Wenli Yang, PhD

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About me

Research Assistant Professor of Medicine (Translational Medicine and Human Genetics)
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cell and Developmental Biology

Spoken languages

English

Insurance accepted

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Dr. Yang is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Corneo B, Faga G, Figueira I, Zasso J, Yang W, Neuman K, Johansson PA, Healy L, Daheron LM, Generali M, Pless O, Trokovic R, David L, Gazhvini M, Batlle-Morera L. The transformative impact of stem cell core facilities in biomedical research , Stem Cell Reports: 2026

Hou Z, Gagne A, Cai J, Maguire JA, Pavani G, Yang W, Takanohashi A, Vanderver A, Sase S. Generation of three induced pluripotent stem cell lines from individuals with late infantile TUBB4A-associated leukodystrophy caused by a c.1172G > A (p.R391H) de novo mutation in TUBB4A , Stem Cell Res, 95: 2026,104063

Trang KB, Sharma P, Cook L, Mount Z, Thomas RM, Kulkarni NN, Cabrera EC, Rachimi S, Pahl MC, Pippin JA, Su C, Kaestner KH, O'Brien JM, Wagley Y, Hankenson KD, Jermusyk A, Hoskins JW, Amundadottir LT, Xu M, Brown KM, Anderson SA, Yang W, Titchenell PM, Seale P, Zemel BS, Chesi A, Romberg N, Levings MK, Grant SFA, Wells AD. 3D chromatin-based variant-to-gene maps across 57 human cell types reveal the cellular and genetic architecture of autoimmune disease susceptibility , Genome Biol, 26: 2025,414

Zhao G, Zhang HM, Zhang GJ, Yang W, Küper C, McManus BM, Yang D. Cyclodextrin Counteracts Coxsackievirus-Induced Cardiac Damage by Protecting Desmosome Integrity and Suppressing Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression , Microorganisms, 13(10): 2025,2294

Trang KB, Chesi A, Toikumo S, Pippin JA, Pahl MC, O'Brien JM, Amundadottir LT, Brown KM, Yang W, Welles J, Santoleri D, Titchenell PM, Seale P, Zemel BS, Wagley Y, Hankenson KD, Kaestner KH, Anderson SA, Kayser MS, Wells AD, Kranzler HR, Kember RL, Grant SFA. Shared and unique 3D genomic features of substance use disorders across multiple cell types , medRxiv: 2025

Nirgude S, Tichy ED, Liu Z, Kavari SL, Pradieu RD, Byrne M, Yang F, Gil-de-Gómez L, Mamou B, Bernt KM, Yang W, MacFarland S, Xie M, Kalish JM. Single-nucleus multiomic analysis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome liver reveals PPARA signaling enrichment and metabolic dysfunction , Commun Biol, 8: 2025,495

Trang KB, Pahl MC, Pippin JA, Su C, Littleton SH, Sharma P, Kulkarni NN, Ghanem LR, Terry NA, O'Brien JM, Wagley Y, Hankenson KD, Jermusyk A, Hoskins J, Amundadottir LT, Xu M, Brown K, Anderson S, Yang W, Titchenell P, Seale P, Kaestner KH, Cook L, Levings M, Zemel BS, Chesi A, Wells AD, Grant SFA. 3D genomic features across >50 diverse cell types reveal insights into the genomic architecture of childhood obesity , Elife, 13: 2025,RP95411

Zhao G, Zhang HM, Nasseri AR, Yip F, Telkar N, Chen YT, Aghakeshmiri S, Küper C, Lam W, Yang W, Zhao J, Luo H, McManus BM, Yang D. Heart-specific NFAT5 knockout suppresses type I interferon signaling and aggravates coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis , Basic Res Cardiol, 119(6): 2024,1075-1092

Vishnu N, Venkatesan M, Madaris TR, Venkateswaran MK, Stanley K, Ramachandran K, Chidambaram A, Madesh AK, Yang W, Nair J, Narkunan M, Muthukumar T, Karanam V, Joseph LC, Le A, Osidele A, Aslam MI, Morrow JP, Malicdan MC, Stathopulos PB, Madesh M. ERMA (TMEM94) is a P-type ATPase transporter for Mg(2+) uptake in the endoplasmic reticulum , Mol Cell, 84: 2024,1321-1337

Das S, Hilman MC, Yang F, Mourkioti F, Yang W, Cullen DK. Motor neurons and endothelial cells additively promote development and fusion of human iPSC-derived skeletal myocytes , Skelet Muscle, 14: 2024,5

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