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Overview

Tong Zhou is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research output spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology as well as medicine, with a focus on molecular biology and related subfields.

The main fields of study for Tong Zhou include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their work addresses specific subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Cancer Research
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The research topics covered by their publications include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Tong Zhou are:

  • PANDORA-seq expands the repertoire of regulatory small RNAs by overcoming RNA modifications, 2021, Nature Cell Biology
  • Origins and evolving functionalities of tRNA-derived small RNAs, 2021, Trends in Biochemical Sciences
  • Caenorhabditis elegans as a Useful Model for Studying Aging Mutations, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Exploring the expanding universe of small RNAs, 2022, Nature Cell Biology
  • The potential of using blood circular RNA as liquid biopsy biomarker for human diseases, 2020, Protein & Cell

Tong Zhou frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Qingju Liu
  • Qi Chen
  • Yumin Zhang
  • Tianwei He
  • Junchao Shi

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in a number of venues, which include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Best Publications

  • Protection from Fas-mediated apoptosis by a soluble form of the Fas molecule

    Jianhua Cheng;Tong Zhou;Changdan Liu;John P. Shapiro

  • Cutting Edge: A Role for B Lymphocyte Stimulator in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Jun Zhang;Viktor Roschke;Kevin P. Baker;Zheng Wang

  • Blood dendritic cells interact with splenic marginal zone B cells to initiate T-independent immune responses.

    Mercedesz Balázs;Flavius Martin;Tong Zhou;John F Kearney

  • Tumoricidal activity of a novel anti-human DR5 monoclonal antibody without hepatocyte cytotoxicity

    Kimihisa Ichikawa;Weimin Liu;Limin Zhao;Zheng Wang

  • Autoimmune disease in mice due to integration of an endogenous retrovirus in an apoptosis gene.

    Jianguo Wu;Tong Zhou;Jin He;John D. Mountz

  • Autoimmune disease. A problem of defective apoptosis.

    John D. Mountz;Jianguo Wu;Jianhua Cheng;Tong Zhou

  • Synergistic induction of tumor cell apoptosis by death receptor antibody and chemotherapy agent through JNK/p38 and mitochondrial death pathway.

    Toshiaki Ohtsuka;Donald Buchsbaum;Patsy Oliver;Sharmila Makhija

  • Antitumor efficacy of TRA-8 anti-DR5 monoclonal antibody alone or in combination with chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy in a human breast cancer model.

    Donald J. Buchsbaum;Tong Zhou;William E. Grizzle;Patsy G. Oliver

  • Inhibition of Nur77/Nurr1 leads to inefficient clonal deletion of self-reactive T cells.

    T Zhou;J Cheng;P Yang;Z Wang

  • Expression Profile of FcγRIIb on Leukocytes and Its Dysregulation in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Kaihong Su;Hengxuan Yang;Xinrui Li;Xiaoli Li

  • Greatly Accelerated Lymphadenopathy and Autoimmune Disease in lpr Mice Lacking Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor I.

    Tong Zhou;C. K. Edwards;Pingar Yang;Zheng Wang

  • Bisindolylmaleimide VIII facilitates Fas-mediated apoptosis and inhibits T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases

    Tong Zhou;Ling Song;Pingar Yang;Zheng Wang

  • Induction of specific T cell tolerance by Fas ligand-expressing antigen-presenting cells.

    Huang-ge Zhang;Xiao Su;Di Liu;Weimin Liu

  • FcγRs Modulate Cytotoxicity of Anti-Fas Antibodies: Implications for Agonistic Antibody-Based Therapeutics

    Yuanyuan Xu;Alexander J. Szalai;Tong Zhou;Kurt R. Zinn

  • Defective expression of hematopoietic cell protein tyrosine phosphatase (HCP) in lymphoid cells blocks Fas-mediated apoptosis

    Xiao Su;Tong Zhou;Zheng Wang;Ping Ar Yang

  • Differential regulation and function of Fas expression on glial cells.

    Sung Joong Lee;Tong Zhou;Chulhee Choi;Zheng Wang

  • TRAIL-R2 (DR5) mediates apoptosis of synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Kimihisa Ichikawa;Weimin Liu;Martin Fleck;Huangge Zhang

  • Correction of accelerated autoimmune disease by early replacement of the mutated lpr gene with the normal Fas apoptosis gene in the T cells of transgenic MRL-lpr/lpr mice

    Jianguo Wu;Tong Zhou;Jinju Zhang;Jin He

  • INHIBITION OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA DECREASES INFLAMMATION AND PROLONGS ADENOVIRUS GENE EXPRESSION IN LUNG AND LIVER

    Huang Ge Zhang;Tong Zhou;Pingar Yang;Carl K. Edwards

  • Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand induces caspase-dependent interleukin-8 expression and apoptosis in human astroglioma cells.

    Chulhee Choi;Olaf Kutsch;Jinseu Park;Tong Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Mountz
John D. Mountz University of Alabama at Birmingham
Robert P. Kimberly
Robert P. Kimberly University of Alabama at Birmingham
William J. Koopman
William J. Koopman University of Alabama at Birmingham
Huang-Ge Zhang
Huang-Ge Zhang University of Louisville
William E. Grizzle
William E. Grizzle University of Alabama at Birmingham
Albert F. LoBuglio
Albert F. LoBuglio University of Alabama at Birmingham
Horst Bluethmann
Horst Bluethmann Roche (Switzerland)
Jay M. McDonald
Jay M. McDonald University of Alabama at Birmingham
David T. Curiel
David T. Curiel Washington University in St. Louis
Richard S. Jope
Richard S. Jope University of Miami

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