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CURRICULUM VITAE

Yi-Guang Chen PhD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Translational and Biomedical Research Center
8701 Watertown Plank Rd
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
- 1993 BS - Medical Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2002 PhD - Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
02/2007 - 08/2010 Research Scientist, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME
09/2010 - 06/2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/2011 - 06/2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2015 - 06/2021 Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
11/2016 - Present Adjunct Faculty, Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME
07/2021 - Present Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee, WI

AWARDS AND HONORS:
2003 - 2005 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
07/2007 - 2010 Pathway to Independence Award (K99), National Institute of Health
2007 - 2010 Pathway to Independence Award (R00), National Institute of Health
- 11/2022 Outstanding Graduate School Educator, Medical College of Wisconsin
- 10/2005 Travel Award , Immunology of Diabetes Society 8th meeting

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
2004 - Present American Diabetes Association (Member)
2007 - Present American Association of Immunologists (Member)

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Editorial Board
2019 - 2021 Scientific Reports
2021 - 2022 Guest Editor, Frontiers in Immunology
Journal Review
PNAS
Diabetes
Diabetologia
Clinical and Experimental Immunology
Journal of Autoimmunity
Immunobiology
Immunology Letters
DNA Sequence
European Journal of Immunology
Cytokine
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Cell Reports
Journal of Immunology
Molecular Therapy
Nature Immunology
Mammalian Genome
PLOS ONE
PLOS Genetics
Autoimmunity
Genes and Immunity
Scientific Reports
Frontiers in Immunology
Immunity
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Nature Medicine

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Mechanistic and therapeutic role of the CD137-CD137L axis in type 1 diabetes
Source:
NIH/NIDDK
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
07/21/2016 - 06/30/2026
Direct Funds:
$651,489
  
Title:
Shaping diabetogenic T cells by IL 27 in type 1 diabetes
Source:
NIH/NIDDK
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
08/22/2019 - 05/31/2023
Direct Funds:
$365,289
  
Title:
Tyk2 and Associated Cytokines in Salivary Gland Autoimmunity
Source:
NIH/NIDDK
Role & Effort:
Co-Investigator
PI:
Scott M. Liberman
Dates:
07/01/2023 - 03/31/2024
Direct Funds:
$22,356
  
Prior
Peer Review
Title:
Role of the iNKT-Dendritic Cell Axis in Type 1 Diabetes in NOD Mice (24-2007-374)
Source:
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
02/01/2007 - 01/31/2010
Direct Funds:
$450,000
  
Title:
Role of the iNKT-Dendritic Cell Axis in Type 1 Diabetes in NOD Mice (1K99DK077443-01A1)
Source:
NIH/NIDDK
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
07/01/2007 - 06/30/2010
Direct Funds:
$145,300
  
Title:
Role of the iNKT-Dendritic Cell Axis in Type 1 Diabetes in NOD Mice (3K99DK077443-02S1)
Source:
NIH/NIDDK
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
09/21/2009 - 07/31/2010
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Title:
Genetic Control of Diabetogenic CD4 T Cells in NOD Mice (1-10-BS-26)
Source:
American Diabetes Association
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
01/01/2010 - 12/13/2012
Direct Funds:
$280,000
  
Title:
Role of the iNKT-Dendritic Cell Axis in Type 1 Diabetes in NOD Mice (5R00DK077443)
Source:
NIH/NIDDK
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
09/01/2010 - 08/31/2014
Direct Funds:
$481,282
  
Title:
Discovery and functional studies of genes for T1D GWAS susceptibility loci
Source:
NIH/NIDDK
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Chen and Geurts
Dates:
09/15/2012 - 09/15/2017
Direct Funds:
$2,880,380
  
Title:
The role of CD137 in type 1 diabetes
Source:
Research Affairs Committee/MCW
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
12/16/2013 - 12/15/2014
Direct Funds:
$25,000
  
Title:
Genetic engineering of the Idd3 type 1 diabetes locus (1R21AI110963-1)
Source:
NIH/NIAID
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
02/01/2014 - 01/31/2017
Direct Funds:
$275,000
  
Title:
Novel immunotherapy delays type 1 diabetes in NOD mice
Source:
CTSI Pilot/Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
04/01/2014 - 03/31/2015
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Title:
Novel humanized mouse models for autoimmune type 1 diabetes
Source:
Children’s Research Institute/Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Title:
Mechanistic role and therapeutic potential of CD137 in type 1 diabetes
Source:
American Diabetes Association
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
01/01/2016 - 12/31/2018
Direct Funds:
$129,374
  
Title:
A new genetic approach to identify the Idd9.3 type 1 diabetes susceptibility gene (5R21AI125879-02)
Source:
NIH/NIAID
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
06/23/2016 - 05/31/2019
Direct Funds:
$275,000
  
Title:
Role of IL-27 in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis
Source:
Children’s Research Institute/Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Chen and Cui
Dates:
01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018
Direct Funds:
$192,500
  
Title:
Genetic control of autoimmune diabetes inducing cytotoxic T cells (1R21AI130656-01A1)
Source:
NIH/NIAID
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Driver and Chen
Dates:
12/22/2017 - 11/30/2019
Direct Funds:
$32,895
  
Title:
Genetic analysis of islet-infiltrating IL-21 expressing CD4 T cells in type 1 diabetes (1R21AI144360)
Source:
NIH/NIAID
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
01/24/2020 - 12/31/2022
Direct Funds:
$190,000
  
