Sainan Wei, MD, PhD

Publications & Other Scholarly Work:

1     Rowe AD, Stoway SD , Ahlman H, Arora V, Caggana, Fornari A, Hall PL, Marquardt GC, Miller, BJ, Nixon C, Norgan AP, Orsini JJ, Pettersen RD, Piazza AL,  Schubauer NR, Smith AC, Tang H, Tavakoli N, Wei S, Zetterström RH, Currier RJ, Mørkrid L, and Rinaldo P   Enhanced performance of newborn screening for congenital hypothyroidism by integrating covariate- adjusted results of different tests into CLIR customized interpretive tools Int J Neonatal Screen 2021;7(2):23.

2     Qasrawi A, Gomes V, Chacko CA, Mansour A, Kesler M, Arora R, Wei S, Ramlal R Munker R Acute undifferentiated leukemia: data on incidence and outcomes from a large population-based database Leuk Res 2020;89:106310.

3     Dai Z, Huang J, Wei S, Song C, Gu S, Wang W and Shen J. Standards and regulations for reporting clinical genetic testing results in the United States of America Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics  2018 special issue.   

4     Dai H, Shen J, Wang J, Wei S  Introduction of standards and requirement for accredited certification of clinical genetics laboratories in the United States Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2018 special issue

5     Hu PC., Zhang J, Dai H, Shen J, Hu Q, Wei S Standards and requirement for technologists in clinical genetics laboratories in the United States of America,  Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics 2018 special issue

6     Saliganan S, Lee J and Wei S. A patient with constitutional ring 1 characterized by SNP array CGH. Clinical Case Report 4(4):442-8;2016. PMID: 27099748.

7     Hipp LE, Mohnach L, Wei S, Thomas I, Elhassan M, Sandberg D, Quint EH and Keegan E. Isodicentric Y mosaicism involving a 46, XX Cell Line: Implications for management. Am J Med Genet Part A 170A(1): 2016. PMID: 26407917

8     Mansour T, Brain S, Wei S, Netzloff M, Mohamed T and Omar SA. Frontofacionasal dysplasia in a child with a de novo duplication of 7p15.2-p15.1. AJP Rep 5(2):e111-5;2015. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1549299. PMID: 26495166.

9     Senanayake DN, Jasninge EA, Pindolia K, Wanigasinghe J, Monaghan K, Scuy SF, Wei S, Jaysena S and Wolf B. First contiguous gene deletion causing biotinidase deficiency: the enzyme disorder in three Sri Lankan children. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Report 2:81-4; 2015. doi:10.1016/j.ymgmr.2015.01.005.

10   Laird-Fick H, Gardiner JC, Tokala H, Patel P, Wei S, Dimitrov NV. HER2 status in elderly women with breast cancer J Geriatr Oncol 4(4):362-7; 2013.

11   Iacoboni D, Kady N, Gregoire-Bottex M, Netzloff M, Wei S. De Novo Duplication 3q in an Infant With a Vascular Ring and Features Overlapping Cornelia de Lange Phenotype. Case Report in Clinical Medicine 2(1):48-52; 2013. doi:10.4236/crcm.2013.21014.

12   Wei S and Olsen B. Unusual CD+5 large B-cell lymphoma: possible follicular variant of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Am J Hematopathol May 9; 2012. doi 10.1007/s12308-012-0151-y.

13   Sukov WR, Ketterling RP, Wei S, Monaghan KG, Blunden P, Mazzara P, Raghavan R, Oliviera  AM., Wiktor AE., Keeney GL. and Van Dyke D L. Nearly identical near-haploid karyotype in a peritoneal mesothelioma and a retroperitoneal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor Cancer Genet Cytogenetics  202(2), 123-8; 2010.  PMID: 20875874

14   Sukov WR, Ketterling RP, Wei S, Monaghan KG, Blunden P, Mazzara P, Raghavan R, Oliviera  AM., Wiktor AE., Keeney GL. and Van Dyke D L. Nearly identical near-haploid karyotype in a peritoneal mesothelioma and a retroperitoneal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Cancer Genet Cytogenetics  202(2), 123-8; 2010.  PMID: 20875874

15   Adeyinka A, Wei S, Abbud-Mendez C, Sanchez J and Lee MW. Homozygous structural rearrangement 16p13; a mechanism of tumorigenesis in sporadic renal angiomyolipoma? Am J Med Genet Part A149A:809-11;2009. PMID: 19288555.

16   Tonelli AD, Kosuri K, Wei S, Chick D. Seizures as the first manifestation of chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome in a 40-year old man. Journal of Medical Case Reports 1:167-172; 2007. PMID: 18053182.

17   Wei S, Siu VM, Decker A, Quigg  MH, Roberson J, Xu J, Adeyinka, A False-positive prenatal diagnosis of trisomy 18 by interphase FISH: Hybridization of chromosome 18 alpha-satellite DNA probe (D18Z1) to the heterochromatic region of chromosome 9. Prenatal Diag 27(11):1064-66;2007. PMID: 17654752.

18   Adeyinka A, Wei S and Sanchez J. Loss of 17p is a major consequence of whole-arm chromosome translocations in hematologic malignancies. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 173(2):136-43; 2007. PMID:17321329

19   Wei S, Monaghan KG. Is cystic fibrosis population carrier screening cost effective? Community Genetics 10(2):103-9; 2007. PMID: 17321329.

