Ying Wei, MD

1988, B.Sc. in Pharmacy, Shanghai Medical University
1991, M.D. in Medicine, Shanghai Medical University
1991-1993, Research Assistant in Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology, Academia Sinica
1993-1997, Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine, Respiratory Division, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School

• 1997-2001
  Instructor in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• 2001-present
  Assistant Adjunct Professor in Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

• 1983-1988
  College Dean's List (every year)
• 1991
  Rong-Ling's Scholarship (the highest honor for exceptional graduating students)

• Wu, MP; Wei, Y; Li, YW; Mei, MZ. A Simple Procedure for Purification of Rat Hepatic Endothelial Lipase(HEL). Acta Biochemica et Biophycica sinica. 1989; 21:389-392
• Wu, MP; Xu, PF; Wei, Y; Mei, MZ. A Study on the Metabolic Function of Rat Hepatic Endothelial Lipase(HEL). Acta Academiae Medicinae Shanghai. 1989; 16:126-130
• Wu, MP; Wei, Y; Li, YW; Xu, PF; Mei, MZ. A Study on the Characteristics of Rat Hepatic Endothelial Lipase(HEL). Acta Academiae Medicinae Shanghai. 1989; 16:121-125
• Zhu, YS; Wei, Y; Wen, ZP; Zhu, H; Song, HY. Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator (tPA) cDNA Expression Plasmid (containing SV40 Early Promoter) and its Transient Expression in Mammalian Cells. Acta Academiae Medicinae Shanghai. 1992; 19 (suppl): 21-23
• Song, HY; Wei, Y; Zhu, YS; Wen, ZP; Zhu, H; Zhang, YL; Sun, CE. Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator (tPA) cDNA Expression Plasmid (containing hMT-IIA Promoter) and its Expression in Mammalian Cells. Acta Academiae Medicinae Shanghai. 1992; 19 (suppl):12-17
• Wei, Y; Ni, ZM; Zhou, Y; Wu, L; Shi, LJ. The Study of Metaphasic Chromosome Pellicle. Shih Yen Sheng Wu Hsueh Pao. 1994; 27:505-513
• Wei, Y; Waltz, DA; Rao, NK; Drumond, RJ; Rosenberg, S; Chapman, HA. Identification of the Urokinase Receptor as an Adhesion Receptor for Vitronectin. J. Biol. Chem. 1994; 269:32380-32388
• Wei, Y; Lukashev, M; Simon, DI; Bodary, SI; Rosenberg, S; Doyle, M; Chapman, HA. Regulation of Integrin Function by the Urokinase Receptor. Science. 1996; 273:1551-1554
• Simon, DI; Rao, NK; Xu, H; Wei, Y; Majdic, O; Ronne, E; Kobzik, L; Chapman, HA. Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18) and the Urokinase Receptor (CD87) Form a Functional Unit on Monocytic Cells. Blood. 1996; 88:3185-3194
• Waltz, DA; Natkin, LR; Fujita, RM; Wei, Y; Chapman, HA. Plasmin and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor Type I Promote Cellular Motility by Regulating the Interaction between the Urokinase Receptor and Vitronectin. J. Clin. Invest. 1997; 100:58-67
• Wei, Y; Yang, XW; Liu, QM; Wilkins, JA; Chapman, HA. Role for Caveolin in beta1 Integrin and Urokinase Receptor-Mediated Cell Adhesion. J. Cell Biol. 1999; 144:1285-1294
• Chapman, HA; Wei, Y; Simon, DI; Waltz, DA. Role of Urokinase Receptor and Caveolin in Regulation of Integrin Signaling. Invited review to Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 1999; 82: 291-7
• Wei, Y; Simon, DI; Zhang, L; Rao, NK; Xu, H; Chen, Z; Liu, Q; Rosenberg, S; Chapman, HA. Identification of a Urokinase Receptor-Integrin Interaction Site: Promiscuous Regulator of Integrin Function. J. Biol. Chem. 2000; 275: 10228-34
• Chapman, HA and Wei, Y. Protease Crosstalk with Integrins: the Urokinase Receptor Paradigm. Invited review to Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2001; 86: 124-9
• Wei, Y; Eble, JA; Wang, ZM; Kreidberg, JA; Chapman, HA. Urokinase Receptors Promote Beta1 Integrin Function Through Interactions with the Integrin Alpha3Beta1. Mol. Biol. Cell. 2001; 12: 2975-86
• Kugler, MC; Wei, Y; Chapman, HA. Urokinase Receptor and Integrin Interactions. Curr. Pharm. Des. 2003; 9: 1565-74. Review
• Zhang, F; Tom, CC; Ching, TT; Kugler, MC; Kreidberg, JA; Wei, Y; Chapman, HA. Distinct Ligand Binding Sites in Integrin Alpha3beta1 Regulate Matrix Adhesion and Cell-Cell Contact. J. Cell Biol. 2003; 163: 177-88 (Co-correspondence Author)
• Wei, Y; Czekay, RP; Robillard, L; Kugler, MC; Zhang, F; Kim, KK; Xiong, JP; Humphries, MJ; Chapman, HA. Regulation of Alpha5Beta1 Integrin Conformation and Function by Urokinase Receptor Binding. J. Cell Biol. 2005; 168: 501-511 (Co-correspondence Author)