Title:
Role of SH2B3 genetic variants in development of T1D
Source:
Children’s Research Institute/Children’s Wisconsin
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
PI:
Self
Dates:
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
Direct Funds:
$75,000
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Mechanistic basis of NKT cell mediated diabetes protection in NOD mice, The 63rd American Diabetes Association scientific sessions, New Orleans, LA, 06/13/2003 - 06/17/2003
Accelerated type 1 diabetes in CD38-deficient NOD mice through a further loss of disease protective NKT cells and mature dendritic cells, The 65th American Diabetes Association scientific sessions, San Diego, CA, 06/10/2005 - 06/14/2005
Accelerated type 1 diabetes in CD38-deficient NOD mice: a further impairment of the NKT-DC axis, Trudeau Institute, Trudeau Institute, NY, 2005
CD38 is required for peripheral survival of tolerogenic CD4+ iNKT cells in NOD mice, Abstract of the American Association of Immunologist annual meeting, Boston, MA, 2006
Gene expression and sub-congenic analyses of the Idd9/11 locus that regulates the diabetogenic activity of CD4 T-cells in NOD mice, The American Association of Immunologist annual meeting, Boston, MA, 05/04/2012 - 05/08/2012
Zinc-finger nuclease mediated mutagenesis reveals a role of CD137 in type 1 diabetes, Pathology Grand Rounds, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2015
Zinc-finger nuclease mediated mutagenesis reveals a role of CD137 in type 1 diabetes, Program in Immunology Seminar Series, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2015
Zinc Finger Nuclease-mediated Mutagenesis Reveals a Critical Role of Ubash3a in Type 1 Diabetes, The 76th American Diabetes Association scientific sessions, New Orleans, LA, 06/10/2016 - 06/14/2016
Dissecting the genetic control of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, IL, 2016
Genetic control of immune dysregulation in the NOD mouse model of type 1 diabetes, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, 2017
Interleukin-27 plays a pathogenic role in type 1 diabetes, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, IL, 2017
The multifaceted role of CD137 in autoimmune type 1 diabetes, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, IL, 2021
 
Local
NKT cells mediate diabetes protection in NOD mice through their downstream effects on dendritic cells, Immunology/Hematology Interest Group, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, 2005
Genetic control of diabetogenic T cell development in NOD mice, Immunology/Hematology Interest Group, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, 2007
Decoding the NOD code for type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes, Immunology/Hematology Interest Group, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, 2008
Genetic control of diabetogenic CD4 T cells in NOD mice, Immunology/Hematology Interest Group, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, 2009
Dissecting the genetic control of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice, Human and Molecular Genetics Center Seminar Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2010
Further testing the NKT cell hypothesis in type 1 diabetes, Immunology/Hematology Interest Group, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME (2010), 2010
Dissecting the genetic control of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice, Genetics Interest Group, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, 2010
Further testing the NKT cell hypothesis in type 1 diabetes., Immunolunch. Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 2011
Dissecting the genetic control of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice, 3rd Annual Committee on Immunology Conference, Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 2011
Genetics of type 1 diabetes in a mouse model, CRI Research Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2012
Dissecting the genetic control of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice, Human and Molecular Genetics Center Seminar Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2012
Dissecting the genetic control of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice, Human and Molecular Genetics Center Seminar Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2013
Dissecting the genetic control of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice, 5th Annual Committee on Immunology Conference,, Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 2013
Genetic control of type 1 diabetes in NOD mice, Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2014
An update on the NOD mouse knockout project, Immunolunch, Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 2014
A NOD to animal models of type 1 diabetes, Biomedical Resource Center staff meeting, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2014
A NOD to animal models of type 1 diabetes, Redox Biology Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2014
A NOD to animal models of type 1 diabetes, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2015
Genetic control of type 1 diabetes: learning from the NOD mouse, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2017
Genetic control of type 1 diabetes: learning from the NOD mouse, 11th Annual Immunology Symposium, Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 2017
Testing human type 1 diabetes genes in the NOD mouse model, 10th Annual Immunology Scientific Retreat, Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI, 2018
Shaping diabetogenic T cells by IL-27 in type 1 diabetes, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2019
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Chen, Y.-G., M.A. Pierce, T.M. Holl, S.B. Wilson and D.V. Serreze, Mechanistic basis of NKT cell mediated diabetes protection in NOD mice, The Immunology of Diabetes Society 7th meeting, Cambridge, UK, 03/28/2004 - 03/31/2004
Chen, Y.-G, J. Chen, S.B. Wilson, E.H. Leiter, and D.V. Serreze, Accelerated type 1 diabetes in CD38-deficient NOD mice through a further loss of disease protective NKT cells and mature dendritic cells, The Immunology of Diabetes Society 8th meeting, Japan, 2005
 
National
Chen, Y.-G., M.A. Pierce, T.M. Holl, S.B. Wilson, and D.V. Serreze, Mechanistic basis of NKT cell mediated diabetes protection in NOD mice, The 63rd American Diabetes Association scientific sessions, New Orleans, LA, 06/13/2003 - 06/17/2003
Chen, Y.-G., J. Chen, S.B. Wilson, E.H. Leiter, and D.V. Serreze, Accelerated type 1 diabetes in CD38-deficient NOD mice through a further loss of disease protective NKT cells and mature dendritic cells, The 65th American Diabetes Association scientific sessions, San Diego, CA, 06/10/2005 - 06/14/2005
Chen, Y.-G., S.B. Wilson, E.H. Leiter, and D.V. Serreze, CD38 is required for peripheral survival of tolerogenic CD4+ iNKT cells in NOD mice, Abstract of the American Association of Immunologist annual meeting, Boston, MA, 2006
Chen, Y.-G., F. Scheuplein, M.A. Osborne, H.D. Chapman, and D.V. Serreze, Idd9/11 regulates diabetogenic activity of CD4 T cells in NOD mice, The Immunology of Diabetes Society 9th meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, 11/14/2007 - 11/18/2007
Chen, Y.-G. and D.V. Serreze., Multiple genes within the Idd9.1 region regulate iNKT cells and type 1 diabetes in NOD mice, The FOCIS meeting, Boston, MA, 06/24/2010 - 06/27/2010
Chen, Y.-G. and D.V. Serreze, The Idd9/11 genetic locus regulates the diabetogenic activity of CD4 T-cells in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice through an enhanced regulatory T-cell activity, The 71st American Diabetes Association scientific sessions, San Diego, CA., 06/24/2011 - 06/28/2011
Chen, Y.-G., S. Jia, M. Kaldunski, D. Serreze, and M. Hessner, Gene expression and sub-congenic analyses of the Idd9/11 locus that regulates the diabetogenic activity of CD4 T-cells in NOD mice, The American Association of Immunologist annual meeting, 2012
Chen, Y.-G., S. Jia, M. Kaldunski, D. Serreze, and M. Hessner, Gene expression and sub-congenic analyses of the Idd9/11 locus that regulates the diabetogenic activity of CD4 T-cells in NOD mice, IDS12 meeting, 2012
Tsaih, S.-W., S. Khaja, A.E. Ciecko, E. MacKinney, and Y.-G. Chen*, Genetic control of murine invariant natural killer T-cells maps to multiple type 1 diabetes regions, The 73rd American Diabetes Association scientific sessions, Chicago, IL, 06/21/2013 - 06/25/2013
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
2011 Member of Committee on Defining HMGC, Human and Molecular Genetics Center (HMGC)
2012 Member, Expert Panel for Endocrinology-Reproduction M2 Discovery Curriculum, Medical College of Wisconsin
2013 - 2022 Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
2014 Reviewer for selecting a grant application to represent MCW to apply for the American Diabetes Association Pathway Awards
2014 - Present Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics
2014 Judge for Medical Student Research Day poster contest
2015 Judge for Medical Student Research Day poster contest
2016 - Present CRI Pilot Grant Review committee
2016 Judge for Graduate Student Research Day poster contest
2017 Immunology Faculty Recruitment Committee,, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Graduate Student Education
04/2012 - 04/2019 Classical and Molecular Genetics
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
06/2011 - 08/2011 Wei Gang Andrew Wang, summer student mentor Medical Student Research Fellowship awarded, Medical College of Wisconsin, Winner of Dr. Michael J. Dunn Poster Contest Award for Medical Student Research Day
 
