

  • Chemokines and chemokine receptors: their manifold roles in homeostasis and disease.

    Yingying Le;Ye Zhou;Pablo Iribarren;Ji Ming Wang

  • The fibrinolytic receptor for urokinase activates the G protein-coupled chemotactic receptor FPRL1/LXA4R

    M. Resnati;I. Pallavicini;J. M. Wang;J. Oppenheim

  • Toll-like receptors in inflammation, infection and cancer.

    Keqiang Chen;Jian Huang;Wanghua Gong;Pablo Iribarren

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P. Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • Chemokines and their role in tumor growth and metastasis.

    Ji Ming Wang;Xiyun Deng;Wanghua Gong;Shaobo Su

  • Amyloid β42 Activates a G-Protein-Coupled Chemoattractant Receptor, FPR-Like-1

    Yingying Le;Wanghua Gong;H. Lee Tiffany;Alexei Tumanov

  • Recombinant human interleukin 5 is a selective eosinophil chemoattractant

    Ji Ming Wang;Alessandro Rambaldi;Andrea Biondi;Zhen Guo Chen

  • Identification of Human Neutrophil-derived Cathepsin G and Azurocidin/CAP37 as Chemoattractants for Mononuclear Cells and Neutrophils

    Oleg Chertov;Hirotsugu Ueda;Luo Ling Xu;Kenji Tani

  • FLAVONOID BAICALIN INHIBITS HIV-1 INFECTION AT THE LEVEL OF VIRAL ENTRY

    Bao Qun Li;Tao Fu;Yao Dongyan;Judy A. Mikovits

  • A proinflammatory chemokine, CCL3, sensitizes the heat- and capsaicin-gated ion channel TRPV1

    Ning Zhang;Sadeet Inan;Alan Cowan;Ronghua Sun

  • Opiates transdeactivate chemokine receptors: delta and mu opiate receptor-mediated heterologous desensitization.

    M.C. Grimm;A. Ben-Baruch;D.D. Taub;O.M.Z. Howard

  • The flavonoid baicalin exhibits anti-inflammatory activity by binding to chemokines

    Bao Qun Li;Tao Fu;Wang-Hua Gong;Nancy Dunlop

Frequent Co-Authors

Wanghua Gong
Wanghua Gong Leidos (United States)
Yingying Le
Yingying Le Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joost J. Oppenheim
Joost J. Oppenheim National Institutes of Health
Philip M. Murphy
Philip M. Murphy National Institutes of Health
Xiu-Wu Bian
Xiu-Wu Bian Third Military Medical University
Lino Tessarollo
Lino Tessarollo National Institutes of Health
O. M. Zack Howard
O. M. Zack Howard National Institutes of Health
Paul Proost
Paul Proost KU Leuven
William J. Murphy
William J. Murphy Texas A&M University
Stephen J. Lockett
Stephen J. Lockett National Institutes of Health

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