Ulf H Beier, MD

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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department: Pediatrics
Graduate Group Affiliations

Contact information
Abramson Research Center, Room 916-C
3615 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 590 2449
Fax: (215) 590 7385
Lab: (267) 426 5407
Education:
MD
Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany, 2004.
Dr. med.
Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany, 2004.
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Selected Publications

Wang L, Liu Y, Beier UH, Han R, Bhatti TR, Akimova T, Hancock WW.: Foxp3+ T-regulatory cells require DNA methyltransferase 1 expression to prevent development of lethal autoimmunity. Blood 121(18): 3631-9, May 2013.

Beier Ulf H, Wang Liqing, Hancock Wayne W: Combination of isoform-selective histone/protein deacetylase inhibitors improves Foxp3+ T-regulatory cell function. Cell cycle 11(18), Aug 2012.

Beier Ulf H, Wang Liqing, Han Rongxiang, Akimova Tatiana, Liu Yujie, Hancock Wayne W: Histone deacetylases 6 and 9 and sirtuin-1 control Foxp3+ regulatory T cell function through shared and isoform-specific mechanisms. Science signaling 5(229): ra45, Jun 2012.

Hancock Wayne W, Akimova Tatiana, Beier Ulf H, Liu Yujie, Wang Liqing: HDAC inhibitor therapy in autoimmunity and transplantation. Annals of the rheumatic diseases 71 Suppl 2: i46-54, Apr 2012.

Akimova Tatiana, Beier Ulf H, Liu Yujie, Wang Liqing, Hancock Wayne W: Histone/protein deacetylases and T-cell immune responses. Blood 119(11): 2443-51, Mar 2012.

Liu Yujie, Wang Liqing, Han Rongxiang, Beier Ulf H, Hancock Wayne W: Two lysines in the forkhead domain of foxp3 are key to T regulatory cell function. PloS one 7(1): e29035, 2012.

Beier Ulf H, Akimova Tatiana, Liu Yujie, Wang Liqing, Hancock Wayne W: Histone/protein deacetylases control Foxp3 expression and the heat shock response of T-regulatory cells. Current opinion in immunology 23(5): 670-8, Oct 2011.

de Zoeten Edwin F, Wang Liqing, Butler Kyle, Beier Ulf H, Akimova Tatiana, Sai Hong, Bradner James E, Mazitschek Ralph, Kozikowski Alan P, Matthias Patrick, Hancock Wayne W: Histone deacetylase 6 and heat shock protein 90 control the functions of Foxp3(+) T-regulatory cells. Molecular and cellular biology 31(10): 2066-78, May 2011.

Beier Ulf H, Wang Liqing, Bhatti Tricia R, Liu Yujie, Han Rongxiang, Ge Guanghui, Hancock Wayne W: Sirtuin-1 targeting promotes Foxp3+ T-regulatory cell function and prolongs allograft survival. Molecular and cellular biology 31(5): 1022-9, Mar 2011.

Akimova Tatiana, Beier Ulf H, Wang Liqing, Levine Matthew H, Hancock Wayne W: Helios expression is a marker of T cell activation and proliferation. PloS one 6(8): e24226, 2011.

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