Humphrey Hung Chang Yao

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Affiliation: University of Illinois
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The pathway to femaleness: current knowledge on embryonic development of the ovary
    Humphrey Hung Chang Yao
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL 61802, USA
    Mol Cell Endocrinol 230:87-93. 2005
  2. ncbi Sexually dimorphic regulation of inhibin beta B in establishing gonadal vasculature in mice
    Humphrey Hung Chang Yao
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA
    Biol Reprod 74:978-83. 2006
  3. ncbi Testicular somatic cells, not gonocytes, are the major source of functional activin A during testis morphogenesis
    Denise R Archambeault
    Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Endocrinology 152:4358-67. 2011
  4. ncbi Activin A, a product of fetal Leydig cells, is a unique paracrine regulator of Sertoli cell proliferation and fetal testis cord expansion
    Denise R Archambeault
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:10526-31. 2010
  5. ncbi Investigating the origins of somatic cell populations in the perinatal mouse ovaries using genetic lineage tracing and immunohistochemistry
    Chang Liu
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
    Methods Mol Biol 825:211-21. 2012
  6. ncbi Essential roles of inhibin beta A in mouse epididymal coiling
    Jessica Tomaszewski
    Department of Biology, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:11322-7. 2007
  7. ncbi Diverse functions of Hedgehog signaling in formation and physiology of steroidogenic organs
    Chen Che Jeff Huang
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Mol Reprod Dev 77:489-96. 2010
  8. ncbi Progenitor cell expansion and organ size of mouse adrenal is regulated by sonic hedgehog
    Chen Che Jeff Huang
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, 2001 South Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA
    Endocrinology 151:1119-28. 2010
  9. ncbi Stem cell potential of the mammalian gonad
    Chia Feng Liu
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 1:510-8. 2009
  10. ncbi Desert Hedgehog/Patched 1 signaling specifies fetal Leydig cell fate in testis organogenesis
    Humphrey Hung Chang Yao
    Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
    Genes Dev 16:1433-40. 2002

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Publications11

  1. ncbi The pathway to femaleness: current knowledge on embryonic development of the ovary
    Humphrey Hung Chang Yao
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL 61802, USA
    Mol Cell Endocrinol 230:87-93. 2005
    ..Challenges await us to establish the molecular connections of these molecules as well as to discover new candidates in the pathway of early ovarian development...
  2. ncbi Sexually dimorphic regulation of inhibin beta B in establishing gonadal vasculature in mice
    Humphrey Hung Chang Yao
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA
    Biol Reprod 74:978-83. 2006
    ..Inhibin beta B is strategically positioned at the intersection of these opposing pathways...
  3. ncbi Testicular somatic cells, not gonocytes, are the major source of functional activin A during testis morphogenesis
    Denise R Archambeault
    Department of Comparative Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Endocrinology 152:4358-67. 2011
    ....
  4. ncbi Activin A, a product of fetal Leydig cells, is a unique paracrine regulator of Sertoli cell proliferation and fetal testis cord expansion
    Denise R Archambeault
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:10526-31. 2010
    ..Our findings challenge the paradigm that fetal testis development is solely under the control of Sertoli cells, by uncovering an active and essential role of fetal Leydig cells during testis cord morphogenesis...
  5. ncbi Investigating the origins of somatic cell populations in the perinatal mouse ovaries using genetic lineage tracing and immunohistochemistry
    Chang Liu
    Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
    Methods Mol Biol 825:211-21. 2012
    ..Here, we describe how to apply the genetic lineage tracing model in combination with immunohistochemistry to identify the potential origins of somatic cell precursors in perinatal mouse ovaries...
  6. ncbi Essential roles of inhibin beta A in mouse epididymal coiling
    Jessica Tomaszewski
    Department of Biology, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:11322-7. 2007
    ..These results demonstrated that Inhba, a mesenchyme-specific gene, acts collectively with testosterone to facilitate epididymal coiling by stimulating epithelial proliferation...
  7. ncbi Diverse functions of Hedgehog signaling in formation and physiology of steroidogenic organs
    Chen Che Jeff Huang
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Mol Reprod Dev 77:489-96. 2010
    ..The purpose of this review is to compare and contrast the different roles of Hh signaling in these three organs during development...
  8. ncbi Progenitor cell expansion and organ size of mouse adrenal is regulated by sonic hedgehog
    Chen Che Jeff Huang
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, 2001 South Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61802, USA
    Endocrinology 151:1119-28. 2010
    ..Our results not only provide the genetic evidence to support that the adrenal capsule contributes to the growth of adrenocortex in both fetal and adult life but also identify a novel role of Shh in this process...
  9. ncbi Stem cell potential of the mammalian gonad
    Chia Feng Liu
    Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
    Front Biosci (Elite Ed) 1:510-8. 2009
    ..In this review, we discuss studies focusing on whether stem cell properties are present in the different cell types of male and female gonads and their implications on stem cell research...
  10. ncbi Desert Hedgehog/Patched 1 signaling specifies fetal Leydig cell fate in testis organogenesis
    Humphrey Hung Chang Yao
    Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
    Genes Dev 16:1433-40. 2002
    ....
  11. ncbi The battle of the sexes: opposing pathways in sex determination
    Humphrey Hung-Chang Yao
    Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Novartis Found Symp 244:187-98; discussion 198-206, 253-7. 2002
    ..Current experiments in the lab address the hypothesis that cord formation and germ cell entry into meiosis are competing pathways in gonad development...