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Yu-Ying He is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broad areas, their work focuses extensively on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cancer Research, and Reproductive Medicine.

The scientist has contributed to topics including RNA modifications and cancer, the reproductive system and pregnancy, cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, endometriosis research and treatment, cancer-related gene regulation, RNA research and splicing, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Yu-Ying He has published multiple papers, with notable recent works including:

  • FTO mediates LINE1 m 6 A demethylation and chromatin regulation in mESCs and mouse development, 2022, Science
  • Keratinocyte autophagy enables the activation of keratinocytes and fibroblasts and facilitates wound healing, 2020, Autophagy
  • Stabilization of ERK-Phosphorylated METTL3 by USP5 Increases m6A Methylation, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • METTL14 facilitates global genome repair and suppresses skin tumorigenesis, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Autophagy of the m6A mRNA demethylase FTO is impaired by low-level arsenic exposure to promote tumorigenesis, 2021, Nature Communications

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Yan-Hong Cui
  • Seungwon Yang
  • Emma Wilkinson
  • Chuan He
  • Bo Li

Their publications appear regularly in scientific journals such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Cell Reports, Photochemistry and Photobiology, Molecular Cell, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • The role of UV-B radiation in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems--an experimental and functional analysis of the evolution of UV-absorbing compounds.

    J Rozema;L.O Björn;J.F Bornman;A Gaberščik

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • m6A mRNA demethylase FTO regulates melanoma tumorigenicity and response to anti-PD-1 blockade.

    Seungwon Yang;Jiangbo Wei;Yan-Hong Cui;Gayoung Park

  • UV-B-induced formation of reactive oxygen species and oxidative damage of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp.: protective effects of ascorbic acid and N-acetyl-L-cysteine.

    Yu-Ying He;Donat P Häder

  • Mechanisms and prevention of UV-induced melanoma

    Ashley Sample;Yu-Ying He

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Reactive oxygen species and UV-B: effect on cyanobacteria.

    Yu-Ying He;Donat-P. Häder

  • Regulation of cell proliferation and migration by p62 through stabilization of Twist1

    Lei Qiang;Baozhong Zhao;Mei Ming;Ning Wang

  • Ultraviolet radiation-induced non-melanoma skin cancer: Regulation of DNA damage repair and inflammation.

    InYoung Kim;Yu-Ying He

  • Arsenic-induced malignant transformation of human keratinocytes: Involvement of Nrf2

    Jingbo Pi;Bhalchandra A. Diwan;Yang Sun;Jie Liu

  • Enhanced photodynamic efficacy towards melanoma cells by encapsulation of Pc4 in silica nanoparticles

    Baozhong Zhao;Jun-Jie Yin;Piotr J. Bilski;Colin F. Chignell

  • Recent advances in the prevention and treatment of skin cancer using photodynamic therapy

    Baozhong Zhao;Yu-Ying He

  • Targeting the AMP-activated protein kinase for cancer prevention and therapy

    InYoung Kim;Yu-Ying He

  • Involvement of reactive oxygen species in the UV-B damage to the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp.

    Yu Ying He;Donat P Häder

  • PTEN in DNA damage repair.

    Mei Ming;Yu-Ying He

  • Adaptation of cyanobacteria to UV-B stress correlated with oxidative stress and oxidative damage.

    Yu-Ying He;Manfred Klisch;Donat-P. Häder

  • Regulation of global genome nucleotide excision repair by SIRT1 through xeroderma pigmentosum C

    Mei Ming;Christopher R. Shea;Xiumei Guo;Xiaoling Li

  • Keratinocyte autophagy enables the activation of keratinocytes and fibroblastsand facilitates wound healing.

    Lei Qiang;Lei Qiang;Seungwon Yang;Yan-Hong Cui;Yu-Ying He

Frequent Co-Authors

Benoit Viollet
Benoit Viollet Institut Cochin
Kay F. Macleod
Kay F. Macleod University of Chicago
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Felix Randow
Felix Randow MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Min Li
Min Li Hong Kong Baptist University
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Philippe Pierre
Philippe Pierre Aix-Marseille University
Steven Finkbeiner
Steven Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco

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