Yiliang Chen Laboratory
Location
Versiti Blood Research Institute
Room 235
General Interests
Metabolism, Immunology
View Yiliang Chen, PhD Bio
Research Areas
Project 1: Study of CD36 and its signaling partners such as Na/K-ATPase in signal transduction for macrophage activation
Project 2: Study of fatty acid trafficking and regulation that is coupled with mitochondria functions
Project 3: Study of mitochondrial ROS production and their influence in efferocytosis
Project 4: Study of CD36/Pim1 pathway in foam cell formation and development of atherosclerosis
Current Members

Jackie Chang
Assistant Lab Technician

Vaya Chen, BE
Lab Technician

Lance Vick
Graduate Student

Yaxin Wang, MD
Postdoctoral Researcher

Jue Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Recent Publications
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Oxidized LDL stimulates PKM2-mediated mtROS production and phagocytosis.
(Zhang J, Chang J, Chen V, Beg MA, Huang W, Vick L, Wang Y, Zhang H, Yttre E, Gupta A, Castleberry M, Zhang Z, Dai W, Zhu J, Song S, Yang M, Brown AK, Xu Z, Ma YQ, Smith BC, Zielonka J, Traylor JG Jr, Ben Dhaou C, Orr AW, Cui W, Chen Y.) J Lipid Res. 2025 May;66(5):100809 PMID: 40250804 PMCID: PMC12142535 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105006766220 04/19/2025
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(Chen V, Zhang J, Chang J, Beg MA, Vick L, Wang D, Gupta A, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Dai W, Kim M, Song S, Pereira D, Zheng Z, Sodhi K, Shapiro JI, Silverstein RL, Malarkannan S, Chen Y.) Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024;11:1436865 PMID: 39156133 PMCID: PMC11327822 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201434395 08/19/2024
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Na/K-ATPase signaling tonically inhibits sodium reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule.
(Mukherji ST, Brambilla L, Stuart KB, Mayes I, Kutz LC, Chen Y, Barbosa LA, Elmadbouh I, McDermott JP, Haller ST, Romero MF, Soleimani M, Liu J, Shapiro JI, Blanco GV, Xie Z, Pierre SV.) FASEB J. 2023 Apr;37(4):e22835 PMID: 36856735 PMCID: PMC10028530 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149427345 03/02/2023
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(Zhang Z, Dai W, Zhu W, Rodriguez M, Lund H, Xia Y, Chen Y, Rau M, Schneider EA, Graham MB, Jobe S, Wang D, Cui W, Wen R, Whiteheart SW, Wood JP, Silverstein R, Berger JS, Kreuziger LB, Barrett TJ, Zheng Z.) Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. August 2023;7(6) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169507694 08/01/2023
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(Pillai SS, Pereira DG, Zhang J, Huang W, Beg MA, Knaack DA, de Souza Goncalves B, Sahoo D, Silverstein RL, Shapiro JI, Sodhi K, Chen Y.) Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023;10:1046495 PMID: 37180782 PMCID: PMC10174328 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159873988 05/14/2023
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Na/K-ATPase suppresses LPS-induced pro-inflammatory signaling through Lyn.
(Zhang J, Chang J, Beg MA, Huang W, Zhao Y, Dai W, Wu X, Cui W, Pillai SS, Lakhani HV, Sodhi K, Shapiro JI, Sahoo D, Zheng Z, Silverstein RL, Chen Y.) iScience. 2022 Sep 16;25(9):104963 PMID: 36072548 PMCID: PMC9442361 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85137074779 09/09/2022
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(Chen Y, Zhang J, Cui W, Silverstein RL.) J Exp Med. 2022 Jun 06;219(6) PMID: 35438721 PMCID: PMC9022290 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85128794972 04/20/2022
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(Zhang J, Dai W, Chen Y.) Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022;9:938535 PMID: 35811702 PMCID: PMC9257247 07/12/2022
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(Palma FR, Ratti BA, Paviani V, Coelho DR, Miguel R, Danes JM, Zaichik SV, de Abreu AL, Silva SO, Chen Y, Silverstein RL, Karan U, Jones DP, Bonini MG.) Oncogene. 2021 Sep;40(36):5455-5467 PMID: 34290400 PMCID: PMC8669831 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85110982210 07/23/2021
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(Hou Y, Wang Q, Han B, Chen Y, Qiao X, Wang L.) Cell Death Dis. 2021 May 21;12(6):523 PMID: 34021126 PMCID: PMC8140121 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85106615244 05/23/2021
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Targeting PIM1-Mediated Metabolism in Myeloid Suppressor Cells to Treat Cancer.
(Xin G, Chen Y, Topchyan P, Kasmani MY, Burns R, Volberding PJ, Wu X, Cohn A, Chen Y, Lin CW, Ho PC, Silverstein R, Dwinell MB, Cui W.) Cancer Immunol Res. 2021 Apr;9(4):454-469 PMID: 33579728 PMCID: PMC8137571 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85104420312 02/14/2021
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(Zhang J, Li X, Yu H, Larre I, Dube PR, Kennedy DJ, Tang WHW, Westfall K, Pierre SV, Xie Z, Chen Y.) Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2020 Dec 01;319(6):C1107-C1119 PMID: 32997514 PMCID: PMC7792677 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098226317 10/01/2020