Zhongxia (Joe) Qi, PhD
Research and Clinical Interests
Genomic and epigenetic analysis of chromosome changes in cancer and other genetic disorders.
Selected Publications
- Yu, J, Zhang, Y, Qi, Z, Kurtycz, D, Vacano, G, and Patterson, D. Methylation-mediated downregulation of the B-cell translocation gene 3 (BTG3) in breast cancer cells. Gene Expression. 14: 173-82, 2008.
- Ye, L, Chang, JC, Lin, C, Qi, Z, Yu, J, and Kan, YW. Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells using site-specific integration with phage integrase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107: 19467-72, 2010.
- Ohi, Y, Qin, H, Hong, C, Blouin, L, Polo, JM, Guo, T, Qi, Z, Downey, SL, Manos, PD, Rossi, DJ, Yu, J, Hebrok, M, Hochedlinger, K, Costello, JF, Song, JS, and Ramalho-Santos, M. Incomplete DNA methylation underlies a transcriptional memory of somatic cells in human iPS cells. Nature Cell Biology. 13: 541-54, 2011.
- Na, B, Huang, Z, Wang, Q, Qi, Z, Tian, Y, Lu, CC, Yu, J, Hanes, M, Kakar, S, Huang, E, Ou, J, Liu, L, and Yen, B. Transgenic expression of entire hepatitis B virus in mice induce hepatocarcinogenesis independent of chronic liver injury. PLoS ONE. 6: e26240, 2011.
- Lu, CM, Zhou, L, Feng, S, Kohn, PH, Qi, Z, and Yu, J. Presence of complex t(6;9;22;15) four-way chromosome rearrangements plus a rare t(1;6) translocation does not affect the response to imatinib therapy in chronic myelogenous leukemia. Leukemia and Lymphoma. 52: 2182-4, 2011.
- Zhang, J, Yu, Y, Nakamura, K, Koike, T, Waqar, AB, Zhang, X, Liu, E, Nishijima, K, Kitajima, S, Shiomi, M, Qi, Z, Yu, J, Graham, MJ, Crooke, RM, Ishida, T, Hirata, K, Hurt-Camejo, E, Chen, YE, and Fan J. Endothelial lipase mediates HDL levels in normal and hyperlipidemic rabbits. Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis. 19: 213-26, 2012.
- Huang, V, Place, R, Wang, J, Qi, Z, Jia, Z, Yu, A, Shuman, M, Yu, J, and Li, LC. Upregulation of Cyclin B1 by miRNA and its implications in cancer. Nucleic Acids Research. 40:1695-707, 2012.
- Qin H, Blaschke K, Wei G, Ohi Y, Blouin L, Qi Z, Yu J, Yeh RF, Hebrok M, and Ramalho-Santos M. Transcriptional Analysis of Pluripotency Reveals the Hippo Pathway as a Barrier to Reprogramming. Human Molecular Genetics. 21:2054-67, 2012.

- Assistant Clinical Professor
- Laboratory Medicine
Specialty Areas
- Cytogenetics
Contact Information
- qiz@
labmed2.ucsf.edu - Phone: (415) 514-6831
- Fax: (415) 353-4877
- 185 Berry Street, Suite 290
- San Francisco, CA 94107
Hospital Affiliation(s)
- Moffitt-Long Hospital