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97

Overview

You-Qiang Song is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and focuses primarily on research within Medicine, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work frequently intersects with specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Surgery, Genetics, Immunology, and Physiology.

The scientist's research encapsulates multiple core topics such as Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, dementia and cognitive impairment research, scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, connective tissue disorders research, autophagy in disease and therapy, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and immune cells in cancer.

Among recent publications are:

  • "Autophagy in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis: Therapeutic potential and future perspectives" (2021, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • "Kindlin-2 regulates skeletal homeostasis by modulating PTH1R in mice" (2020, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy)
  • "Exploring the multifunctional role of melatonin in regulating autophagy and sleep to mitigate Alzheimer's disease neuropathology" (2021, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • "Ginsenoside Rg1 ameliorates Alzheimer's disease pathology via restoring mitophagy" (2022, Journal of Ginseng Research)
  • "Microfluidics-Based Systems in Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and Biomimetic Modeling" (2020, Micromachines)

The venues where they frequently publish include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), SSRN Electronic Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), EBioMedicine, and Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Repeated collaborations include work with Ming Yue, Leung-Wing Chu, Yanhui Fan, Jason Pui Yin Cheung, and Zhiwei Chen, reflecting ongoing team efforts in various research projects.

Best Publications

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • The neuronal sortilin-related receptor SORL1 is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease

    Ekaterina Rogaeva;Ekaterina Rogaeva;Yan Meng;Joseph H. Lee;Yongjun Gu;Yongjun Gu

  • Nicastrin modulates presenilin-mediated notch/glp-1 signal transduction and βAPP processing

    Gang Yu;Masaki Nishimura;Shigeki Arawaka;Shigeki Arawaka;Diane Levitan

  • Mental and physical activities delay cognitive decline in older persons with dementia

    Sheung-Tak Cheng;Pizza K. Chow;You-Qiang Song;Edwin C.S. Yu

  • Screening for PS1 mutations in a referral-based series of AD cases: 21 Novel mutations

    E. A. Rogaeva;K.C. Fafel;Y.Q. Song;H. Medeiros

  • Genome-wide association study identifies NRG1 as a susceptibility locus for Hirschsprung's disease

    Maria-Mercè Garcia-Barcelo;Clara Sze-man Tang;Elly Sau-wai Ngan;Vincent Chi-hang Lui

  • The TRP2 allele of COL9A2 is an age-dependent risk factor for the development and severity of intervertebral disc degeneration.

    Jeffrey J T Jim;Noora Noponen-Hietala;Kenneth M C Cheung;Jürg Ott

  • Autophagy in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis: Therapeutic potential and future perspectives.

    Zhigang Zhang;Xifei Yang;You-Qiang Song;Jie Tu

  • Retraction Note: Evaluation of next-generation sequencing software in mapping and assembly

    SuYing Bao;Rui Jiang;WingKeung Kwan;BinBin Wang

  • Genetics of disc degeneration

    Danny Chan;Youqiang Song;Pak Sham;Pak Sham;Kenneth M. C. Cheung

  • Evidence for an Alzheimer disease susceptibility locus on chromosome 12 and for further locus heterogeneity

    Ekaterina Rogaeva;Smita Premkumar;Youqiang Song;Sandro Sorbi

  • Identification of TMPRSS2 as a Susceptibility Gene for Severe 2009 Pandemic A(H1N1) Influenza and A(H7N9) Influenza

    Zhongshan Cheng;Jie Zhou;Kelvin Kai Wang To;Hin Chu

  • Association of the Taq I allele in vitamin D receptor with degenerative disc disease and disc bulge in a chinese population

    Kenneth M.C. Cheung;Danny Chan;Jaro Karppinen;Yiquin Chen

  • Salvianolic acid B inhibits Aβ fibril formation and disaggregates preformed fibrils and protects against Aβ-induced cytotoxicty

    Siva Sundara Kumar Durairajan;Qiuju Yuan;Lixia Xie;Wing Sai Chan

  • Nicastrin binds to membrane-tethered Notch

    Fusheng Chen;Gang Yu;Shigeki Arawaka;Masaki Nishimura;Masaki Nishimura

  • Genome-wide association study identifies a susceptibility locus for biliary atresia on 10q24.2

    Maria-Mercè Garcia-Barceló;Ming-Yiu Yeung;Xiao-Ping Miao;Clara Sze-Man Tang

  • Lumbar disc degeneration is linked to a carbohydrate sulfotransferase 3 variant

    You-Qiang Song;Tatsuki Karasugi;Kenneth M.C. Cheung;Kazuhiro Chiba

  • A systematic review of familial Alzheimer's disease: Differences in presentation of clinical features among three mutated genes and potential ethnic differences

    Yat-Fung Shea;Leung-Wing Chu;Angel On-Kei Chan;Joyce Ha

  • An α-2-macroglobulin insertion-deletion polymorphism in alzheimer disease

    Ekaterina A. Rogaeva;Smita Premkumar;Janet Grubber;Lutgarde Serneels

Frequent Co-Authors

Pak C. Sham
Pak C. Sham University of Hong Kong
Daniel W. Chan
Daniel W. Chan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jaro Karppinen
Jaro Karppinen University of Oulu
Ekaterina Rogaeva
Ekaterina Rogaeva University of Toronto
Kathryn S. E. Cheah
Kathryn S. E. Cheah University of Hong Kong
Peter St George-Hyslop
Peter St George-Hyslop Columbia University
Paul E. Fraser
Paul E. Fraser University of Toronto
Keith D. K. Luk
Keith D. K. Luk University of Hong Kong
P. H. St George-Hyslop
P. H. St George-Hyslop University of Toronto

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