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Dr Cheng Ji

Professor

Research Centers for Alcohol & Non-alcohol Liver Diseases

Keck School of Medicine of USC

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

USA

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Affiliation

  • Faculty of Medicine Research Professor
  • USC/UCLA Research Center for Alcoholic Liver and Pancreatic Diseases, Research Center for Liver Disease, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, USA. 90033

Selected Publications as a Principal Investigator since 2002

(* Corresponding author):

(1). *Ji C, Kaplowitz N: Betaine decreases hyperhomocysteinemia, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and liver injury in alcohol fed mice. Gastroenterology 124:1488-1499, 2003.

(2). Matsumaru K, Ji C, Kaplowitz N: Mechanisms for sensitization to TNF-induced apoptosis by GSH depletion in murine hepatocytes. Hepatology 37:1425–1434, 2003.

(3). *Ji C, Kaplowitz N: Hyperhomocysteinemia, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and alcoholic liver injury. World J Gastroenterol 10:1699-708, 2004.

(4). *Ji C, Deng Q, Kaplowitz N: Role of TNFa in ethanol-induced hyperhomocysteinemia and murine alcoholic liver injury. Hepatology 40:442-451, 2004.

(5). *Ji C, Mehrian-Shai R, Chan C, Hsu YH, Kaplowitz N: Role of CHOP in hepatic apoptosis in the murine intragastric ethanol-fed model. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29(8):1496-1503, 2005.

 

(6). *Ji C, Kaplowitz N: ER stress: Can the liver cope? J Hepatol 45(2):321-333, 2006.

(7). Kaplowitz N, Ji C: Unfolding new mechanisms of alcoholic liver disease in the endoplasmic reticulum. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 21 Suppl 3:S7-9, 2006.

(8). *Ji C, Chan C, Kaplowitz N: Predominant role of SREBP lipogenic pathways in alcohol-induced hepatic steatosis. J Hepatology 45(5):717-724, 2006

(9). Zhang HY, Han DW, Zhao ZF, Liu MS, Wu YJ, Chen XM, Ji C: Multiple pathogenic factor-induced complications of cirrhosis in rats: a new model of hepatopulmonary syndrome with intestinal endotoxemia World J Gastroenterol 13(25):3500-3507, 2007.

(10). Kaplowitz N, Shinohara M, Ji C: ER stress and liver disease. Semin Liver Dis 27(4):367-77, 2007.

(11). *Ji C, Shinohara M, Kuhlenkamp J, Kaplowitz N, Chan C: Mechanisms of protection by the betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase/betaine system in HepG2 cells and primary mouse hepatocytes. Hepatol 46(5):1586-1596, 2007.

(12). Zhang HY, Han DW, Su AR, Zhang LT, Zhao ZF, Ji JQ, Li BH, Ji C: Intestinal endotoxemia plays a central role in development of hepatopulmonary syndrome in a cirrhotic rat model induced by multiple pathogenic factors. World J Gastroenterol 13(47):6385-6395, 2007.

(13). *Ji C: Dissection of ER stress signaling in alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver injury. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23 (Suppl 1):S16-24, 2008.

(14) Ji C, Boyd C, Slaymaker D, Okinaka Y, Herman E, Sims JJ, Keen N: Molecular characterization of a 34 kDa soybean binding protein for the syringolide elicitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 95:3306–3311, 1998.

(15). *Ji C, Shinohara M, Vance, D, Than T, Ookhtens M, Chan C, Kaplowitz N: Effect of transgenic extrahepatic expression of betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase on alcohol or homocysteine-induced fatty liver. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 32:1049-1058, 2008.

(16). Shinohara M, *Ji C, Kaplowitz N. Differences in betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase expression, endoplasmic reticulum stress response, and liver injury between alcohol-fed mice and rats. Hepatology. 2010 Mar; 51(3):796-805. PubMed PMID: 20069651; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2840074.

 

(17). *Ji C, Kaplowitz N: ER stress signaling in hepatic injury. In: Signaling Pathways in Liver Diseases (2nd edition; Dufour JF, Clavien PA [editors]). Springer-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG D-69121 Heidelberg, New York, NY, pp287-303, 2010.

