Gongyu Yang, Ph.D.

Former Graduate Student, Anatomy and Cell Biology

Publications from the Sigmund Lab:
1: Yang G, Gray TS, Sigmund CD, Cassell MD.  
  The angiotensinogen gene is expressed in both astrocytes and neurons in murine central nervous system.
Brain Res. 1999 Jan 30;817(1-2):123-31.
2: Davisson RL, Yang G, Beltz TG, Cassell MD, Johnson AK, Sigmund CD.  
  The brain renin-angiotensin system contributes to the hypertension in mice containing both the human renin and human angiotensinogen transgenes.
Circ Res. 1998 Nov 16;83(10):1047-58.
3: Yang G, Sigmund CD.  
  Developmental expression of human angiotensinogen in transgenic mice.
Am J Physiol. 1998 May;274(5 Pt 2):F932-9.
4: Yang G, Sigmund CD.  
  Regulatory elements required for human angiotensinogen expression in HepG2 cells are dispensable in transgenic mice.
Hypertension. 1998 Mar;31(3):734-40.
5: Thompson MW, Merrill DC, Yang G, Robillard JE, Sigmund CD.  
  Transgenic animals in the study of blood pressure regulation and hypertension.
Am J Physiol. 1995 Nov;269(5 Pt 1):E793-803. Review.
6: Lang JA, Yang G, Kern JA, Sigmund CD.  
  Endogenous human renin expression and promoter activity in CALU-6, a pulmonary carcinoma cell line.
Hypertension. 1995 Apr;25(4 Pt 2):704-10.
7: Yang G, Merrill DC, Thompson MW, Robillard JE, Sigmund CD.  
  Functional expression of the human angiotensinogen gene in transgenic mice.
J Biol Chem. 1994 Dec 23;269(51):32497-502.

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