Graduate Students
PhD Committees
02/2011 - Present Angela Henschel, Medical College of Wisconsin
 

EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
High School Students
06/2015 - 08/2015 Michelle Lazar, Internship
06/2018 - 08/2018 Janani Sundar, Internship
06/2019 - 08/2019 Sabrina Huang, Internship
 
Undergraduate Students
06/2018 - 08/2018 Alisa Erck, College intern
 
Medical Students
07/2012 - 05/2013 Wei Gang Andrew Wang, Physician scientist pathway mentor
06/2013 - 08/2013 Jonathan D. Bernard, Summer student mentor
08/2013 - 05/2015 Jonathan D. Bernard, Physician scientist pathway mentor
06/2014 - 08/2014 Bixuan Lin, Summer student mentor, Winner of Dr. Michael J. Dunn Poster Contest Award for Medical Student Research Day
08/2014 - 05/2016 Bixuan Lin, Physician scientist pathway mentor
06/2015 - 08/2015 Jane Lee, Summer student mentor, Winner of Dr. Michael J. Dunn Poster Contest Award for Medical Student Research Day
08/2015 - 05/2016 Jane Lee, Physician scientist pathway mentor
06/2016 - 08/2016 Katherine D. Umhoefer, Summer student mentor
06/2017 - 08/2017 Matthew Gonzalez, Summer student mentor
 
Graduate Students
Students Advised
01/2012 - 02/2012 Ashley Gehrand
03/2012 - 04/2012 Matthew Forsberg
08/2015 - 10/2015 Ashley Ciecko, Winner of 25th Annual Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Research Poster Award
01/2016 - 03/2016 Chay Teng Yeo
03/2016 - 05/2016 Freidrich Seewald
01/2019 - 02/2019 Weiyi Guo
02/2019 - 04/2019 Kyle Stoltz
01/06/2020 - 02/2020 Yiwei Kong
Committees
12/2012 Matthew Forsberg
12/2013 Joo-Hyung Lee
11/2016 Ashley Ciecko
12/2019 Kayla Schwartz
 
