Publications

1. Wang Xi, Cao K, Sun X, Chen YX, Duan ZX, Sun Li, Guo L, Bai P, Sun DM, Fan JQ, He XJ, Young W and Ren Y*. Macrophages in spinal cord injury: phenotypic and functional change from exposure to myelin debris. Glia. 2015. 63: 635–651. PMID: 25452166 /

2. Chen TX, Wang Xi, Guo L, Wu MM, Duan ZX, Lv J, Tai WJ, Renganathan H, Didier R, Li JH, Sun DM, Chen XM, He XJ, Fan JQ, Young W and Ren Y*. Embryonic stem cells promoting macrophage survival and function are crucial for teratoma development. Frontiers in Immunology. 2014. 5:1-16. PMID: 25071759 /

3. Ren Y* and Young W. Managing inflammation after spinal cord injury through manipulation of macrophage function. Neural Plasticity. 2013. Vol. 2013: Article ID 945034. PMCID: PMC3833318. PMID: 24288627 /

4. Wang X, Fan JQ, Lin, L, Cao K, Duan ZX, Chen TX, Zhang XJ, Shao CS, Tadmori I, Li TY, Sun DM, Zheng SS, Meinhardt A, Young W, Bucala R and Ren Y*. MIF Produced by Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages Contributes to Teratoma Progression after Embryonic Stem Cell Transplantation. Cancer Res. 2012. 71:2867-2878. PMID: 22461508 /

5. Sun X, Wang X, Chen TX, Li TY, Cao K, Lu A, Chen YX, Sun DM, Luo JH, Fan JQ, Young W and Ren Y*. Myelin activates FAK/Akt/NF-κB pathways and provokes CR3-dependent inflammatory response. PLoS ONE. 2010. 5(2):e9380. PMID: 20186338 /

6. Li W, Xie Y, Sun R, Liu Q, Young J, Yu WY, Che CM, Tam P and Ren Y*. Inhibition of Akt sensitizes neuroblastoma cells to gold(III) porphyrin 1a, a novel anti-tumor drug induced apoptosis and growth inhibition. British J. Cancer. 2009. 101:342-349. PMID: 19550420 /

7. Ren Y*, Xie Y, Jiang GP, Fan JQ, Yeung J, Li W, Tam T and Savill J. Apoptotic cells protect mice against LPS-induced shock. J. Immunol. 2008. 180: 4978-4985. PMID: 18354223 /

8. Ren Y*, Chan HM, Fan JQ, Chen YX, Xie Y, Li W, Jiang GP, Liu Q, Meinhardt A and Tam P. Inhibition of Tumor Growth and Metastasis in vitro and in vivo by Targeting Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Human Neuroblastoma. Oncogene. 2006 Jun 15; 25(25):3501-8. PMID: 16449971 /

9. Fan JQ, Chen YX, Chan HM, Tam P and Ren Y*. Removing intensity effects and identifying significant genes for Affymetrix arrays in MIF-suppressed neuroblastoma cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2005 Dec. 102 (49):17751-17756. PMID: 16314559 /

10. Fan JQ, Tam P, Vande Woude G and Ren Y*. Normalization and significant analysis of cDNA microarrays using within-array replications applied to tumor cells response to MIF. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2004. 101 (5): 1135-1140. PMID: 14739336 / / * corresponding author / / /