Epernicus: Peng Ji, M.D., Ph.D.

Peng Ji, M.D., Ph.D.

Position:
Medical Resident

Pathology

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago, IL)
Degrees:

Ph.D., Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, New York)

M.D., Beijing Medical University (Beijing, China)
Clinical Training:

Residency (in progress), Clinical Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Past Advisors:

Harvey F. Lodish (as Post Doctoral Fellow)

Liang Zhu (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
Research:
Mammalian erythrocytes enucleation and hematopoietic stem cell homing and migration
Honors:
2012-2014 American Society of Hematology Scholar Award

2010-2015 NIH Pathway to independence award (K99/R00)

2008-2010 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fellow

2004 Julius Marmur Research Award

Communities:

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Peng Ji's Publications (14)

Mammalian erythroblast enucleation requires PI3K-dependent cell polarization.
Wang J, Ramirez T, Ji P, Jayapal SR, Lodish HF, Murata-Hori M

Journal of cell science. 2012 Feb 13
Ankyrin and band 3 differentially affect expression of membrane glycoproteins but are not required for erythroblast enucleation.
Ji P, Lodish HF

Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 2012 Jan 27;417(4):1188-92
Formation of mammalian erythrocytes: chromatin condensation and enucleation.
Ji P, Murata-Hori M, Lodish HF

Trends in cell biology. 2011 Jul;21(7):409-15
MicroRNA-15a and -16-1 act via MYB to elevate fetal hemoglobin expression in human trisomy 13.
Sankaran VG, Menne TF, Scepanovic D, Vergilio JA, Ji P, Kim J, Thiru P, Orkin SH, Lander ES, Lodish HF

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2011 Jan 25;108(4):1519-24
Down-regulation of Myc is essential for terminal erythroid maturation.
Jayapal SR, Lee KL, Ji P, Kaldis P, Lim B, Lodish HF

The Journal of biological chemistry. 2010 Dec 17;285(51):40252-65
Histone deacetylase 2 is required for chromatin condensation and subsequent enucleation of cultured mouse fetal erythroblasts.
Ji P, Yeh V, Ramirez T, Murata-Hori M, Lodish HF

Haematologica. 2010 Dec;95(12):2013-21
Rac GTPases play multiple roles in erythropoiesis.
Ji P, Lodish HF

Haematologica. 2010 Jan;95(1):2-4
Skp2 is required for survival of aberrantly proliferating Rb1-deficient cells and for tumorigenesis in Rb1+/- mice.
Wang H, Bauzon F, Ji P, Xu X, Sun D, Locker J, Sellers RS, Nakayama K, Nakayama KI, Cobrinik D, Zhu L

Nature genetics. 2010 Jan;42(1):83-8
An AR-Skp2 pathway for proliferation of androgen-dependent prostate-cancer cells.
Wang H, Sun D, Ji P, Mohler J, Zhu L

Journal of cell science. 2008 Jul 15
Enucleation of cultured mouse fetal erythroblasts requires Rac GTPases and mDia2.
Ji P, Jayapal SR, Lodish HF

Nature cell biology. 2008 Mar;10(3):314-21
Disrupting Skp2-cyclin A interaction with a blocking peptide induces selective cancer cell killing.
Ji P, Sun D, Wang H, Bauzon F, Zhu L

Molecular cancer therapeutics. 2007 Feb;6(2):684-91
Skp2 contains a novel cyclin A binding domain that directly protects cyclin A from inhibition by p27Kip1.
Ji P, Goldin L, Ren H, Sun D, Guardavaccaro D, Pagano M, Zhu L

The Journal of biological chemistry. 2006 Aug 18;281(33):24058-69
Using kinetic studies to uncover new Rb functions in inhibiting cell cycle progression.
Ji P, Zhu L

Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.). 2005 Mar;4(3):373-5
An Rb-Skp2-p27 pathway mediates acute cell cycle inhibition by Rb and is retained in a partial-penetrance Rb mutant.
Ji P, Jiang H, Rekhtman K, Bloom J, Ichetovkin M, Pagano M, Zhu L

Molecular cell. 2004 Oct 8;16(1):47-58

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Peng Ji, M.D., Ph.D.

Medical Resident

Mammalian erythrocytes enucleation and hematopoietic stem cell homing and migration

Peng Ji's Genealogy

Peng Ji's Publications (14)