Gang Song

Phylogeography of the Alcippe morrisonia(Aves: Timaliidae): long population history beyond late Pleistocene glaciations (2009)

Song, Gang, Qu, Yanhua, Yin, Zuohua, Li, Shouhsien, Liu, Naifa, Lei, Fumin

Abstract Background The role of Pleistocene glacial oscillations in current biodiversity and distribution patterns varies with latitude, physical topology and population life history and has long...

Untangling Cycles for Contour Grouping (2009)

Qihui Zhu, Gang Song, Jianbo Shi

We introduce a novel topological formulation for contour grouping. Our grouping criterion, called untangling cycles, exploits the inherent topological 1D structure of salient contours to extract them...

Intrinsic and synaptic long-term depression of NTS relay of nociceptin- and capsaicin-sensitive cardiopulmonary afferents hyperactivity (2008)

Bantikyan, Armenak, Song, Gang, Feinberg-Zadek, Paula Leslie, Poon, Chi-Sang

The nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in the caudal medulla is a gateway for a variety of cardiopulmonary afferents important for homeostatic regulation and defense against airway and cardiovascular...

Intrinsic and Synaptic Long-Term Depression of NTS Relay of Nociceptin-Sensitive and Capsaicin-Sensitive Cardiopulmonary Afferents Hyperactivity (2008)

Feinberg-Zadek, Paula, Song, Gang, Poon, Chi-Sang, Bantikyan, Armenak

The nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in the caudal medulla is a gateway for a variety of cardiopulmonary afferents important for homeostatic regulation and defense against airway and cardiovascular...

Automatic Video Based Face Verification and Recognition by Support Vector Machines (2008)

Gang Song, Haizhou Ai, Guangyou Xu, Li Zhuang

This paper presents an automatic video based face verification and recognition system by Support Vector Machines (SVMs). Faces as training samples are automatically extracted from input video...

Multi-start Method with Prior Learning for Image Registration (2007)

Song, Gang, Avants, Brian B, Gee, Jim C.

We propose an efficient image registration strategy that is based on learned prior distributions of transformation parameters. These priors are used to constrain a finite- time multi-start...

Object detection combining recognition and segmentation (2007)

Liming Wang, Jianbo Shi, Gang Song, I-fan Shen

Abstract. We develop an object detection method combining top-down recognition with bottom-up image segmentation. There are two main steps in this method: a hypothesis generation step and a...

A NOVEL FORCE FEEDBACK-BASED TELEOPERATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL APPLICATION (2006)

Gang Song, Shuxiang Guo

Abstract. We propose a novel force feedback-based teleoperation system for medical application. Most teleoperation systems are based on the visual feedback from the camera with the occasional use of...

I-Domain of Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 Mediates Rolling of Polystyrene Particles on ICAM-1 under Flow (2005)

Eniola, A. Omolala, Krasik, Ellen F, Smith, Lee A, Song, Gang, Hammer, Daniel A

In their active state, ß2-integrins, such as LFA-1, mediate the firm arrest of leukocytes by binding intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) expressed on endothelium. Although the primary...

Hydrogen in thin niobium films (2001)

Song, Gang

Die elastischen, elektrischen und thermodynamischen Eigenschaften von Wasserstoff (H) in dünnen epitaktischen Niobschichten wurden in dieser Arbeit zum ersten Mal systematisch untersucht. Es wurden...

An atomic resolution view of ICAM recognition in a complex between the binding domains of ICAM-3 and integrin αLβ2

Song, Gang, Yang, Yuting, Liu, Jin-huan, Casasnovas, Jose M., Shimaoka, Motomu, Springer, Timothy A., ...

Within the Ig superfamily (IgSF), intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) form a subfamily that binds the leukocyte integrin αLβ2. We report a 1.65-Å-resolution crystal structure of the ICAM-3...

Rational Design of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) Variants for Antagonizing Integrin Lymphocyte Function-associated Antigen-1-dependent Adhesion*S

Song, Gang, Lazar, Greg A., Kortemme, Tanja, Shimaoka, Motomu, Desjarlais, John R., Baker, David, ...

The interaction between integrin lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) and its ligand intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is critical in immunological and inflammatory reactions...

Directed evolution to probe protein allostery and integrin I domains of 200,000-fold higher affinity

Jin, Moonsoo, Song, Gang, Carman, Christopher V., Kim, Yong-Sung, Astrof, Nathan S., Shimaoka, Motomu, ...

Understanding allostery may serve to both elucidate mechanisms of protein regulation and provide a basis for engineering active mutants. Herein we describe directed evolution applied to the integrin...

I-Domain of Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 Mediates Rolling of Polystyrene Particles on ICAM-1 under Flow

Eniola, A. Omolola, Krasik, Ellen F., Smith, Lee A., Song, Gang, Hammer, Daniel A.

In their active state, β2-integrins, such as LFA-1, mediate the firm arrest of leukocytes by binding intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) expressed on endothelium. Although the primary function...

An atomic resolution view of ICAM recognition in a complex between the binding domains of ICAM-3 and integrin αLβ2

Song, Gang, Yang, Yuting, Liu, Jin-huan, Casasnovas, Jose M., Shimaoka, Motomu, Springer, Timothy A., ...

Within the Ig superfamily (IgSF), intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) form a subfamily that binds the leukocyte integrin αLβ2. We report a 1.65-Å-resolution crystal structure of the ICAM-3...

I-Domain of Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 Mediates Rolling of Polystyrene Particles on ICAM-1 under Flow

Eniola, A. Omolola, Krasik, Ellen F., Smith, Lee A., Song, Gang, Hammer, Daniel A.

In their active state, β2-integrins, such as LFA-1, mediate the firm arrest of leukocytes by binding intercellular adhesion molecules (ICAMs) expressed on endothelium. Although the primary function...

Directed evolution to probe protein allostery and integrin I domains of 200,000-fold higher affinity

Jin, Moonsoo, Song, Gang, Carman, Christopher V., Kim, Yong-Sung, Astrof, Nathan S., Shimaoka, Motomu, ...

Understanding allostery may serve to both elucidate mechanisms of protein regulation and provide a basis for engineering active mutants. Herein we describe directed evolution applied to the integrin...

Structural plasticity in Ig superfamily domain 4 of ICAM-1 mediates cell surface dimerization

Chen, Xuehui, Kim, Thomas Doohun, Carman, Christopher V., Mi, Li-Zhi, Song, Gang, Springer, Timothy A.

The Ig superfamily (IgSF) intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) equilibrates between monomeric and dimeric forms on the cell surface, and dimerization enhances cell adhesion. A crystal structure...

Pacemakers handshake synchronization mechanism of mammalian respiratory rhythmogenesis

Wittmeier, Steffen, Song, Gang, Duffin, James, Poon, Chi-Sang

Inspiratory and expiratory rhythms in mammals are thought to be generated by pacemaker-like neurons in 2 discrete brainstem regions: pre-Bötzinger complex (preBötC) and parafacial respiratory group...