Postdoctoral Students
01/2017 - 12/2019 Bardees Foda, Abstract winner for the 10th Annual Immunology Scientific retreat. Oct 18, 2018
10/2020 - 01/2022 Ashley Ciecko
04/2021 - Present Tarun Pant
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Ou-Yang, P., B.-L. Chiang, L.-H. Hwang, Y.-G. Chen, P.-M. Yang, W.-K. Chi, P.-J. Chen, D.-S. Chen. Characterization of monoclonal antibodies against hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 3: different antigenic determinants from human B cells. J. Med. Virol. 1999; 57: 345-350.
2. Chien, T.-I., Y.-G. Chen, B.-L. Chiang. Preparation of Der p1 specific monoclonal antibodies and use in a two-site-ELISA to detect Der p1 allergen. J. Microbiol. Immunol. Infect. 2000; 33: 87-92.
3. Chen, Y.-G., A. Mantalaris, P. Bourne, P. Keng, J.H.D. Wu. Expression of mPer1 and mPer2, two mammalian clock genes, in murine bone marrow. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2000; 276: 724-728.
4. Omasa, T., Y.-G. Chen, A. Mantalaris, J.H.D. Wu. A cDNA from human bone marrow encoding a protein exhibiting homology to the ATP11/PLM/MAT8 family of transmembrane proteins. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 2001; 1517: 307-310.
5. Omasa, T., Y.-G. Chen, A. Mantalaris, Y.-C. Tsai, and J.H.D. Wu. Molecular cloning and sequencing of the human heme-regulated eukaryotic initiation factor-2 alpha (eIF-2 alpha) kinase from bone marrow culture. DNA Sequence 2002; 13: 133-137.
6. Chen, Y.-G., C.-M. Choisy-Rossi, T.M. Holl, H.D. Chapman, G.S. Besra, S.A. Porcelli, D.J. Shaffer, D. Roopenian, S. B. Wilson, and D.V. Serreze. Activated NKT cells inhibit autoimmune diabetes through tolerogenic recruitment of dendritic cells to pancreatic lymph nodes. J. Immunol. 2005; 174: 1196-1204.
7. Lee, C.-H., Y.-G. Chen, J. Chen, P.C. Reifsnyder, D.V. Serreze, M. Clare-Salzler, M. Rodriguez, C. Wasserfall, M.A. Atkinson, and E.H. Leiter. Novel leptin receptor mutation in NOD/LtJ mice suppresses type 1 diabetes progression. II. immunologic analysis. Diabetes 2006; 55: 171-178.
8. Chen J., Y.-G. Chen, P.C. Reifsnyder, W.H. Schott, C.-H. Lee, F. Scheuplein, F. Haag, F. Koch-Nolte, D.V. Serreze, and E.H. Leiter. Targeted disruption of CD38 accelerates autoimmune diabetes in NOD/Lt mice by enhancing autoimmunity in an ART2-dependent fashion. J. Immunol. 2006; 176: 4590-94599.
9. Chen, Y.-G., J. Chen, M.A. Osborne, H.D. Chapman, G.S. Besra, S.A. Porcelli, E.H. Leiter, S.B. Wilson, and D.V. Serreze. CD38 Is required for the peripheral survival of immunotolerogenic CD4+ invariant NK T cells in nonobese diabetic mice. J. Immunol. 2006; 177: 2939-2947.
10. Serreze, D.V., M.A. Osborne, Y.-G. Chen, H.D. Chapman, T. Pearson, M.A. Brehm, D.L. Greiner. Partial versus full allogeneic hematopoietic chimerization is a preferential means to inhibit type 1 diabetes as the latter induces generalized immunosuppression. J. Immunol. 2006; 177: 6675-6684.
11. Chen, Y.-G., P.A. Silveira, M.A. Osborne, H.D. Chapman, D.V. Serreze. Cellular expression requirement for inhibition of type 1 diabetes by a dominantly protective MHC haplotype. Diabetes 2007; 56: 424-430.
12. Chen, Y.-G., J.P. Driver, P.A. Silveria, D.V. Serreze, Subcongenic analysis of genetic basis for impaired development of invariant NKT cells in NOD mice. Immunogenetics 2007; 59:705-712.
13. Mukhopadhaya A., T. Hanafusa, I. Jarchum , Y.-G. Chen, Y. Iwai , D.V. Serreze, R.M. Steinman, K.V. Tarbell T.P. DiLorenzo . Selective delivery of beta cell antigen to dendritic cells in vivo leads to deletion and tolerance of autoreactive CD8+ T cells in NOD mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008; 105:6374-9.
14. Chen, Y.-G., F. Scheuplein, M.A. Osborne, S.-W. Tsaih, H.D. Chapman, D.V. Serreze. The Idd9/11 genetic locus regulates diabetogenic activity of CD4 T-cells in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. Diabetes 2008; 57:3273-3280.
15. Scheuplein, F., B. Rissiek, J.P. Driver, Y.-G. Chen, F. Koch-Nolte, and D.V. Serreze, A recombinant heavy chain antibody approach blocks ART2 mediated deletion of an iNKT cell population that upon activation inhibits autoimmune diabetes. J. Autoimmunity 2010; 34:145-54.
16. Driver, J.P., F. Scheuplein, Y.-G. Chen, A.E. Grier, S.B. Wilson, and D.V. Serreze, iNKT-cell control of Type-1 Diabetes:a Dendritic Cell Genetic Decision of a Silver Bullet or Russian Roulette. Diabetes 2010; 59:423-32.
17. Driver, J.P., Y.-G. Chen, W. Zhang, S. Asrat, and D. V. Serreze, Unmasking genes in a type 1 diabetes resistant mouse strain that enhances pathogenic CD8 T-cell responses. Diabetes 2011; 60:1354-9.
18. Chen, Y.-G., F. Scheuplein, J.P. Driver, A.A. Hewes, P.C. Reifsnyder, E.H. Leiter, and D.V. Serreze, Testing the Role of P2X7 Receptors in the Development of Type 1 Diabetes in Nonobese Diabetic Mice. J. Immunol. 2011; 186:4278-84.
19. Chen YG, Tsaih SW, Serreze DV. Genetic control of murine invariant natural killer T-cell development dynamically differs dependent on the examined tissue type. Genes Immun. 2012 Feb;13(2):164-74. PMCID: PMC3291802
20. Stolp J, Chen YG, Cox SL, Henck V, Zhang W, Tsaih SW, Chapman H, Stearns T, Serreze DV, Silveira PA. Subcongenic analyses reveal complex interactions between distal chromosome 4 genes controlling diabetogenic B cells and CD4 T cells in nonobese diabetic mice. J Immunol. 2012 Aug 01;189(3):1406-17. PMCID: PMC3401322
21. Bobbala D, Chen XL, Leblanc C, Mayhue M, Stankova J, Tanaka T, Chen YG, Ilangumaran S, Ramanathan S. Interleukin-15 plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes in the NOD mouse. Diabetologia. 2012 Nov;55(11):3010-20.
22. Bogdani M, Henschel AM, Kansra S, Fuller JM, Geoffrey R, Jia S, Kaldunski ML, Pavletich S, Prosser S, Chen YG, Lernmark A, Hessner MJ. Biobreeding rat islets exhibit reduced antioxidative defense and N-acetyl cysteine treatment delays type 1 diabetes. J Endocrinol. 2013 Feb;216(2):111-23. PMCID: PMC4077722
23. Tsaih SW, Khaja S, Ciecko AE, MacKinney E, Chen YG. Genetic control of murine invariant natural killer T cells maps to multiple type 1 diabetes regions. Genes Immun. 2013 Sep;14(6):380-6. PMCID: PMC3766462
24. Chen YG, Mordes JP, Blankenhorn EP, Kashmiri H, Kaldunski ML, Jia S, Geoffrey R, Wang X, Hessner MJ. Temporal induction of immunoregulatory processes coincides with age-dependent resistance to viral-induced type 1 diabetes. Genes Immun. 2013 Sep;14(6):387-400. PMCID: PMC4027975
25. Driver JP, Chen YG, Mathews CE. Comparative genetics: synergizing human and NOD mouse studies for identifying genetic causation of type 1 diabetes. Rev Diabet Stud. 2012;9(4):169-87. PMCID: PMC3740689
26. Chen YG, Forsberg MH, Khaja S, Ciecko AE, Hessner MJ, Geurts AM. Gene targeting in NOD mouse embryos using zinc-finger nucleases. Diabetes. 2014 Jan;63(1):68-74. PMCID: PMC3868049
27. Chen YG, Cabrera SM, Jia S, Kaldunski ML, Kramer J, Cheong S, Geoffrey R, Roethle MF, Woodliff JE, Greenbaum CJ, Wang X, Hessner MJ. Molecular signatures differentiate immune states in type 1 diabetic families. Diabetes. 2014 Nov;63(11):3960-73. PMCID: PMC4207392
28. Tsaih SW, Presa M, Khaja S, Ciecko AE, Serreze DV, Chen YG. A locus on mouse chromosome 13 inversely regulates CD1d expression and the development of invariant natural killer T-cells. Genes Immun. 2015;16(3):221-30. PMCID: PMC4409484
