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70
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2241
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60

Overview

Yong-Gang Yao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research principally spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with an emphasis on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, and Immunology.

The scientist's work addresses multiple key topics, including:

  • interferon and immune responses
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Yong-Gang Yao has published extensively in several venues. Some of the most frequent publication platforms include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Molecular Neurobiology
  • EBioMedicine

The scientist has collaborated with various co-authors on multiple occasions. Frequent collaborators include Ling Xu, Rui Bi, Dengfeng Zhang, Dandan Yu, and Rongcan Luo.

Among the recent papers involving Yong-Gang Yao are:

  • "A circadian rhythm-gated subcortical pathway for nighttime-light-induced depressive-like behaviors in mice," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Phylogenomic analyses provide insights into primate evolution," 2023, Science
  • "Specific inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome suppresses immune overactivation and alleviates COVID-19 like pathology in mice," 2021, EBioMedicine
  • "Zoonotic origins of human coronavirus 2019 (HCoV-19 / SARS-CoV-2): why is this work important?", 2020,
  • "Longitudinal transcriptome analyses show robust T cell immunity during recovery from COVID-19," 2020, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Phylogeographic differentiation of mitochondrial DNA in Han Chinese

    Yong Gang Yao;Qing Peng Kong;Hans Jürgen Bandelt;Toomas Kivisild

  • Multiple maternal origins of chickens: out of the Asian jungles.

    Yi-Ping Liu;Gui-Sheng Wu;Gui-Sheng Wu;Gui-Sheng Wu;Yong-Gang Yao;Yong-Wang Miao

  • Updating the East Asian mtDNA phylogeny: a prerequisite for the identification of pathogenic mutations

    Qing-Peng Kong;Qing-Peng Kong;Qing-Peng Kong;Hans-Jürgen Bandelt;Chang Sun;Chang Sun;Chang Sun;Yong-Gang Yao

  • Phylogeny of East Asian Mitochondrial DNA Lineages Inferred from Complete Sequences

    Qing-Peng Kong;Yong-Gang Yao;Yong-Gang Yao;Chang Sun;Chang Sun;Hans-Jürgen Bandelt

  • Genome of the Chinese tree shrew

    Yu Fan;Zhi-Yong Huang;Chang-Chang Cao;Ce-Shi Chen

  • Chicken domestication: an updated perspective based on mitochondrial genomes

    Miao Yw;Peng Ms;Peng Ms;Wu Gs;Ouyang Yn

  • Different Matrilineal Contributions to Genetic Structure of Ethnic Groups in the Silk Road Region in China

    Yong-Gang Yao;Qing-Peng Kong;Cheng-Ye Wang;Chun-Ling Zhu

  • Mitochondrial Genome Evidence Reveals Successful Late Paleolithic Settlement on the Tibetan Plateau

    Mian Zhao;Qing-Peng Kong;Hua-Wei Wang;Min-Sheng Peng

  • Activation of PPARA-mediated autophagy reduces Alzheimer disease-like pathology and cognitive decline in a murine model

    Rongcan Luo;Rongcan Luo;Ling-Yan Su;Ling-Yan Su;Guiyu Li;Guiyu Li;Jing Yang;Jing Yang

  • A Critical Reassessment of the Role of Mitochondria in Tumorigenesis

    Antonio Salas;Yong-Gang Yao;Vincent Macaulay;Ana Vega

  • A systematic integrated analysis of brain expression profiles reveals YAP1 and other prioritized hub genes as important upstream regulators in Alzheimer's disease

    Min Xu;Min Xu;Deng-Feng Zhang;Rongcan Luo;Rongcan Luo;Yong Wu;Yong Wu

  • Genetic relationship of Chinese ethnic populations revealed by mtDNA sequence diversity

    Yong Gang Yao;Long Nie;Henry Harpending;Yunxin Fu

  • The Dazzling Array of Basal Branches in the mtDNA Macrohaplogroup M from India as Inferred from Complete Genomes

    Chang Sun;Qing-Peng Kong;Malliya gounder Palanichamy;Suraksha Agrawal

  • Population phylogenomic analysis of mitochondrial DNA in wild boars and domestic pigs revealed multiple domestication events in East Asia

    Gui-Sheng Wu;Yong-Gang Yao;Kai-Xing Qu;Zhao-Li Ding

  • Genetic diversity and origin of Chinese cattle revealed by mtDNA D-loop sequence variation.

    Song-Jia Lai;Yi-Ping Liu;Yan-Xing Liu;Xue-Wei Li

  • MitoTool: A web server for the analysis and retrieval of human mitochondrial DNA sequence variations

    Long Fan;Long Fan;Yong-Gang Yao

  • Mitochondrial DNA sequence polymorphisms of five ethnic populations from northern China

    Qing-Peng Kong;Yong-Gang Yao;Yong-Gang Yao;Mu Liu;Shu-Ping Shen

  • Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups M7b1 ' 2 and M8a Affect Clinical Expression of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy in Chinese Families with the m.11778G -> A Mutation

    Yanli Ji;A-Mei Zhang;A-Mei Zhang;Xiaoyun Jia;Ya-Ping Zhang

  • Pseudomitochondrial genome haunts disease studies

    Yong-Gang Yao;Qing-Peng Kong;Antonio Salas;Hans-Jürgen Bandelt

Frequent Co-Authors

Ya-Ping Zhang
Ya-Ping Zhang Kunming Institute of Zoology
Hans-Jürgen Bandelt
Hans-Jürgen Bandelt Universität Hamburg
Dong Wang
Dong Wang Peking University
Antonio Salas
Antonio Salas University of Santiago de Compostela
Qingjiong Zhang
Qingjiong Zhang Sun Yat-sen University
Yong-Tang Zheng
Yong-Tang Zheng Kunming Institute of Zoology
Bing Su
Bing Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Neal S. Young
Neal S. Young National Institutes of Health
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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