Yu Ching Cheng

Summary

Affiliation: University of Maryland
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Genetic effects on postprandial variations of inflammatory markers in healthy individuals
    Yu Ching Cheng
    Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1417-22. 2010
  2. ncbi Genome-wide association scan identifies variants near Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) genes on chromosome 11q21-22 strongly associated with serum MMP-1 levels
    Yu Ching Cheng
    Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2:329-37. 2009
  3. ncbi Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 9p21.3 with platelet reactivity: a potential mechanism for increased vascular disease
    Kiran Musunuru
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Genet 3:445-53. 2010
  4. ncbi Determinants of coronary artery and aortic calcification in the Old Order Amish
    Wendy Post
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Circulation 115:717-24. 2007
  5. ncbi Are myocardial infarction--associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with ischemic stroke?
    Yu Ching Cheng
    Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 660 W Redwood St, Howard Hall, Room 492, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Stroke 43:980-6. 2012

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi Genetic effects on postprandial variations of inflammatory markers in healthy individuals
    Yu Ching Cheng
    Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1417-22. 2010
    ..Genetic factors appear to play a significant role influencing basal inflammatory levels but to have minimal influence on post-fat intake inflammatory changes...
  2. ncbi Genome-wide association scan identifies variants near Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) genes on chromosome 11q21-22 strongly associated with serum MMP-1 levels
    Yu Ching Cheng
    Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2:329-37. 2009
    ..Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-1 may play a role in cardiovascular disease susceptibility by influencing plaque rupture via its ability to degrade extracellular collagens...
  3. ncbi Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 9p21.3 with platelet reactivity: a potential mechanism for increased vascular disease
    Kiran Musunuru
    Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Genet 3:445-53. 2010
    ..To gain insights into the mechanisms underlying these associations, we hypothesized that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in this region would be associated with platelet reactivity across multiple populations...
  4. ncbi Determinants of coronary artery and aortic calcification in the Old Order Amish
    Wendy Post
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Circulation 115:717-24. 2007
    ..Our goal was to characterize risk factors for CAC and AC and to estimate the genetic contribution to their variation...
  5. ncbi Are myocardial infarction--associated single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with ischemic stroke?
    Yu Ching Cheng
    Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 660 W Redwood St, Howard Hall, Room 492, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Stroke 43:980-6. 2012
    ..To test this hypothesis, we evaluated whether single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at 11 different loci recently associated with MI or CAD through genome-wide association studies were associated with IS...