Community Publications
This page highlights selected articles and publications by Yo San alumni, faculty, students, and collaborators.
For alumni-authored books, please visit our Alumni Bookshelf.
Bangsriwong C, Tamrazian E, Hoffman R. Acupuncture therapy versus chiropractic therapy to reduce anxiety and depression in people living with HIV/AIDS: A Controlled Clinical Trial. Clinical Traditional Medicine and Pharm. 2026. forthcoming (Alumni; Faculty)
Chan K, Hoffman R. Zhen Wu Tang: A Case Report Unveiling the Lung-Gut Axis in Asthma Management Through Chinese Herbal Medicine. Convergent Points. 2024. https://www.convergentpoints.com/article/view/57. (Alumni; Faculty)
Conboy L, Most H, Ostrick R, Anderson B. A Survey of Acupuncture Chinese Herbal Medicine Students to Identify Barriers to Teaching and Motivations to Study Acupuncture Research. Med Acupunct. 2025 Feb 14;37(1):62-72. doi: 10.1089/acu.2024.0115. PMID: 40151440; PMCID: PMC11939631. (Alumni; Faculty)
Coulter ID, Crawford C, Vernon H, Hurwitz EL, Khorsan R, Booth MS, Herman PM. Manipulation and Mobilization for Treating Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for an Appropriateness Panel. Pain Physician. 2019 Mar;22(2):E55-E70. PMID: 30921975; PMCID: PMC6800035. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30921975/. (Alumni; Faculty)
Dellefield ME, Magnabosco JL. Pressure ulcer prevention in nursing homes: nurse descriptions of individual and organization level factors. Geriatr Nurs. 2014 Mar-Apr;35(2):97-104. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2013.10.010. PMID: 24252559. (Faculty)
Eradat L, Shulman J, Hoffman R, Magarelli P. The Effectiveness of Acupuncture on Headaches in Women undergoing IVF Egg Stimulation: A Pilot Study. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2026. forthcoming (Alumni; Faculty)
Hammerschlag R. Methodological and ethical issues in clinical trials of acupuncture. J Altern Complement Med. 1998 Summer;4(2):159-171. doi: 10.1089/acm.1998.4.159. PMID: 9628206. (Faculty)
Hart K, Huynh D, Oh C, Herndon C, Fadaee N, Capati I, Turek PJ, Towfigh S. New Traditional Chinese Medicine Supplement Reduces Pain Faster than Conventional Pain Pills Alone. Am Surg. 2023 Oct;89(10):4179-4185. doi: 10.1177/00031348231183123. PMID: 37303082. (Alumni; Faculty)
He K, Liu X, Hoffman RD, Shi RZ, Lv GY, Gao JL. G-CSF/GM-CSF-induced hematopoietic dysregulation in the progression of solid tumors. FEBS Open Bio. 2022 Jul;12(7):1268-1285. doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.13445. PMID: 35612789; PMCID: PMC9249339. (Alumni; Faculty)
Hoffman RD, Li CY, He K, Wu X, He BC, He TC, Gao JL. Chinese Herbal Medicine and Its Regulatory Effects on Tumor Related T Cells. Front Pharmacol. 2020 Apr 21;11:492. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00492. PMID: 32372963; PMCID: PMC7186375. (Alumni; Faculty)
Hoffman R, Ross T, Gao J. Trametes Versicolor Fruiting Body and Its Effects and Mechanisms in the Treatment of Cancer. forthcoming. 2026. (Alumni; Faculty)
Hoffman RD, Gao JL, Chen FF. Cancer Terminology in Chinese Medicine Texts. J Acupunct Integr Med. 2023. https://jaimonline.org/cancer-terminology-in-chinese-medicine-texts/. (Alumni; Faculty)
Hollifield M, Hsiao AF, Carrick K, Gory Munoz A, Calloway T, Cocozza K, Smith B, Smith T, Jovanovic T, Norrholm S, Sokhadze E, Reist C. Acupuncture for combat post-traumatic stress disorder: trial development and methodological approach for a randomized controlled clinical trial. Trials. 2021 Sep 6;22(1):594. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05394-3. PMID: 34488824. (Alumni)
