Genhong Cheng

New tricks for old NODs (2008)

Pietras, Eric M, Cheng, Genhong

Abstract Recent work has identified the human NOD-like receptor NLRX1 as a negative regulator of intracellular signaling leading to type I interferon production. Here we discuss these findings and...

MicroRNA-155 is induced during the macrophage inflammatory response (2007)

O'Connell, Ryan M., Taganov, Konstantin D., Boldin, Mark P., Cheng, Genhong, Baltimore, David

The mammalian inflammatory response to infection involves the induction of several hundred genes, a process that must be carefully regulated to achieve pathogen clearance and prevent the consequences...

Unique CD40-mediated biological program in B cell activation requires both type 1 and type 2 NF-kappa B activation pathways (2004)

Zarnegar, Brian, He, Jeannie Q., Oganesyan, Gagik, Hoffmann, Alexander, Baltimore, David, Cheng, Genhong

B lymphocytes can be activated by many different stimuli. However, the mechanisms responsible for the signaling and functional specificities of individual stimuli remain to be elucidated. Here, we...

Determining if EBV Infection Contributes to Breast Carcinogenesis: Does LMP-1-Mediated Upregulation of EGFR and Bcl-x Affect Breast Cancer Pathogenesis (2003)

Cheng, Genhong

Most human breast cancer cells are derived from epithelial cells. Previously studies indicated that about 20% of breast cancer patients carrying tumor cells with overexpression of Her-2/Neu....

Cooperation of multiple signaling pathways in CD40-regulated gene expression in B lymphocytes (2002)

Dadgostar, Hajir, Zarnegar, Brian, Hoffmann, Alexander, Qin, Xiao-Feng, Truong, Uyen, Rao, Govinda, ...

CD40/CD40L interaction is essential for multiple biological events in T dependent humoral immune responses, including B cell survival and proliferation, germinal center and memory B cell formation,...

Requirements for activation and RAFT localization of the T-lymphocyte kinase Rlk/Txk (2001)

Chamorro, Mario, Czar, Michael J, Debnath, Jayanta, Cheng, Genhong, Lenardo, Michael J, Varmus, Harold E, ...

Abstract Background The Tec family kinases are implicated in signaling from lymphocyte antigen receptors and are activated following phosphorylation by Src kinases. For most Tec kinases, this...

Specificities of CD40 signaling: Involvement of TRAF2 in CD40-induced NF-kappa B activation and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 up-regulation (1999)

Lee, Ho H., Dempsey, Paul W., Parks, Thomas P., Zhu, Xiaoqing, Baltimore, David, Cheng, Genhong

Several tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor (TRAF) family proteins including TRAF2, TRAF3, TRAF5, and TRAF6, as well as Jak3, have been implicated as potential mediators of CD40...

Proline-Rich Sequences that Bind to Src Homology 3 Domains with Individual Specificities (1995)

Alexandropoulos, Konstantina, Cheng, Genhong, Baltimore, David

To study the binding specificity of Src homology 3 (SH3) domains, we have screened a mouse embryonic expression library for peptide fragments that interact with them. Several clones were identified...

Binding of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase to Fyn, Lyn, or Hck Through a Src Homology 3 Domain-Mediated Interaction (1994)

Cheng, Genhong, Ze, Zheng-Sheng, Baltimore, David

Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) is a recently described B-cell-specific tyrosine kinase. Mutations in this gene lead to human X chromosome-linked agammaglobulinemia and murine X-linked...

Isolation and characterization of two mouse H1 histone genes encoding differentiation inducible polyA+ mRNAS /--by Genghong Cheng. (1990)

Cheng, Genhong.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Sue Golding Graduate Division of Medical Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, 1990.

Specificities of CD40 signaling: Involvement of TRAF2 in CD40-induced NF-κB activation and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 up-regulation

Lee, Ho H., Dempsey, Paul W., Parks, Thomas P., Zhu, Xiaoqing, Baltimore, David, Cheng, Genhong

Several tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor (TRAF) family proteins including TRAF2, TRAF3, TRAF5, and TRAF6, as well as Jak3, have been implicated as potential mediators of CD40...

NF-κB-mediated up-regulation of Bcl-x and Bfl-1/A1 is required for CD40 survival signaling in B lymphocytes

Lee, Ho H., Dadgostar, Hajir, Cheng, Qingwen, Shu, Junyan, Cheng, Genhong

Activation of CD40 is essential for thymus-dependent humoral immune responses and rescuing B cells from apoptosis. Many of the effects of CD40 are believed to be achieved through altered gene...

