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Grace X. Ma

Laura H Carnell Prof & Director, Center for Asian Health, School of Medicine, Temple U
Verified email at temple.edu
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Multiple cytokines and acute inflammation raise mouse leptin levels: potential role in inflammatory anorexia

P Sarraf, RC Frederich, EM Turner, G Ma… - The Journal of …, 1997 - rupress.org
Several inflammatory cytokines, most notably tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and IL-1, induce
anorexia and loss of lean body mass, common manifestations of acute and chronic …

Model minority at risk: Expressed needs of mental health by Asian American young adults

…, CE Hsu, ES Robinson, J Bawa, GX Ma - Journal of community …, 2009 - Springer
The objective of this study is to obtain and discuss in-depth information on mental health
problems, including the status, barriers, and potential solutions in 1.5 and 2nd generation Asian …

Cervical cancer prevention: new tools and old barriers

…, HM Brandt, MC Bell, M Dignan, GX Ma… - … Journal of the …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Cervical cancer is the second most common female tumor worldwide, and its incidence is
disproportionately high (>80%) in the developing world. In the United States, in which …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships between immune landscapes, genetic subtypes and responses to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer

E Picard, CP Verschoor, GW Ma… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is highly heterogeneous at the genetic and molecular level, which
has major repercussions on the efficacy of immunotherapy. A small subset of CRCs exhibit …

Structural interventions to reduce and eliminate health disparities

AF Brown, GX Ma, J Miranda, E Eng… - … journal of public …, 2019 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Health disparities research in the United States over the past 2 decades has yielded considerable
progress and contributed to a developing evidence base for interventions that tackle …

Epidemiology of gastrointestinal stromal tumors in the era of histology codes: results of a population-based study

GL Ma, JD Murphy, ME Martinez, JK Sicklick - … Epidemiology, Biomarkers & …, 2015 - AACR
To date, all population-based epidemiologic data on gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in
the United States predate the 2001 implementation of GIST-specific histology coding. As …

Between two worlds: the use of traditional and Western health services by Chinese immigrants

GX Ma - Journal of community health, 1999 - Springer
This study examined the use of traditional and Western health services by Chinese immigrants,
as well as the cultural and socioeconomic factors affecting health-seeking behaviors and …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma progression

…, A Galuza, O Odumuwagun, Y Tan, GX Ma… - World journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignancy of the liver. It is
the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a very poor prognosis. In …

GATA-2 and GATA-3 regulate trophoblast-specific gene expression in vivo

GT Ma, ME Roth, JC Groskopf, FY Tsai… - …, 1997 - journals.biologists.com
We previously demonstrated that the zinc finger transcription factors GATA-2 and GATA-3
are expressed in trophoblast giant cells and that they regulate transcription from the mouse …

Syndecan 1 is a critical mediator of macropinocytosis in pancreatic cancer

…, N Feng, V Ramamoorthy, S Jiang, P Deng, GJ Ma… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains recalcitrant to all forms of cancer
treatment and carries a five-year survival rate of only 8% 1 . Inhibition of oncogenic KRAS (…