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60
Citations
29634
World Ranking
1928
National Ranking
957

Overview

Zhi-Min Yuan is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. The research spans fields primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, alongside Medicine. Their work is concentrated in subfields such as Cancer Research, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics notably include:

  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation

Recent scholarly publications demonstrate a focus on molecular and cellular mechanisms relevant to cancer and immunology as well as imaging techniques:

  • "The Basally Expressed p53-Mediated Homeostatic Function" (2021), Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "High-intensity ultrasound irradiation promotes the release of extracellular vesicles from C2C12 myotubes" (2020), Ultrasonics
  • "Skeletal myotube-derived extracellular vesicles enhance itaconate production and attenuate inflammatory responses of macrophages" (2023), Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Radiotherapy-Induced Neurocognitive Impairment Is Driven by Heightened Apoptotic Priming in Early Life and Prevented by Blocking BAX" (2023), Cancer Research
  • "MDMX phosphorylation-dependent p53 downregulation contributes to an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment" (2020), Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Ultrasonics
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cancer Research
  • Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Collaborations have been established with researchers including Isha Nagpal, Noriaki Maeshige, Hiroyo Kondo, Hidemi Fujino, and John B. Little, who appear as frequent co-authors on multiple works.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

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

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

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

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

  • Phosphorylation by aurora kinase A induces Mdm2-mediated destabilization and inhibition of p53

    Hiroshi Katayama;Kaori Sasai;Hidehiko Kawai;Hidehiko Kawai;Zhi Min Yuan

  • p73 is regulated by tyrosine kinase c-Abl in the apoptotic response to DNA damage

    Zhi-Min Yuan;Hisashi Shioya;Takatoshi Ishiko;Xiangao Sun

  • Translocation of SAPK/JNK to Mitochondria and Interaction with Bcl-xL in Response to DNA Damage

    Surender Kharbanda;Satya Saxena;Kiyotsugu Yoshida;Pramod Pandey

  • Role for Bcl-xL as an inhibitor of cytosolic cytochrome C accumulation in DNA damage-induced apoptosis

    Surender Kharbanda;Pramod Pandey;Lesley Schofield;Sara Israels

  • Mutual Dependence of MDM2 and MDMX in Their Functional Inactivation of p53

    Jijie Gu;Hidehiko Kawai;Linghu Nie;Hiroyuki Kitao

  • Functional interaction between DNA-PK and c-Abl in response to DNA damage

    Surender Kharbanda;Pramod Pandey;Shengfang Jin;Satoshi Inoue

  • Role for c-Abl tyrosine kinase in growth arrest response to DNA damage

    Zhi-Min Yuan;Yinyin Huang;Young Whang;Charles Sawyers

  • 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

  • Inactivation of DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase by Protein Kinase Cδ: Implications for Apoptosis

    Ajit Bharti;Stine-Kathrein Kraeft;Mrinal Gounder;Pramod Pandey

  • Regulation of DNA damage-induced apoptosis by the c-Abl tyrosine kinase

    Zhi-Min Yuan;Yinyin Huang;Takatoshi Ishiko;Surender Kharbanda

  • Regulation of Rad51 Function by c-Abl in Response to DNA Damage

    Zhi Min Yuan;Yinyin Huang;Takatoshi Ishiko;Shuji Nakada

  • Determination of cell fate by c-Abl activation in the response to DNA damage

    Surender Kharbanda;Zhi-Min Yuan;Ralph Weichselbaum;Donald Kufe

  • Regulation of the hTERT telomerase catalytic subunit by the c-Abl tyrosine kinase.

    S. Kharbanda;V. Kumar;S. Dhar;P. Pandey

  • The p53 inhibitors MDM2/MDMX complex is required for control of p53 activity in vivo

    Lei Huang;Zheng Yan;Xiaodong Liao;Yuan Li

  • Activation of protein kinase C delta by the c-Abl tyrosine kinase in response to ionizing radiation.

    Zhi-Min Yuan;Taiju Utsugisawa;Takatoshi Ishiko;Shuji Nakada

  • Elevated snoRNA biogenesis is essential in breast cancer.

    Hang Su;T. Xu;S. Ganapathy;M. Shadfan

  • DNA damage-induced MDMX degradation is mediated by MDM2.

    Hidehiko Kawai;Dmitri Wiederschain;Hiroyuki Kitao;Jeremy Stuart

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald Kufe
Donald Kufe Harvard University
Surender Kharbanda
Surender Kharbanda Harvard University
Ralph R. Weichselbaum
Ralph R. Weichselbaum University of Chicago
John B. Little
John B. Little Harvard University
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University
Hsing Jien Kung
Hsing Jien Kung Taipei Medical University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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