Faculty

Current Position

Associate Professor, Department and Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

OFFICE

Room 503, Shouren Building

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Pharmacology, 1996-2001

Molecular Biosciences Graduate Program, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Rutgers University & UMDNJ-RWJMS

Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A.

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

1. 2021 - Present - Chief Director, Center of Environmental Protection and Safety and Health

2. 2015 - present - Vice Chairman, School of Medicine

3. 2015 - present - Director, Physician Scientist Program, School of Medicine

4. 2011 - present - Associate Professor, Department and Institute of Pharmacology

5. 2011 - present - Adjunct Associate Professor, Institute of Biophotonics

6. 2015 - 2020 - Deputy Dean, Office of International Affairs

7. 2011 - 2020 - Director, Division of International Students, Office of International Affairs

AWARDS

1. Dr. Stanley and Francine Mandeles Graduate Research Award, 2001.

2. Young Investigator’s Award in Pharmacology for the academic year 1997-2000.

PUBLICATIONS

• Chia-Yin Lee, Anh Thuc Nguyen, Ly Hien Doan, Li-Wei Chu, Chih-Hung Chang, Hui-Kang Liu, I-Lin Lee, Teng-Hsu Wang, Jin-Mei Lai, Shih-Ming Tsao, Hsiu-Jung Liao*, Yueh-Hsin Ping* and Chi-Ying F. Huang*, Repurposing Astragalus Polysaccharide PG2 for Inhibiting ACE2 and SARS-CoV-2 Spike Syncytial Formation and Anti-Inflammatory Effects. Viruses, 2023, 15, 641

• Young-Sheng Chang, Li-Wei Chu, Zan-Yu Chen, Joh-Sin Wu, Wen-Chi Su, Chia-Jui Yang, Yueh-Hsin Ping*, and Cheng-Wen Lin*, Development of Fluorescence-Tagged SARS-CoV-2 Virus-like Particles by a Tri-Cistronic Vector Expression System for Investigating the Cellular Entry of SARS-CoV-2. Viruses, 2022, 14, 2825

• Han-Hsing Tsou, Ping-Huai Wang, Tzu-Hsin Ting, Yueh-Hsin Ping, Tsung-Yun Liu, Hsiao-Wei Cheng, Hsiang-Tsui Wang, Effect of Heated Tobacco Products and Traditional Cigarettes on Pulmonary Toxicity and SARS--CoV-2-induced Lung Injury. Toxicology, 2022, 479, 153318

• Chih-Feng Tien, Wan-Ting Tsai, Chun Hwa Chen, Hui-Ju Chou, Mingzi M. Zhang, Jhe-Jhih Lin, En-Ju Lin, Shih-Syong Dai, Yueh-Hsin Ping, Chia-Yi Yu, Yi-Ping Kuo, Wei-Hsiang Tsai, Hsin-Wei Chen, and Guann-Yi Yu, Glycosylation and S-palmitoylation regulate SARS-CoV-2 spike protein intracellular trafficking. iScience, 2022, 25, 104709

• Ly Hien Doan, Li-Wei Chu, Zi-Yi Huang, Anh Thuc Nguyen, Chia-Yin Lee, Chien-Ling Huang, Yu-Fen Chang, Wen-Yu Hsieh, Trang Thi Huyen Nguyen, Chao-Hsiung Lin, Chun-Li Su, Tsung-Hsien Chuang, Jin-Mei Lai, Feng-Sheng Wang, Chia-Jui Yang, Hui-Kang Liu*, Yueh-Hsin Ping*, and Chi-Ying F. Huang*, Virofree, an Herbal Medicine-Based Formula, Interrupts the Viral Infection of Delta and Omicron Variants of SARS-CoV-2, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022, 13, 905197

• Kai-Wei Chang, Tung-Yi Lin, Shu-Ling Fu, Yueh-Hsin Ping, Fang-pey Chen, Yen-Ying Kung, A Houttuynia cordata–based Chinese herbal formula improved symptoms of allergic rhinitis during the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, 2022, 85, 717-722

• Yueh-Hsin Ping, Hsin Yeh, Li-Wei Chu, Zhi-Hu Lin, Yin-Chieh Hsu, Lie-Chwen Lin, Chung-Hua Hsu, Shu-ling Fu, and Tung-Yi Lin, The Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula Jing Guan Fang for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection: from clinical observation to basic research, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022, 13, 744439

• Yuan-Chieh Yeh, Ly H. Doan, Zi-Yi Huang, Li-Wei Chu, Tzu-Hau Shi, Ying-Ray Lee, Cheng-Tao Wu, Chao-Hsiung Lin, Shu-Tuan Chiang, Yueh-Hsin Ping*, Hsiao-Sheng Liu*, and Chi-Ying F. Huang*, Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) and Huangqi (Astragalus membranaceus) suppress SARS-CoV-2 entry and COVID-19 related cytokine storm in vitro, Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022, 12, 76553

