PUBLICATIONS

 

Original Articles

 

1.         Stepkowski SM, YJ Kao, ME Wang, N Tejpal, H Podder, J Dimmock, A Jha, U Das, BD Kahan, RA Kirken. 2005.  The mannich base NC1153 promotes long-term allograft survival and spares the recipient from multiple toxicities.  J. Immunology 175:4236-4246.

2.         Kao, YJ, Piedra, PA, Larsen, GL, GN Colasurdo. 2001.  Induction and regulation of nitric oxide synthase in airway epithelial cells by respiratory syncytial virus.  Am J Respir Crit Care Med.  163 (2):532-539.

3.         Kao, Y-CJ, LM Lichtenberger. 1993.  Effect of 16, 16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 on lipidic organelles of rat gastric surface mucous cells.  Gastroenterology 104:103-113.

4.         Lichtenberger, LM, Ahmed TN, Barreto JC, Kao Y-CJ. 1992.  Use of fluorescent hydrophobic dyes in establishing the presence of lipids in the gastric mucus gel layer.  J Clin Gastroenterol 14 (Suppl. 1):S82-S87.

5.         Kao, Y-CJ, LM Lichtenberger. 1991.  Phospho- and Neutral lipid-containing organelles of rat gastroduodenal mucous cells: possible origin of the hydrophobic mucosal lining.  Gastroenterology 101:7-21.

6.         Dial EJ, Y-CJ Kao, LM Lichtenberger. 1991.  Effects of 16, 16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 on glycoprotein and lipid synthesis of gastric epithelial cells grown in a primary culture.  In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology 27A:39-46.

7.         Lichtenberger, LM, JJ Romero, Y-CJ Kao, EJ Dial. 1990.  Gastric protective activity of mixtures of saturated polar and neutral lipids in rats.  Gastroenterology 99:311-326.

8.         Kao, Y-CJ, PJ Goddard, LM Lichtenberger. 1990.  Morphological effects of aspirin and prostaglandin on the canine gastric mucosal surface: analysis with a phospholipids-selective cytochemical stain.  Gastroenterology 98:592-606.

9.         Kao, Y-CJ, LM Lichtenberger. 1990.  A method to preserve extracellular surfactant-like phospholipids on the luminal surface of the rodent gastric mucosa.  J Histochem Cytochem 38:427-431.

10.        Goddard PJ, Y-CJ Kao, LM Lichtenberger. 1990.  Luminal surface hydrophobicity of canine gastric mucosa is dependent on a surface mucous gel.  Gastroenterology 98:361-370.

11.        Kao, YJ, LM Lichtenberger. 1987.  Localization of phospholipid-rich zones in the rat gastric mucosa: possible origin of a protective hydrophobic luminal lining.  J Histochem Cytochem 35:1285-1298.

12.        Daskal, Y, CA Mottioli, J Kao-Jen, DS Terman. 1984.  Histologic and ultrastructural changes in breast adenocarcinoma after treatment with plasma perfused over immobilized protein A.  Cancer Research 44:2225-2235.

13.        Kao-Jen, J, JE Wilson. 1980.  Localization of hexokinase in neural tissue: electron microscopic studies of rat cerebellar cortex.  J Neurochemistry 35:667-678.

14.        Lusk, JA, CM Manthorpe, J Kao-Jen, JE Wilson. 1980.  Predominance of the cytoplasmic form of brain hexokinase in cultured astrocytes.  J Neurochemistry 34:1412-1420.

 

 

HONORS

 

Michigan State University Faculty Women's Association Scholarship Award

Michigan State University Foreign Student Scholarship Award

 

 

Area Specialty

 

Cell biology and morphology in cultured cells and animal models

Immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry

Protein expression, purification, and detection

Detection of DNA/RNA and protein bindings

Electron microscopy and confocal microscopy

 

 

 

Degree

 

Masters of Science                               

Michigan State University