Dr. Yu Zhang
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Dr. Yu Zhang

Research Scientist
Harvard Medical School, USA


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Novartis Research Foundation Basel, Switzerland

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Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences
100%
Mouse Tumor Model
62%
DNA Repair
90%
Genomic Instability
75%
Histone Deacetylase
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
16
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Zhang, Y., M. Gostissa, D.G. Hildebrand, M.S. Becker and C. Boboila et al., 2010. The role of mechanistic factors in promoting chromosomal translocations found in lymphoid and other cancers. Adv. Immunol., 106: 93-133.
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  2. Zha, S., C. Guo, C. Boboila, V. Oksenych and H.L. Cheng et al., 2010. ATM damage response and XLF repair factor are functionally redundant in joining DNA breaks. Nature, 469: 250-254.
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  3. Yamaguchi, T., F. Cubizolles, Y. Zhang, N. Reichert, H. Kohler, C. Seiser and P. Matthias, 2010. Histone deacetylases 1 and 2 act in concert to promote the G1-to-S progression. Genes Dev., 24: 455-469.
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  4. Grausenburger, R., I. Bilic, N. Boucheron, G. Zupkovitz and L. El-Housseiny et al., 2010. Conditional deletion of histone deacetylase 1 in T cells leads to enhanced airway inflammation and increased th2 cytokine production. J. Immunol., 185: 3489-3497.
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  5. Brunmeir, R., S. Lagger, E. Simboeck, A. Sawicka and G. Egger et al., 2010. Epigenetic regulation of a murine retrotransposon by a dual histone modification mark. PLoS Genet., 6: e1000927-e1000927.
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  6. Chakraborty, T., T. Perlot, R. Subrahmanyam, A. Jani and P.H. Goff et al., 2009. A 220-nucleotide deletion of the intronic enhancer reveals an epigenetic hierarchy in immunoglobulin heavy chain locus activation. J. Exp. Med., 206: 1019-1027.
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  7. Zhang, Y., S. Kwon, T. Yamaguchi, F. Cubizolles and S. Rousseaux et al., 2008. Mice lacking histone deacetylase 6 have hyperacetylated tubulin but are viable and develop normally. Mol. Cell Biol., 28: 1688-1701.
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  8. Li, G., F.W. Alt, H.L. Cheng, J.W. Brush and P.H. Goff et al., 2008. Lymphocyte-specific compensation for XLF/cernunnos end-joining functions in V(D)J recombination. Mol. Cell, 31: 631-640.
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  9. Kwon, S.H., Y. Zhang and P. Matthias, 2007. The deacetylase HDAC6 is a novel critical component of stress granules involved in the stress response. Genes Dev., 21: 3381-3394.
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  10. Boyault, C., Y. Zhang, S. Fritah, C. Caron and B. Gilquin et al., 2007. HDAC6 controls major cell response pathways to cytotoxic accumulation of protein aggregates. Genes Dev., 21: 2172-2181.
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  11. Zhang, Y. B. Gilquin, S. Khochbin and P. Matthias, 2006. Two catalytic domains are required for protein deacetylation. J. Biol. Chem., 281: 2401-2404.
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  12. Yan, C.T., D. Kaushal, M. Murphy, Y. Zhang and A. Datta et al., 2006. XRCC4 suppresses medulloblastomas with recurrent translocations in p53-deficient mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 103: 7378-7383.
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  13. Boyault, C., B. Gilquin, Y. Zhang, V. Rybin and E. Garman et al., 2006. HDAC6-p97/VCP controlled polyubiquitin chain turnover. EMBO J., 25: 3357-3366.
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  14. Li, N., Y. Zhang, M.J. Naylor, F. Schatzmann and F. Maurer et al., 2005. Β1 integrins regulate mammary gland proliferation and maintain the integrity of mammary alveoli. EMBO J., 24: 1942-1953.
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  15. Zhang, Y., N. Li, C. Caron, G. Matthias, D. Hess, S. Khochbin and P. Matthias, 2003. HDAC-6 interacts with and deacetylates tubulin and microtubules in vivo. EMBO J., 22: 1168-1179.
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  16. He, Z., J. Bai and Y. Zhang, 1999. Effect of DNA methylation on protein-DNA interaction of HL-60 cells. Sci. China Series C: Life Sci., 42: 55-62.
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