Dr. Otto Orlean Yang MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
200 Medical Plaza #365,530,420,120 Los Angeles CA, 90095About
Dr. Otto Yang is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Yang specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease- 1996
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Persistent HIV-1-specific CTL clonal expansion despite high viral burden post in utero HIV-1 infection.
- Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication in primary CD4(+) T lymphocytes, monocytes, and dendritic cells by cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
- In vitro inhibition of HIV-1 by Met-SDF-1beta alone or in combination with antiretroviral drugs.
- Nef-mediated resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 to antiviral cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
- gp120-Independent infection of CD4(-) epithelial cells and CD4(+) T-cells by HIV-1.
- TCR gamma delta+ and CD161+ thymocytes express HIV-1 in the SCID-hu mouse, potentially contributing to immune dysfunction in HIV infection.
- Will we be able to 'spot' an effective HIV-1 vaccine?
- Antibacterial activity of peptides derived from envelope glycoproteins of HIV-1.
- Differential impairment of lytic and cytokine functions in senescent human immunodeficiency virus type 1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
- Chimeric immune receptor T cells bypass class I requirements and recognize multiple cell types relevant in HIV-1 infection.
- Determinant of HIV-1 mutational escape from cytotoxic T lymphocytes.
- Impacts of avidity and specificity on the antiviral efficiency of HIV-1-specific CTL.
- Broadly increased sensitivity to cytotoxic T lymphocytes resulting from Nef epitope escape mutations.
- Epitope escape mutation and decay of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-specific CTL responses.
Fellowships
- Medicine/Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital 1993
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