• Chi-Fen Chiu, Li-Wen Chu, I-Chen Liao, Yogy Simanjuntak, Yi-Ling Lin, Chi-Chang Juan, and Yueh-Hsin Ping*, The Mechanism of the Zika Virus Crossing the Placental Barrier and the Blood-Brain Barrier, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020, 11: 214

• Wei-Chia Chen, Yogy Simanjuntak, Li-Wei Chu, Yueh-Hsin Ping, Yi-Ling Lee, Yi-Ling Lin, Wen-Shan Li, Benzenesulfonamide Derivatives as Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Inhibitors and Antiviral Agents against Dengue and Zika Virus Infections, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 63: 1313-1327

• Li-Wei Chu, Chia-Jui Yang, Kuan-Jen Peng, Pei-Ling-Chen, Shuu-Jiun Wang, and Yueh-Hsin Ping*, TIM-1 as a Signal Receptor Triggers Dengue Virus-induced Autophagy, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019, 20: 4893-2325

• Kate Hua, Yu-Ting Chen, Chian-Feng Chen, Ya-Syuan Tang, Tzu-Ting Huang, Yu-Cheng Lin, Tien-Shun Yeh, Kuo-Hung Huang, Hsin-Chen Lee, Ming-Ta Hsu, Chin-Wen Chi, Chew-Wun Wu, Chi-Hung Lin, and Yueh-Hsin Ping*, MiR-23a/27a/24-2 Cluster Promotes Gastric Cancer Cell Proliferation in a Synergetic Manner, Oncology Letter, 2018, 16: 2319-2325

• Jye-Chian Hsiao, Li-Wei Chu, Yung-Tsun Lo, Sue-Ping Lee, Tzu-Jung Chen, Cheng-Yen Huang, Yueh-Hsin Ping* and Wen Chang*, Intracellular Transport of Vaccinia Virus in HeLa Cells Requires WASH-VPEF/FAM21- Retromer Complexes and Recycling Molecules Rab11 and Rab22, Journal of Virology, 2015, 89: 8365-8382

• Li-Wei Chu, Yi-Lung Huang, Jin-Hui Lee, Long-Ying Huang, Wei-Jun Chen, Ya- Hsuan Lin, Jyun-Yu Chen, Rui Xiang, Chau-Hwang Lee, Yueh-Hsin Ping*, A single- virus tracking approach to reveal the interaction of Dengue virus with autophagy during the early stage of infection. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2014, 19, 011018 (selected as the cover photo)

• Li-Li Li, Shiau-Ting Hu, Shao-Hung Wang, Hsing-Hui Lee, Yen-Ting Wang, and Yueh-Hsin Ping*, Positive Transcription Elongation Factor b (P-TEFb) Contributes to Dengue Virus-stimulated Induction of Interleukin-8 (IL-8), Cellular Microbiology, 2010, 12: 1589-1603

• Chia-Yen Chen, Yueh-Hsin Ping, Hsin-Chen Lee, Kuan-Hsuan Chen, Yuan-Ming Lee, Te-Cheng Lien, Tjin-Shing Jap, Chi-Hung Lin, Lung-Sen Kao, and Yi-Ming Arthur Chen, ORF8a of the Human Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus not only Promotes Viral Replication but also Induces Apoptosis, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2007, 196: 405-415

• Chi-Wei Wu, Yueh-Hsin Ping, Jiin-Cherng Yen, Chia-Yu Chang, Sheng-Fan Wang, Chiao-Ling Yeh, Chin-Wen Chi, and Hsin-Chen Lee, Enhanced Oxidative Stress and Aberrant Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Human Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y Cells during Methamphetamine Induced Apoptosis, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 2007, 220: 243-251

• Yueh-Hsin Ping, and Tariq M Rana, Mechanism of Site-Specific Psoralen Photo-adducts Formation in Triplex DNA Directed by Psoralen-Conjugated Oligonucleotides, Biochemistry, 2005, 44: 2501-2509

• Yueh-Hsin Ping, Chia-Ying Chu, Hong Cao, Jean-Marc Jacque, Mario Stevenson, and Tariq M Rana, Modulating HIV-1 Replication by RNA Interference Directed against Human Transcription Elongation Factor SPT5, Retrovirology, 2004, 1; 46

• Yueh-Hsin Ping, and Tariq M Rana, DSIF and NELF Interact with RNA Polymerase II Elongation Complex and HIV-1 Tat Stimulates P-TEFbmediated Phosphorylation of RNA Polymerase II and DSIF during Transcription Elongation, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2001, 276: 12951-12958

• Yueh-Hsin Ping, and Tariq M Rana, Tat-associated Kinase (P-TEFb): a Component of Transcription Preinitiation and Elongation Complexes, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1999, 274: 7399-7404