Ji (Jane) Yuan, Ph.D.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2008
  • Master of Medicine, Medical Center of Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1999
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Medical Center of Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1994

Honors

  • Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award,  Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2005-2008
  • Senior Graduate Studentship Award, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research,  2005-2008
  • Doctoral Research Award, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, 2004-2007
  • Travel Award, 19th International Conference on Antiviral Research, 2006
  • Travel Award, American Society for Virology 25th annual meeting, 2006
  • Albert B and Mary Steiner Summer Research Award, UBC, 2004
  • Graduate Student Entrance Award, UBC,  2003
  • Dongfang Graduate Student Award, Medical center of Fudan University, 1998
  • Outstanding Student Award, Medical center of Fudan University, 1990-1994

Selected Publications

  1. Yuan, J., Gu, K., He, JQ., Sharma, S. Sharma. Preferential upregulation of osteopontin in primary central nervous system lymphoma does not correlate with putative receptor CD44v6 or CD44H expression. Human Pathol. (accepted)
  2. Yuan, J., Manaloor, E., Ramalingama, P. Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma. American Society for Clinical Pathology’s Check Sample (2012).
  3. Yuan, J., Choudhri, H., Sharma, N., Sharma, S. Intraventricular dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor in a pediatric patient: Is it the most common extracortical location for DNT? (2011) Childs Nerv Syst. 27(3):485-90.
  4. Yuan, J., McDonough, C., Kulharyaa, A., Ramalingama, P., Manaloor, E. Isolated Isolated trisomy 10 in an infant with acute myeloid leukemia: a case report and review of literature (2010). Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 3(7):718-22.
  5. Yuan, J., Shah, R., Kulharya, A., and Ustun, C. Near-tetraploidy clone can evolve from a hyperdiploidy clone and cause resistance to lenalidomide and bortezomib in a multiple myeloma patient (2010). Leukemia Res. 34:954-7.
  6. Yuan, J., Liu, Z., Lim, T., Zhang, H., He, J., Walker, E., Shier, C., Wang, Y., Su, Y., Sall, A., McManus, B., and Yang, D. CXCL10 inhibits viral replication through recruitment of natural killer cells in coxsackievirus B3-induced myocarditis (2009). Circ Res. 104:628-38.
  7. Yuan, J., Stein, D., Lim, T., Qiu, D., Coughlin, S., Liu, Z., Wang, Y., Bouch, R., Moulton, H., Iversen, P., and Yang, D. Inhibition of Coxsackievirus B3 in Cell-cultures and in Mice by Peptide-Conjugated Morpholino Oligomers Targeting the IRES (2006). J Virol. 80:11510-9.
  8. Yuan, J., Lim, T., Liu, Z., Qiu, D., Wong, B., Luo, H., Si, X., McManus, B., and Yang, D. Antisense DNA and RNA: Potential Therapeutics for Viral Infection (2006). Anti-Infective Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 5: 367-377
  9. Yuan, J., Zhang, J., Wong, B., Si, X., Yang, D., McManus, B.M., and Luo, H. Inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase 3β suppresses coxsackievirus-induced cytopathic effect and apoptosis via stabilization of β-catenin (2005). Cell Death Differ. 12:1097-106.
  10. Yuan, J., Cheung, P., Zhang, H.M., Chau, D., and Yang, D. Inhibition of coxsackievirus B3 replication by small interfering RNAs requires perfect sequence match in the central region of the viral positive strand (2005). J Virol. 79:2151-9.
  11. Yuan, J., Chen Z., Cheung, P., Chau, D., and Yang, D. Nucleic Acid-Based Gene-Silencing Molecules as Potential Antiviral Therapeutics (2005). Drug Des Rev. - Online. 2, 323-33.
  12. Yuan, J., Cheung, P., Zhang, H.M., Chau, D., Cheung, C., Yanagawa, B., Luo, H., Wang, J., Suarez, A., McManus, B.M., and Yang, D. A phosphorothioate antisense oligodeoxynucleotide specifically inhibits coxsackievirus B3 replication in cardiomyocytes and mouse hearts (2004). Lab Invest. 84: 703-14. 

Contact: jane.yuan@unmc.edu