Yuet Wai Kan

Research.com Recognitions

• 2011 - Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award, American Association of Blood Banks (AABB)
• 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
• 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1986 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
• 1986 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1984 - Canada Gairdner International Award
• 1981 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
• Member of the Association of American Physicians
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Association of American Physicians
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Association of American Physicians
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Association of American Physicians
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Association of American Physicians
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Association of American Physicians
• Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Isolation of NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a NF-E2-like basic leucine zipper transcriptional activator that binds to the tandem NF-E2/AP1 repeat of the beta-globin locus control region.

  P. Moi;K. Chan;I. Asunis;A. Cao

  2137
  Citations

• The human insulin receptor cDNA: The structural basis for hormone-activated transmembrane signalling

  Yousuke Ebina;Leland Ellis;Kurt Jarnagin;Marc Edery

  1836
  Citations

• Identification of the NF-E2-related Factor-2-dependent Genes Conferring Protection against Oxidative Stress in Primary Cortical Astrocytes Using Oligonucleotide Microarray Analysis

  Jong-Min Lee;Marcus J. Calkins;Kaimin Chan;Yuet Wai Kan

  1096
  Citations

• An important function of Nrf2 in combating oxidative stress: detoxification of acetaminophen.

  Kaimin Chan;Xiao-Dong Han;Yuet Wai Kan

  1059
  Citations

• Polymorphism of DNA sequence adjacent to human beta-globin structural gene: relationship to sickle mutation

  Yuet Wai Kan;Andree M. Dozy

  1025
  Citations

• Nrf2 is essential for protection against acute pulmonary injury in mice

  Kaimin Chan;Yuet Wai Kan

  829
  Citations

• Rapid duplication and loss of genes coding for the alpha chains of hemoglobin

  E. A. Zimmer;S. L. Martin;Stephen Beverley;Y. W. Kan

  692
  Citations

• Nrf2-mediated neuroprotection in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease : Critical role for the astrocyte

  Pei Chun Chen;Marcelo R. Vargas;Amar K. Pani;Richard J. Smeyne

  665
  Citations

• Tissue-specific targeting of retroviral vectors through ligand-receptor interactions.

  Noriyuki Kasahara;Andrée M. Dozy;Yuet Wai Kan

  610
  Citations

• Seamless gene correction of β-thalassemia mutations in patient-specific iPSCs using CRISPR/Cas9 and piggyBac

  Fei Xie;Lin Ye;Judy C. Chang;Ashley I. Beyer

  520
  Citations

• Antenatal Diagnosis of Sickle-Cell Anaemia by D. N. A. Analysis of Amniotic-Fluid Cells

  Yuet Wai Kan;AndrÉe M. Dozy

  481
  Citations

• Cloning of Nrf1, an NF-E2-related transcription factor, by genetic selection in yeast.

  Jefferson Y. Chan;Xiao-Liang Han;Yuet Wai Kan

  480
  Citations

• Seamless modification of wild-type induced pluripotent stem cells to the natural CCR5Δ32 mutation confers resistance to HIV infection

  Lin Ye;Jiaming Wang;Ashley I. Beyer;Fernando Teque

  401
  Citations

• Nrf2 Transcription Factor, a Novel Target of Keratinocyte Growth Factor Action Which Regulates Gene Expression and Inflammation in the Healing Skin Wound

  Susanne Braun;Christine Hanselmann;Marcus G. Gassmann;Ulrich A. Auf dem Keller

  385
  Citations

• Targeted disruption of the ubiquitous CNC‐bZIP transcription factor, Nrf‐1, results in anemia and embryonic lethality in mice

  Jefferson Y. Chan;Mandy Kwong;Ronghua Lu;Judy Chang

  376
  Citations

• Prenatal diagnosis of sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia by analysis of fetal cells in maternal blood.

  Mei-Chi Cheung;James D. Goldberg;Yuet Wai Kan

  372
  Citations

• Detection of specific DNA sequences by fluorescence amplification: a color complementation assay.

  Farid F. Chehab;Y. W. Kan

  368
  Citations

• Protection from mitochondrial complex II inhibition in vitro and in vivo by Nrf2-mediated transcription

  Marcus J. Calkins;Rebekah J. Jakel;Delinda A. Johnson;Kaimin Chan

  355
  Citations

• beta 0 thalassemia, a nonsense mutation in man

  Judy C. Chang;Yuet Wai Kan

  354
  Citations

• Methods and compositions for targeting specific tissue

  Yuet Wai Kan;Noriyuki Kasahara

  352
  Citations