29. Qin W, Dion SL, Kutny PM, Zhang Y, Cheng AW, Jillette NL, Malhotra A, Geurts AM, Chen YG, Wang H. Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing in Mice by Zygote Electroporation of Nuclease. Genetics. 2015 Jun;200(2):423-30. PMCID: PMC4492369
30. Presa M, Chen YG, Grier AE, Leiter EH, Brehm MA, Greiner DL, Shultz LD, Serreze DV. The Presence and Preferential Activation of Regulatory T Cells Diminish Adoptive Transfer of Autoimmune Diabetes by Polyclonal Nonobese Diabetic (NOD) T Cell Effectors into NSG versus NOD-scid Mice. J Immunol. 2015 Oct 01;195(7):3011-9. PMCID: PMC4575869
31. Cabrera SM, Wang X, Chen YG, Jia S, Kaldunski ML, Greenbaum CJ, Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Canakinumab Study Group, Mandrup-Poulsen T, AIDA Study Group, Hessner MJ. Interleukin-1 antagonism moderates the inflammatory state associated with Type 1 diabetes during clinical trials conducted at disease onset. Eur J Immunol. 2016 Apr;46(4):1030-46. PMCID: PMC4828314
32. Cepero-Donates Y, Lacraz G, Ghobadi F, Rakotoarivelo V, Orkhis S, Mayhue M, Chen YG, Rola-Pleszczynski M, Menendez A, Ilangumaran S, Ramanathan S. Interleukin-15-mediated inflammation promotes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Cytokine. 2016 Jun;82:102-11.
33. Tsao CC, Tsao PN, Chen YG, Chuang YH. Repeated Activation of Lung Invariant NKT Cells Results in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Like Symptoms. PLoS One. 2016;11(1):e0147710. PMCID: PMC4727802
34. Cabrera SM, Chen YG, Hagopian WA, Hessner MJ. Blood-based signatures in type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2016 Mar;59(3):414-25. PMCID: PMC4744128
35. Cepero-Donates Y, Rakotoarivelo V, Mayhue M, Ma A, Chen YG, Ramanathan S. Homeostasis of IL-15 dependent lymphocyte subsets in the liver. Cytokine. 2016 Jun;82:95-101. PMCID: PMC5293139
36. Lin B, Ciecko AE, MacKinney E, Serreze DV, Chen YG. Congenic mapping identifies a novel Idd9 subregion regulating type 1 diabetes in NOD mice. Immunogenetics. 2017 Mar;69(3):193-198. PMCID: PMC5335865
37. Driver JP, Racine JJ, Ye C, Lamont DJ, Newby BN, Leeth CM, Chapman HD, Brusko TM, Chen YG, Mathews CE, Serreze DV. Interferon-γ Limits Diabetogenic CD8<sup>+</sup> T-Cell Effector Responses in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes. 2017 Mar;66(3):710-721. PMCID: PMC5319715
38. Forsberg MH, Ciecko AE, Bednar KJ, Itoh A, Kachapati K, Ridgway WM, Chen YG. CD137 Plays Both Pathogenic and Protective Roles in Type 1 Diabetes Development in NOD Mice. J Immunol. 2017 May 15;198(10):3857-3868. PMCID: PMC5426805
39. Henschel AM, Cabrera SM, Kaldunski ML, Jia S, Geoffrey R, Roethle MF, Lam V, Chen YG, Wang X, Salzman NH, Hessner MJ. Modulation of the diet and gastrointestinal microbiota normalizes systemic inflammation and β-cell chemokine expression associated with autoimmune diabetes susceptibility. PLoS One. 2018;13(1):e0190351. PMCID: PMC5749787
40. Racine JJ, Stewart I, Ratiu J, Christianson G, Lowell E, Helm K, Allocco J, Maser RS, Chen YG, Lutz CM, Roopenian D, Schloss J, DiLorenzo TP, Serreze DV. Improved Murine MHC-Deficient HLA Transgenic NOD Mouse Models for Type 1 Diabetes Therapy Development. Diabetes. 2018 May;67(5):923-935. PMCID: PMC5909999
41. Chen YG, Mathews CE, Driver JP. The Role of NOD Mice in Type 1 Diabetes Research: Lessons from the Past and Recommendations for the Future. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2018;9:51. PMCID: PMC5829040
42. Presa M, Racine JJ, Dwyer JR, Lamont DJ, Ratiu JJ, Sarsani VK, Chen YG, Geurts A, Schmitz I, Stearns T, Allocco J, Chapman HD, Serreze DV. A Hypermorphic <i>Nfkbid</i> Allele Contributes to Impaired Thymic Deletion of Autoreactive Diabetogenic CD8<sup>+</sup> T Cells in NOD Mice. J Immunol. 2018 Oct 01;201(7):1907-1917. PMCID: PMC6143397
43. Cabrera SM, Engle S, Kaldunski M, Jia S, Geoffrey R, Simpson P, Szabo A, Speake C, Greenbaum CJ, Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet CTLA4-Ig (Abatacept) Study Group, Chen YG, Hessner MJ. Innate immune activity as a predictor of persistent insulin secretion and association with responsiveness to CTLA4-Ig treatment in recent-onset type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia. 2018 Nov;61(11):2356-2370. PMCID: PMC6182660
44. Sandor AM, Lindsay RS, Dyjack N, Whitesell JC, Rios C, Bradley BJ, Haskins K, Serreze DV, Geurts AM, Chen YG, Seibold MA, Jacobelli J, Friedman RS. CD11c<sup>+</sup> Cells Are Gatekeepers for Lymphocyte Trafficking to Infiltrated Islets During Type 1 Diabetes. Front Immunol. 2019;10:99. PMCID: PMC6365440
45. Forsberg MH, Foda B, Serreze DV, Chen YG. Combined congenic mapping and nuclease-based gene targeting for studying allele-specific effects of Tnfrsf9 within the Idd9.3 autoimmune diabetes locus. Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 13;9(1):4316. PMCID: PMC6416332
46. Chen XL, Bobbala D, Rodriguez GM, Mayhue M, Chen YG, Ilangumaran S, Ramanathan S. Induction of autoimmune diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice requires interleukin-21-dependent activation of autoreactive CD8⁺ T cells. Clin Exp Immunol. 2013 Aug;173(2):184-94. PMCID: PMC3722919
47. Bobbala D, Chen XL, Leblanc C, Mayhue M, Stankova J, Tanaka T, Chen YG, Ilangumaran S, Ramanathan S. Erratum: Interleukin-15 plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes in the NOD mouse (Diabetologia DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2675- 1) Diabetologia. December 2012;55(12):3401.
48. Gioia L, Holt M, Costanzo A, Sharma S, Abe B, Kain L, Nakayama M, Wan X, Su A, Mathews C, Chen YG, Unanue E, Teyton L. Position β57 of I-A<sup>g7</sup> controls early anti-insulin responses in NOD mice, linking an MHC susceptibility allele to type 1 diabetes onset. Sci Immunol. 2019 Aug 30;4(38). PMCID: PMC6816460
49. Itoh A, Ortiz L, Kachapati K, Wu Y, Adams D, Bednar K, Mukherjee S, Chougnet C, Mittler RS, Chen YG, Dolan L, Ridgway WM. Soluble CD137 Ameliorates Acute Type 1 Diabetes by Inducing T Cell Anergy Frontiers in Immunology. 7 November 2019;10.
50. Ciecko AE, Foda B, Barr JY, Ramanathan S, Atkinson MA, Serreze DV, Geurts AM, Lieberman SM, Chen YG. Interleukin-27 Is Essential for Type 1 Diabetes Development and Sjögren Syndrome-like Inflammation Cell Reports. 2019.
51. Itoh A, Ortiz L, Kachapati K, Wu Y, Adams D, Bednar K, Mukherjee S, Chougnet C, Mittler RS, Chen YG, Dolan L, Ridgway WM. Soluble CD137 Ameliorates Acute Type 1 Diabetes by Inducing T Cell Anergy. Front Immunol. 2019;10:2566. PMCID: PMC6853870
52. Lee H, Lee YS, Harenda Q, Pietrzak S, Oktay HZ, Schreiber S, Liao Y, Sonthalia S, Ciecko AE, Chen YG, Keles S, Sridharan R, Engin F. Beta Cell Dedifferentiation Induced by IRE1α Deletion Prevents Type 1 Diabetes. Cell Metab. 2020 Apr 07;31(4):822-836.e5. PMCID: PMC7346095
53. Foda BM, Ciecko AE, Serreze DV, Ridgway WM, Geurts AM, Chen YG. The CD137 Ligand Is Important for Type 1 Diabetes Development but Dispensable for the Homeostasis of Disease-Suppressive CD137<sup>+</sup> FOXP3<sup>+</sup> Regulatory CD4 T Cells. J Immunol. 2020 Jun 01;204(11):2887-2899. PMCID: PMC7296588
54. Bobbala D, Chen XL, Leblanc C, Mayhue M, Stankova J, Tanaka T, Chen YG, Ilangumaran S, Ramanathan S. Erratum: Interleukin-15 plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes in the NOD mouse (Diabetologia DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2675- 1) Diabetologia. December 2012;55(12):3401.
