Tzu Phang, PhD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Heme/Onc and Bone Marrow Transplantation

Publications

• Plecitá-Hlavatá L, Brázdová A, Krivonosková M, Hu CJ, Phang T, Tauber J, Li M, Zhang H, Hoetzenecker K, Crnkovic S, Kwapiszewska G, Stenmark KR. Microenvironmental regulation of T-cells in pulmonary hypertension. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1223122. PubMed PMID: 37497214
• Campbell NV, Mickael C, Kumar S, Zhang H, Campbell IL, Gillen AE, Trentin CO, Diener K, Gao B, Kheyfets VO, Gu S, Kumar R, Phang T, Brown RD, Graham BB, Stenmark KR. Single-cell RNA sequencing and binary hierarchical clustering define lung interstitial macrophage heterogeneity in response to hypoxia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2022 Jul 1;323(1):L58-L68. PubMed PMID: 35608266
• Roark CL, Ho BE, Aubrey MT, Anobile C, Israeli S, Phang TL, Braxton D, Ho AP, Freed BM. HLA homozygosity is associated with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hum Immunol. 2022 Oct;83(10):730-735. PubMed PMID: 35953408
• Mickler EA, Zhou H, Phang TL, Geraci MW, Stearman RS, Sears CR. Low-Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing Using Laser Capture Microscopy with Combined Digital Droplet PCR: An Effective Tool to Study Copy Number and Kras Mutations in Early Lung Adenocarcinoma Development. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Nov 6;22(21):12034. doi: 10.3390/ijms222112034. PMID: 34769463; PMCID: PMC8584993.
• Liu H, Ramachandran S, Fong N, Phang T, Lee S, Parsa P, Liu X, Harmacek L, Danhorn T, Song T, Oh S, Zhang Q, Chen Z, Zhang Q, Tu TH, Happoldt C, O'Conner B, Janknecht R, Li CY, Marrack P, Kappler J, Leach S, Zhang G. JMJD5 couples with CDK9 to release the paused RNA polymerase II. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Aug 18;117(33):19888-19895. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2005745117. Epub 2020 Aug 3. PMID: 32747552; PMCID: PMC7443887.
• Sachs S, Zarini S, Kahn DE, Harrison KA, Perreault L, Phang T, Newsom SA, Strauss A, Kerege A, Schoen JA, Bessesen DH, Schwarzmayr T, Graf E, Lutter D, Krumsiek J, Hofmann S, Bergman BC. Intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) directly modulates skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in humans. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30620635
• Stearman RS, Cornelius AR, Young LR, Conklin DS, Mickler EA, Lu X, Hara N, Fettig LM, Phang TL, Geraci MW. Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis and Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Rare Missense Mutations in Context. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Jul 15;200(2):253-256. PubMed PMID: 30985222
• Sachs S, Zarini S, Kahn DE, Harrison KA, Perreault L, Phang T, Newsom SA, Strauss A, Kerege A, Schoen JA, Bessesen DH, Schwarzmayr T, Graf E, Lutter D, Krumsiek J, Hofmann SM, Bergman BC. Intermuscular adipose tissue directly modulates skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in humans. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019 May 1;316(5):E866-E879. PubMed PMID: 30620635
• Stefanski AL, Martinez N, Peterson LK, Callahan TJ, Treacy E, Luck M, Friend SF, Hermesch A, Maltepe E, Phang T, Dragone LL, Winn VD. Murine trophoblast-derived and pregnancy-associated exosome-enriched extracellular vesicle microRNAs: Implications for placenta driven effects on maternal physiology. PLoS One. 2019;14(2):e0210675. PubMed PMID: 30730971
• Kadiyala V, Sasse SK, Altonsy MO, Berman R, Chu HW, Phang TL, Gerber AN. Cistrome-based Cooperation between Airway Epithelial Glucocorticoid Receptor and NF-?B Orchestrates Anti-inflammatory Effects. J Biol Chem. 2016 Jun 10;291(24):12673-87. PubMed PMID: 27076634
