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Name	Yewei Ji
Contact Information	ywji@zju.edu.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Zhejiang

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Name

Yewei Ji

Contact Information

ywji@zju.edu.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Zhejiang

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Zhejiang University
Faculty	Medical
Academic Background & Achievements	Clinical Medicine Master's: Not mentioned PhD in Basic Medicine: Not mentioned Postdoctoral Research: Cornell University and University of Michigan Published representative papers in top journals like Nature Cell Biology, Nature Immunology, Cell Reports, JBC H-index: 21 Over 2300 citations Two US patents American Heart Association Scientist Career Development Fund (2017) National Natural Science Foundation of China (2022-2025; 2024-2028) University of Michigan Department of Physiology Outstanding Researcher Award (2019)
Work Experience	Until 2020 - Cornell University - Postdoctoral Researcher Until 2020 - University of Michigan - Research Investigator From 2020 - Zhejiang University First Affiliated Hospital - Distinguished Researcher
Awards	American Heart Association Scientist Career Development Fund (2017) National Natural Science Foundation of China (2022-2025; 2024-2028) University of Michigan Department of Physiology Outstanding Researcher Award (2019)

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Zhejiang University

Faculty

Medical

Academic Background & Achievements

Clinical Medicine Master's: Not mentioned
PhD in Basic Medicine: Not mentioned
Postdoctoral Research: Cornell University and University of Michigan
Published representative papers in top journals like Nature Cell Biology, Nature Immunology, Cell Reports, JBC
H-index: 21
Over 2300 citations
Two US patents
American Heart Association Scientist Career Development Fund (2017)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (2022-2025; 2024-2028)
University of Michigan Department of Physiology Outstanding Researcher Award (2019)

Work Experience

Until 2020 - Cornell University - Postdoctoral Researcher
Until 2020 - University of Michigan - Research Investigator
From 2020 - Zhejiang University First Affiliated Hospital - Distinguished Researcher

Awards

American Heart Association Scientist Career Development Fund (2017)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (2022-2025; 2024-2028)
University of Michigan Department of Physiology Outstanding Researcher Award (2019)

Areas of Focus	Immunity and Tumors, Metabolic Diseases Endoplasmic Reticulum Homeostasis Regulation
Publications	ER, an emerging hub for regulation of STING, Luo Y, Chang L, Ji Y, Liang T, 2024 SEL1L-HRD1 endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation controls STING-mediated innate immunity by limiting the size of activable STING pool, Ji Y, Luo Y, Wu Y, Sun Y, Zhao L, Xue Z, Sun M, Wei X, He Z, Wu SA, Lin LL, Lu Y, Chang L, Chen F, Chen S, Qian W, Xu X, Chen S, Pan D, Zhou Z, Xia S, Hu CA, Liang T, Qi L, 2023 Toll-like receptors TLR2 and TLR4 block the replication of pancreatic β cells in diet-induced obesity, Ji Y, Sun S, Shrestha N, Darragh L, Shirakawa J, Xing Y, He Y, Carboneau B, Kim H, An D, Ma M, Oberholzer J, Soleimanpour S, Maureen G, Liu C, Naji A, Kulkarni R, Wang Y, Kersten S, Qi L, 2019 The Sel1L-Hrd1 Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation Complex Manages a Key Checkpoint in B Cell Development, Ji Y, Kim H, Yang L, Sha H, Roman CA, Long Q, Qi L, 2016 Diet-induced alterations in gut microflora contribute to lethal pulmonary damage in TLR2/TLR4-deficient mice, Ji Y, Sun S, Goodrich JK, Kim H, Poole AC, Duhamel GE, Ley RE, Qi L, 2014 Activation of natural killer T cells promotes M2 Macrophage polarization in adipose tissue and improves systemic glucose tolerance via interleukin-4 (IL-4)/STAT6 protein signaling axis in obesity, Ji Y, Sun S, Xu A, Bhargava P, Yang L, Lam KS, Gao B, Lee CH, Kersten S, Qi L, 2012 Short term high fat diet challenge promotes alternative macrophage polarization in adipose tissue via natural killer T cells and interleukin-4, Ji Y, Sun S, Xia S, Yang L, Li X, Qi L, 2012

Areas of Focus

Immunity and Tumors, Metabolic Diseases
Endoplasmic Reticulum Homeostasis Regulation

Publications

ER, an emerging hub for regulation of STING, Luo Y, Chang L, Ji Y, Liang T, 2024
SEL1L-HRD1 endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation controls STING-mediated innate immunity by limiting the size of activable STING pool, Ji Y, Luo Y, Wu Y, Sun Y, Zhao L, Xue Z, Sun M, Wei X, He Z, Wu SA, Lin LL, Lu Y, Chang L, Chen F, Chen S, Qian W, Xu X, Chen S, Pan D, Zhou Z, Xia S, Hu CA, Liang T, Qi L, 2023
Toll-like receptors TLR2 and TLR4 block the replication of pancreatic β cells in diet-induced obesity, Ji Y, Sun S, Shrestha N, Darragh L, Shirakawa J, Xing Y, He Y, Carboneau B, Kim H, An D, Ma M, Oberholzer J, Soleimanpour S, Maureen G, Liu C, Naji A, Kulkarni R, Wang Y, Kersten S, Qi L, 2019
The Sel1L-Hrd1 Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation Complex Manages a Key Checkpoint in B Cell Development, Ji Y, Kim H, Yang L, Sha H, Roman CA, Long Q, Qi L, 2016
Diet-induced alterations in gut microflora contribute to lethal pulmonary damage in TLR2/TLR4-deficient mice, Ji Y, Sun S, Goodrich JK, Kim H, Poole AC, Duhamel GE, Ley RE, Qi L, 2014
Activation of natural killer T cells promotes M2 Macrophage polarization in adipose tissue and improves systemic glucose tolerance via interleukin-4 (IL-4)/STAT6 protein signaling axis in obesity, Ji Y, Sun S, Xu A, Bhargava P, Yang L, Lam KS, Gao B, Lee CH, Kersten S, Qi L, 2012
Short term high fat diet challenge promotes alternative macrophage polarization in adipose tissue via natural killer T cells and interleukin-4, Ji Y, Sun S, Xia S, Yang L, Li X, Qi L, 2012

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