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University of Southern California: Los Angeles, US

2004-05-01 to 2019-05-01
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Min Wei

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University of Southern California: Los Angeles, CA, US

PhD (Molecular Biology)
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Min Wei

Works (46)

Fasting-mimicking diet and markers/risk factors for aging, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease

Science Translational Medicine
2017-02-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Min Wei; Sebastian Brandhorst; Mahshid Shelehchi; Hamed Mirzaei; Chia Wei Cheng; Julia Budniak; Susan Groshen; Wendy J. Mack; Esra Guen; Stefano Di Biase et al.
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Brain Structure and Function Associated with Younger Adults in Growth Hormone Receptor-Deficient Humans

The Journal of Neuroscience
2017-01-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Kaoru Nashiro; Jaime Guevara-Aguirre; Meredith N. Braskie; George W. Hafzalla; Rico Velasco; Priya Balasubramanian; Min Wei; Paul M. Thompson; Mara Mather; Marvin D. Nelson et al.
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Abstract 4313: Periodic fasting mimicking diet delays cancer development and progression

Cancer Research
2016-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Sebastian Brandhorst; Gerardo Navarrete; Min Wei; Todd E. Morgan; Valter D. Longo
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Fasting-Mimicking Diet Reduces HO-1 to Promote T Cell-Mediated Tumor Cytotoxicity

Cancer Cell
2016-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Stefano Di Biase; Changhan Lee; Sebastian Brandhorst; Brianna Manes; Roberta Buono; Chia-Wei Cheng; Mafalda Cacciottolo; Alejandro Martin-Montalvo; Rafael de Cabo; Min Wei et al.
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A Diet Mimicking Fasting Promotes Regeneration and Reduces Autoimmunity and Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms

Cell Reports
2016-06 | Journal article
Contributors: In Young Choi; Laura Piccio; Patra Childress; Bryan Bollman; Arko Ghosh; Sebastian Brandhorst; Jorge Suarez; Andreas Michalsen; Anne H. Cross; Todd E. Morgan et al.
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Safety and feasibility of fasting in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy

BMC Cancer
2016-06-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Tanya B. Dorff; Susan Groshen; Agustin Garcia; Manali Shah; Denice Tsao-Wei; Huyen Pham; Chia-Wei Cheng; Sebastian Brandhorst; Pinchas Cohen; Min Wei et al.
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Prolonged Fasting Reduces IGF-1/PKA to Promote Hematopoietic-Stem-Cell-Based Regeneration and Reverse Immunosuppression

Cell Stem Cell
2016-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Chia-Wei Cheng; Gregor B. Adams; Laura Perin; Min Wei; Xiaoying Zhou; Ben S. Lam; Stefano Da Sacco; Mario Mirisola; David I. Quinn; Tanya B. Dorff et al.
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Starvation Promotes REV1 SUMOylation and p53-Dependent Sensitization of Melanoma and Breast Cancer Cells

Cancer Research
2015-01 | Journal article
Contributors: H. S. Shim; M. Wei; S. Brandhorst; V. D. Longo
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Abstract 4120: Periodic fasting mimicking diet started late in life reduces and delays carcinogenesis

Cancer Research
2014-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Sebastian Brandhorst; Min Wei; Gerrardo Navarre; Louis Dubeau; Peter Conti; Todd Morgan; Valter D. Longo
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Prolonged Fasting Reduces IGF-1/PKA to Promote Hematopoietic-Stem-Cell-Based Regeneration and Reverse Immunosuppression

Cell Stem Cell
2014-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Chia-Wei Cheng; Gregor B. Adams; Laura Perin; Min Wei; Xiaoying Zhou; Ben S. Lam; Stefano Da Sacco; Mario Mirisola; David I. Quinn; Tanya B. Dorff et al.
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Low Protein Intake Is Associated with a Major Reduction in IGF-1, Cancer, and Overall Mortality in the 65 and Younger but Not Older Population

Cell Metabolism
2014-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Morgan E. Levine; Jorge A. Suarez; Sebastian Brandhorst; Priya Balasubramanian; Chia-Wei Cheng; Federica Madia; Luigi Fontana; Mario G. Mirisola; Jaime Guevara-Aguirre; Junxiang Wan et al.
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Tor-Sch9 deficiency activates catabolism of the ketone body-like acetic acid to promote trehalose accumulation and longevity

Aging Cell
2014-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Jia Hu; Min Wei; Hamed Mirzaei; Federica Madia; Mario Mirisola; Camille Amparo; Shawna Chagoury; Brian Kennedy; Valter D. Longo
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Serine- and Threonine/Valine-Dependent Activation of PDK and Tor Orthologs Converge on Sch9 to Promote Aging

PLoS Genetics
2014-02-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Mario G. Mirisola; Giusi Taormina; Paola Fabrizio; Min Wei; Jia Hu; Valter D. Longo; Stuart K. Kim
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Protein restriction cycles reduce IGF-1 and phosphorylated Tau, and improve behavioral performance in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

Aging Cell
2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/acel.12049

Contributors: Parrella, E.
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Short-term calorie and protein restriction provide partial protection from chemotoxicity but do not delay glioma progression

Experimental Gerontology
2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.exger.2013.02.016

Contributors: Brandhorst, S.
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SIRT1 but not its increased expression is essential for lifespan extension in caloric-restricted mice

Aging Cell
2013-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Evi M. Mercken; Jia Hu; Susan Krzysik-Walker; Min Wei; Ying Li; Michael W. McBurney; Rafael de Cabo; Valter D. Longo
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Fasting cycles retard growth of tumors and sensitize a range of cancer cell types to chemotherapy

Science Translational Medicine
2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1126/scitranslmed.3003293

