Sylvia Y.M. Yao

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

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Sylvia Y.M. Yao is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvia Y.M. Yao has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Physiology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Sylvia Y.M. Yao's work include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (41 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (15 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (14 papers). Sylvia Y.M. Yao is often cited by papers focused on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (41 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (15 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (14 papers). Sylvia Y.M. Yao collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Sylvia Y.M. Yao's co-authors include James D. Young, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, Amy M.L. Ng, Manickavasagam Sundaram, Anne E. King, Mark Griffiths, Mabel W.L. Ritzel, Edward Karpinski and Ralph J. Hyde and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Medicine and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Sylvia Y.M. Yao

61 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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The equilibrative nucleoside transporter family, SLC29

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Biological effects of graphene oxide-induced fluorescent marker perturbation in Caenorhabditis elegans via food chain exposure 2025 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·Xun Luo, (unknown), Hui Xu, (unknown), Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Yutong Han, Chengwang Niu, Liangwen Chen	1
2	Transport of A1 Adenosine Receptor Agonist Tecadenoson by Human and Mouse Nucleoside Transporters: Evidence for Blood-Brain Barrier Transport by Murine Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 mENT1 2013 ·Drug Metabolism and Disposition ·Eve‐Irene Lepist, Vijaya L. Damaraju, Jing Zhang, Wendy P. Gati, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Kyla M. Smith, Edward Karpinski, James D. Young, Kwan Leung, Carol E. Cass	9
3	Human Concentrative Nucleoside Transporter 3 Transfection with Ultrasound and Microbubbles in Nucleoside Transport Deficient HEK293 Cells Greatly Increases Gemcitabine Uptake 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Robert J. Paproski, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, (unknown), David H. Evans, James D. Young, Carol E. Cass, Roger J. Zemp	27
4	Role of Human Nucleoside Transporters in the Uptake and Cytotoxicity of Azacitidine and Decitabine 2012 ·Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids ·Vijaya L. Damaraju, Delores Mowles, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Amy M.L. Ng, James D. Young, Carol E. Cass, Zeen Tong	52
5	Nucleobase Transport by Human Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 (hENT1) 2011 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Amy M.L. Ng, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, James D. Young	100
6	Conserved Glutamate Residues Glu-343 and Glu-519 Provide Mechanistic Insights into Cation/Nucleoside Cotransport by Human Concentrative Nucleoside Transporter hCNT3 2009 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Melissa D. Slugoski, Kyla M. Smith, Amy M.L. Ng, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Edward Karpinski, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, James D. Young	14
7	A Proton-mediated Conformational Shift Identifies a Mobile Pore-lining Cysteine Residue (Cys-561) in Human Concentrative Nucleoside Transporter 3 2008 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Melissa D. Slugoski, Amy M.L. Ng, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Kyla M. Smith, (unknown), Jing Zhang, Edward Karpinski, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, James D. Young	16
8	The Role of Human Nucleoside Transporters in Uptake of 3′-Deoxy-3′-fluorothymidine 2008 ·Molecular Pharmacology ·Robert J. Paproski, Amy M.L. Ng, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Kathryn Graham, James D. Young, Carol E. Cass	55
9	Human equilibrative nucleoside transporter (ENT) family of nucleoside and nucleobase transporter proteins 2008 ·Xenobiotica ·James D. Young, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, L. Sun, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin	162
10	Conserved Glutamate Residues Are Critically Involved in Na+/Nucleoside Cotransport by Human Concentrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 (hCNT1) 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Amy M.L. Ng, Melissa D. Slugoski, Kyla M. Smith, (unknown), Edward Karpinski, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, James D. Young	15
11	The Broadly Selective Human Na+/Nucleoside Cotransporter(hCNT3) Exhibits Novel Cation-coupled Nucleoside TransportCharacteristics 2005 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Kyla M. Smith, Melissa D. Slugoski, Shaun Loewen, Amy M.L. Ng, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Xing‐Zhen Chen, Edward Karpinski, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, James D. Young	63
12	Purification and properties of theEscherichia colinucleoside transporter NupG, a paradigm for a major facilitator transporter sub-family 2004 ·Molecular Membrane Biology ·Hao Xie, Simon G. Patching, Maurice P. Gallagher, Gary J. Litherland, Adrian R. Brough, Henrietta Venter, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Amy M.L. Ng, James D. Young, (unknown), Peter J. F. Henderson, Stephen A. Baldwin	45
13	Electrophysiological characterization of a recombinant human Na⁺‐coupled nucleoside transporter (hCNT1) produced in Xenopus oocytes 2004 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Kyla M. Smith, Amy M.L. Ng, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, (unknown), Edward E. Knaus, Leonard I. Wiebe, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, Xing‐Zhen Chen, Edward Karpinski, James D. Young	71
14	Nucleoside Transporters of Mammalian Cells 2002 ·Pharmaceutical biotechnology ·Carol E. Cass, James D. Young, Stephen A. Baldwin, Miguel A. Cabrita, Kathryn Graham, Mark Griffiths, Lori L. Jennings, John R. Mackey, Amy M.L. Ng, Mabel W.L. Ritzel, Mark F. Vickers, Sylvia Y.M. Yao	102
15	Molecular Identification and Characterization of Novel Human and Mouse Concentrative Na+-Nucleoside Cotransporter Proteins (hCNT3 and mCNT3) Broadly Selective for Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleosides (System cib) 2001 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Mabel W.L. Ritzel, Amy M.L. Ng, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Kathryn Graham, Shaun Loewen, Kyla M. Smith, R. Gary Ritzel, Delores Mowles, Pat Carpenter, Xing‐Zhen Chen, Edward Karpinski, Ralph J. Hyde, Stephen A. Baldwin, Carol E. Cass, James D. Young	283
16	Identification of a nucleoside/nucleobase transporter from Plasmodium falciparum, a novel target for anti-malarial chemotherapy 2000 ·Biochemical Journal ·(unknown), Ralph J. Hyde, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Louisa McRobert, Carol E. Cass, James D. Young, Glenn A. McConkey, Stephen A. Baldwin	88
17	Identification of Amino Acid Residues Responsible for the Pyrimidine and Purine Nucleoside Specificities of Human Concentrative Na+ Nucleoside Cotransporters hCNT1 and hCNT2 1999 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Shaun Loewen, Amy M.L. Ng, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, James D. Young	67
18	Chimeric Constructs between Human and Rat Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporters (hENT1 and rENT1) Reveal hENT1 Structural Domains Interacting with Coronary Vasoactive Drugs 1998 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Manickavasagam Sundaram, Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Amy M.L. Ng, Mark Griffiths, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, James D. Young	92
19	Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBMPR)-sensitive (es) and NBMPR-insensitive (ei) Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter Proteins (rENT1 and rENT2) from Rat Tissues 1997 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Sylvia Y.M. Yao, Amy M.L. Ng, (unknown), Mark Griffiths, Carol E. Cass, Stephen A. Baldwin, James D. Young	190
20	Poly(A)⁺RNA from the mucosa of rat jejunum induces novel Na⁺-dependent and Na⁺-independent leucine transport activities in in oocytes ofXenopus laevis 1994 ·Molecular Membrane Biology ·Sylvia Y.M. Yao, (unknown), John F. Elliott, C. I. Cheeseman, James D. Young	8

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