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Overview

Yun Ma is a researcher affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific contributions to subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Surgery, Oncology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Their research interests cover a range of biomedical topics such as neutrophil function, myeloperoxidase activity, oxidative mechanisms, chemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigation, S100 proteins and annexins, cardiac ischemia and reperfusion, cell death mechanisms and regulation, cardiac fibrosis and remodeling, and inflammasome-related immune disorders.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Blocking the death checkpoint protein TRAIL improves cardiac function after myocardial infarction in monkeys, pigs, and rats, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • 1,25(OH)2D3 alleviates DSS-induced ulcerative colitis via inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation, 2020, Journal of Leukocyte Biology
  • Gut microbiota aggravate cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury via regulating the formation of neutrophils extracellular traps, 2022, Life Sciences
  • Mitigation of ischemia/reperfusion injury via selenium nanoparticles: Suppression of STAT1 to inhibit cardiomyocyte oxidative stress and inflammation, 2025, Biomaterials
  • Identification of a Human Anti-Alpha-Toxin Monoclonal Antibody Against Staphylococcus aureus Infection, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Yun Ma has frequently published in venues such as:

  • Cell Death Discovery
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Discover Medicine
  • Biomaterials
  • Science Translational Medicine

They have collaborated often with researchers including:

  • Yinxiang Wei
  • Run Cao
  • Yaohui Wang
  • Xuance Wang
  • Shulian Li

Their body of work reflects a focus on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying immunological and pathological processes, especially those related to cardiac injury, inflammation, and immune regulation. This research involves experimental and translational approaches to address topics like cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury, the role of inflammasomes in disease, and the mitigation of oxidative stress in cardiomyocytes.

Best Publications

  • Impairment of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cells in autoimmune liver disease

    Maria Serena Longhi;Yun Ma;Dimitrios P. Bogdanos;Paul Cheeseman

  • Functional study of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in health and autoimmune hepatitis.

    Maria Serena Longhi;Munther J. Hussain;Ragai R. Mitry;Sunil K. Arora

  • C-terminal deletions in the ALAS2 gene lead to gain of function and cause X-linked dominant protoporphyria without anemia or iron overload

    Sharon D. Whatley;Sarah Ducamp;Laurent Gouya;Bernard Grandchamp

  • Antibodies to conformational epitopes of soluble liver antigen define a severe form of autoimmune liver disease.

    Yun Ma;Manabu Okamoto;Mark G. Thomas;Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

  • Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure Have Increased Numbers of Regulatory Immune Cells Expressing the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase MERTK

    Christine Bernsmeier;Oltin T. Pop;Arjuna Singanayagam;Evangelos Triantafyllou;Evangelos Triantafyllou

  • Aetiopathogenesis of autoimmune hepatitis.

    Maria Serena Longhi;Yun Ma;Giorgina Mieli-Vergani;Diego Vergani

  • Cytochrome P4502D6(193-212): a new immunodominant epitope and target of virus/self cross-reactivity in liver kidney microsomal autoantibody type 1-positive liver disease.

    Nanda Kerkar;Kaushik Choudhuri;Yun Ma;Ayman Mahmoud

  • Effect of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cells on CD8 T-cell function in patients with autoimmune hepatitis

    Maria Serena Longhi;Yun Ma;Ragai R. Mitry;Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

  • Polyclonal T-Cell Responses to Cytochrome P450IID6 Are Associated With Disease Activity in Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 2

    Yun Ma;Dimitrios P. Bogdanos;Munther J. Hussain;James Underhill

  • A multifaceted imbalance of T cells with regulatory function characterizes type 1 autoimmune hepatitis.

    Silvia Ferri;Silvia Ferri;Maria Serena Longhi;Chiara De Molo;Claudine Lalanne

  • CD14, CD16 and HLA-DR reliably identifies human monocytes and their subsets in the context of pathologically reduced HLA-DR expression by CD14(hi) /CD16(neg) monocytes: Expansion of CD14(hi) /CD16(pos) and contraction of CD14(lo) /CD16(pos) monocytes in acute liver failure.

    Daniel Abeles;Mark J. McPhail;Mark J. McPhail;David Sowter;Charalambos G. Antoniades;Charalambos G. Antoniades

  • Dysfunctional CD39(POS) regulatory T cells and aberrant control of T-helper type 17 cells in autoimmune hepatitis.

    Charlotte R. Grant;Rodrigo Liberal;Rodrigo Liberal;Beth S. Holder;John Cardone

  • MerTK expressing hepatic macrophages promote the resolution of inflammation in acute liver failure

    Evangelos Triantafyllou;Evangelos Triantafyllou;Evangelos Triantafyllou;Oltin T Pop;Lucia A Possamai;Annika Wilhelm

  • Microbial mimics are major targets of crossreactivity with human pyruvate dehydrogenase in primary biliary cirrhosis

    Dimitrios-Petrou Bogdanos;Harold Baum;Alessandro Grasso;Manabu Okamoto

  • Cytochrome P450IID6-specific CD8 T cell immune responses mirror disease activity in autoimmune hepatitis type 2.

    Maria Serena Longhi;Munther J. Hussain;Dimitrios P. Bogdanos;Alberto Quaglia

  • The impaired immune regulation of autoimmune hepatitis is linked to a defective galectin-9/tim-3 pathway

    Rodrigo Liberal;Charlotte R. Grant;Beth S. Holder;Yun Ma

  • Expansion and de novo generation of potentially therapeutic regulatory T cells in patients with autoimmune hepatitis

    Maria Serena Longhi;Francesca Meda;Pengyun Wang;Marianne Samyn

  • Normothermic Machine Perfusion (NMP) Inhibits Proinflammatory Responses in the Liver and Promotes Regeneration

    Wayel Jassem;Wayel Jassem;Emmanuel Xystrakis;Yasmeen G. Ghnewa;Muhammed Yuksel

  • Mimicry between the hepatitis C virus polyprotein and antigenic targets of nuclear and smooth muscle antibodies in chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

    G Gregorio;K Choudhuri;Yun Ma;P Pensati

  • Autoantigen-specific regulatory T cells, a potential tool for immune-tolerance reconstitution in type-2 autoimmune hepatitis.

    Maria Serena Longhi;Munther J. Hussain;William W. Kwok;Giorgina Mieli-Vergani

  • Primary biliary cirrhosis is characterized by IgG3 antibodies cross-reactive with the major mitochondrial autoepitope and its Lactobacillus mimic

    Dimitrios-Petrou Bogdanos;Harold Baum;Manabu Okamoto;Paolo Montalto

Frequent Co-Authors

Diego Vergani
Diego Vergani King's College London
Giorgina Mieli-Vergani
Giorgina Mieli-Vergani King's College London
Dimitrios P. Bogdanos
Dimitrios P. Bogdanos University Of Thessaly
Julia Wendon
Julia Wendon King's College London
Mark Thursz
Mark Thursz Imperial College London
Nigel Heaton
Nigel Heaton King's College London
Luigi Muratori
Luigi Muratori University of Bologna
Roger Williams
Roger Williams Foundation for Liver Research
Li Wen
Li Wen Yale University
Francesco B. Bianchi
Francesco B. Bianchi University of Bologna

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