55. Chen YG, Ciecko AE, Khaja S, Grzybowski M, Geurts AM, Lieberman SM. UBASH3A deficiency accelerates type 1 diabetes development and enhances salivary gland inflammation in NOD mice. Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 21;10(1):12019. PMCID: PMC7374577
56. Shapiro MR, Yeh WI, Longfield JR, Gallagher J, Infante CM, Wellford S, Posgai AL, Atkinson MA, Campbell-Thompson M, Lieberman SM, Serreze DV, Geurts AM, Chen YG, Brusko TM. CD226 Deletion Reduces Type 1 Diabetes in the NOD Mouse by Impairing Thymocyte Development and Peripheral T Cell Activation Frontiers in Immunology. 4 September 2020;11.
57. Khatun A, Kasmani MY, Zander R, Schauder DM, Snook JP, Shen J, Wu X, Burns R, Chen YG, Lin CW, Williams MA, Cui W. Single-cell lineage mapping of a diverse virus-specific naive CD4 T cell repertoire. J Exp Med. 2021 Mar 01;218(3). PMCID: PMC7676493
58. Shapiro MR, Yeh WI, Longfield JR, Gallagher J, Infante CM, Wellford S, Posgai AL, Atkinson MA, Campbell-Thompson M, Lieberman SM, Serreze DV, Geurts AM, Chen YG, Brusko TM. CD226 Deletion Reduces Type 1 Diabetes in the NOD Mouse by Impairing Thymocyte Development and Peripheral T Cell Activation. Front Immunol. 2020;11:2180. PMCID: PMC7500101
59. Debreceni IL, Chimenti MS, Serreze DV, Geurts AM, Chen YG, Lieberman SM. Toll-Like Receptor 7 Is Required for Lacrimal Gland Autoimmunity and Type 1 Diabetes Development in Male Nonobese Diabetic Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Dec 13;21(24). PMCID: PMC7764018
60. Allred MG, Chimenti MS, Ciecko AE, Chen YG, Lieberman SM. Characterization of type i interferon‐associated chemokines and cytokines in lacrimal glands of nonobese diabetic mice International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 1 April 2021;22(7).
61. Ciecko AE, Foda B, Barr JY, Ramanathan S, Atkinson MA, Serreze DV, Geurts AM, Lieberman SM, Chen YG. Erratum: Interleukin-27 is essential for type 1 diabetes development and Sjögren syndrome-like inflammation (Cell Reports (2019) 29(10) (3073–3086.e5), (S2211124719314810), (10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.010)) Cell Reports. 2 February 2021;34(5).
62. Allred MG, Chimenti MS, Ciecko AE, Chen YG, Lieberman SM. Characterization of Type I Interferon-Associated Chemokines and Cytokines in Lacrimal Glands of Nonobese Diabetic Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Apr 05;22(7). PMCID: PMC8038628
63. Ciecko AE, Schauder DM, Foda B, Petrova G, Kasmani MY, Burns R, Lin CW, Drobyski WR, Cui W, Chen YG. Self-Renewing Islet TCF1<sup>+</sup> CD8 T Cells Undergo IL-27-Controlled Differentiation to Become TCF1<sup>-</sup> Terminal Effectors during the Progression of Type 1 Diabetes. J Immunol. 2021 Oct 15;207(8):1990-2004. PMCID: PMC8492517
64. Cabrera SM, Coren AT, Pant T, Ciecko AE, Jia S, Roethle MF, Simpson PM, Atkinson SN, Salzman NH, Chen YG, Hessner MJ. Probiotic normalization of systemic inflammation in siblings of type 1 diabetes patients: an open-label pilot study. Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 28;12(1):3306. PMCID: PMC8885673
65. Kasmani MY, Ciecko AE, Brown AK, Petrova G, Gorski J, Chen YG, Cui W. Autoreactive CD8 T cells in NOD mice exhibit phenotypic heterogeneity but restricted TCR gene usage. Life Sci Alliance. 2022 Oct;5(10). PMCID: PMC9170949
66. Rojas M, Heuer LS, Zhang W, Chen YG, Ridgway WM. The long and winding road: From mouse linkage studies to a novel human therapeutic pathway in type 1 diabetes. Front Immunol. 2022;13:918837. PMCID: PMC9353112
67. Sargin P, Roethle MF, Jia S, Pant T, Ciecko AE, Atkinson SN, Salzman NH, Teng RJ, Chen YG, Cabrera SM, Hessner MJ. <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i> 299v supplementation modulates β-cell ER stress and antioxidative defense pathways and prevents type 1 diabetes in gluten-free BioBreeding rats. Gut Microbes. 2022;14(1):2136467. PMCID: PMC9586621
68. Racine JJ, Morel L, Chen YG, Serreze DV. Editorial: Genetic basis of tolerance induction defects underlying the development of autoimmune pathologies. Front Immunol. 2022;13:1069232. PMCID: PMC9644883
69. Blum SI, Taylor JP, Barra JM, Burg AR, Shang Q, Qiu S, Shechter O, Hayes AR, Green TJ, Geurts AM, Chen YG, Tse HM. MDA5-dependent responses contribute to autoimmune diabetes progression and hindrance. JCI Insight. 2023 Jan 24;8(2). PMCID: PMC9977297
70. Ciecko AE, Wang Y, Harleston S, Drewek A, Serreze DV, Geurts AM, Lin CW, Chen YG. Heterogeneity of Islet-Infiltrating IL-21+ CD4 T Cells in a Mouse Model of Type 1 Diabetes. J Immunol. 2023 Apr 01;210(7):935-946. PMCID: PMC10483376
71. Khatun A, Wu X, Qi F, Gai K, Kharel A, Kudek MR, Fraser L, Ceicko A, Kasmani MY, Majnik A, Burns R, Chen YG, Salzman N, Taparowsky EJ, Fang D, Williams CB, Cui W. BATF is Required for Treg Homeostasis and Stability to Prevent Autoimmune Pathology. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2023 Oct;10(28):e2206692. PMCID: PMC10558681
72. Thirawatananond P, Brown ME, Sachs LK, Arnoletti JM, Yeh WI, Posgai AL, Shapiro MR, Chen YG, Brusko TM. Treg-Specific CD226 Deletion Reduces Diabetes Incidence in NOD Mice by Improving Regulatory T-Cell Stability. Diabetes. 2023 Nov 01;72(11):1629-1640. PMCID: PMC10588280
73. Ye C, Clements SA, Gu W, Geurts AM, Mathews CE, Serreze DV, Chen YG, Driver JP. Deletion of Vβ3<sup>+</sup>CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells by endogenous mouse mammary tumor virus 3 prevents type 1 diabetes induction by autoreactive CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Dec 05;120(49):e2312039120. PMCID: PMC10710095
74. Alvarez-Argote S, Paddock SJ, Flinn MA, Moreno CW, Knas MC, Almeida VA, Buday SL, Bakhshian Nik A, Patterson M, Chen YG, Lin CW, O'Meara CC. IL-13 promotes functional recovery after myocardial infarction via direct signaling to macrophages. JCI Insight. 2024 Jan 23;9(2). PMCID: PMC10906228
75. Srivastava N, Hu H, Peterson OJ, Vomund AN, Stremska M, Zaman M, Giri S, Li T, Lichti CF, Zakharov PN, Zhang B, Abumrad NA, Chen YG, Ravichandran KS, Unanue ER, Wan X. CXCL16-dependent scavenging of oxidized lipids by islet macrophages promotes differentiation of pathogenic CD8<sup>+</sup> T cells in diabetic autoimmunity. Immunity. 2024 Jul 09;57(7):1629-1647.e8. PMCID: PMC11236520
76. Pant T, Lin CW, Bedrat A, Jia S, Roethle MF, Truchan NA, Ciecko AE, Chen YG, Hessner MJ. Monocytes in type 1 diabetes families exhibit high cytolytic activity and subset abundances that correlate with clinical progression. Sci Adv. 2024 May 17;10(20):eadn2136. PMCID: PMC11100571
77. Debreceni IL, Barr JY, Upton EM, Chen YG, Lieberman SM. IL-27 promotes pathogenic T cells in a mouse model of Sjögren's disease. Clin Immunol. 2024 Jul;264:110260. PMCID: PMC11203157
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Serreze, D.V., Y.-G. Chen. Of mice and men: use of animal models to identify possible interventions for the prevention of autoimmune type 1 diabetes in humans. Trends Immunol. 2005; 26: 603-607.
2. Driver, J.P., Serreze, D.V., Y.-G. Chen. Mouse models for the study of autoimmune type 1 diabetes: a NOD to similarities and differences to human disease. Semin Immunopathol. 2011; 33:67-87.
 