TANK Potentiates Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Factor-Mediated c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase/Stress-Activated Protein Kinase Activation through the Germinal Center Kinase Pathway

Chin, Arnold I-Dah, Shu, Junyan, Shan Shi, Chong, Yao, Zhengbin, Kehrl, John H., Cheng, Genhong

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated factors (TRAFs) are mediators of many members of the TNF receptor superfamily and can activate both the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and...

Induction of Apoptotic Cell Death in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear and Polymorphonuclear Cells by an Oral Bacterium, Fusobacterium nucleatum

Jewett, Anahid, Hume, Wyatt R., Le, Ho, Huynh, Tri N., Han, Yiping W., Cheng, Genhong, ...

It is largely unknown why a variety of bacteria present in the oral cavity are capable of establishing themselves in the periodontal pockets of nonimmunocompromised individuals in the presence of...

MEKK1 Is Essential for DT40 Cell Apoptosis in Response to Microtubule Disruption

Kwan, Raymond, Burnside, Joan, Kurosaki, Tomohiro, Cheng, Genhong

Vinblastine and other microtubule-damaging agents, such as nocodazole and paclitaxel, cause cell cycle arrest at the G2/M transition and promote apoptosis in eukaryotic cells. The roles of these...

Cooperation of multiple signaling pathways in CD40-regulated gene expression in B lymphocytes

Dadgostar, Hajir, Zarnegar, Brian, Hoffmann, Alexander, Qin, Xiao-Feng, Truong, Uyen, Rao, Govinda, ...

CD40/CD40L interaction is essential for multiple biological events in T dependent humoral immune responses, including B cell survival and proliferation, germinal center and memory B cell formation,...

Common Interaction Surfaces of the Toll-Like Receptor 4 Cytoplasmic Domain Stimulate Multiple Nuclear Targets

Ronni, Tapani, Agarwal, Vishal, Haykinson, Michael, Haberland, Margaret E., Cheng, Genhong, Smale, Stephen T.

Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) mediates the host response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by promoting the activation of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine genes. To activate each gene, numerous signal...

NF-κB Inhibits Gammaherpesvirus Lytic Replication

Brown, Helen J., Song, Moon Jung, Deng, Hongyu, Wu, Ting-Ting, Cheng, Genhong, Sun, Ren

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, and B-cell lymphomas are human malignancies associated with gammaherpesvirus infections. Members of this virus family are characterized by their ability to...

Unique CD40-mediated biological program in B cell activation requires both type 1 and type 2 NF-κB activation pathways

Zarnegar, Brian, He, Jeannie Q., Oganesyan, Gagik, Hoffmann, Alexander, Baltimore, David, Cheng, Genhong

B lymphocytes can be activated by many different stimuli. However, the mechanisms responsible for the signaling and functional specificities of individual stimuli remain to be elucidated. Here, we...

Negative Regulation of NF-κB Signaling by PIAS1†

Liu, Bin, Yang, Randy, Wong, Kelly A., Getman, Crescent, Stein, Natalie, Teitell, Michael A., ...

The NF-κB family of transcription factors is activated by a wide variety of signals to regulate a spectrum of cellular processes. The proper regulation of NF-κB activity is critical, since abnormal...

Sepsis-induced suppression of lung innate immunity is mediated by IRAK-M

Deng, Jane C., Cheng, Genhong, Newstead, Michael W., Zeng, Xianying, Kobayashi, Koichi, Flavell, Richard A., ...

Sepsis results in a state of relative immunosuppression, rendering critically ill patients susceptible to secondary infections and increased mortality. Monocytes isolated from septic patients and...

TLR agonists regulate PDGF-B production and cell proliferation through TGF-β/type I IFN crosstalk

Chow, Edward K, O'Connell, Ryan M, Schilling, Stephen, Wang, Xiao-Fan, Fu, Xin-Yuan, Cheng, Genhong

Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and type I interferon (IFN) autocrine/paracrine loops are recognized as key mediators of signaling cascades that control a variety of cellular functions. Here,...

Specificities of CD40 signaling: Involvement of TRAF2 in CD40-induced NF-κB activation and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 up-regulation

Lee, Ho H., Dempsey, Paul W., Parks, Thomas P., Zhu, Xiaoqing, Baltimore, David, Cheng, Genhong

Several tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor (TRAF) family proteins including TRAF2, TRAF3, TRAF5, and TRAF6, as well as Jak3, have been implicated as potential mediators of CD40...

