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Yijuang Chern

Yijuang Chern

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
7577
World Ranking
16379
National Ranking
80

Overview

Yijuang Chern is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. Their scholarly output includes a strong focus on molecular biology, neurology, physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and genetics as primary subfields of study.

Their work encompasses several key research topics, including:

  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Chern has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • Movement Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biomedical Science
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation

Selected recent papers include:

  • Emerging roles of dysregulated adenosine homeostasis in brain disorders with a specific focus on neurodegenerative diseases, 2021, Journal of Biomedical Science
  • Galectin-3 aggravates microglial activation and tau transmission in tauopathy, 2023, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 inhibition rescues energy dysfunction and pathology in a model of tauopathy, 2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • The Impact of Dysregulated microRNA Biogenesis Machinery and microRNA Sorting on Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Roles of Siglecs in neurodegenerative diseases, 2022, Molecular Aspects of Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Chern's research include Chun-Jung Lin, Ching-Pang Chang, David Blum, Luc Buée, and Hung-Chih Kuo. These partnerships have contributed to a productive research output and multidisciplinary approaches.

Best Publications

  • Aspects of the general biology of adenosine A2A signaling.

    Bertil B. Fredholm;Yijuang Chern;Rafael Franco;Michail Sitkovsky

  • A critical role of astrocyte-mediated nuclear factor-κB-dependent inflammation in Huntington's disease

    Han-Yun Hsiao;Yu-Chen Chen;Yu-Chen Chen;Hui-Mei Chen;Pang-Hsien Tu

  • Galectin-3 is required for the microglia-mediated brain inflammation in a model of Huntington’s disease

    Jian Jing Siew;Jian Jing Siew;Hui Mei Chen;Huan Yuan Chen;Hung Lin Chen

  • Nuclear translocation of AMPK-α1 potentiates striatal neurodegeneration in Huntington’s disease

    Tz Chuen Ju;Tz Chuen Ju;Hui Mei Chen;Jiun Tsai Lin;Ching Pang Chang

  • CGS21680 attenuates symptoms of Huntington's disease in a transgenic mouse model.

    Szu Yi Chou;Yi Chao Lee;Hui Mei Chen;Ming Chang Chiang;Ming Chang Chiang

  • Mutations in the ubiquitin-binding domain of OPTN/optineurin interfere with autophagy-mediated degradation of misfolded proteins by a dominant-negative mechanism

    Wen-Chuan Shen;Huei-Ying Li;Guang-Chao Chen;Yijuang Chern

  • Protein kinase C inhibits adenylyl cyclase type VI activity during desensitization of the A2a-adenosine receptor-mediated cAMP response.

    Hsing Lin Lai;Te Hsun Yang;Robert O. Messing;Yung Hao Ching

  • Essential role of cAMP-response element-binding protein activation by A2A adenosine receptors in rescuing the nerve growth factor-induced neurite outgrowth impaired by blockage of the MAPK cascade

    Hsiao-Chun Cheng;Hsiu-Ming Shih;Yijuang Chern

  • Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Prolong Survival and Ameliorate Motor Deficit through Trophic Support in Huntington's Disease Mouse Models

    Yuan Ta Lin;Yuan Ta Lin;Yijuang Chern;Che Kun James Shen;Hsin Lan Wen

  • Inhibition of soluble tumor necrosis factor is therapeutic in Huntington's disease

    Han-Yun Hsiao;Feng-Lan Chiu;Chiung-Mei Chen;Yih-Ru Wu

  • Activation of protein kinase A and atypical protein kinase C by A(2A) adenosine receptors antagonizes apoptosis due to serum deprivation in PC12 cells.

    Nai Kuei Huang;Ya Wen Lin;Chuen Lin Huang;Robert O. Messing

  • Adenosine receptor neurobiology: overview

    Jiang-Fan Chen;Chien-fei Lee;Yijuang Chern

  • Disruption of the nuclear membrane by perinuclear inclusions of mutant huntingtin causes cell-cycle re-entry and striatal cell death in mouse and cell models of Huntington's disease.

    Kuan Yu Liu;Yu Chiau Shyu;Brett A. Barbaro;Yuan Ta Lin

  • Neurovascular abnormalities in humans and mice with Huntington's disease

    Chien-Yuan Lin;Yi-Hua Hsu;Ming-Huang Lin;Tsai-Hui Yang

  • Dysregulation of C/EBPα by mutant Huntingtin causes the urea cycle deficiency in Huntington's disease

    Ming-Chang Chiang;Hui-Mei Chen;Yi-Hsin Lee;Hao-Hung Chang

  • Regulation of adenylyl cyclase in the central nervous system.

    Yijuang Chern

  • Multiple mechanisms for desensitization of A2a adenosine receptor-mediated cAMP elevation in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells

    Yijuang Chern;Hsing-Lin Lai;J. C. Fong;Yu Liang

  • The A2A adenosine receptor rescues the urea cycle deficiency of Huntington's disease by enhancing the activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome system

    Ming Chang Chiang;Ming Chang Chiang;Hui Mei Chen;Hsing Lin Lai;Hsiao Wen Chen

  • Aberrant astrocytes impair vascular reactivity in Huntington disease.

    Han-Yun Hsiao;Han-Yun Hsiao;Yu-Chen Chen;Yu-Chen Chen;Chien-Hsiang Huang;Chien-Hsiang Huang;Chiao-Chi Chen

  • PPARgamma rescue of the mitochondrial dysfunction in Huntington's disease.

    Ming-Chang Chiang;Yijuang Chern;Rong-Nan Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim-Min Fang
Jim-Min Fang National Taiwan University
David Blum
David Blum University of Lille
Luc Buée
Luc Buée University of Lille
Sergi Ferré
Sergi Ferré National Institute on Drug Abuse
Jiang-Fan Chen
Jiang-Fan Chen Boston University
Robert O. Messing
Robert O. Messing The University of Texas at Austin
Luísa V. Lopes
Luísa V. Lopes University of Lisbon
Jer-Yuarn Wu
Jer-Yuarn Wu Academia Sinica
Fuu Jen Tsai
Fuu Jen Tsai China Medical University
Stanley N. Cohen
Stanley N. Cohen Stanford University

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