Abstracts
1. Chen, Y.-G., M.A. Pierce, T.M. Holl, S.B. Wilson and D.V. Serreze. 2003. Mechanistic basis of NKT cell mediated diabetes protection in NOD mice. Abstract of the 63th American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. June 13-17, 2003. New Orlean, LA.
2. Chen, Y.-G., M.A. Pierce, T.M. Holl, S.B. Wilson and D.V. Serreze. 2004. Mechanistic basis of NKT cell mediated diabetes protection in NOD mice. Abstract of the Immunology of Diabetes Society 7th meeting. p. 81. March 28-31, 2004. Cambridge, UK.
3. Chen, Y.-G, J. Chen, S.B. Wilson, E.H. Leiter, D.V. Serreze. 2005. Accelerated type 1 diabetes in CD38-deficient NOD mice through a further loss of disease protective NKT cells and mature dendritic cells. Abstract of the Immunology of Diabetes Society 8th meeting. 2005, Japan.
4. Chen, Y.-G., J. Chen, S.B. Wilson, E.H. Leiter, D.V. Serreze. 2005. Accelerated type 1 diabetes in CD38-deficient NOD mice through a further loss of disease protective NKT cells and mature dendritic cells. Abstract of the 65th American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. June 10-14, 2005. San Diego, CA.
5. Chen, Y.-G., S.B. Wilson, E.H. Leiter, D.V. Serreze. 2006. CD38 is required for peripheral survival of tolerogenic CD4+ iNKT cells in NOD mice. Abstract of the American Association of Immunologist annual meeting. The Journal of Immunology, Supplement, 176: S138.
6. Chen, Y.-G., F. Scheuplein, M.A. Osborne, H.D. Chapman, and D.V. Serreze. 2007. Idd9/11 regulates diabetogenic activity of CD4 T cells in NOD mice. Abstract of the Immunology of Diabetes Society 9th meeting. November 14-18, 2007. Miami Beach, Florida. Acta Diabetologica, Supplement 1, 44:S8.
7. Driver, J.P., Y.-G. Chen, F. Scheuplein, D.V. Serreze. 2007. Strain dependent maturation of tolerogenic and immunogenic mouse dendritic cells induced by activated NKT cells. Acta Diabetologica, November 14-18, 2007. Miami Beach, Florida. Supplement 1, 44:S13.
8. Driver, J.P., F. Scheuplein, Y.-G. Chen, D.V. Serreze. 2007. Activated NKT cells inhibit autoimmune Diabetes through tolerogenic maturation of dendritic cells. Abstract of the Keystone Symposia (Dendritic Cells). p. 132.
9. Driver, J.P.,F. Scheuplein, Y.-G. Chen, D.V. Serreze. 2009. Strain dependent maturation of mouse dendritic cells by activated NKT cells: the implication for autoimmune diabetes. Abstract of the Keystone Symposia (Dendritic Cells). p. 216.
10. Chen, Y.-G. and D.V. Serreze. 2010. Multiple genes within the Idd9.1 region regulate iNKT cells and type 1 diabetes in NOD mice. Abstract of the FOCIS meeting, June 24-27, 2010. Boston, MA.
11. Ramanathan S., C. Leblanc, Y.-G. Chen and S. Ilangumaran. 2010. IL-21 is required for the pathogenicity of autoreactive CD8 T cells in a TCR transgenic model of autoimmune type 1 diabetes in the NOD mice. Abstract of the Annual Meeting of the French Society for Immunology. November 24 to 27, 2010. Marseilles, France.
12. Chen, Y.-G. and D.V. Serreze. 2011. The Idd9/11 genetic locus regulates the diabetogenic activity of CD4 T-cells in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice through an enhanced regulatory T-cell activity. Abstract of the 71th American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. June 24-28, 2011. San Diego, CA.
 