NF-κB-mediated up-regulation of Bcl-x and Bfl-1/A1 is required for CD40 survival signaling in B lymphocytes

Lee, Ho H., Dadgostar, Hajir, Cheng, Qingwen, Shu, Junyan, Cheng, Genhong

Activation of CD40 is essential for thymus-dependent humoral immune responses and rescuing B cells from apoptosis. Many of the effects of CD40 are believed to be achieved through altered gene...

TANK Potentiates Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Factor-Mediated c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase/Stress-Activated Protein Kinase Activation through the Germinal Center Kinase Pathway

Chin, Arnold I-Dah, Shu, Junyan, Shan Shi, Chong, Yao, Zhengbin, Kehrl, John H., Cheng, Genhong

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated factors (TRAFs) are mediators of many members of the TNF receptor superfamily and can activate both the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and...

Induction of Apoptotic Cell Death in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear and Polymorphonuclear Cells by an Oral Bacterium, Fusobacterium nucleatum

Jewett, Anahid, Hume, Wyatt R., Le, Ho, Huynh, Tri N., Han, Yiping W., Cheng, Genhong, ...

It is largely unknown why a variety of bacteria present in the oral cavity are capable of establishing themselves in the periodontal pockets of nonimmunocompromised individuals in the presence of...

MEKK1 Is Essential for DT40 Cell Apoptosis in Response to Microtubule Disruption

Kwan, Raymond, Burnside, Joan, Kurosaki, Tomohiro, Cheng, Genhong

Vinblastine and other microtubule-damaging agents, such as nocodazole and paclitaxel, cause cell cycle arrest at the G2/M transition and promote apoptosis in eukaryotic cells. The roles of these...

Cooperation of multiple signaling pathways in CD40-regulated gene expression in B lymphocytes

Dadgostar, Hajir, Zarnegar, Brian, Hoffmann, Alexander, Qin, Xiao-Feng, Truong, Uyen, Rao, Govinda, ...

CD40/CD40L interaction is essential for multiple biological events in T dependent humoral immune responses, including B cell survival and proliferation, germinal center and memory B cell formation,...

Common Interaction Surfaces of the Toll-Like Receptor 4 Cytoplasmic Domain Stimulate Multiple Nuclear Targets

Ronni, Tapani, Agarwal, Vishal, Haykinson, Michael, Haberland, Margaret E., Cheng, Genhong, Smale, Stephen T.

Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) mediates the host response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by promoting the activation of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine genes. To activate each gene, numerous signal...

NF-κB Inhibits Gammaherpesvirus Lytic Replication

Brown, Helen J., Song, Moon Jung, Deng, Hongyu, Wu, Ting-Ting, Cheng, Genhong, Sun, Ren

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, and B-cell lymphomas are human malignancies associated with gammaherpesvirus infections. Members of this virus family are characterized by their ability to...

Unique CD40-mediated biological program in B cell activation requires both type 1 and type 2 NF-κB activation pathways

Zarnegar, Brian, He, Jeannie Q., Oganesyan, Gagik, Hoffmann, Alexander, Baltimore, David, Cheng, Genhong

B lymphocytes can be activated by many different stimuli. However, the mechanisms responsible for the signaling and functional specificities of individual stimuli remain to be elucidated. Here, we...

Negative Regulation of NF-κB Signaling by PIAS1†

Liu, Bin, Yang, Randy, Wong, Kelly A., Getman, Crescent, Stein, Natalie, Teitell, Michael A., ...

The NF-κB family of transcription factors is activated by a wide variety of signals to regulate a spectrum of cellular processes. The proper regulation of NF-κB activity is critical, since abnormal...

TLR agonists regulate PDGF-B production and cell proliferation through TGF-β/type I IFN crosstalk

Chow, Edward K, O'Connell, Ryan M, Schilling, Stephen, Wang, Xiao-Fan, Fu, Xin-Yuan, Cheng, Genhong

Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and type I interferon (IFN) autocrine/paracrine loops are recognized as key mediators of signaling cascades that control a variety of cellular functions. Here,...

Sepsis-induced suppression of lung innate immunity is mediated by IRAK-M

Deng, Jane C., Cheng, Genhong, Newstead, Michael W., Zeng, Xianying, Kobayashi, Koichi, Flavell, Richard A., ...

