Yilei Cui, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist
Dermatology
Medicine
Dr. Cui’s research focuses on cutaneous aging, dermal fibroblast function, skin disorder pathophysiology, cancer immunity in the skin, and the impact of natural compounds on skin aging inflammation, and skin pain. Also, Dr. Cui is interested in biomarker discovery and validation for clinical and translational studies related to healthy aging.
Projects:
NA
Research Area(s)
Development and Aging
Publications
- Skin aging from the perspective of dermal fibroblasts: the interplay between the adaptation to the extracellular matrix microenvironment and cell autonomous processes
- Rejuvenation of aged human skin by injection of cross-linked hyaluronic acid.
- CD26 identifies a subpopulation of fibroblasts that produce the majority of collagen during wound healing in human skin.
Grants
- Co-investigator of: Functional roles of age and tumorigenesis-related alternations of the dermal ECM
- Consultant on: Investigating novel approaches to treating skin cancers, solid tumors and hematologic malignancies using preclinical models
- Principal investigator of: Investigating immune mechanism and therapeutics target of Immune-Related Adverse Events