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Young Ah Jo, Ph.D.

Young Ah Jo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Molecular Genetics
  • Education
    Undergraduate
    Sogang University (1994), Biology
    Undergraduate
    Sogang University (1997), Biochemistry
    Graduate School
    Tx Tech U Health Sciences Ctr (2004), Biochemistry
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Sterol-induced degradation of HMG CoA reductase depends on interplay of two Insigs and two ubiquitin ligases, gp78 and Trc8.
    Jo Y, Lee PC, Sguigna PV, DeBose-Boyd RA Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2011 Dec 108 51 20503-8
    Control of cholesterol synthesis through regulated ER-associated degradation of HMG CoA reductase.
    Jo Y, Debose-Boyd RA Crit. Rev. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2010 Jun 45 3 185-98
    Complex role of the mitochondrial targeting signal in the function of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein revealed by bacterial artificial chromosome transgenesis in vivo.
    Sasaki G, Ishii T, Jeyasuria P, Jo Y, Bahat A, Orly J, Hasegawa T, Parker KL Mol. Endocrinol. 2008 Apr 22 4 951-64
    Multiple signaling pathways regulating steroidogenesis and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression: more complicated than we thought.
    Stocco DM, Wang X, Jo Y, Manna PR Mol. Endocrinol. 2005 Nov 19 11 2647-59
    Involvement of protein kinase C and cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-dependent kinase in steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression and steroid biosynthesis in Leydig cells.
    Jo Y, King SR, Khan SA, Stocco DM Biol. Reprod. 2005 Aug 73 2 244-55
    Regulation of steroidogenesis and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein in R2C cells by DAX-1 (dosage-sensitive sex reversal, adrenal hypoplasia congenita, critical region on the X chromosome, gene-1).
    Jo Y, Stocco DM Endocrinology 2004 Dec 145 12 5629-37
    Differential regulation of steroid hormone biosynthesis in R2C and MA-10 Leydig tumor cells: role of SR-B1-mediated selective cholesteryl ester transport.
    Rao RM, Jo Y, Leers-Sucheta S, Bose HS, Miller WL, Azhar S, Stocco DM Biol. Reprod. 2003 Jan 68 1 114-21
    Regulation of steroid hormone biosynthesis in R2C and MA-10 Leydig tumor cells: role of the cholesterol transfer proteins StAR and PBR.
    Rao RM, Jo Y, Babb-Tarbox M, Syapin PJ, Stocco DM Endocr. Res. 2002 Nov 28 4 387-94
    Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies specific to atrazine group compounds: effects of coating ligand structure on the variation of sensitivity and specificity.
    Choi MJ, Jo Y, Choi J, Kang CY, Han CT J Immunoassay 1999 Feb-May 20 1-2 57-77
    The optimization of ELISA for methamphetamine determination: the effect of immunogen, tracer and antibody purification method on the sensitivity.
    Choi J, Choi MJ, Kim C, Cho YS, Chin J, Jo YA Arch. Pharm. Res. 1997 Feb 20 1 46-52