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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
20490
World Ranking
4572
National Ranking
2224

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Vincent W. Yang is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, focusing notably on molecular biology, genetics, oncology, immunology, and surgery. The scientist's work has covered a variety of topics related to kruppel-like factors, oxidative stress, phytochemicals, genomics, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, genetic syndromes and imprinting, inflammatory bowel disease, cancer cells and metastasis, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

The scientist has published extensively, with a total of 52 papers in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, and 36 in medicine. Key subfields of study include molecular biology with 36 publications, genetics with 13, oncology with 11, immunology with 9, and surgery with 6. Frequent publication venues reflect this focus with Gastroenterology as the leading journal (15 publications), followed by Circulation (3), Scientific Reports (2), Journal of Visualized Experiments (2), and PLoS Pathogens (2).

Notable recent papers include the following:

  • KLF5 Is Induced by FOXO1 and Causes Oxidative Stress and Diabetic Cardiomyopathy, 2020, Circulation Research
  • IL-17RA-signaling in Lgr5+ intestinal stem cells induces expression of transcription factor ATOH1 to promote secretory cell lineage commitment, 2022, Immunity
  • Cardiomyocyte Krüppel-Like Factor 5 Promotes De Novo Ceramide Biosynthesis and Contributes to Eccentric Remodeling in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy, 2021, Circulation
  • Podocyte-specific KLF4 is required to maintain parietal epithelial cell quiescence in the kidney, 2021, Science Advances
  • Incidence and Risk Factors for Pneumonitis Associated With Checkpoint Inhibitors in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Single Center Experience, 2023, The Oncologist

Vincent W. Yang has collaborated frequently with other researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include Agnieszka B. Bialkowska with 31 joint publications, Jason Shieh with 12, Emilia J. Orzechowska-Licari with 12, Soma Kobayashi with 10, and Timothy Chu with 8.

They were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018. This distinction is awarded to members who have made scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Best Publications

  • Mammalian Krüppel-Like Factors in Health and Diseases

    Beth B. McConnell;Vincent W. Yang

  • Identification and characterization of a gene encoding a gut-enriched Krüppel-like factor expressed during growth arrest.

    Janiel M. Shields;Robert J. Christy;Vincent W. Yang

  • Differentiation-induced gene expression in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes: CCAAT/enhancer binding protein interacts with and activates the promoters of two adipocyte-specific genes.

    R. J. Christy;V. W. Yang;J. M. Ntambi;D. E. Geiman

  • The zinc-finger transcription factor Klf4 is required for terminal differentiation of goblet cells in the colon.

    Jonathan P. Katz;Nathalie Perreault;Bree G. Goldstein;Catherine S. Lee

  • Stem cell therapy for liver disease: parameters governing the success of using bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.

    Tom K. Kuo;Shun–Pei Hung;Chiao–Hui Chuang;Chien–Tsun Chen

  • The biology of the mammalian Krüppel-like family of transcription factors.

    Duyen T. Dang;Jonathan Pevsner;Vincent W. Yang

  • PRIMARY CHEMOPREVENTION OF FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS WITH SULINDAC

    Francis M. Giardiello;Vincent W. Yang;Linda M. Hylind;Anne J. Krush

  • Krüppel-like Factor 4 (KLF4): What We Currently Know

    Amr M. Ghaleb;Vincent W. Yang

  • The gut-enriched Kruppel-like factor (Kruppel-like factor 4) mediates the transactivating effect of p53 on the p21WAF1/Cip1 promoter.

    Weiqing Zhang;Deborah E. Geiman;Janiel M. Shields;Duyen T. Dang

  • Identification of Krüppel-like factor 4 as a potential tumor suppressor gene in colorectal cancer

    Weidong Zhao;Irfan M Hisamuddin;Mandayam O Nandan;Brian A Babbin

  • Krüppel-like factors 4 and 5: the yin and yang regulators of cellular proliferation

    Amr M Ghaleb;Mandayam O Nandan;Sengthong Chanchevalap;W Brian Dalton

  • Near IR Heptamethine Cyanine Dye–Mediated Cancer Imaging

    Xiaojian Yang;Chunmeng Shi;Chunmeng Shi;Rong Tong;Weiping Qian

  • A small nuclear ribonucleoprotein is required for splicing of adenoviral early RNA sequences.

    V. W. Yang;M. R. Lerner;J. A. Steitz;S. J. Flint

  • Rapid generation of mature hepatocyte-like cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells by an efficient three-step protocol

    Yu Fan Chen;Yu Fan Chen;Chien Yu Tseng;Hsei Wei Wang;Hung Chih Kuo

  • Krüppel-like factor 4 (gut-enriched Krüppel-like factor) inhibits cell proliferation by blocking G1/S progression of the cell cycle.

    Xinming Chen;David C. Johns;Deborah E. Geiman;Eduardo Marban

  • The diverse functions of Krüppel-like factors 4 and 5 in epithelial biology and pathobiology.

    Beth B. McConnell;Amr M. Ghaleb;Mandayam O. Nandan;Vincent W. Yang

  • Krüppel-like Factor 4 Mediates p53-dependent G1/S Cell Cycle Arrest in Response to DNA Damage

    Hong S. Yoon;Xinming Chen;Vincent W. Yang

  • Identification of the DNA sequence that interacts with the gut-enriched Krüppel-like factor

    Janiel M. Shields;Vincent W. Yang

  • Transcriptional Profiling of Krüppel-like Factor 4 Reveals a Function in Cell Cycle Regulation and Epithelial Differentiation

    Xinming Chen;Erika M Whitney;Shu Y Gao;Vincent W Yang

  • Secondary Chemoprevention of Barrett's Esophagus With Celecoxib: Results of a Randomized Trial

    Elisabeth I. Heath;Marcia Irene Canto;Steven Piantadosi;Elizabeth Montgomery

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis M. Giardiello
Francis M. Giardiello Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Didier Merlin
Didier Merlin Georgia State University
Klaus H. Kaestner
Klaus H. Kaestner University of Pennsylvania
Stanley R. Hamilton
Stanley R. Hamilton City Of Hope National Medical Center
Lina M. Obeid
Lina M. Obeid Stony Brook University
Oscar K. Lee
Oscar K. Lee National Yang Ming University
Shanthi V. Sitaraman
Shanthi V. Sitaraman Emory University
Ira J. Goldberg
Ira J. Goldberg New York University
Andrew T. Gewirtz
Andrew T. Gewirtz Georgia State University
Robert A. Casero
Robert A. Casero Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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