20   Wei S, Feldman GL and Monaghan KG. Cystic fibrosis testing among Arab Americans: Experience with carrier screening and diagnostic testing. Genet in Med 8(4): 255-8; 2006. PMID: 16617247.

21   Zhu M, Yang T, Wei S, DeWan AT, Morell RJ, Elfenbein JL, Fisher RA, Leal SM, Smith RJ, Friderici KH. Mutations in the gamma-actin gene (ACTG1) are associated with dominant progressive deafness (DFNA20/26). Am J Hum Genet 73(5):1082-91; 2003. PMID: 13680526.

22   Rothrock CR, Murgia A, Sartorato E, Leonardi E, Wei S, Bena L, Fisher RA, Elfenbein JL and Friderici KH. Connexin 26 35delG does not represent a mutational hotspot. Hum Genet 113(1):18-23; 2003. PMID: 12684873.

23   Elfenbein JL, Fisher RA, Wei S, Morell RJ, Stewart C, Friedman TB and Friderici KH.  Audiologic Aspects of the Search for DFNA20: A Gene causing late-onset, progressive, sensorineural hearing loss. Ear and Hearing 22: 279-88, 2001. PMID: 11527035.

24   Morell RJ, Friderici KH, Wei S, Elfenbein JL, Friedman TB and Fisher RA. A new locus for late-onset, progressive, hereditary hearing Loss (DFNA20) maps to 17q25. Genomics 63: 1-6; 2000. PMID: 10662538.

25   Wei S, Wei L, Liu Y-M, Ouyang J-P, and Dong C-Y. Rapid isolation of total RNA. Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 12(7): 68-70; 1995.

26   Wu X-X, Zhao W-X, Liu X-F, Wei S, Ding X-H, Qui X-P, Dai T-L, and Tan Y. Applying the two-step PCR technique to the molecular epidemiology of human uterine cancer. Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 15: 288-90; 1994.

27   Wu X-X, Zhao W-X, Yang P, Liu X-F, Wei S, Ding X-H, Liu W-Q, Qiu X-P, Dai T-N, and Tan Y. Rapid screening of a broad spectrum human papillomavirus genotype in cervical scrapings using general primers in polymerase chain reaction. Chinese Journal of Experiment and Clinic Virology 9(3): 272-4; 1995.

28   Wei S, Yang P, Zhao W-X, Ding X-H, Wu X-X, and Liu W-Q. Probe with digoxigenin diagnoses causative agent of pulmonary tuberculosis. Acta Academiae Medicinae Hube 15(1):35-7; 1994.

29   Wei S, Yang P, WU X-X, Ding X-H, Cai J-B, Liu W-Q, Zhao W-X, and Dai T-L. Dig-DNA probe for etiological diagnosis in tuberculosis patients. Chinese Journal of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 16(4): 228-9; 1993.

30   Wu X-X, Zhao W-X, Yang P, Lin Y-X, Liu W-Q, Ding X-H, Wei S, Qui X-P, Dai T-L, and Tan Y. Immunohistochemical study on P21 of oncogene Ras of cervical cancer. Research on Cancer Prevention and Treatment 19(3): 144-5; 1992.

31   Wu X-X, Zhao W-X, Yang P, Liu W-Q, Qui X-P, Wei S, and Dai T-L. Expression of onco-protein P21 in cervical cancers. Chinese Journal of Clinical Experiment Immunolog 4(1): 33-5; 1992.

32   Wei S, Yang P, Zhao W-X, Wu X-X, and Liu W-Q. Detection of C-myc oncogene analogous sequences in cervical cancer genome and the clinical significance. Acta Academiae Medicinae Hubei. 13(1): 4-6; 1992.

33   Wei S et al. The Clinical significance of SOD (Review). Progress of World Pharmacy 12(3): 148-50; 1991.

34   Wu X-X, Zhao W-X, Yang P, Lin Y-X, Liu W-Q, Ding X-H, Qui X-P, Wei S, Dai T-L, and Tan Y. The study on P21 as a marker of cervical cancer and P21 MCAB clinical application. Research on Cancer Prevention and Treatment 18(4): 211-5; 1991.

35   Wei S, Yang P, Zhao W-X, Wu X-X, and Liu W-Q. Motive observation of RBC superoxide dismutase activity in patients with carcinomas.  Acta Academiae Medicinae Hubei 11(4): 307-9; 1990.

36   Wei S, Yang P, Zhao W-X, Wu X-X, Liu W-Q, and Tan Y. Primary study about relationship of oncogene C-myc and occurrence, development of uterine cervical cancer. Acta Academiae Medicinae Hubei 11(3): 211-5; 1990.

37   Wei S et al. Activation and amplification of C-MYC oncogene (Review). Progress of World Molecular Biology 11(4): 175-7; 1989.

Book and Book Chapters

1     Smrchek M, Wei S .Chapter 63. Androgenone Brenner’s Online Encyclopedia of Genetics, 2nd edition, 2012 edited by Dr Stanley Maloy and Dr Kelly Hughes.

2     Fan JK, Wei S. Chapter 204. Cattanach’s Translocation Brenner’s Online Encyclopedia of Genetics, 2nd edition, 2012 edited by Dr Stanley Maloy and Dr Kelly Hughes.

3     One of the coauthors "Medical Molecular Biology". Wuhan University Press.1996.