Dongfeng Gu

Publication List Details

Period

1994 - 2009

Number

33

Co-Authors

Functional analysis of the C-reactive protein (CRP) gene -717A>G polymorphism associated with coronary heart disease (2009)

Wang, Laiyuan, Lu, Xiangfeng, Li, Yun, Li, Hongfan, Chen, Shufeng, Gu, Dongfeng

Abstract Background Atherosclerosis underlies the major pathophysiological mechanisms of coronary heart disease (CHD), and inflammation contributes to all phases of atherosclerosis. C-reactive...

The future impact of population growth and aging on coronary heart disease in China: projections from the coronary heart disease policy model-China (2008)

Moran, Andrew, Zhao, Dong, Gu, Dongfeng, Coxson, Pamela, Chen, Chung-Shiuan, Cheng, Jun, ...

Abstract Background China will experience an overall growth and aging of its adult population in coming decades. We used a computer model to forecast the future impact of these demographic changes on...

Risk Factors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality in Chinese Adults (2008)

Reilly, Kathleen H., Gu, Dongfeng, Duan, Xiufang, Wu, Xigui, Chen, Chung-Shiuan, Huang, Jianfeng, ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mortality and risk factors were studied in a nationally representative sample of 169,871 Chinese men and women aged 40 years or older. Baseline data were...

Association of smoking and smoking cessation with major causes of morality in the Asia Pacific region: the Asia Pacific cohort studies collaboration (2008)

Barzi, Federica, Huxley, Rachel, Jamrozik, Konrad, Lam, T-H., Ueshima, H., Gu, Dongfeng, ...

Background: Although the dangers of smoking, and the benefits of quitting, are well established and understood in the West, smoking remains popular among Asian men. We investigated the associations...

Associations between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and both stroke and coronary heart disease in the Asia Pacific region (2007)

Woodward, Mark, Barzi, Federica, Feigin, Valery, Gu, Dongfeng, Huxley, Rachel, Nakamura, Koshi, ...

Background The inverse relationship between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and coronary heart disease (CHD) is well established. Questions remain about the association between HDL...

Cigarette Smoking and Erectile Dysfunction among Chinese Men without Clinical Vascular Disease (2007)

He, Jiang, Reynolds, Kristi, Chen, Jing, Chen, Chung-Shiuan, Wu, Xigui, Duan, Xiufang, ...

The authors examined the association between cigarette smoking and risk of erectile dysfunction among 7,684 Chinese men aged 35–74 years without clinical vascular disease. Cigarette smoking and...

Association between the metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease in Chinese adults (2007)

Chen, Jing, Gu, Dongfeng, Chen, Chung-Shiuan, Wu, Xigui, Hamm, L. Lee, Muntner, Paul, ...

Background. The metabolic syndrome is a common risk factor for cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Western populations. We examined the relationship between the metabolic syndrome and...

Associations between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and both stroke and coronary heart disease in the Asia Pacific region (2007)

Woodward, Matthew, Barzi, Federica, Feigin, Valery, Gu, Dongfeng, Nakamura, Koshi, Patel, Anushka, ...

Background: The inverse relationship between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and coronary heart disease (CHD) is well established. Questions remain about the association between HDL...

The burden of overweight and obesity in the Asia-Pacific region (2007)

Lee, C. M. Y., Martiniuk, A. L. C., Woodward, M., Feigin, Valery, Gu, Dongfeng, Jamrozik, Konrad, ...

The rise in the prevalence of overweight and obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg m−2) is, in part, a negative consequence of the increasing economic developments of many lower- and...

Associations between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and both stroke and coronary heart disease in the Asia Pacific region (2007)

Woodward, Matthew, Barzi, Federica, Feigin, Valery, Gu, Dongfeng, Nakamura, Koshi, Patel, Anushka, ...

Background: The inverse relationship between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and coronary heart disease (CHD) is well established. Questions remain about the association between HDL...

Hypertension: its prevalence and population-attributable fraction for morality from cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific (2007)

Martiniuk, Alexandra L. C., Lee, Crystal M. Y., Lawes, Carlene M. M., Ueshima, Hirotsugu, Suh, Il, Lam, Tai Hing, ...

Objective About half of the world's burden of cardiovascular disease is carried by countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This study aimed to quantify the contribution of hypertension to...

The burden of overweight and obesity in the Asia-Pacific region (2007)

Lee, C. M. Y., Martiniuk, A. L. C., Woodward, M., Feigin, Valery, Gu, Dongfeng, Jamrozik, Konrad, ...

