Gang-Qing Yao, MD

Education

• MD, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences
• Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Research Interests

Molecular Biology of Bone Metabolism

Areas of Expertise

• Bone Metabolism
• Endocrine effects on bone loss 

Publications of Note

Yao GQ, Wu JJ, Ovadia S, Troiano N, Sun BH, Insogna K (2009) Targeted overexpression of the two colony stimulating factor 1 isoforms in osteoblasts differentially affects bone loss in ovariectomized mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. [Epub ahead of print]

Ovadia S, Insogna K, Yao GQ (2006) The cell-surface isoform of colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF1) restores but does not completely normalize fecundity in CSF1-deficient mice. Biol Reprod. 74(2):331-6.

Yao GQ, Itokawa T, Paliwal I, Insogna K (2005) CSF-1 induces fos gene transcription and activates the transcription factor Elk-1 in mature osteoclasts. Calcif Tissue Int. 76(5):371-8.

Yao GQ, Wu JJ, Sun BH, Troiano N, Mitnick MA, Insogna K (2003) The cell surface form of colony-stimulating factor-1 is biologically active in bone in vivo. Endocrinology. 144(8):3677-82.

Yao GQ, Sun BH, Weir EC, Insogna KL (2002) A role for cell-surface CSF-1 in osteoblast-mediated osteoclastogenesis. Calcif Tissue Int. 70(4):339-46.