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D-Index
63
Citations
15655
World Ranking
10136
National Ranking
4431

Overview

Mu-En Lee was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spanned key subfields including Hematology and Molecular Biology, focusing on studies related to Acute Myeloid Leukemia and cellular processes.

The main topics covered by Mu-En Lee's research included:

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research

They authored publications such as:

  • A Review of Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Diagnosis and Novel Treatment (2023), published in Pharmaceuticals
  • A Review in Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Diagnosis and Novel Treatment (2023), published in Preprints.org

Frequent co-authors who collaborated with Mu-En Lee included:

  • Serena Tseng
  • Pei-Chin Lin

The venues where Mu-En Lee's research appeared were:

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Preprints.org

Mu-En Lee's contributions primarily centered around leukemia research, with specific attention to acute myeloid leukemia in pediatric contexts. Their investigations addressed diagnostic criteria and emerging treatment methods, including biochemical mechanisms involving retinoids and histone deacetylase inhibitors.

Best Publications

  • Promotion of vascular smooth muscle cell growth by homocysteine: a link to atherosclerosis

    J C Tsai;M A Perrella;M Yoshizumi;C M Hsieh

  • Tumor necrosis factor downregulates an endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA by shortening its half-life.

    Masao Yoshizumi;Mark A. Perrella;John C. Burnett;Mu En Lee

  • SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL-DERIVED CARBON MONOXIDE IS A REGULATOR OF VASCULAR CGMP

    Toshisuke Morita;Mark A. Perrella;Mu-En Lee;Stella Kourembanas

  • Heme oxygenase-1 protects against vascular constriction and proliferation.

    Henricus J. Duckers;Manfred Boehm;Andrea L. True;Shaw Fang Yet

  • Cardiac-Specific Expression of Heme Oxygenase-1 Protects Against Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Transgenic Mice

    Shaw Fang Yet;Rong Tian;Matthew D. Layne;Zhi Yuan Wang

  • Hypoxia induces severe right ventricular dilatation and infarction in heme oxygenase-1 null mice.

    Shaw-Fang Yet;Mark A. Perrella;Matthew D. Layne;Chung-Ming Hsieh

  • Induction of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Gene Expression by Interleukin-1 β in Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells (∗)

    Jian Li;Mark A. Perrella;Mark A. Perrella;Jer-Chia Tsai;Shaw-Fang Yet

  • Akt participation in the Wnt signaling pathway through Dishevelled.

    Shinya Fukumoto;Chung-Ming Hsieh;Koji Maemura;Matthew D. Layne

  • Cloning of the GATA-binding protein that regulates endothelin-1 gene expression in endothelial cells.

    Mu-En Lee;D. H. Temizer;J. A. Clifford;T. Quertermous

  • Inhibition of Growth and p21ras Methylation in Vascular Endothelial Cells by Homocysteine but Not Cysteine

    Hong Wang;Masao Yoshizumi;Kaihua Lai;Jer-Chia Tsai

  • Induction of cyclin A gene expression by homocysteine in vascular smooth muscle cells

    Jer Chia Tsai;Hong Wang;Mark A. Perrella;Masao Yoshizumi

  • Expression of the potent vasoconstrictor endothelin in the human central nervous system.

    Mu-En Lee;S. M. De La Monte;Shi-Chung Ng;K. D. Bloch

  • Stimulation of endothelin-1 gene expression by insulin in endothelial cells.

    F J Oliver;G de la Rubia;E P Feener;M E Lee

  • Induction of Apoptosis by Pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate and N-Acetylcysteine in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (∗)

    Jer Chia Tsai;Mukesh Jain;Chung Ming Hsieh;Wen Sen Lee

  • Human EZF, a Krüppel-like zinc finger protein, is expressed in vascular endothelial cells and contains transcriptional activation and repression domains.

    Shaw Fang Yet;Megan M. McA'Nulty;Sara C. Folta;Hsueh Wei Yen

  • Cloning and Functional Analysis of the Promoter for KDR/flk-1, a Receptor for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

    Cam Patterson;Mark A. Perrella;Chung-Ming Hsieh;Masao Yoshizumi

  • Functional analysis of the endothelin-1 gene promoter : evidence for an endothelial cell-specific cis-acting sequence

    Mu-En Lee;K. D. Bloch;J. A. Clifford;T. Quertermous

  • Endotoxin-induced mortality is related to increased oxidative stress and end-organ dysfunction, not refractory hypotension, in heme oxygenase-1-deficient mice.

    Philippe Wiesel;Anand P. Patel;Nicole DiFonzo;Pooja B. Marria

  • Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Inhibition of Macrophage Activation Is Mediated via Smad3 *

    Frank Werner;Mukesh K. Jain;Mark W. Feinberg;Nicholas E S Sibinga

  • Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Inhibits Cytokine-mediated Induction of Human Metalloelastase in Macrophages

    Mark W. Feinberg;Mukesh K. Jain;Frank Werner;Nicholas E. S. Sibinga

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Perrella
Mark A. Perrella Brigham and Women's Hospital
Chung-Ming Hsieh
Chung-Ming Hsieh MSD (United States)
Edgar Haber
Edgar Haber Harvard University
Mukesh K. Jain
Mukesh K. Jain Brown University
Shaw-Fang Yet
Shaw-Fang Yet National Health Research Institutes
Wen Sen Lee
Wen Sen Lee Taipei Medical University
Thomas Quertermous
Thomas Quertermous Stanford University
Stella Kourembanas
Stella Kourembanas Boston Children's Hospital
Kenneth D. Bloch
Kenneth D. Bloch Harvard University
Merton Bernfield
Merton Bernfield Harvard University

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