(18). Loftus N, Barnes A, Ashton S, Michopoulos F, Theodoridis G, Wilson I, Ji C, Kaplowitz N. Metabonomic Investigation of Liver Profiles of Nonpolar Metabolites Obtained from Alcohol-Dosed Rats and Mice Using High Mass Accuracy MS(n) Analysis. J Proteome Res. 2011 Feb 4;10(2):705-13. Epub 2010 Dec 9. PubMed PMID:21028815; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3033970.

(19). Xu J, Lai KK, Verlinsky A, Lugea A, French SW, Cooper MP, Ji C, Tsukamoto H. Synergistic Steatohepatitis by Moderate Obesity and Alcohol in Mice Despite Increased Adiponectin and p-AMPK. J Hepatol. 2011 Jan 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21256905. NIHMS26799631.

(20). Dara L, Ji C, Kaplowitz N. The contribution of ER stress to liver diseases. Hepatology, 2011 in press NHIMS

(21).Than T, Lou H, Ji C, Win S, Kaplowitz N. Role of CREB regulated transcription coactivator 3 (CRTC3) in the initiation of mitochondrial biogenesis and stress response in liver cells. J Biol Chem . 2011 May 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21536665.

 

(22). *Ji C, Kaplowitz N, Lau MY, Kao E, Petrovic LM, Lee AS. Liver-specific loss of GRP78 perturbs globally unfolded protein response and exacerbates a spectrum of acute and chronic liver diseases. Hepatology. 2011 Apr 18. doi: 10.1002/hep.24368. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21503

(23) Chen P, Ma QG, Ji C , Zhang JY, Zhao LH, Zhang Y, Jie YZ. Dietary lipoic acid influences antioxidant capability and oxidative status of broilers. Int J Mol Sci. 2011;12(12):8476-88. Epub 2011 Nov 29. PubMed PMID: 22272085; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3257082.

(24) Than TA, Lou H, *Ji C, Win S, Kaplowitz N. Role of cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB)-regulated transcription coactivator 3 (CRTC3) in the initiation of mitochondrial biogenesis and stress response in liver cells. J Biol Chem. 2011 Jun 24;286(25):22047-54.

 

(25) *Ji C. Mechanisms of alcohol-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress and organ injuries. Biochem Res Int. 2012;2012:216450. Epub 2011 Oct 26. PubMed PMID: 22110961; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3205771.

 

(26) Gika HG, Ji C, Theodoridis GA, Michopoulos F, Kaplowitz N, Wilson ID. Investigation of chronic alcohol consumption in rodents via ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry based metabolite profiling. J Chromatogr A. 2012 Oct 12;1259:128-37. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.02.053. Epub 2012 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 22446076; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3387526.

(27) Tsuchiya M, Ji C, Kosyk O, Shymonyak S, Melnyk S, Kono H, Tryndyak V, Muskhelishvili L, Pogribny IP, Kaplowitz N, Rusyn I. Interstrain differences in liver injury and one-carbon metabolism in alcohol-fed mice. Hepatology 2012 Jul;56(1):130-9. doi: 10.1002/hep.25641. Epub 2012 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 22307928; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3350836.

 

(28) Kao E, Shinohara M, Feng M, Lau MY, *Ji C. Human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors modulate Ca2+ homeostasis and potentiate alcoholic stress and injury in mice and primary mouse and human hepatocytes. Hepatology 2012 Aug;56(2):594-604. doi: 10.1002/hep.25702. Epub 2012 Jun 11. PubMed PMID:22407670; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3406240.

(29) *Ji C. Synergistic effects of alcohol and HIV protease inhibitors on calcium homeostasis, stress response and injury in mouse and human hepatocytes. J Hepatol. 2012(56):s531.

 

(30) *Ji C. Facilitated Removal of Blood Alcohol From Alcohol-Fed Animals by Nanocapsules of Alcohol Metabolizing Enzymes. Gastroenterology 2012, Vol. 142 (5), Suppl1, Page S-544

(31) *Ji C. Novel liver phenotypes and injury mechanisms in murine under chronic ER stress and alcohol feeding. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research 2012, 36(s1): 321A, #70.

 

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