• Kadiyala V, Sasse SK, Altonsy MO, Phang TL, Gerber AN. Cistrome Analysis of Glucocorticoid Receptor Activity in Bronchial Epithelial Cells Defines Novel Mechanisms of Steroid Efficacy. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Mar;13 Suppl 1:S103. PubMed PMID: 27027943
• Kuokkanen S, Polotsky AJ, Chosich J, Bradford AP, Jasinska A, Phang T, Santoro N, Appt SE. Corpus luteum as a novel target of weight changes that contribute to impaired female reproductive physiology and function. Syst Biol Reprod Med. 2016 Aug;62(4):227-42. PubMed PMID: 27187064
• Walter ND, Miller MA, Vasquez J, Weiner M, Chapman A, Engle M, Higgins M, Quinones AM, Roselli V, Canono E, Yoon C, Cattamanchi A, Davis JL, Phang T, Stearman RS, Datta G, Garcia BJ, Daley CL, Strong M, Kechris K, Fingerlin TE, Reves R, Geraci MW. Blood transcriptional biomarkers for active TB among US patients: A case-control study with systematic cross-classifier evaluation. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26582831
• Sasse SK, Zuo Z, Kadiyala V, Zhang L, Pufall MA, Jain MK, Phang TL, Stormo GD, Gerber AN. Response Element Composition Governs Correlations between Binding Site Affinity and Transcription in Glucocorticoid Receptor Feed-forward Loops. J Biol Chem. 2015 Aug 7;290(32):19756-69. PubMed PMID: 26088140
• Merhi Z, Polotsky AJ, Bradford AP, Buyuk E, Chosich J, Phang T, Jindal S, Santoro N. Adiposity Alters Genes Important in Inflammation and Cell Cycle Division in Human Cumulus Granulosa Cell. Reprod Sci. 2015 Oct;22(10):1220-8. PubMed PMID: 25676576
• Green RM, Feng W, Phang T, Fish JL, Li H, Spritz RA, Marcucio RS, Hooper J, Jamniczky H, Hallgrímsson B, Williams T. Tfap2a-dependent changes in mouse facial morphology result in clefting that can be ameliorated by a reduction in Fgf8 gene dosage. Dis Model Mech. 2015 Jan;8(1):31-43. PubMed PMID: 25381013
• Baumgartner HK, Trinder KM, Galimanis CE, Post A, Phang T, Ross RG, Winn VD. Characterization of choline transporters in the human placenta over gestation. Placenta. 2015 Dec;36(12):1362-9. PubMed PMID: 26601765
• Al-Safi ZA, Liu H, Carlson NE, Chosich J, Lesh J, Robledo C, Bradford AP, Gee NA, Phang T, Santoro N, Kohrt W, Polotsky AJ. Estradiol Priming Improves Gonadotrope Sensitivity and Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Obese Women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Nov;100(11):4372-81. PubMed PMID: 26425884
• Altonsy MO, Sasse SK, Phang TL, Gerber AN. Context-dependent cooperation between NF-kB and the glucocorticoid receptor at a TNFAIP3 enhancer: a mechanism to maintain negative feedback control of inflammation. J Biol Chem. 2014 Feb 5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24500711
• Reisdorph N, Stearman R, Kechris K, Phang TL, Reisdorph R, Prenni J, Erle DJ, Coldren C, Schey K, Nesvizhskii A, Geraci M. Hands-on workshops as an effective means of learning advanced technologies including genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics. 2013 Dec;11(6):368-77. PubMed PMID: 24316330
• Darlington TM, Ehringer MA, Larson C, Phang TL, Radcliffe RA. Transcriptome analysis of Inbred Long Sleep and Inbred Short Sleep mice. Genes Brain Behav. 2013 Mar;12(2):263-74. PubMed PMID: 23433184
• Frantz AM, Sarver AL, Ito D, Phang TL, Karimpour-Fard A, Scott MC, Valli VE, Lindblad-Toh K, Burgess KE, Husbands BD, Henson MS, Borgatti A, Kisseberth WC, Hunter LE, Breen M, O'Brien TD, Modiano JF. Molecular profiling reveals prognostically significant subtypes of canine lymphoma. Vet Pathol. 2013 Jul;50(4):693-703. PubMed PMID: 23125145