Meet
Dr. Yajun Cui PhD., DMD
At the heart of our practice is Dr. Yajun Cui, a highly educated and accomplished orthodontist with a diverse background in both dental and scientific research. With a passion for understanding the underlying biology of the human body, Dr. Cui performed research that resulted in the publication of a first-author paper in prestigious Nature Medicine on his research in bone biology.
His passion for helping patients achieve their ideal smiles led him back to dental school, where he graduated in the top 5 from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and was inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Honor Society.
Further honing his skills with orthodontic specialty training at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Cui received the Arthur Theodore Lyman and Henry Sturgis Grew Memorial Scholarships during all three years of his orthodontics residency training and was recognized for his leadership abilities with the Leadership Award from the International College of Dentists. At Sweet Smiles Orthodontics, Dr. Cui brings his expertise, commitment, and passion for orthodontic care to help you achieve a healthy, beautiful smile.
Specialty
Orthodontist
Degrees
Ph.D. University of New Hampshire
DMD Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine
Training
Harvard University School of Dental Medicine Orthodontics Program
publications
Cui, Y, Niziolek, P.J., MacDonald, B.T., Zylstra, C.R., Alenina, N., Robinson, D.R., Zhong, Z., Matthes,S., Conlon, R.A., Brommage, R., Liu, Q., Mseeh, F.,Powell, D.R., Yang, Q., Zambrowicz, B., He, X., Bader, M.,Williams, B.O., Warman, M.L., Robling, A.G.(2011), Lrp5 functions in bone to regulate bone mass, nature Medicine 17(6):684-9
Hill, A, Waller, K.A., Cui, Y, Allen, J.M., Smits, P., Zhang, L.X., Ayturk, U.M., Hann, S., Lessard, S.G.,,Zuiakowski, D.,Warman, M.L., Jay,G. D. (2015), Lubricin Restoration in a Mouse Model of Congenital Deficiency, Arthritis Rheum. 67(11):3070-81.
Cui, Y, Chiang, Y-C, Viswanathan, P, Lee, D.J., Denis, C.L. (2012), SPT5 affects the rate of mRNA Degradation and physically interacts with CCR4 but does not control mRNA deadenylation, Amer. J. Mol. Biol. 2(1): 11-20
Cui, Y., Ramnarain, D.B., Chiang, Y-C., Ding, L-H., McMahon, J.S and Denis, C.L., (2008), Genome wide expression analysis of the CCR4-NOT complex indicates that it consists of three modules with the NOT moudule controlling SAGA-responsive genes， Mol. Genet. Genomics 279：323-337
Cui, Y and Denis, C.L, (2003),In Vivo Evidence that Defect in the Transcriptional Elongation Factors RPB2，TFIIS，and SPT5 Enhance Upstream Poly(A) Site Utilization. Mol. Cell. Biol. 23:7887-7901