Jerry Yee, MD

Clinical Interests:

  1. Acid-base and electrolyte disturbances.
  2. Anemia of CKD.
  3. Diabetic renal disease.
  4. Hypertension, specifically ARBs

Research Interests:

  1. Renal extracellular matrix metabolism
  2. Diabetic nephropathy
  3. Endosulfine
  4. Mesangial KATP channel(s)

Administrative Responsibilities

  1. System-wide Order Management Team
  2. Computerized Discharge Planning Committee
  3. Medical Records Committee
  4. Medicine Housestaff Residency Review Committee
  5. Medical Director, Greenfield Health Systems
  6. Division Head, Division of Nephrology at Henry Ford Hospital

Publications (1997—present)

  1. Yee, J., G.S. Kuncio, B. Bhandari, F.S. Shihab, E.G. Neilson. 1997. Identification of promoter activity and differential expression of transcripts encoding the murine stromelysin-1 gene in renal cells. Kidney Int 52:120—129.
  2. Cortes, P., B.L. Riser, K. Asano, A. Rodriguez-Barbero, R.G. Narins, J. Yee. 1998. Effects of oral antihyperglycemic agents on extracellular matrix synthesis by mesangial cells. Kidney Int 54:1985—1998.
  3. Riser, B.L., P. Cortes, J. Yee, A.K. Sharba, K. Asano, A. Rodriguez-Barbero, R.G. Narins. 1998. Mechanical strain- and high glucose-induced alterations in mesangial cell collagen metabolism: role of TGF-b. J Am Soc Nephrol 9:827—836.
  4. Yee, J. 1998. Plasma matrix metalloproteinase-9 and diabetic microalbuminuria: tip of the iceberg? Am J Kidney Dis 32:669—671.
  5. Gupta, A., N.B. Amin, A. Besarab, S.E. Vogel, G.W. Divine, J. Yee, J.V. Anandan. 1999. Iron replacement via the dialysate: the role of ferric pyrophosphate. Kidney Int 55:1891—1898.
  6. Yee, J., R. Parasuraman, R.G. Narins. 1999. Selective review of key perioperative renal-electrolyte disturbances in chronic renal failure patients. Chest 115:149S—157S.
  7. Cortes, P., B.L. Riser, J. Yee, R.G. Narins. 1999. Mechanical Strain of glomerular mesangial cells in the pathogenesis of glomerulosclerosis: clinical implications. Nephrol Dial Transplant 14:1351—1354.
  8. Asano, K., P. Cortes, J.L. Garvin, B.L. Riser, A. Rodríguez-Barbero, B. Szamosfalvi, J. Yee. 1999. Characterization of the rat mesangial cell type 2 sulfonylurea receptor. Kidney Int 55:2289—2298.
  9. Besarab, A., J. Yee. An indistinct balance: the safety and efficacy of parenteral iron therapy. 1999. J Am Soc Nephrol. 10:2029—2043.
  10. Riser, B.L., S. Ladson-Wofford, A. Sharba, K. Drake, C. Guerin, P. Cortes, J. Yee, M. E. Choi, P. R. Segarini, R.G. Narins. 1999. Mechanical strain and high glucose-induced alterations in mesangial cell collagen metabolism: role of TGF-b1, 9:827—836.
  11. Riser. B.L., M. Denichilo, P. Cortes, C. Baker, J.M. Grondin, J. Yee, R.G. Narins. 2000. Regulation of connective tissue growth factor activity in cultured rat mesangial cells and its expression in experimental diabetic glomerulosclerosis. J Am Soc Nephrol 11:25—38.
  12. Yee, J, I. Susanto. 2000. Sublingual capnometry: in search of its holy grail. Chest 118:894—896.
  13. Cortes, P., M. Mendez, B.L. Riser, C.J. Guerín, A. Rodriguez-Barbero, C. Rucker, J. Yee. 2000. F-Actin fiber distribution in glomerular cells and functional implications. Kidney Int. 58:2452-2461.
  14. Riser, B.L., P. Cortes, J. Yee. 2000. Modelling the effects of vascular stress in mesangial cells. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 9:43—47.
  15. Duch, J. and J. Yee. 2001. Successful use of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in a patient with relapsing peritonitis. J Am Kidney Dis.
  16. Riser, B.L., J. Varani, P. Cortes, J. Yee, M. Dame, K. A.K. 2001. Sharba. Cyclic Stretching of Mesangial Cells Upregulates Intracellular Adhesion Molecule 1 and Leukocyte Adherence: A Possible New Mechanism for Glomerulosclerosis. Am J Pathol 158:11—17.
  17. Szamosfalvi, B., P.C. Cortes, B.L. Riser, J. Yee. Rat mesangial KATP: sulfonylurea receptor 2B (SUR2B) and an inwardly-rectifying K+ channel (Kir6.1) (accepted with revision, Kidney Int).
  18. J. Yee, J, B. Szamosfalvi. A new mesangial triumvirate: sulfonylureas, their receptors and endosulfines. (accepted with revision, Exper Nephrol).
  19. McCullough, P.A., S. Soman, S.S. Shah, S.T. Smith, K.R. Marks, J. Yee, S. Borzak. 2000. Risks associated with renal dysfunction in coronary care unit patients. J Am Coll Cardiol (in press).
  20. Beattie, J., S.S. Soman, K.R. Sandberg, J. Yee, S. Borzak, M. Garg, M.D., P.A. McCullough. Determinants of mortality after myocardial infarction in patients with advanced renal dysfunction (submitted, J Am Coll Cardiol).
  21. Parasuraman, R., K.K. Venkat, W. Kupin, J. Yee. The cyclosporine-colchicine interaction: a retrospective analysis (submitted, Transplantation).