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John Ding-E Young is a researcher affiliated with Chang Gung Biotechnology Corp. in Taiwan. Their work spans multiple fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist's research interests focus on physiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, aging, molecular biology, and biophysics.

Their academic output includes a significant number of publications exploring a variety of biological and medical topics. The main areas of study include circadian rhythm and melatonin, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, dietary effects on health, medicinal plants and bioactive compounds, electromagnetic fields and biological effects, spaceflight effects on biology, and gut microbiota and health.

John Ding-E Young's recent research papers include:

  • Gut barrier disruption and chronic disease, 2022, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Emerging use of senolytics and senomorphics against aging and chronic diseases, 2020, Medicinal Research Reviews
  • Phytochemicals as Prebiotics and Biological Stress Inducers, 2020, Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • Recent advances in the field of caloric restriction mimetics and anti-aging molecules, 2020, Ageing Research Reviews
  • Influence of electromagnetic fields on the circadian rhythm: Implications for human health and disease, 2023, Biomedical Journal

The scientist frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Biomedical Journal
  • Medicinal Research Reviews
  • Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • Ageing Research Reviews

John Ding-E Young collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • David M. Ojcius
  • Jan Martel
  • Hsin-Hsin Peng
  • Shih-Hsin Chang
  • Yun-Fei Ko

Best Publications

  • Ganoderma lucidum reduces obesity in mice by modulating the composition of the gut microbiota.

    Chih-Jung Chang;Chuan-Sheng Lin;Chia-Chen Lu;Jan Martel

  • Gut commensal Parabacteroides goldsteinii plays a predominant role in the anti-obesity effects of polysaccharides isolated from Hirsutella sinensis.

    Tsung-Ru Wu;Chuan-Sheng Lin;Chih-Jung Chang;Tzu-Lung Lin

  • Immune function in mice lacking the perforin gene.

    Craig M. Walsh;Mehrdad Matloubian;Chau-Ching Liu;Roanne Ueda

  • Mechanism of membrane damage mediated by human eosinophil cationic protein.

    John Ding-E Young;Christer G. B. Peterson;Per Venge;Zanvil A. Cohn

  • Purification and characterization of a cytolytic pore-forming protein from granules of cloned lymphocytes with natural killer activity

    John Ding E. Young;Hans Hengartner;Eckhard R. Podack;Zanvil A. Cohn

  • Extracellular ATP as a trigger for apoptosis or programmed cell death.

    Li Mou Zheng;Arturo Zychlinsky;Chau-Ching Liu;David M. Ojcius

  • Cell suicide in health and disease.

    Richard C. Duke;David M. Ojcius;John Ding-E. Young

  • The ninth component of complement and the pore-forming protein (perforin 1) from cytotoxic T cells: structural, immunological, and functional similarities.

    John Ding E. Young;Zanvil A. Cohn;Eckhard R. Podack

  • Cytolytic pore-forming proteins and peptides: is there a common structural motif?

    David M. Ojcius;John Ding E. Young

  • Ionophore-induced apoptosis: role of DNA fragmentation and calcium fluxes.

    David M. Ojcius;Arturo Zychlinsky;Li Mou Zheng;John Ding-E Young

  • Identification, purification, and characterization of a mast cell-associated cytolytic factor related to tumor necrosis factor.

    John Ding-E Young;Chau-Ching Liu;Gregory Butler;Zanvil A. Cohn

  • Anti-obesogenic and antidiabetic effects of plants and mushrooms

    Jan Martel;David M. Ojcius;David M. Ojcius;David M. Ojcius;Chih-Jung Chang;Chuan-Sheng Lin

  • Isolation and characterization of a serine esterase from cytolytic T cell granules

    John Ding-E Young;Lauren Gee Leong;Chau-Ching Liu;Angela Damiano

  • Effects of obesity on depression: A role for inflammation and the gut microbiota.

    Julieta Schachter;Jan Martel;Chuan-Sheng Lin;Chih-Jung Chang

  • Perforin and serine esterase gene expression in stimulated human T cells. Kinetics, mitogen requirements, and effects of cyclosporin A.

    C C Liu;S Rafii;A Granelli-Piperno;J A Trapani

  • The increase in intracellular free calcium associated with IgG gamma 2b/gamma 1 Fc receptor-ligand interactions: role in phagocytosis.

    John Ding-E Young;Sandy S. Ko;Zanvil A. Cohn

  • Characterization of a membrane pore-forming protein from Entamoeba histolytica.

    J D Young;T M Young;L P Lu;J C Unkeless

  • Purported nanobacteria in human blood as calcium carbonate nanoparticles

    Jan Martel;John Ding E. Young

  • Impact of the gut microbiota, prebiotics, and probiotics on human health and disease

    Chuan‑Sheng Lin;Chih‑Jung Chang;Chia‑Chen Lu;Jan Martel

  • Functional Assembly of Gap Junction Conductance in Lipid Bilayers: Demonstration That the Major 27 Kd Protein Forms the Junctional Channel

    John Ding-E Young;Zanvil A. Cohn;Norton B. Gilula

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Ojcius
David M. Ojcius University of the Pacific
Zanvil A. Cohn
Zanvil A. Cohn Rockefeller University
David J. Young
David J. Young University of New South Wales
Eckhard R. Podack
Eckhard R. Podack University of Miami
Byoung S. Kwon
Byoung S. Kwon Tulane University
Gideon Berke
Gideon Berke Weizmann Institute of Science
Joseph A. Trapani
Joseph A. Trapani Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Gillian M. Griffiths
Gillian M. Griffiths University of Cambridge
Shahin Rafii
Shahin Rafii Cornell University
Marc Goldstein
Marc Goldstein Cornell University

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