Sepsis results in a state of relative immunosuppression, rendering critically ill patients susceptible to secondary infections and increased mortality. Monocytes isolated from septic patients and...

Regulation of antiviral responses by a direct and specific interaction between TRAF3 and Cardif

Saha, Supriya K, Pietras, Eric M, He, Jeannie Q, Kang, Jason R, Liu, Su-Yang, Oganesyan, Gagik, ...

Upon recognition of viral infection, RIG-I and Helicard recruit a newly identified adapter termed Cardif, which induces type I interferon (IFN)-mediated antiviral responses through an unknown...

MicroRNA-155 is induced during the macrophage inflammatory response

O'Connell, Ryan M., Taganov, Konstantin D., Boldin, Mark P., Cheng, Genhong, Baltimore, David

The mammalian inflammatory response to infection involves the induction of several hundred genes, a process that must be carefully regulated to achieve pathogen clearance and prevent the consequences...

Rescue of TRAF3-null mice by p100 NF-κB deficiency

He, Jeannie Q., Zarnegar, Brian, Oganesyan, Gagik, Saha, Supriya K., Yamazaki, Soh, Doyle, Sean E., ...

Proper activation of nuclear factor (NF)–κB transcription factors is critical in regulating fundamental biological processes such as cell survival and proliferation, as well as in inflammatory and...

A role for IRF3-dependent RXRα repression in hepatotoxicity associated with viral infections

Chow, Edward K., Castrillo, Antonio, Shahangian, Arash, Pei, Liming, O'Connell, Ryan M., Modlin, Robert L., ...

Viral infections and antiviral responses have been linked to several metabolic diseases, including Reye's syndrome, which is aspirin-induced hepatotoxicity in the context of a viral infection. We...

Toll-like Receptors Induce a Phagocytic Gene Program through p38

Doyle, Sean E., O'Connell, Ryan M., Miranda, Gustavo A., Vaidya, Sagar A., Chow, Edward K., Liu, Philip T., ...

Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling and phagocytosis are hallmarks of macrophage-mediated innate immune responses to bacterial infection. However, the relationship between these two processes is not...

Type I Interferon Production Enhances Susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes Infection

O'Connell, Ryan M., Saha, Supriya K., Vaidya, Sagar A., Bruhn, Kevin W., Miranda, Gustavo A., Zarnegar, Brian, ...

Numerous bacterial products such as lipopolysaccharide potently induce type I interferons (IFNs); however, the contribution of this innate response to host defense against bacterial infection remains...

Differential Requirement for TANK-binding Kinase-1 in Type I Interferon Responses to Toll-like Receptor Activation and Viral Infection

Perry, Andrea K., Chow, Edward K., Goodnough, Julia B., Yeh, Wen-Chen, Cheng, Genhong

TANK-binding kinase-1 (TBK1) and the inducible IκB kinase (IKK-i) have been shown recently to activate interferon (IFN) regulatory factor-3 (IRF3), the primary transcription factor regulating...

The type I IFN induction pathway constrains Th17-mediated autoimmune inflammation in mice

Guo, Beichu, Chang, Elmer Y., Cheng, Genhong

IFN-β, a type I IFN, is widely used for the treatment of MS. However, the mechanisms behind its therapeutic efficacy are not well understood. Using a murine model of MS, EAE, we demonstrate that the...

A Repetitive Region of Gammaherpesvirus Genomic DNA Is a Ligand for Induction of Type I Interferon▿

Sanchez, David Jesse, Miranda, Daniel, Arumugaswami, Vaithilingaraja, Hwang, Seungmin, Singer, Adam E., Senaati, Ashkon, ...

Innate immune responses against viral infection, especially the induction of type I interferon, are critical for limiting the replication of the virus. Although it has been shown that DNA can induce...

Control of canonical NF-κB activation through the NIK–IKK complex pathway

Zarnegar, Brian, Yamazaki, Soh, He, Jeannie Q., Cheng, Genhong

Articles in recent years have described two separate and distinct NF-κB activation pathways that result in the differential activation of p50- or p52-containing NF-κB complexes. Studies examining...

Closed-loop control of cellular functions using combinatory drugs guided by a stochastic search algorithm

Wong, Pak Kin, Yu, Fuqu, Shahangian, Arash, Cheng, Genhong, Sun, Ren, Ho, Chih-Ming

A mixture of drugs is often more effective than using a single effector. However, it is extremely challenging to identify potent drug combinations by trial and error because of the large number of...