http://microbiology.utmb.edu/faculty/xue/xue.htmXue-Jie Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
PRESENT POSITION:
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology, WHO Collaborative Center for Tropical Diseases, and Microbiology and Immunology
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, Texas 77555-0609
(409) 772-4813 (Laboratory) (409) 747-1786 (Office)
(409) 747-2415 (Fax ) Email:
xuyu@utmb.edu EDUCATION:
1993 Ph.D., Cellular Biology and Microbiology, Universite D'Aix-Marceille II, Marseille, France
1988 Masters, Preventive Medicine, Chinese Academy for Preventive Medicine, Beijing, P. R. China
1983 M.D., Shandong Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China
PROFESSIONAL:
2001 - Current Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, WHO Collaborative Center for Tropical Diseases, and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
1997 - 2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
1996 – 1997 Instructor, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
1993 – 1996 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
1992 – 1993 Doctorate, Unite des Rickettsies, Faculte de Medecine , Marseille, France
1989 – 1992 Assistant Professor, Rickettsial Laboratory, Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Chinese Academy for Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China
1987 – 1988 Visiting Scientist, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
1987 Visiting Scientist, Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1983 – 1987 Instructor, Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Chinese Academy for Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China
Ad Hoc reviewer:
* Veterinary Microbiology
* American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:
12/01/01 – 11/30/04 1 R01 A145871-01A2, Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, “Molecular basis of persistent Ehrlichia infection”
09/01/00 – 08/31/02 1U01AI49040-01, Co-investigator (Principle investigator: Walker, D.H.), National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Complete Genome Sequence of Rickettsia typhi
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
* American Society for Microbiology
* American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
* American Association for the Advancement of Science
* American Society of Rickettsiology
PATENTS:
"Immunodominant 120-kDa surface-exposed adhesion protein genes of Ehrlichia chaffeensis"; Inventors: David H. Walker, M.D., and Xue-Jie Yu, M.D., Ph.D.
“Homologous 28-kilodaton immunodominant protein genes of Ehrlichia canis and uses thereof”; Inventors: David H. Walker, Jere W. McBride and Xue-jie Yu
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Long S W, Zhang XF, Qi H, Standaert S, Walker DH, Yu XJ: Antigenic variation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis resulting from differential expression of the 28-kDa protein gene family. Infec Immun. 70:1824-1831,2002.
2. Yu X-J, Zhang X-F, McBride JW, Zhang YL, and Walker DH: Phylogenetic relationships of Anaplasma marginale and Ehrlichia platys to other Ehrlichia determined by GroEL amino acid sequences. Int J of Syst Evolution Microbiol. 51:1143-1146, 2001.
3. Moron CG, Bouyer DH, Yu XJ, Foil LD, Crocquet-Valdes, and Walker DH: Phylogenetic analysis of the rompB genes of Rickettsia felis and Rickettsia prowazekii European human and North American flying-squirrel strains. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 62: 598-603, 2000.
4. McBride JW, Yu X-J, and Walker DH: A conserved transcriptionally active p28 multigene locus of Ehrlichia canis. Gene.254:245-252, 2000.
5. Yu X-J, McBride JW, Zhang, XF, Walker DH. 2000. Characterization of the complete transcriptionally active Ehrlichia chaffeensis 28 kDa outer membrane protein multigene family. Gene. 248:59-68, 2000.
6. Yu X-J, McBride JW, Diaz CM, and Walker DH. Molecular cloning and characterization of the 120-kDa protein gene of Ehrlichia canis and application of the recombinant 120-kDa protein for serodiagnosis of canine ehrlichiosis. J. Clin. Mcrobiol. 38:369-374, 2000.
7. Popov VL, Yu X-J, and Walker DH: The120 kDa outer membrane protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis: preferential expression on dense-core cells and gene expression in Escherichia coli associated with attachment and entry. Microbial Pathogenesis 28:71-80, 2000.
8. Zhang JZ, Fan MY, Yu X-J, and Raoult D: Phylogenetic analysis of the Chinese Rickettsia isolate BJ-90 [letter]. Emerg.Infect.Dis. 6:432-433, 2000.
9. McBride JW, Yu X-J, and Walker DH: Glycosylation of homologous immunodominant protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia canis. Infect. Immun. 68:13-18, 2000.
10. Yu X-J, Crocquet-Valdes PA, Cullman LC, Popov VL, and Walker DH. Comparison of Ehrlichia chaffeensis recombinant proteins for diagnosis of human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37: 2568–2575, 1999.
11. McBride JW, Yu X-J, Walker DH: Molecular cloning of a conserved major immunoreactive 28-kilodalton protein gene of Ehrlichia canis: a potential serodiagnostic antigen. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 6:392-399, 1999.
12. Yu X-J, McBride JW, Walker DH: Genetic diversity of the 28-kilodalton outer membrane protein of human isolates of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. J Clin Microbiol 37:1137-1143, 1999.
13. Sexton DJ, Corey GR, Carpenter C, Kong LQ, Gandhi T, Breitschwerdt E, Hegarty B, Chen S-M, Feng H-M, Yu X-J, Olano J, Walker DH, Dumler JS: Dual infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis and a spotted fever group rickettsia: A case report. Emerg Infect Dis 4:311-316, 1998.
14. Billings AN, Yu X-J, Teel PD, Walker DH: Detection of a spotted fever group rickettsia in Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae) in south Texas. J Med Entomol 35:474-478, 1998.
