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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
6687
World Ranking
19151
National Ranking
670

Overview

Xi Yang is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada and has contributed extensively to multiple fields, primarily focusing on medicine, immunology and microbiology, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research spans several subfields, including Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in the breadth of topics covered in their work, such as immune cell function and interaction, reproductive system and pregnancy, immunotherapy and immune responses, reproductive tract infections research, microRNA in disease regulation, neurobiology and insect physiology research, and cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers.

Xi Yang has co-authored multiple papers with a variety of frequent collaborators. Notable coauthors include Rony Thomas, Shuhe Wang, Enhua Hao, Pengfei Lu, and Haili Qiao.

Several recent publications provide insight into Xi Yang's research focus:

  • "Th17/Treg Imbalance: Implications in Lung Inflammatory Diseases," 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Photothermogenetic inhibition of cancer stemness by near-infrared-light-activatable nanocomplexes," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Rapid and Broad Immune Efficacy of a Recombinant Five-Antigen Vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus Infection in Animal Models," 2020, Vaccines
  • "Oncoprotein SND1 hijacks nascent MHC-I heavy chain to ER-associated degradation, leading to impaired CD8 + T cell response in tumor," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Knockdown of lncRNA SNHG16 suppresses multiple myeloma cell proliferation by sponging miR-342-3p," 2020, Cancer Cell International

Xi Yang has published frequently in several scientific journals. The most common venues include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, and PubMed.

Best Publications

  • IL-10 Gene Knockout Mice Show Enhanced Th1-Like Protective Immunity and Absent Granuloma Formation Following Chlamydia trachomatis Lung Infection

    Xi Yang;John Gartner;Lihua Zhu;Shuhe Wang

  • Genetically determined differences in IL-10 and IFN-gamma responses correlate with clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis infection.

    X Yang;K T HayGlass;R C Brunham

  • A GABAergic system in airway epithelium is essential for mucus overproduction in asthma

    Xiang Yy;Wang S;Liu M;Hirota Ja

  • IL-17/Th17 Promotes Type 1 T Cell Immunity against Pulmonary Intracellular Bacterial Infection through Modulating Dendritic Cell Function

    Hong Bai;Jianjun Cheng;Xiaoling Gao;Antony George Joyee

  • Gene Knockout B Cell-Deficient Mice Demonstrate That B Cells Play an Important Role in the Initiation of T Cell Responses to Chlamydia trachomatis (Mouse Pneumonitis) Lung Infection

    Xi Yang;Robert C. Brunham

  • IFN‐γ knockout mice show Th2‐associated delayed‐type hypersensitivity and the inflammatory cells fail to localize and control chlamydial infection

    Shuhe Wang;Yijun Fan;Robert C. C.Brunham;Xi Yang

  • Type I IFNs Enhance Susceptibility to Chlamydia muridarum Lung Infection by Enhancing Apoptosis of Local Macrophages

    Hongyu Qiu;Yijun Fan;Antony George Joyee;Shuhe Wang

  • DNA Vaccination with the Major Outer-Membrane Protein Gene Induces Acquired Immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis (Mouse Pneumonitis) Infection

    Dong-ji Zhang;Xi Yang;Jody Berry;Caixia Shen

  • Priming with Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein (MOMP) DNA followed by MOMP ISCOM boosting enhances protection and is associated with increased immunoglobulin A and Th1 cellular immune responses.

    Zhang Dong-Ji;Xi Yang;Caixia Shen;Hong Lu

  • Response of early-weaned pigs to an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (K88) challenge when fed diets containing spray-dried porcine plasma or pea protein isolate plus egg yolk antibody.

    A. Owusu-Asiedu;C. M. Nyachoti;Samuel K Baidoo;R. R. Marquardt

  • IL-17R activation of human airway smooth muscle cells induces CXCL-8 production via a transcriptional-dependent mechanism.

    M S Rahman;Jie Yang;Lian Yu Shan;Helmut Unruh

  • IL-10 deficiency prevents IL-5 overproduction and eosinophilic inflammation in a murine model of asthma-like reaction.

    Xi Yang;Shuhe Wang;Yijun Fan;Xiaobing Han

  • Hepatitis B Virus-Encoded MicroRNA Controls Viral Replication.

    Xi Yang;Hongfeng Li;Huahui Sun;Hongxia Fan

  • Natural killer T cells contribute to airway eosinophilic inflammation induced by ragweed through enhanced IL-4 and eotaxin production.

    Laura Bilenki;Jie Yang;Yijun Fan;Shuhe Wang

  • Autoimmunity to Heat Shock Protein 60 and Antigen-Specific Production of Interleukin-10

    Y Yi;X Yang;R C Brunham

  • SND1 Acts Downstream of TGFβ1 and Upstream of Smurf1 to Promote Breast Cancer Metastasis.

    Lin Yu;Xin Liu;Kang Cui;Yanbo Di

  • Chemically modified antigen preferentially elicits induction of Th1-like cytokine synthesis patterns in vivo

    Xi Yang;Randall S. Gieni;Tim R. Mosmann;Kent T. HayGlass

  • NK T Cell Activation Promotes Chlamydia trachomatis Infection In Vivo

    Laura Bilenki;Shuhe Wang;Jie Yang;Yijun Fan

  • LncRNA RSU1P2 contributes to tumorigenesis by acting as a ceRNA against let-7a in cervical cancer cells

    Qian Liu;Xu Guo;Shengshun Que;Xi Yang

  • Role of toll-like receptors in immune responses to chlamydial infections.

    A. G. Joyee;Xi Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Brunham
Robert C. Brunham University of British Columbia
Kent T. HayGlass
Kent T. HayGlass University of Manitoba
Min Liu
Min Liu Shandong Normal University
Olli Silvennoinen
Olli Silvennoinen Tampere University
Pawan K. Singal
Pawan K. Singal University of Manitoba
Andrew J. Halayko
Andrew J. Halayko University of Manitoba
Abdelilah S. Gounni
Abdelilah S. Gounni University of Manitoba
Heinrich Körner
Heinrich Körner University of Tasmania
Yang-Xin Fu
Yang-Xin Fu Tsinghua University
Charles M. Nyachoti
Charles M. Nyachoti University of Manitoba

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