Scientists
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Thanis A. Field Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences |
| beatyue@uic.edu | |
| Phone | 312-996-6125 |
| Fax | 312-996-7773 |
| Office | LIERI Building, Room 243 |
| Address | University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 1855 W. Taylor Street M/C 648 Chicago, IL 60612 |
Research Interests
Characterization and functions of glaucoma genes; molecular basis of keratoconus
Education
- 1968 B.S. (Chemistry) National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 1969-1970 M.S. (Biochemistry) Yale University, New Haven, CT
- 1974 Ph.D. (Biological Chemistry) Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Professor, Department of Pathology
Representative Publications
Shen X, Ying H, Qiu Y, Shyam R, Park J, Chi Z, Iwata T and Yue BYJT: Cellular processing of optineurin in neuronal cells. J Biol Chem (2011).
Park BC, Ying H, Shen X, Park JS, Qiu Y, Shyam R and Yue BYJT: Impairment of protein trafficking upon overexpression and mutation of optineurin. PLos One 5:e11547, 2010.
Ying H, Shen X, Park BC and Yue BYJT: Posttranslational modification, localization and protein protein interactions of optineurin. PLoS One 5:e9168, 2010.
Shen X, Koga T, Park BC, SundarRaj N and Yue BYJT: Rho GTPase and cAMP/PKA signaling mediates myocilin induced alterations in cultured human trabecular meshwork cells. J Biol Chem 283:603-612, 2008.
Nakamura H, Siddiqui SS, Shen X, Malik AB, Pulido JS, Kumar NM and Yue BYJT: RNA interference targeting transforming growth factor- type II receptor suppresses ocular inflammation and fibrosis. Mol Vis 10:703-711, 2004.
Maruyama Y, Wang X, Li Y, Sugar J and Yue BYJT: Involvement of Sp1 element in the promoter activity of genes affected in keratoconus. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 42:1980-1985, 2001.