15. Yu X-J, Walker DH: Sequence and characterization of an Ehrlichia chaffeensis gene encoding 314 amino acids highly homologous to the NAD A enzyme. FEMS Letters 154:53-58, 1997.
16. Yu X-J, Piesman JF, Olson JG, Walker DH: Geographic distribution of different genetic types of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Am J Trop Med Hyg 56:679-680, 1997.
17. Chen S-M, Yu X-J, Popov VL, Westerman EL, Hamilton FG, Walker DH: Genetic and antigenic diversity of Ehrlichia chaffeensis: comparative analysis of a novel human strain from Oklahoma and previously isolated strains. J Infect Dis 175:856-863, 1997.
18. Yu X-J, Crocquet-Valdes PA, Cullman LC, Walker DH: Cloning and sequencing of the gene for a 120-kDa immunodominant surface protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis. Gene 184:149-154, 1997.
19. Yu X-J, Crocquet-Valdes P, Cullman LC, Walker DH: The recombinant 120-kDa protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a potential diagnostic tool. J Clin Microbiol 34:2853-2855, 1996.
20. Zavala-Velazquez JE, Yu X-J, Walker DH: Unrecognized spotted fever group rickettsiosis masquerading as dengue fever in Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg 55:157-159, 1996.
21. Yu X-J, Raoult D: Monoclonal antibodies to Afipia felis-a putative agent of cat scratch disease. Am J Clin Pathol 101:603-606, 1994.
22. Yu X-J, Raoult D: Serotyping Coxiella burnetii isolates from acute and chronic Q fever patients by using monoclonal antibodies. FEMS Microbiol Letters 117:15-20, 1994.
23. Eremeeva M, Yu X-J, Raoult D: Differentiation among spotted fever group rickettsiae species by analysis of restriction length polymorphism of PCR-amplified DNA. J Clin Microbiol 32:803-810, 1994.
24. Yu X-J, Brouqui P, Dumler JS, Raoult D: Detection of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in human tissue by using a speceis-specific monoclonal antibody. J Clin Microbiol 31:3284-3288, 1993.
25. Yu X-J, Jin Y, Fan MY, Xu GM, Liu QH, Raoult D. Genotypic and antigenic identificaiton of two new strains of spotted fever group rickettsiae isolated from China. J Clin Microbiol 31:83-88, 1993.
26. Walker DH, Liu QH, Yu X-J, Li H, Taylor C, Feng HM: Antigenic diversity of Rickettsia conorii. Am J Trop Med Hyg 47:78-86, 1992.
27. Piao CG, Yu X-J, Fan MY. Serological evidence of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi infection in Northeastern China. Chinese J Zoonosis 8:34-35, 1992
28. Yu X-J, Fan MY, Bi DZ, Xu GM. Antigenic analysis of Chinese strains of spotted fever group rickettsiae with monoclonal antibodies by immunoblotting. Chinese J Microbiol Immun 10:260-261, 1990.
29. Yu X-J, Walker DH, Jerrells TR: Polypeptides constituting the antigenic basis for identification of Rickettsia sibirica species by the standard serotyping method for spotted fever group rickettsiae. Acta Virol 34:71-79, 1990.
30. Bi DZ, Fan MY, Yu X-J. Isolation and identification of the W-88 strain of spotted fever group rickettsiae from a human case in Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia. Chinese J Epidemiology 11:221-225, 1989.
31. Uchida T, Yu X-J, Uchiyama T, Walker DH: Identification of a unique spotted fever group rickettsia from humans in Japan. J Infect Dis 159:1122-1126, 1989.
32. Fan M-Y, Yu X-J, Walker DH: Antigenic analysis of Chinese strains of spotted fever group rickettsiae by protein immunoblotting. Am J Trop Med Hyg 39:497-501, 1988.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
1. Yu X-J, McBride JW, Walker DH: Characterization of the genus-common outer membrane proteins in Ehrlichia. In: Rickettsial and Rickettsial Diseases at the Turn of the Third Millenium. Raoult R, Brouqui P, eds. Elsevier, Paris, France, 103-107, 1999.
2. McBride JW, Yu X-J, Walker DH: Molecular characterization of anew 28-kilodalton protein gene and a multigene locus encoding five homologous 28-kilodalton immunodominant outer membrane proteins of Ehrlichia canis. In: Rickettsial and Rickettsial Diseases at the Turn of the Third Millenium. Raoult R, Brouqui P, eds. Elsevier, Paris, France, 43-47, 1999.
3. Moron, CG, Yu X-J, Crocquet-Valdes PA, and Walker DH: Sequence analysis of the rompB gene of Rickettsia prowazekii isolated from flying seuirrels. In: Rickettsial and Rickettsial Diseases at the Turn of the Third Millenium. Raoult R, Brouqui P, eds. Elsevier, Paris, France, 43-47, 1999.
4. Yu X-J, Crocquet-Valdes P, Cullman LC, Piesman JF, Olson JG, Walker DH: Genetic diversity of a 120-kDa immunodominant protein of Ehrlichia chaffeensis: a potential recombinant diagnostic tool. In: Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases. Kazar J, Toman R, eds. Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 324-328, 1996.
5. Uchida T, Uchiyama T, Koyama AH, Yu X-J, Walker DH, Funato T, Kitamura Y: Isolation and identification of Rickettsia japonica, causative agent of spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Japan. In: Rickettsiae and Rickettsial Diseases. Kazar J, Raoult D, eds. Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 389-395, 1991.