The rise in the prevalence of overweight and obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg m−2) is, in part, a negative consequence of the increasing economic developments of many lower- and...

Hypertension: its prevalence and population-attributable fraction for morality from cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific (2007)

Martiniuk, Alexandra L. C., Lee, Crystal M. Y., Lawes, Carlene M. M., Ueshima, Hirotsugu, Suh, Il, Lam, Tai Hing, ...

Objective About half of the world's burden of cardiovascular disease is carried by countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This study aimed to quantify the contribution of hypertension to...

Association between the metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease in Chinese adults (2007)

Chen, Jing, Gu, Dongfeng, Chen, Chung-Shiuan, Wu, Xigui, Hamm, L. Lee, Muntner, Paul, ...

Background. The metabolic syndrome is a common risk factor for cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Western populations. We examined the relationship between the metabolic syndrome and...

The viscoelastic properties of nematic monodomains containing liquid crystal polymers. (2006)

Gu, Dongfeng

The work presented here investigates the viscoelastic properties of nematic materials containing liquid crystal polymers (LCP). We focus on how the elastic constants and the viscosity coefficients of...

The viscoelastic properties of nematic monodomains containing liquid crystal polymers. (2006)

Gu, Dongfeng

The work presented here investigates the viscoelastic properties of nematic materials containing liquid crystal polymers (LCP). We focus on how the elastic constants and the viscosity coefficients of...

Haplotypic analyses of the IGF2-INS-TH gene cluster in relation to cardiovascular risk traits (2004)

Rodríguez, Santiago, Gaunt, Tom R., O'Dell, Sandra D., Chen, Xiao-he, Gu, Dongfeng, Hawe, Emma, ...

The IGF2-INS-TH genomic region has been implicated in various common disorders including the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD). Here we present detailed haplotype...

Haplotypic analyses of the IGF2-INS-TH gene cluster in relation to cardiovascular risk traits (2004)

Rodríguez, Santiago, Gaunt, Tom R., O'Dell, Sandra D., Chen, Xiao-he, Gu, Dongfeng, Hawe, Emma, ...

The IGF2–INS–TH genomic region has been implicated in various common disorders including the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD). Here we present detailed...

Haplotypic analyses of the IGF2-INS-TH gene cluster in relation to cardiovascular risk traits (2004)

Rodríguez, Santiago, Gaunt, Tom R., O'Dell, Sandra D., Chen, Xiao-he, Gu, Dongfeng, Hawe, Emma, ...

The IGF2-INS-TH genomic region has been implicated in various common disorders including the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD). Here we present detailed haplotype...

Evidence of multiple causal sites affecting weight in the IGF2-INS-TH region of human chromosome 11 (2002)

Gu, Dongfeng, O'Dell, Sandra D., Chen, Xiao-he, Miller, George J., Day, Ian N.

Abstract. The subtelomeric region of 11p harbours three closely linked genes, TH, INS and IGF2, that have been associated with obesity, size at birth, type I diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome,...

The viscoelastic properties of nematic monodomains containing liquid crystal polymers (1994)

Gu, Dongfeng

The work presented here investigates the viscoelastic properties of nematic materials containing liquid crystal polymers (LCP). We focus on how the elastic constants and the viscosity coefficients of...

The viscoelastic properties of nematic monodomains containing liquid crystal polymers (1994)

Gu, Dongfeng

The work presented here investigates the viscoelastic properties of nematic materials containing liquid crystal polymers (LCP). We focus on how the elastic constants and the viscosity coefficients of...

Cigarette Smoking and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke in China: The International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia

Gu, Dongfeng, Wu, Xigui, Reynolds, Kristi, Duan, Xiufang, Xin, Xue, Reynolds, Robert F., ...

Objectives. We estimated the prevalence of cigarette smoking and the extent of environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS) in the general population in China.

Cigarette Smoking and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke in China: The International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia

Gu, Dongfeng, Wu, Xigui, Reynolds, Kristi, Duan, Xiufang, Xin, Xue, Reynolds, Robert F., ...

Objectives. We estimated the prevalence of cigarette smoking and the extent of environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS) in the general population in China.

CHIP Represses Myocardin-Induced Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation via Ubiquitin-Mediated Proteasomal Degradation▿

Xie, Ping, Fan, Yongna, Zhang, Hua, Zhang, Yuan, She, Mingpeng, Gu, Dongfeng, ...

Myocardin, a coactivator of serum response factor (SRF), plays a critical role in the differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). However, the molecular mechanisms regulating myocardin...