Wei Yue, Ph.D.

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Summary

List of current grants

My research program focuses on studying novel mechanisms involved in regulation of OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 transport function. The long-term goal of my laboratory is to establish a mechanistic model to predict OATP-mediated drug-drug interactions, toxicities and inter-individual variability in drug response. Multi-disciplinary approaches are utilized including: 1) Sandwich-cultured primary human hepatocytes model; 2) Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approach to assess clinically relevant DDIs; 3) Pharmacogenomics studies of drug transport proteins; 4) Post-translational regulation of OATP transporters; 5) Confocal microscopy to study trafficking of the transport proteins.

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Education & Experience

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Publications & Presentations

1. Crowe A, Yue W. An integrative method to semi-quantitatively determine membrane transporter expression by immunohistochemistry staining. Bio-Protocol. 2019

2. Liu Q, Keyesh R, Farasyn T, Li Y, Vu N, Kupiec T, Yue W. A sensitive quantification method of unbound vemurafenib in human plasma using equilibrium dialysis followed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to a tandem mass spectrometry. PharmSci 360-AAPS Annual Meeting. 2019

3. Kayesh R, Farasyn T, Crowe A, Liu Q, Pahwa S, Alam K, Ding K, Neuhoff S, Hatley O, Yue W. Assessing OATP1B1- and OATP1B3-mediated drug-drug interaction potential of vemurafenib using static and physiologically based pharmacokinetic models. PharmSci 360-AAPS Annual Meeting. 2019

4. Wang L, Yue W, Hu M. Cellular uptake kinetic studies of Wogonoside, Luteolin 3’-glucuronide and apigenin 7-glucuronide in OATP1B1, 1B3 and 2B1 overexpressed HEK-293 cell lines. PharmSci 360-AAPS Annual Meeting. 2019

5. Crowe A, Miller J, Yue W. Genotyping of the OATP1B1 c. 521 T>C polymorphism from the Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) tissue specimens: an optimized protocol. Bio-Protocol. 2019; 9