Contributors: Lee, C.
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Fasting Enhances the Response of Glioma to Chemo- and Radiotherapy

PLoS ONE
2012 | Journal article
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10.1371/journal.pone.0044603

Contributors: Safdie, F.
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Assessing Chronological Aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Cell Senescence
2012-11-01 | Other
Contributors: Jia Hu; Min Wei; Mario G. Mirisola; Valter D. Longo
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Conserved role of medium acidification in chronological senescence of yeast and mammalian cells

Aging
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Fabrizio, P.
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Growth hormone receptor deficiency is associated with a major reduction in pro-aging signaling, cancer, and diabetes in humans

Science Translational Medicine
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1126/scitranslmed.3001845

Contributors: Guevara-Aguirre, J.
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Studying age-dependent genomic instability using the S. cerevisiae chronological lifespan model

Journal of Visualized Experiments
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.3791/3030

Contributors: Wei, M.
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Studying age-dependent genomic instability using the S. cerevisiae chronological lifespan model.

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Wei, M.
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Abstract 4327: Fasting enhances the response of Gl26-glioma to radiation and multiple chemotherapies

Cancer Research
2011-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Fernando Safdie; Sebastian Brandhorst; Min Wei; Weijun Wang; Changhan Lee; Saewon Hwang; Thomas Chen; Valter D. Longo
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Aging and Dietary Restriction: The Yeast Paradigm

Calorie Restriction, Aging and Longevity
2010 | Other
Contributors: Min Wei; Federica Madia; Rafael de Cabo; Valter D. Longo
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Genome-wide screen in Saccharomyces cerevisiae identifies vacuolar protein sorting, autophagy, biosynthetic, and tRNA methylation genes involved in life span regulation.

PLoS genetics
2010 | Journal article
Contributors: Fabrizio, P.
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Reduced levels of IGF-I mediate differential protection of normal and cancer cells in response to fasting and improve chemotherapeutic index

Cancer Research
2010 | Journal article
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10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-3228

Contributors: Lee, C.
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OR13,75 Role of IGF-I and IGFBPs in the fasting-induced protection of mice versus malignant cells against chemotherapy

Growth Hormone & IGF Research
2010-01 | Journal article
Contributors: C. Lee; F. Safdie; M. Wei; F. Madia; E. Parrella; D. Hwang; P. Cohen; V. Longo
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Comparative analyses of time-course gene expression profiles of the long-lived sch9Δ mutant

Nucleic Acids Research
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1093/nar/gkp849

Contributors: Ge, H.
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Fasting and cancer treatment in humans: A case series report

Aging
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Fernando M. Safdie; Tanya Dorff; David Quinn; Luigi Fontana; Min Wei; Changhan Lee; Pinchas Cohen; Valter D. Longo
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Fasting and cancer treatment in humans: A case series report.

Aging
2009 | Journal article
Contributors: Safdie, F.M.
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Oncogene homologue Sch9 promotes age-dependent mutations by a superoxide and Rev1/Polζ-dependent mechanism

Journal of Cell Biology
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1083/jcb.200906011

Contributors: Madia, F.
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Progesterone influence on neurite outgrowth involves microglia

Endocrinology
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1210/en.2008-0988

Contributors: Wong, A.M.
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Tor1/Sch9-regulated carbon source substitution is as effective as calorie restriction in life span extension

PLoS Genetics
2009 | Journal article
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1000467

Contributors: Wei, M.
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Life span extension by calorie restriction depends on Rim15 and transcription factors downstream of Ras/PKA, Tor, and Sch9.

PLoS genetics
2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1371/journal.pgen.0040013

Contributors: Wei, M.
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Longevity mutation in SCH9 prevents recombination errors and premature genomic instability in a Werner/Bloom model system

Journal of Cell Biology
2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1083/jcb.200707154

Contributors: Madia, F.
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Starvation-dependent differential stress resistance protects normal but not cancer cells against high-dose chemotherapy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1073/pnas.0708100105

Contributors: Raffaghello, L.
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Significant and systematic expression differentiation in long-lived yeast strains

PLoS ONE
2007 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1371/journal.pone.0001095

Contributors: Cheng, C.
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Macrosialin increases during normal brain aging are attenuated by caloric restriction

Neuroscience Letters
2005 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.neulet.2005.07.058

Contributors: Wong, A.M.
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Reversible age impairments in neurite outgrowth by manipulations of astrocytic GFAP

Neurobiology of Aging
2005 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.06.009

Contributors: Rozovsky, I.
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Sir2 blocks extreme life-span extension

Cell
2005 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.cell.2005.08.042

Contributors: Fabrizio, P.
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Progressive changes in regulation of apolipoproteins e and J in glial cultures during postnatal development and aging

Neuroscience Letters
2004 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.neulet.2004.08.076

Contributors: Patel, N.V.
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Estradiol (E2) enhances neurite outgrowth by repressing glial fibrillary acidic protein expression and reorganizing laminin

Endocrinology
2002 | Journal article
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10.1210/en.143.2.636

Contributors: Rozovsky, I.
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Peroxynitrite Mediates Neurotoxicity of Amyloid β-Peptide 1-42- and Lipopolysaccharide-Activated Microglia

Journal of Neuroscience
2002 | Journal article
Contributors: Xie, Z.
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Variations of synaptotagmin I, synaptotagmin IV, and synaptophysin mRNA levels in rat hippocampus during the estrous cycle

Experimental Neurology
1999 | Journal article
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10.1006/exnr.1999.7186

Contributors: Crispino, M.
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Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease

Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Other
Contributors: Caleb E. Finch; Valter Longo; Aya Miyao; Todd E. Morgan; Irina Rozovsky; Yubei Soong; Min Wei; Zhong Xie; Hadi Zanjani
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