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Qizhi Yao is a researcher affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial focus on molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, immunology, and surgery.

The main topics covered in their research include pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, cancer genomics and diagnostics, epigenetics and DNA methylation, pancreatitis pathology and treatment, CAR-T cell therapy research, microRNA in disease regulation, and endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease.

Qizhi Yao has published research in several notable venues, frequently contributing to Cancer Research, Vaccines, University Chemistry, Goldschmidt Abstracts, and the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Modulation of the proteostasis network promotes tumor resistance to oncogenic KRAS inhibitors," 2023, Science
  • "A Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Identifies Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Pancreatic Cancer Risk," 2020, Cancer Research
  • "Microbiome changes associated with acute and chronic pancreatitis: A systematic review," 2020, Pancreatology
  • "A subset of cytotoxic effector memory T cells enhances CAR T cell efficacy in a model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma," 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Two Antibody-Guided Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid-Polyethylenimine (LGA-PEI) Nanoparticle Delivery Systems for Therapeutic Nucleic Acids," 2021, Pharmaceuticals

The scientist regularly collaborates with several coauthors, including Dongliang Liu, Changyi Chen, Zhengdong Liang, Lisa Brubaker, and Jianming Lü, reflecting ongoing partnerships in various research endeavors.

Best Publications

  • Chemical and molecular mechanisms of antioxidants: experimental approaches and model systems.

    Jian-Ming Lü;Peter H. Lin;Peter H. Lin;Qizhi Yao;Qizhi Yao;Changyi Chen;Changyi Chen

  • Current advances in research and clinical applications of PLGA-based nanotechnology

    Jian-Ming Lü;Xinwen Wang;Christian Marin-Muller;Hao Wang

  • Ginseng Compounds: An Update on Their Molecular Mechanisms and Medical Applications

    Jian-Ming Lu;Qizhi Yao;Changyi Chen

  • Resistin: functional roles and therapeutic considerations for cardiovascular disease

    S Jamaluddin;Sarah M Weakley;Qizhi Yao;Changyi Chen

  • Profiling of 95 MicroRNAs in Pancreatic Cancer Cell Lines and Surgical Specimens by Real-Time PCR Analysis

    Yuqing Zhang;Min Li;Hao Wang;William E. Fisher

  • Reverse cholesterol transport and cholesterol efflux in atherosclerosis

    R Ohashi;H Mu;X Wang;Q Yao

  • Shear Stress Induces Endothelial Differentiation From a Murine Embryonic Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell Line

    Hao Wang;Gordon M. Riha;Shaoyu Yan;Min Li

  • Long-term reversal of diabetes by the injection of immunoprotected islets

    P Soon-Shiong;E Feldman;R Nelson;R Heintz

  • MicroRNAs: Control and loss of control in human physiology and disease

    Min Li;Christian Marin-Muller;Uddalak Bharadwaj;Kwong Hon Chow

  • Adipokine resistin promotes in vitro angiogenesis of human endothelial cells

    Hong Mu;Ryuji Ohashi;Shaoyu Yan;Hong Chai

  • Development of small-diameter vascular grafts.

    Xinwen Wang;Peter Lin;Qizhi Yao;Changyi Chen

  • Hyperuricemia-Related Diseases and Xanthine Oxidoreductase (XOR) Inhibitors: An Overview

    Changyi Chen;Jian-Ming Lü;Qizhi Yao

  • Overcoming drug resistance in pancreatic cancer

    Jiang Long;Yuqing Zhang;Xianjun Yu;Jingxuan Yang

  • Aberrant expression of zinc transporter zip4 (slc39a4) significantly contributes to human pancreatic cancer pathogenesis and progression

    Qizhi Yao;Min Li;Changyi Chen

  • MicroRNA-196: critical roles and clinical applications in development and cancer.

    Changyi J. Chen;Yuqing Zhang;Lidong Zhang;Sarah M. Weakley

  • Resistin decreases expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase through oxidative stress in human coronary artery endothelial cells

    Changyi Chen;Changyi Chen;Jun Jiang;Jian-Ming Lü;Hong Chai

  • Effects of adipocyte-derived cytokines on endothelial functions: implication of vascular disease.

    Panagiotis Kougias;Hong Chai;Peter H. Lin;Qizhi Yao

  • Ginkgo biloba extract kaempferol inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells.

    Yuqing Zhang;Aaron Y. Chen;Min Li;Changyi Chen

  • Trop2 expression contributes to tumor pathogenesis by activating the ERK MAPK pathway

    Rafael A Cubas;Sheng Zhang;Min Li;Changyi Chen

  • Cyclophilin A is overexpressed in human pancreatic cancer cells and stimulates cell proliferation through CD147

    Min Li;Qihui Zhai;Uddalak Bharadwaj;Hao Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Changyi Chen
Changyi Chen Baylor College of Medicine
Alan B. Lumsden
Alan B. Lumsden Houston Methodist
Richard W. Compans
Richard W. Compans Emory University
Sang-Moo Kang
Sang-Moo Kang Georgia State University
Craig D. Logsdon
Craig D. Logsdon The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Xianjun Yu
Xianjun Yu Fudan University
Robert Cousins
Robert Cousins University of California, Los Angeles
Celia C. LaBranche
Celia C. LaBranche Duke University
Eric R. Gamazon
Eric R. Gamazon Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine

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