Yong Cui, M.D. M.S.P.H.
Assistant Professor

Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Cancer Biology

615-327-5689
1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard
Nashville, TN  37208

ycui@mmc.edu

Dr. Cui’s research interests include Molecular Epidemiology and Cancer Epidemiology. Several on-going research Projects include:

1) evaluation of stress, psychological consequences, and health-related quality of life among breast patients; 2) use of complementary and alternative medicine among breast cancer survivors and general population;
3) evaluation of cancer screening among low-income population;
4) investigation of roles of genetic variations, environmental risk factors, and their interactions in breast cancer etiology and prognosis, as well as in racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes; and
5) investigation of roles of gene-gene and gene-environmental interactions in other common chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Cui Y, Huang J, Zhang JN, Ma WZ, Wang JL. Characterization of [3H]-dihydroalprenolol binding to intact human blood lymphocyte. Chinese J Nuclear Med 1988; 8: 229-32.

Cui Y, Huang J, Zhang JN, Ma WZ, Wang JL. Changes of lymphocyte *2-adrenergic receptors in the patients with acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure. Jiangsu Med J 1988; 14: 487-90

Hu LF, Huang J, Cui Y, Zheng JN, Ma WZ, Wang JL. Muscarinic cholinergic receptors in rabbit myocardium. Acta Acad Med Nanjing 1988; 8: 97-100.

Cui Y, Huang J, Zhang JN, Ma WZ, Wang JL. Difference in lymphocyte *2-adrenergic receptor numbers in different species. Acta Acad Med Nanjing 1989; 9: 84-6

Hu LF, Huang J, Cui Y, Zheng JN, Ma WZ, Wang JL. Changes of cardiac muscarinic cholinergic receptor in experimental cardiomyopathy. Chinese Circ J 1989; 4: 139-43

Cui Y, Pun RYK. Angiotensin II suppresses Na+ currents in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. Peptides 1994; 15: 67-72.
Josephson IR, Cui Y. Voltage- and concentration-dependent effects of lidocaine on cardiac Na+ channel and Ca2+ channel gating charge movements. Pflugers Archive. 1994; 428: 485-91

Josephson IR, Cui Y. Cardiac gating charge movements: recovery from inactivation. Pflugers Archiv. 1995; 430: 682-89.
Su YR, Rutkowski MP, Klanke CK, Wu X, Cui Y, Pun RYK, Carter V, Reif MC, Menon AG. A novel variant of the *-subunit of the amiloride-sensitive sodium channel in African Americans. J Am Soc Nephrol. 1996; 7: 2543-49.

Cui Y, Su YR, Putkowski M, Reif MC, Menon AG, Pun RYK. Loss of protein kinase C inhibition in the *-T594M variant of the amiloride-sensitive Na+ channel. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1997; 94: 9962-66.

Cui Y, Shu XO, Gao Y, Cai H, Wen W, Ruan ZX, Jin F, Zheng W. The long-term impact of medical and socio- demographic factors on the quality of life of breast cancer survivors among Chinese women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2004; 87:135-47.

Cui Y, Shu XO, Gao Y, Wen W, Ruan ZX, Jin F, Zheng W. Use of complementary and alternative medicine by Chinese women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2004; 85:263-70.

Lu H, Shu XO, Cui Y, Kataoka N, Wen W, Cai Q, Ruan ZX, Gao YT, Zheng W. Association of Genetic Polymorphisms in the VEGF Gene with Breast Cancer Survival. Cancer Res. 2005; 65:5015-9. (Priority report)

Cui Y, Shu XO, Cai Q, Fan J, Cheng JR, Cai H, Gao YT, Zheng W. Association of breast cancer risk with a common functional polymorphism (Asp327Asn) in the sex hormone-binding globulin gene. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005;14:1096-101. (Highlighted on NCI website)

Cui Y, Wen W, Moriarty C, Levine R. Risk factors and their effects on the dynamic process of smoking relapse among veteran smokers. Behav Res Ther. 2006; 44:967-81.

Cui Y, Shu XO, Gao Y, Cai H, Tao M, Zheng W. Association of ginseng use with survival and quality of life among breast cancer patients. Am J Epidemiol. 2006;163:645-53.

Lu W, Cui Y, Zheng Y, Gu K, Cai H, Li Q, Zheng W, Shu XO. Impact of newly diagnosed breast cancer on quality of life among Chinese women. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2006 (In press).

Peterson NB, Harvey Murff H, Fowke JH, Cui Y, Hargreaves M, Signorello LB, Blot WJ. The Use of Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy among African-Americans and Whites in a Low-Income High-Risk Population. (Submitted to Cancer in Sept, 2006)

Cui Y, Shu XO, Cai Q, Wen WQ, Gao YT, Zheng W. Joint effects of p53 Arg72Pro and XRCC1 Arg399Gln polymorphisms on breast cancer survival. (Manuscript in preparation)

Wang X, Cui Y, Moriarty CJ, Wen W, Levine RS. Identification of risk factors affecting participation, initial quit, and six-month relapse in a smoking cessation program for veterans. (Manuscript in preparation)

Cui Y, Xiao-Ou Shu, Hargreaves MK, Cai H, Signorello LB, Blot WJ. Use of complementary and alternative medicine in low-income African Americans and Caucasian Americans: A report from Southern Community Cohort Study. (Manuscript in preparation)