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Yi Sun, Ph.D.

Faculty Member

Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Department of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology

David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Neuroscience Research Building, Room 351
635 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095

 

Publications

A selected list of publications:

Zeng Yan, Tan Miao, Kohyama Jun, Sneddon Marissa, Watson Joseph B, Sun Yi E, Xie Cui-Wei   Epigenetic enhancement of BDNF signaling rescues synaptic plasticity in aging The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2011; 31(49): 17800-10.

Tao Jifang, Wu Hao, Lin Quan, Wei Weizheng, Lu Xiao-Hong, Cantle Jeffrey P, Ao Yan, Olsen Richard W, Yang X William, Mody Istvan, Sofroniew Michael V, Sun Yi E   Deletion of astroglial Dicer causes non-cell-autonomous neuronal dysfunction and degeneration The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2011; 31(22): 8306-19.
Wilburn Brian, Rudnicki Dobrila D, Zhao Jing, Weitz Tara Murphy, Cheng Yin, Gu Xiaofeng, Greiner Erin, Park Chang Sin, Wang Nan, Sopher Bryce L, La Spada Albert R, Osmand Alex, Margolis Russell L, Sun Yi E, Yang X William   An antisense CAG repeat transcript at JPH3 locus mediates expanded polyglutamine protein toxicity in Huntington’s disease-like 2 mice Neuron, 2011; 70(3): 427-40.
Wu Hao, D’Alessio Ana C, Ito Shinsuke, Xia Kai, Wang Zhibin, Cui Kairong, Zhao Keji, Sun Yi Eve, Zhang Yi   Dual functions of Tet1 in transcriptional regulation in mouse embryonic stem cells Nature, 2011; 473(7347): 389-93.
Wu Hao, D’Alessio Ana C, Ito Shinsuke, Wang Zhibin, Cui Kairong, Zhao Keji, Sun Yi Eve, Zhang Yi   Genome-wide analysis of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine distribution reveals its dual function in transcriptional regulation in mouse embryonic stem cells Genes & development, 2011; 25(7): 679-84.
Ge, W He, F Kim, KJ Blanchi, B Coskun, V Nguyen, L Wu, X Zhao, J Heng, JI Martinowich, K Tao, J Wu, H Castro, D Sobeih, MM Corfas, G Gleeson, JG Greenberg, ME Guillemot, F Sun, YE   Coupling of cell migration with neurogenesis by proneural bHLH factors PNAS, 2006; 103(5): 1319-1324.
Damelin, M Sun, YE Sodja, VB Bestor, TH   Decatenation checkpoint deficiency in stem and progenitor cells Cancer cell, 2005; 8(6): 479-84.
Ladi, E Nichols, JT Ge, W Miyamoto, A Yao, C Yang, LT Boulter, J Sun, YE Kintner, C Weinmaster, G   The divergent DSL ligand Dll3 does not activate Notch signaling but cell autonomously attenuates signaling induced by other DSL ligands The Journal of cell biology. , 2005; 170(6): 983-92.
Fan, G Martinowich, K Chin, MH He, F Fouse, SD Hutnick, L Hattori, D Ge, W Shen, Y Wu, H ten Hoeve, J Shuai, K Sun, YE   DNA methylation controls the timing of astrogliogenesis through regulation of JAK-STAT signaling Development (Cambridge, England) , 2005; 132(15): 3345-56.
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He, F Ge, W Martinowich, K Becker-Catania, S Coskun, V Zhu, W Wu, H Castro, D Guillemot, F Fan, G de Vellis, J Sun, YE   A positive autoregulatory loop of Jak-STAT signaling controls the onset of astrogliogenesis Nature neuroscience. , 2005; 8(5): 616-25.
Martin, KC Sun, YE   To learn better, keep the HAT on Neuron. , 2004; 42(6): 879-81.
Martinowich, K Hattori, D Wu, H Fouse, S He, F Hu, Y Fan, G Sun, YE   DNA methylation-related chromatin remodeling in activity-dependent BDNF gene regulation Science. , 2003; 302(5646): 890-3.
Sun, Y Nadal-Vicens, M Misono, S Lin, MZ Zubiaga, A Hua, X Fan, G Greenberg, ME   Neurogenin promotes neurogenesis and inhibits glial differentiation by independent mechanisms Cell. , 2001; 104(3): 365-76.
Fan G, Egles C, Sun Y, Minichiello L, Renger J, Klein R, Liu G, Jaenisch R   NT4 and BDNF have Overlapping as well as Distinct Function in vivo, Nature Neuroscience, 2000; 3: 350-357.
Gao, Y Sun, Y Frank, KM Dikkes, P Fujiwara, Y Seidl, KJ Sekiguchi, JM Rathbun, GA Swat, W Wang, J Bronson, RT Malynn, BA Bryans, M Zhu, C Chaudhuri, J Davidson, L Ferrini, R Stamato, T Orkin, SH Greenberg, ME Alt, FW   A critical role for DNA end-joining proteins in both lymphogenesis and neurogenesis Cell. , 1998; 95(7): 891-902.
Bonni A*, Sun Y*(equal first authorship), Nadal-Vicens M, Bhatt A, Frank DA, Rozovsky I, Stahl N, Yancopoulos GD, Greenberg ME   Regulation of CNS Gliogenesis by JAK-STAT Signaling Pathway, Science, 1997; 278: 477-483.
Rao MS, Sun Y, Escary JL, Perreau J, Tresser S, Patterson PH, Zigmond RE, Brulet P, Landis SC   Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Mediates an Injury Response but not a target-directed developmental transmitter switch in sympathetic neurons, Neuron, 1993; 11: 1175-1185.

Alcino Silva, Ph.D., ICLM Director Emeritus

Faculty Member

Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Gary Small, M.D.

Faculty Member

Professor
Director, UCLA Longevity Center
Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

 

760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
UNITED STATES

Hui Sun, Ph.D.

Faculty Member

Professor
Department of Physiology
Department of Ophthalmology

David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

 

Center for Health Sciences, Room 53-140A
10833 Le Conte Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA 90095

 

Biography

Dr. Sun is Professor of Physiology and Ophthalmology in the Department of Physiology and Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is also a member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1998. He came to UCLA in 2003 as an Assistant Professor and received the prestigious Early Career Scientist Award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in 2009. He has taught in a variety of courses related to physiology and human diseases at UCLA Medical School, UCLA Dental School and UCLA Graduate School.