Peer Reviewed Educational Products
1. Chen, Y.-G., M.A. Pierce, T.M. Holl, S.B. Wilson and D.V. Serreze. Mechanistic basis of NKT cell mediated diabetes protection in NOD mice. The 63th American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. June 13-17, 2003. New Orlean, LA
2. Chen, Y.-G., M.A. Pierce, T.M. Holl, S.B. Wilson and D.V. Serreze. Mechanistic basis of NKT cell mediated diabetes protection in NOD mice. The Immunology of Diabetes Society 7th meeting. March 28-31, 2004. Cambridge, UK
3. Chen, Y.-G, J. Chen, S.B. Wilson, E.H. Leiter, D.V. Serreze. Accelerated type 1 diabetes in CD38-deficient NOD mice through a further loss of disease protective NKT cells and mature dendritic cells. The Immunology of Diabetes Society 8th meeting. 2005, Japan
4. Chen, Y.-G., J. Chen, S.B. Wilson, E.H. Leiter, D.V. Serreze. Accelerated type 1 diabetes in CD38-deficient NOD mice through a further loss of disease protective NKT cells and mature dendritic cells. The 65th American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. June 10-14, 2005. San Diego, CA
5. Chen, Y.-G., S.B. Wilson, E.H. Leiter, D.V. Serreze. CD38 is required for peripheral survival of tolerogenic CD4+ iNKT cells in NOD mice. Abstract of the American Association of Immunologist annual meeting. 2006, Boston, MA
6. Chen, Y.-G., F. Scheuplein, M.A. Osborne, H.D. Chapman, and D.V. Serreze. Idd9/11 regulates diabetogenic activity of CD4 T cells in NOD mice. The Immunology of Diabetes Society 9th meeting. November 14-18, 2007. Miami Beach, Florida
7. Chen, Y.-G. and D.V. Serreze. Multiple genes within the Idd9.1 region regulate iNKT cells and type 1 diabetes in NOD mice. The FOCIS meeting, June 24-27, 2010. Boston, MA
8. Chen, Y.-G. and D.V. Serreze. 2011. The Idd9/11 genetic locus regulates the diabetogenic activity of CD4 T-cells in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice through an enhanced regulatory T-cell activity. Abstract of the 71th American Diabetes Association scientific sessions. June 24-28, 2011. San Diego, CA.