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Yiming Huang, MD
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics

 

Bio | Publications

Contact info
y0huan01@gwise.louisville.edu
Office: 502-852-0878
Fax: 502-852-2085

570 S. Preston St.
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Donald Baxter Bldg., Suite 404
Louisville, KY 40202

Research interests:

  • The mechanism of facilitating cells-mediated tolerance induction
  • Diabetes-pathogenesis and/or preventing
  • The role of bone marrow-derived cells in pancreatic beta cell regeneration

 

Professional Bio

2007-Present       Assistant Professor, Dept of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Louisville, KY

2003-2007           Research Immunologist, Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville, KY

1999-2003           Research Fellow, Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

1997-1999           Research Fellow, Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

1994-1996           Research Fellow, Dept. of Immunology, University of Toronto, Canada

1991-1997           Physician in Charge, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China

1985-1990           Resident, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China

 

Publications
Rezzoug F, Huang Y, Tanner MK, Wysoczynski M, Schanie CL, Chilton PM, Ratajczak MZ, Fugier-Vivier IJ, Ildstad ST.
TNF-alpha is critical to facilitate hemopoietic stem cell engraftment and function.
J Immunol. 2008 Jan 1;180(1):49-57.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/18097003

Adamson LA, Huang WC, Breidenbach WC, Rahhal D, Xu H, Huang Y, Pidwell DJ, Wei FC, Tobin G, Ildstad ST.
A modified model of hindlimb osteomyocutaneous flap for the study of tolerance to composite tissue allografts.
Microsurgery. 2007;27(7):630-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17868137

Xu H, Yan J, Huang Y, Chilton PM, Ding C, Schanie CL, Wang L, Ildstad ST.
Co-stimulatory blockade of CD154:CD40 in combination with T-cell lymphodepletion results in prevention of allogeneic sensitization.
Blood. 2007 Sep 7; [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17827394

Xu H, Chilton PM, Huang Y, Schanie CL, Yan J, Ildstad ST.
Addition of cyclophosphamide to T-cell depletion-based nonmyeloablative conditioning allows donor T-cell engraftment and clonal deletion of alloreactive host T-cells after bone marrow transplantation.
Transplantation. 2007 Apr 15;83(7):954-63.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/17460568

Xu H, Chilton PM, Tanner MK, Huang Y, Schanie CL, Dy-Liacco M, Yan J, Ildstad ST.
Humoral immunity is the dominant barrier for allogeneic bone marrow engraftment in sensitized recipients.
Blood. 2006 Nov 15;108(10):3611-9. Epub 2006 Aug 3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/16888094

Huang Y, Kucia M, Rezzoug F, Ratajczak J, Tanner MK, Ratajczak MZ, Schanie CL, Xu H, Fugier-Vivier I, Ildstad ST.
Flt3-ligand-mobilized peripheral blood, but not Flt3-ligand-expanded bone marrow, facilitating cells promote establishment of chimerism and tolerance.
Stem Cells. 2006 Apr;24(4):936-48.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/16644924

Dawn B, Guo Y, Rezazadeh A, Huang Y, Stein AB, Hunt G, Tiwari S, Varma J, Gu Y, Prabhu SD, Kajstura J, Anversa P, Ildstad ST, Bolli R.
Postinfarct cytokine therapy regenerates cardiac tissue and improves left ventricular function.
Circ Res. 2006 Apr 28;98(8):1098-105. Epub 2006 Mar 23.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/16556872

Huang Y, Rezzoug F, Xu H, Chilton PM, Schanie CL, Fugier-Vivier I, Ildstad ST.
NK cells play a critical role in the regulation of class I-deficient hemopoietic stem cell engraftment: evidence for NK tolerance correlates with receptor editing.
J Immunol. 2005 Sep 15;175(6):3753-61.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/16148121

Fugier-Vivier IJ, Rezzoug F, Huang Y, Graul-Layman AJ, Schanie CL, Xu H, Chilton PM, Ildstad ST.
Plasmacytoid precursor dendritic cells facilitate allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell engraftment.
J Exp Med. 2005 Feb 7;201(3):373-83.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/15699072

Chilton PM, Rezzoug F, Ratajczak MZ, Fugier-Vivier I, Ratajczak J, Kucia M, Huang Y, Tanner MK, Ildstad ST.
Hematopoietic stem cells from NOD mice exhibit autonomous behavior and a competitive advantage in allogeneic recipients.
Blood. 2005 Mar 1;105(5):2189-97. Epub 2004 Nov 2.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/15522953

Grimes HL, Schanie CL, Huang Y, Cramer D, Rezzoug F, Fugier-Vivier I, Ildstad ST.
Graft facilitating cells are derived from hematopoietic stem cells and functionally require CD3, but are distinct from T lymphocytes.
Exp Hematol. 2004 Oct;32(10):946-54.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/15504550

Colson YL, Xu H, Huang Y, Ildstad ST.
Mixed xenogeneic chimerism induces donor-specific humoral and cellular immune tolerance for cardiac xenografts.
J Immunol. 2004 Nov 1;173(9):5827-34.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/15494536

Chilton PM, Rezzoug F, Fugier-Vivier I, Weeter LA, Xu H, Huang Y, Ray MB, Ildstad ST.
Flt3-ligand treatment prevents diabetes in NOD mice.
Diabetes. 2004 Aug;53(8):1995-2002.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/15277378

Huang Y, Rezzoug F, Chilton PM, Grimes HL, Cramer DE, Ildstad ST.
Matching at the MHC class I K locus is essential for long-term engraftment of purified hematopoietic stem cells: a role for host NK cells in regulating HSC engraftment.
Blood. 2004 Aug 1;104(3):873-80. Epub 2004 Mar 30.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/15054040

Xu H, Chilton PM, Huang Y, Schanie CL, Ildstad ST.
Production of donor T cells is critical for induction of donor-specific tolerance and maintenance of chimerism.
J Immunol. 2004 Feb 1;172(3):1463-71.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/14734723

Mueller YM, Cramer DE, Huang Y, Exner BG, Ildstad ST.
Hematopoietic stem cells from the marrow of mice treated with Flt3 ligand are significantly expanded but exhibit reduced engraftment potential.
Transplantation. 2002 Apr 27;73(8):1177-85.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/11981407


 

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