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Wenyan D. Shen
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Citations - 783
Wenyan D. Shen is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor & Neurotrophic factors. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 620 citations.
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A proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 neutralizing antibody reduces serum cholesterol in mice and nonhuman primates.
Joyce Chi Yee Chan,Derek E. Piper,Qiong Cao,Dongming Liu,Chadwick T. King,Wei Wang,Jie Tang,Qiang Liu,Higbee Jared Martin,Zhen Xia,Yongmei Di,Susan Shetterly,Ziva Arimura,Heather Salomonis,William G. Romanow,Stephen T. Thibault,Richard Zhang,Ping Cao,Xiao-Ping Yang,Timothy W. Yu,Mei Lu,Marc W. Retter,Gayle Kwon,Kirk Henne,Oscar Pan,Mei-Mei Tsai,Bryna Fuchslocher,Evelyn Yang,Lei Zhou,Kijeong Lee,Mark Daris,Jackie Sheng,Yan Wang,Wenyan D. Shen,Wen-Chen Yeh,Maurice Emery,Nigel Walker,Bei Shan,Margrit Schwarz,Simon Mark Jackson +39 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that anti-PCSK9 antibodies may be effective therapeutics for treating hypercholesterolemia.
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Non-homeostatic body weight regulation through a brainstem-restricted receptor for GDF15
Jer-Yuan Hsu,Suzanne Christine Crawley,Michael Chen,Dina A. Ayupova,Darrin A. Lindhout,Higbee Jared Martin,Alan Kutach,William Joo,Zhengyu Gao,Diana Fu,Carmen To,Kalyani Mondal,Betty Chan Li,Avantika Kekatpure,Marilyn Wang,Teresa Laird,Geoffrey Horner,Jackie Chan,Michele McEntee,Manuel E. Lopez,Damodharan Lakshminarasimhan,Andre White,Sheng-Ping Wang,Jun Yao,Junming Yie,Hugo Matern,Mark J. Solloway,Raj Haldankar,Tom Parsons,Jie Tang,Wenyan D. Shen,Yu Alice Chen,Hui Tian,Bernard B. Allan +33 more
TL;DR: This work identifies glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor alpha-like (GFRAL) as a brainstem-restricted receptor for growth and differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), and identifies a mechanistic basis for the non-homeostatic regulation of neural circuitry by a peripheral signal associated with tissue damage and stress.