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Yifang Wei

Computer Science Department, Georgetown University
Verified email at georgetown.edu
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Exosomal miR-221/222 enhances tamoxifen resistance in recipient ER-positive breast cancer cells

Y Wei, X Lai, S Yu, S Chen, Y Ma, Y Zhang, H Li… - Breast cancer research …, 2014 - Springer
Recent studies have demonstrated that specific miRNAs, such as miR-221/222, may be
responsible for tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer. Secreted miRNAs enclosed in exosomes …

The effect of Fe2O3 and ZnO nanoparticles on cytotoxicity and glucose metabolism in lung epithelial cells

X Lai, Y Wei, H Zhao, S Chen, X Bu, F Lu… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Metallic nanoparticles (NPs) have potential applications in industry and medicine, but they
also have the potential to cause many chronic pulmonary diseases. Mechanisms for their …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin enhances tamoxifen-mediated tumor growth inhibition in ER-positive breast carcinoma

…, S Chen, C Zhong, Y Xue, Y Zhang, X Lai, Y Wei… - BMC cancer, 2014 - Springer
Background Tamoxifen, an endocrine therapy drug used to treat breast cancer, is designed
to interrupt estrogen signaling by blocking the estrogen receptor (ER). However, many ER-…

A framework for detecting public health trends with twitter

J Parker, Y Wei, A Yates, O Frieder… - Proceedings of the 2013 …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Traditional public health surveillance requires regular clinical reports and considerable
effort by health professionals to analyze data. Therefore, a low cost alternative is of great …

Enzymatic preparation of Crassostrea oyster peptides and their promoting effect on male hormone production

W Zhang, Y Wei, X Cao, K Guo, Q Wang, X Xiao… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
… Xiaoxiao Cao, Wanwan Zhang, Yifang Wei and Qiangqiang Wang wrote the manuscript.
Zebo Huang, Dingding Wang, Qiangqiang Wang and Yifang Wei revised the manuscript. All …

[HTML][HTML] MiR-129-3p promotes docetaxel resistance of breast cancer cells via CP110 inhibition

Y Zhang, Y Wang, Y Wei, M Li, S Yu, M Ye, H Zhang… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Docetaxel is commonly used as an effective chemotherapeutic agent in breast cancer
treatment, but the underlying mechanisms of drug resistance are not fully understood. The …

Autophagy stimulates apoptosis in HER 2‐overexpressing breast cancers treated by lapatinib

…, T Han, S Chen, X Liu, R Jiang, Y Wei… - Journal of cellular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
HER2‐overexpressing breast cancers often show hyperactivation of the HER2/AKT/mTOR
signaling pathway. Lapatinib is an oral dual tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) that targets both …

Identification of extremism on Twitter

Y Wei, L Singh, S Martin - 2016 IEEE/ACM international …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Identifying extremist-associated conversations on Twitter is an open problem. Extremist groups
have been leveraging Twitter (1) to spread their message and (2) to gain recruits. In this …

Blending noisy social media signals with traditional movement variables to predict forced migration

L Singh, L Wahedi, Y Wang, Y Wei, C Kirov… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Worldwide displacement due to war and conflict is at all-time high. Unfortunately, determining
if, when, and where people will move is a complex problem. This paper proposes …

Cancer subtyping with heterogeneous multi-omics data via hierarchical multi-kernel learning

Y Wei, L Li, X Zhao, H Yang, J Sa… - Briefings in …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Differentiating cancer subtypes is crucial to guide personalized treatment and improve the
prognosis for patients. Integrating multi-omics data can offer a comprehensive landscape of …