Oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and trafficking, mitophagy, Perinuclear P granules and mRNA metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases and aging.

Seibenhener, L. M, Du, Y. (First-coauthor) and Wooten, M. C. 2012.  A New Role for p62 in controlling Mitochondrial Dynamics and Mitochondrial Genome Integrity (Biochim Biophys Acta, revision and re-submitted).

Du, Y., Wooten, M. C., and Wooten, M.W. 2009. Oxidative damage to the promoter   region of p62 is common to neurodegenertaive disease. Neurobiology of Disease 35: 302-310.

Du, Y., Wooten, M. C., Gearing, M., and Wooten, M.W. 2009. Age-associated damage to the p62 promoter: implications for Alzheimer’s disease. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 46: 492-501.

Du, Y., Yang, X., Chen, R., Shi, X., Zhang, H., and Li, W. 2004. Inhibiting effects on human cancer cell lines SY5Y and A549 by multiple Chinese herbal drugs. Journal of Chinese Medical Physics. 21: 23-24.

Wang, Z., Yang, X., You, H., Du, Y., and Etienne, N.J. 2004. The isolation and identification of one peptide with inhibiting effects on protein kinase CK2. Journal of Capital University of Medical Sciences. 25: 450-453.

Yang, X., Du, Y., and Chen, R. 2004. Inhibition effects of two kinds of Chinese herbal drugs on proliferation of human cancer cells. Journal of Chinese Medical Physics 21: 25-26.