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De Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

Selected Publications

1)  Zhang N, Yang D, Dong H, Chen Q, Dimitrova DI, Rogers TJ, Sitkovsky M, Oppenheim JJ.
Adenosine A2a receptors induce heterologous desensitization of chemokine receptors.
Blood. 108: 38-44, 2006.
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2)  Wang ZY, Yang D, Chen Q, Leifer CA, Segal DM, Su SB, Caspi RR, Howard ZO, Oppenheim JJ.
Induction of dendritic cell maturation by pertussis toxin and its B subunit differentially initiate Toll-like receptor 4-dependent signal transduction pathways.
Exp. Hematol. 34: 1115-24, 2006.
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3)  Oppenheim JJ, Yang D.
Alarmins: chemotactic activators of immune responses.
Curr. Opin. Immunol. 17: 359-65, 2005.
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4)  Kurosaka K, Chen Q, Yarovinsky F, Oppenheim JJ, Yang D.
Mouse cathelin-related antimicrobial peptide chemoattracts leukocytes using formyl peptide receptor-like 1/mouse formyl peptide receptor-like 2 as the receptor and acts as an immune adjuvant.
J. Immunol. 174: 6257-65, 2005.
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5)  Yang D, Oppenheim JJ.
Antimicrobial proteins act as.
Arthritis Rheum. 50: 3401-3, 2004.
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6)  Chen B, Blair DG, Plisov S, Vasiliev G, Perantoni AO, Chen Q, Athanasiou M, Wu JY, Oppenheim JJ, Yang D.
Cutting edge: bone morphogenetic protein antagonists Drm/Gremlin and Dan interact with Slits and act as negative regulators of monocyte chemotaxis.
J. Immunol. 173: 5914-7, 2004.
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7)  Yang D, Chen Q, Rosenberg HF, Rybak SM, Newton DL, Wang ZY, Fu Q, Tchernev VT, Wang M, Schweitzer B, Kingsmore SF, Patel DD, Oppenheim JJ, Howard OM.
Human ribonuclease A superfamily members, eosinophil-derived neurotoxin and pancreatic ribonuclease, induce dendritic cell maturation and activation.
J. Immunol. 173: 6134-42, 2004.
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8)  Yang D, Biragyn A, Hoover DM, Lubkowski J, Oppenheim JJ.
Multiple roles of antimicrobial defensins, cathelicidins, and eosinophil-derived neurotoxin in host defense.
Annu. Rev. Immunol. 22: 181-215, 2004.
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9)  Chen Q, Wade D, Kurosaka K, Wang ZY, Oppenheim JJ, Yang D.
Temporin A and related frog antimicrobial peptides use formyl peptide receptor-like 1 as a receptor to chemoattract phagocytes.
J. Immunol. 173: 2652-9, 2004.
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10)  Wu Z, Hoover DM, Yang D, Boulègue C, Santamaria F, Oppenheim JJ, Lubkowski J, Lu W.
Engineering disulfide bridges to dissect antimicrobial and chemotactic activities of human beta-defensin 3.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100: 8880-5, 2003.
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