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Weiya Xia is affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans primarily within the field of Medicine, with a focus on multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's body of work encompasses several main research topics, notably SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Reproductive System and Pregnancy, Traditional Chinese Medicine Analysis, and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies.

Frequent collaborators of Weiya Xia include Yanan Song, Miao Zhang, Zhongchao Mai, Xiaokun Ma, and Menghan Wang.

They have published in diverse scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in the Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Scientific Meeting and Exhibition. Other publication venues include Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Carbohydrate Polymers, Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, and Emerging Microbes & Infections.

  • Ezrin Mediates Invasion and Metastasis in Tumorigenesis: A Review (2020), Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • ChaC glutathione specific γ-glutamylcyclotransferase 1 inhibits cell viability and increases the sensitivity of prostate cancer cells to docetaxel by inducing endoplasmic reticulum stress and ferroptosis (2021), Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
  • A novel RBD-protein/peptide vaccine elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies and protects mice and macaques against SARS-CoV-2 (2022), Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Structural characterization of an inulin neoseries-type fructan from Ophiopogonis Radix and the therapeutic effect on liver fibrosis in vivo (2023), Carbohydrate Polymers
  • The role of PYCR1 in inhibiting 5-fluorouracil-induced ferroptosis and apoptosis through SLC25A10 in colorectal cancer (2022), Human Cell

Best Publications

  • Cytoplasmic localization of p21Cip1/WAF1 by Akt-induced phosphorylation in HER-2/neu-overexpressing cells.

    Binhua P. Zhou;Yong Liao;Weiya Xia;Bill Spohn

  • Nuclear localization of EGF receptor and its potential new role as a transcription factor

    Shiaw Yih Lin;Keishi Makino;Weiya Xia;Angabin Matin

  • HER-2 / neu induces p53 ubiquitination via Akt-mediated MDM2 phosphorylation

    Binhua P. Zhou;Yong Liao;Weiya Xia;Yiyu Zou

  • β-Catenin, a novel prognostic marker for breast cancer: Its roles in cyclin D1 expression and cancer progression

    Shiaw Yih Lin;Weiya Xia;Jo C. Wang;Ka Yin Kwong

  • Glycosylation and stabilization of programmed death ligand-1 suppresses T-cell activity

    Chia Wei Li;Seung Oe Lim;Weiya Xia;Heng Huan Lee

  • Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Cooperates with Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 to Induce Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Cancer Cells via Up-regulation of TWIST Gene Expression

    Hui Wen Lo;Sheng Chieh Hsu;Weiya Xia;Xinyu Cao

  • p53 regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition and stem cell properties through modulating miRNAs

    Chun Ju Chang;Chi Hong Chao;Weiya Xia;Jer Yen Yang;Jer Yen Yang

  • PARP inhibitor upregulates PD-L1 expression and enhances cancer-associated immunosuppression

    Shiping Jiao;Shiping Jiao;Weiya Xia;Hirohito Yamaguchi;Yongkun Wei

  • ERK promotes tumorigenesis by inhibiting FOXO3a via MDM2-mediated degradation

    Jer Yen Yang;Cong S. Zong;Weiya Xia;Hirohito Yamaguchi

  • Upregulation of CXCR4 is essential for HER2-mediated tumor metastasis

    Yan M. Li;Yong Pan;Yongkun Wei;Xiaoyun Cheng;Xiaoyun Cheng

  • PD-L1-mediated gasdermin C expression switches apoptosis to pyroptosis in cancer cells and facilitates tumour necrosis

    Junwei Hou;Rongce Zhao;Rongce Zhao;Rongce Zhao;Weiya Xia;Chiung Wen Chang

  • Erk Associates with and Primes GSK-3β for Its Inactivation Resulting in Upregulation of β-Catenin

    Qingqing Ding;Weiya Xia;Jaw Ching Liu;Jer Yen Yang;Jer Yen Yang

  • Deubiquitination and Stabilization of PD-L1 by CSN5

    Seung Oe Lim;Chia Wei Li;Weiya Xia;Jong Ho Cha

  • Nuclear interaction of EGFR and STAT3 in the activation of the iNOS/NO pathway.

    Hui Wen Lo;Sheng Chieh Hsu;Mohamed Ali-Seyed;Mehmet Gunduz

  • Metformin Promotes Antitumor Immunity via Endoplasmic-Reticulum-Associated Degradation of PD-L1.

    Jong-Ho Cha;Wen-Hao Yang;Weiya Xia;Yongkun Wei

  • Akt-Mediated Phosphorylation of EZH2 Suppresses Methylation of Lysine 27 in Histone H3

    Tai Lung Cha;Tai Lung Cha;Binhua P. Zhou;Weiya Xia;Yadi Wu

  • Folate-targeted therapies for cancer.

    Wei Xia;Philip S. Low

  • HER-2/neu Blocks Tumor Necrosis Factor-induced Apoptosis via the Akt/NF-κB Pathway

    Binhua P. Zhou;Mickey C T Hu;Stephanie A. Miller;Zhenming Yu

  • Epithelial-mesenchymal transition induced by TNF-α requires NF-κB-mediated transcriptional upregulation of Twist1

    Chia Wei Li;Weiya Xia;Longfei Huo;Seung Oe Lim

  • Erratum: P53 regulates epithelial, mesenchymal transition and stem cell properties through modulating miRNAs (Nature Cell Biology (2011) 13 (317-323))

    Chun Ju Chang;Chi Hong Chao;Weiya Xia;Jer Yen Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Mien Chie Hung
Mien Chie Hung China Medical University
Yongkun Wei
Yongkun Wei The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dung Fang Lee
Dung Fang Lee The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi
Gabriel N. Hortobagyi The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dihua Yu
Dihua Yu The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jun Yao
Jun Yao The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Chang Hai Tsai
Chang Hai Tsai Asian University
Binhua P. Zhou
Binhua P. Zhou University of Kentucky
Aysegul A. Sahin
Aysegul A. Sahin The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Huamin Wang
Huamin Wang The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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