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Mingyao Yang is affiliated with Sichuan Agricultural University in China and has a research profile focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine. Their work spans subfields such as molecular biology, cancer research, aging, physiology, and immunology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics including cancer-related molecular mechanisms, gut microbiota and health, genetics, aging and longevity in model organisms, genomics and phylogenetic studies, circular RNAs in diseases, autophagy in disease and therapy, and microRNA in disease regulation.

Frequent publication venues for Mingyao Yang include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Aging
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
  • Mitochondrial DNA Part B

Notable recent papers by the scientist include:

  • "The Roles and Mechanisms of lncRNAs in Liver Fibrosis" (2020) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Flavonoids-Natural Gifts to Promote Health and Longevity" (2022) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Effects of anti-aging interventions on intestinal microbiota" (2021) in Gut Microbes
  • "Iron Metabolism in Aging and Age-Related Diseases" (2022) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Gut microbiota of Tibetans and Tibetan pigs varies between high and low altitude environments" (2020) in Microbiological Research

Mingyao Yang has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Xiaolan Fan, Deying Yang, Mingwang Zhang, Qingyong Ni, and Bo Zeng, indicating a strong network in related scientific fields.

Best Publications

  • A holidic medium for Drosophila melanogaster

    Matthew D W Piper;Eric Blanc;Ricardo Leitão-Gonçalves;Mingyao Yang

  • Biased incorporation of ribonucleotides on the mitochondrial L-strand accounts for apparent strand-asymmetric DNA replication.

    Ming Yao Yang;Mark Bowmaker;Aurelio Reyes;Lodovica Vergani

  • Replication of vertebrate mitochondrial DNA entails transient ribonucleotide incorporation throughout the lagging strand.

    Takehiro Yasukawa;Aurelio Reyes;Tricia J. Cluett;Ming Yao Yang

  • Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA Replicates Bidirectionally from an Initiation Zone

    Mark Bowmaker;Ming Yao Yang;Takehiro Yasukawa;Aurelio Reyes

  • GAL4 enhancer traps expressed in the embryo, larval brain, imaginal discs, and ovary of Drosophila

    Lynn Manseau;Ali Baradaran;Danny Brower;Anuradha Budhu

  • Alpha-Ketoglutarate: Physiological Functions and Applications

    Nan Wu;Mingyao Yang;Uma Gaur;Huailiang Xu

  • A Bidirectional Origin of Replication Maps to the Major Noncoding Region of Human Mitochondrial DNA

    Takehiro Yasukawa;Ming Yao Yang;Howard T. Jacobs;Howard T. Jacobs;Ian J. Holt

  • Functional domains are specified to single-cell resolution in a Drosophila epithelium

    M. Ali Sözen;J. Douglas Armstrong;Ming Yao Yang;Kim Kaiser

  • Matching Dietary Amino Acid Balance to the In Silico-Translated Exome Optimizes Growth and Reproduction without Cost to Lifespan

    Matthew D.W. Piper;George A. Soultoukis;Eric Blanc;Andrea Mesaros

  • Transcriptome analysis reveals differentially expressed genes associated with high rates of egg production in chicken hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis

    Shailendra Kumar Mishra;Binlong Chen;Qing Zhu;Zhongxian Xu

  • Mammalian mitochondrial DNA replication intermediates are essentially duplex but contain extensive tracts of RNA/DNA hybrid

    Jaakko L.O. Pohjoismäki;J. Bradley Holmes;J. Bradley Holmes;Stuart R. Wood;Ming Yao Yang

  • Functional dissection of the drosophila mushroom bodies by selective feminization ofagenetically defined subcompartments

    Kevin M.C. O'Dell;J.Douglas Armstrong;Ming Yao Yang;Kim Kaiser

  • Alpha-ketoglutarate extends Drosophila lifespan by inhibiting mTOR and activating AMPK.

    Yuan Su;Tao Wang;Nan Wu;Diyan Li

  • Melatonin Receptor Genes in Vertebrates

    Di Yan Li;David Glenn Smith;Rüdiger Hardeland;Ming Yao Yang

  • 14-3-3 Proteins Are on the Crossroads of Cancer, Aging, and Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease.

    Xiaolan Fan;Lang Cui;Yao Zeng;Wenhao Song

  • Bidirectional replication initiates at sites throughout the mitochondrial genome of birds.

    Aurelio Reyes;Ming Yao Yang;Mark Bowmaker;Ian J. Holt

  • Rapamycin preserves gut homeostasis during Drosophila aging

    Xiaolan Fan;Qing Liang;Ting Lian;Qi Wu

  • Target of rapamycin signalling mediates the lifespan-extending effects of dietary restriction by essential amino acid alteration

    Sahar Emran;Mingyao Yang;Xiaoli He;Jelle Zandveld

  • A de novo silencer causes elimination of MITF-M expression and profound hearing loss in pigs

    Lei Chen;Weiwei Guo;Lili Ren;Mingyao Yang

  • Insights into the Functions of LncRNAs in Drosophila.

    Keqin Li;Yuanliangzi Tian;Ya Yuan;Xiaolan Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard T. Jacobs
Howard T. Jacobs Tampere University
Ian J. Holt
Ian J. Holt Medical Research Council
Linda Partridge
Linda Partridge Max Planck Society
Scott D. Pletcher
Scott D. Pletcher University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andrew P. Jackson
Andrew P. Jackson University of Edinburgh
Robert J. Crouch
Robert J. Crouch National Institutes of Health
Julian A. T. Dow
Julian A. T. Dow University of Glasgow
Jack D. Griffith
Jack D. Griffith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Johannes N. Spelbrink
Johannes N. Spelbrink Radboud University
Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney

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