Hollifield M, Hsiao AF, Smith T, Calloway T, Jovanovic T, Smith B, Carrick K, Norrholm SD, Munoz A, Alpert R, Caicedo B, Frousakis N, Cocozza K. Acupuncture for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2024 Jun 1;81(6):545-554. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.5651. PMID: 38381417. (Alumni)
Liab K, Zheng X, Hoffman R, Yan D, Pan JL, Zhang Z, Zhae Y, Gao JL, Hub J, Lou Z, Lia Z. Hericium erinaceus extract ameliorates chronic atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia by regulating VEGF signaling pathway and adherens junctions. Phytomedicine. 2026. forthcoming. 2026. (Alumni; Faculty)
Most H, Conboy L, Ostrick R, Anderson BJ. Bringing greater research fluency into our educational vision: A qualitative research study on improving Traditional Chinese Medicine research education. PLoS One. 2024 Dec 19;19(12):e0312083. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312083. PMID: 39700216; PMCID: PMC11658634. (Alumni; Faculty)
Pagones R, Lee JL, Hurst S. Long-Term Acupuncture Therapy for Low-Income Older Adults with Multimorbidity. J Altern Complement Med. 2018 Feb;24(2):161-167. doi: 10.1089/acm.2017.0239. PMID: 29058453. (Alumni)
Shen JM, Ma L, He K, Guo WQ, Ding C, Hoffman RD, He BQ, Zheng HB, Gao JL. Identification and functional study of immortalized mouse thymic epithelial cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 Apr 30;525(2):440-446. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.02.083. PMID: 32107001. (Alumni; Faculty)
Wei DH, Deng JL, Shi RZ, Ma L, Shen JM, Hoffman R, Hu YH, Wang H, Gao JL. Epimedin C Protects H2O2-Induced Peroxidation Injury by Enhancing the Function of Endothelial Progenitor HUVEC Populations. Biol Pharm Bull. 2019 Sep 1;42(9):1491-1499. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b19-00159. PMID: 31204351. (Alumni; Faculty)
Xu X, Tao N, Sun C, Hoffman RD, Shi D, Ying Y, Dong S, Gao J. Ligustilide prevents thymic immune senescence by regulating Thymosin β15-dependent spatial distribution of thymic epithelial cells. Phytomedicine. 2024 Jan;123:155216. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2023.155216. PMID: 38061285. (Alumni; Faculty)
Xu X, He K, Hoffman RD, Ying Y, Tao N, Guo W, Shen J, Liu X, Li M, Yan M, Lv G, Gao J. Thymosin Beta 15 Alters the Spatial Development of Thymic Epithelial Cells. Cells. 2022 Nov 19;11(22):3679. doi: 10.3390/cells11223679. PMID: 36429107; PMCID: PMC9688846. (Alumni; Faculty)
Ying Y, Hu S, Shu Y, He B, Cheng G, Wang H, Tao N, Hoffman R, Shi D, Chen Z, Chen X, Gao J. Epimedin C promotes mitochondrial transfer and delays thymus atrophy in 4-VCD induced mimetic-menopausal mice. Phytomedicine. 2025 Apr;139:156452. doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2025.156452. PMID: 39919331. (Alumni; Faculty)
Xin Y, Sun Q, Hoffman R. Global Research Hotspots and Publications of Ganoderma lucidum (Lingzhi): A Bibliometric Analysis from 1994 to 2024. J Exp Clin Appl Chin Med. 2025. https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:275283928. (Alumni; Faculty)
Ying Y, Lin C, Tao N, Hoffman RD, Shi D, Chen Z, Gao J. Thymosin β4 and Actin: Binding Modes, Biological Functions and Clinical Applications. Curr Protein Pept Sci. 2023;24(1):78-88. doi: 10.2174/1389203724666221201093500. PMID: 36464872. (Alumni; Faculty)





