Lei Yu
Research Investigator
Internal Medicine
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Available to mentor
Lei Yu
Research Investigator
  • Qualifications
  • Recent Publications
    • Qualifications
    • PhD
      Tohoku University, Sendai, 2015
    • Master of Science
      China Agricultural University, Beijing, 2009
    • Bachelor of Science
      Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 2006
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      TR4 and BCL11A Repress γ-globin Transcription via Independent Mechanisms.
      Wang Y, Myers G, Yu L, Deng K, Balbin-Cuesta G, Singh SA, Guan Y, Khoriaty R, Engel JD. Blood, 2024 Oct 11; DOI:10.1182/blood.2024024599
      PMID: 39393056
    • Journal Article
      Murine erythroid differentiation kinetics in vivo under normal and anemic stress conditions.
      Myers G, Wang Y, Wang Q, Friedman A, Sanchez-Martinez A, Liu X, Singh SA, Lim K-C, Khoriaty R, Engel JD, Yu L. Blood Adv, 2023 Oct 10; 7 (19): 5727 - 5732. DOI:10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010088
      PMID: 37552129
    • Journal Article
      Identification of novel γ-globin inducers among all potential erythroid druggable targets.
      Yu L, Myers G, Schneider E, Wang Y, Mathews R, Lim KC, Siemieniak D, Tang V, Ginsburg D, Balbin-Cuesta G, Singh SA, Phuwakanjana P, Jearawiriyapaisarn N, Khoriaty R, Engel JD. Blood Adv, 2022 Jun 14; 6 (11): 3280 - 3285. DOI:10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006802
      PMID: 35240686
    • Journal Article
      An erythroid-to-myeloid cell fate conversion is elicited by LSD1 inactivation.
      Yu L, Myers G, Ku C-J, Schneider E, Wang Y, Singh SA, Jearawiriyapaisarn N, White A, Moriguchi T, Khoriaty R, Yamamoto M, Rosenfeld MG, Pedron J, Bushweller JH, Lim K-C, Engel JD. Blood, 2021 Nov 4; 138 (18): 1691 - 1704. DOI:10.1182/blood.2021011682
      PMID: 34324630
    • Journal Article
      A new murine Rpl5 (uL18) mutation provides a unique model of variably penetrant Diamond Blackfan Anemia
      Yu L, Lemay P, Ludlow A, Guyot M-C, Jones M, Mohamed FF, Saroya G-A, Panaretos C, Schneider E, Wang Y, Myers G, Khoriaty R, Li Q, Franceschi R, Engel JD, Kaartinen V, Rothstein TL, Justice MJ, Kibar Z, Singh SA. Blood Advances, 2021 Oct 26; 5 (20): 4167 - 4179.
    • Journal Article
      3'HS1 CTCF binding site in human β-globin locus regulates fetal hemoglobin expression.
      Himadewi P, Wang XQD, Feng F, Gore H, Liu Y, Yu L, Kurita R, Nakamura Y, Pfeifer GP, Liu J, Zhang X. Elife, 2021 Sep 29; 10: DOI:10.7554/eLife.70557
      PMID: 34585664
    • Preprint
      3’HS1 CTCF binding site in human β-globin locus regulates fetal hemoglobin expression
      Himadewi P, Wang XQD, Feng F, Gore H, Liu Y, Yu L, Liu J, Kurita R, Nakamura Y, Pfeifer G, Zhang X. bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2021.05.18.444713
    • Preprint
      A new murine<i>Rpl5</i>(<i>uL18</i>) mutation provides a unique model of variably penetrant Diamond Blackfan Anemia
      Yu L, Lemay P, Ludlow A, Guyot M-C, Jones M, Mohamed F, Saroya G-A, Panaretos C, Schneider E, Wang Y, Myers G, Khoriaty R, Li Q, Franceschi R, Engel JD, Kaartinen V, Rothstein T, Justice M, Kibar Z, Singh S. 2021 bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2021.02.27.430069