Voluntary Faculty
Voluntary faculty are typically clinicians or others who are employed outside of the School but make significant contributions to department programs at the medical center or at affiliate institutions.
Voluntary rank detailsKai Yang, MD
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Endocrinology
Associate Clinical ProfessorPrimary
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Education & Training
- MD
- Johns Hopkins University (1988)
- BA
- Smith College (1984)
Research
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Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Frequent collaborators of Kai Yang's published research.
Publications Timeline
A big-picture view of Kai Yang's research output by year.
John Wysolmerski, MD
Karl Insogna, MD, FACP
Richard Flavell, PhD, FRS
4Publications
659Citations
Publications
2022
Mouse pulmonary interstitial macrophages mediate the pro-tumorigenic effects of IL-9
Fu Y, Pajulas A, Wang J, Zhou B, Cannon A, Cheung CCL, Zhang J, Zhou H, Fisher AJ, Omstead DT, Khan S, Han L, Renauld JC, Paczesny S, Gao H, Liu Y, Yang L, Tighe RM, Licona-Limón P, Flavell RA, Takatsuka S, Kitamura D, Sun J, Bilgicer B, Sears CR, Yang K, Kaplan MH. Mouse pulmonary interstitial macrophages mediate the pro-tumorigenic effects of IL-9. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3811. PMID: 35778404, PMCID: PMC9249769, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31596-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsLung tumor growthIL-9Tumor growthAdoptive cell transfer therapyPulmonary interstitial macrophagesPotent anti-tumor activityLung cancer patientsCell transfer therapyLung tumor modelLung cancer therapyMultiple mouse modelsPotential therapeutic targetIL-9 signalingAnti-tumor activityPro-tumorigenic effectsAdoptive transferMacrophage axisPoor outcomePoor prognosisCancer patientsLung cancerArginase-1Interstitial macrophagesIL-9RInterstitial macrophage population
2018
Serotonin concentration enhancers at clinically relevant doses reduce [11C]AZ10419369 binding to the 5-HT1B receptors in the nonhuman primate brain.
Yang KC, Takano A, Halldin C, Farde L, Finnema SJ. Serotonin concentration enhancers at clinically relevant doses reduce [11C]AZ10419369 binding to the 5-HT1B receptors in the nonhuman primate brain. Translational Psychiatry 2018, 8: 132. PMID: 30013068, PMCID: PMC6048172, DOI: 10.1038/s41398-018-0178-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
Defining the roles of parathyroid hormone-related protein in normal physiology
Philbrick WM, Wysolmerski JJ, Galbraith S, Holt E, Orloff JJ, Yang KH, Vasavada RC, Weir EC, Broadus AE, Stewart AF. Defining the roles of parathyroid hormone-related protein in normal physiology. Physiological Reviews 1996, 76: 127-173. PMID: 8592727, DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1996.76.1.127.BooksCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHormone-related proteinHumoral hypercalcemiaParathyroid hormone-related proteinSmooth muscle toneTransepithelial calcium transportMuscle tonePhysiological functionsAutocrine roleFetal lifeOwn receptorNormal physiological functionPTHrPPTHrP geneNormal tissuesCalcium transportNormal physiologyHypercalcemiaMalignancyRegulation of tissueCancerProhormone convertasesTissueVast majorityPosttranslational processingReview
1994
Parathyroid hormone-related protein: evidence for isoform- and tissue-specific posttranslational processing.
Yang KH, dePapp AE, Soifer NE, Dreyer BE, Wu TL, Porter SE, Bellantoni M, Burtis WJ, Insogna KL, Broadus AE. Parathyroid hormone-related protein: evidence for isoform- and tissue-specific posttranslational processing. Biochemistry 1994, 33: 7460-9. PMID: 8003511, DOI: 10.1021/bi00189a054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCHO CellsChromatography, AffinityChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCricetinaeCricetulusCulture Media, ConditionedHumansImmunohistochemistryMolecular Sequence DataParathyroid HormoneParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinPeptide FragmentsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProteinsTumor Cells, CulturedConceptsHormone-related proteinCarboxy-terminal fragmentCell linesTissue-specific posttranslational processingRat insulinoma cellsDistinct paracrineHuman PTHrP geneHumoral hypercalcemiaMalignant tumorsAutocrine roleRIN cell linesMidregion fragmentPTHrP isoformsMost human cell linesNonmalignant tissuesPhysiological rationalePTHrP geneInsulinoma cellsChinese hamster ovary cellsHuman cell linesHamster ovary cellsSecretory formCellsOvary cellsPosttranslational processing
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