Biography
Dr. Liang You received his M.D. in 1987 from the Jinzhou Medical College in China and his Ph.D. in pathology from the Medical College of Ohio in 1994. He began work at UCSF in the thoracic oncology laboratory after work at the National Cancer Institute. At UCSF, Dr. You has made a significant impact on lung cancer and mesothelioma research. Most notably, he has been been instrumental in helping Dr. David Jablons mold a fledgling research effort into a thriving molecular genomics laboratory, an integral part of the Comprehensive Cancer Center and nationally recognized.
In November 2007, Dr. You was presented with the David Jablons "Asclepios" Award by the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation for his pioneering research.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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University of California, San Francisco | Clinical Fellowship |
Program Affiliations
- Thoracic Oncology Program
- Thoracic Oncology Laboratory
- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Grants and Funding
- The Role of Cul4A in Genome Stability and Cancer Development | NIH | 2010-07-09 - 2017-05-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
Research Narrative
Dr. You has been a creative and dynamic force in the lab and his work has led to numerous discoveries. He helped demonstrate the relationship of p14ARF tumor suppressor deletions to the p53 pathway in mesothelioma and the effects of oncolytic viruses upon these tumors. He also discovered several novel mechanisms for the activation of upstream WNT pathways.
Dr. You has helped identify several novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets in lung cancer and mesothelioma. He and his colleagues demonstrated overexpression of Dishevelled-3 and silencing of SFRP-2, SOCS-3 and WIF-1 through promoter methylation. Dr. You and chemist Dr. Naoaki Fujii developed a small molecule Wnt pathway inhibitor, FJ9, that disrupts the interaction between the Frizzled receptor and Dishevelled, a Wnt signal transducer.
Dr. You is currently investigating the use of recombinant human WIF-1 protein as a cancer therapy and seeking out new therapeutic targets and novel interventions.
Research Interests
- Human cancer genetics and epigenetics
- Wnt Signaling Pathway
- Akt Signaling Pathway
- Lung cancer and mesothelioma
- Small molecules, antibodies and recombinant proteins
- Molecular analysis on matched normal/tumor tissues
Publications
- A novel isoform of Homeodomain-interacting protein kinase-2 promotes YAP/TEAD transcriptional activity in NSCLC cells.| | PubMed
- The Crosstalk between Src and Hippo/YAP Signaling Pathways in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).| | PubMed
- Inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 7 down-regulates yes-associated protein expression in mesothelioma cells.| | PubMed
- Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Pathway, Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) and the Regulation of Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).| | PubMed
- The crystal structure of the protein kinase HIPK2 reveals a unique architecture of its CMGC-insert region.| | PubMed
- Cucurbitacin E inhibits the Yes‑associated protein signaling pathway and suppresses brain metastasis of human non‑small cell lung cancer in a murine model.| | PubMed
- Cul4A Modulates Invasion and Metastasis of Lung Cancer Through Regulation of ANXA10.| | PubMed
- The Role of Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) in Regulating Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) in Thoracic Cancer.| | PubMed
- Inhibition of yes-associated protein down-regulates PD-L1 (CD274) expression in human malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Inhibition of yes-associated protein suppresses brain metastasis of human lung adenocarcinoma in a murine model.| | PubMed
- YAP regulates PD-L1 expression in human NSCLC cells.| | PubMed
- Hippo pathway in lung development.| | PubMed
- Drug development against the hippo pathway in mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- DCLK1 is correlated with MET and ERK5 expression, and associated with prognosis in malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Targeting YAP in malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- YAP1 regulates ABCG2 and cancer cell side population in human lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- YAP promotes erlotinib resistance in human non-small cell lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Knockdown of cullin 4A inhibits growth and increases chemosensitivity in lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Knockdown of Cul4A increases chemosensitivity to gemcitabine through upregulation of TGFBI in lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Cul4A overexpression associated with Gli1 expression in malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Analysis of lung tumor initiation and progression in transgenic mice for Cre-inducible overexpression of Cul4A gene.| | PubMed
- Genistein Suppresses Growth of Human Uterine Sarcoma Cell Lines via Multiple Mechanisms.| | PubMed
- PR-Set7 is Degraded in a Conditional Cul4A Transgenic Mouse Model of Lung Cancer.| | PubMed
- Inhibition of ERK1/2 down-regulates the Hippo/YAP signaling pathway in human NSCLC cells.| | PubMed
- CK2α, over-expressed in human malignant pleural mesothelioma, regulates the Hedgehog signaling pathway in mesothelioma cells.| | PubMed
- An alternative way to initiate Notch1 signaling in non-small cell lung cancer.| | PubMed
- Lung tumourigenesis in a conditional Cul4A transgenic mouse model.| | PubMed
- CUL4A induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition and promotes cancer metastasis by regulating ZEB1 expression.| | PubMed
- Hematein, a casein kinase II inhibitor, inhibits lung cancer tumor growth in a murine xenograft model.| | PubMed
- Coumestrol from the national cancer Institute's natural product library is a novel inhibitor of protein kinase CK2.| | PubMed
- Frizzled-8 receptor is activated by the Wnt-2 ligand in non-small cell lung cancer.| | PubMed
- Inhibition of CK2α down-regulates Notch1 signalling in lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Inhibition of CK2α down-regulates Hedgehog/Gli signaling leading to a reduction of a stem-like side population in human lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- The expression of Dishevelled-3 and glutamine metabolism in malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Transgenic mice for cre-inducible overexpression of the Cul4A gene.| | PubMed
- Cul4A is an oncogene in malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- The expression of CXCR4, CXCL12 and CXCR7 in malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Adenovirus-mediated SOCS3 gene transfer inhibits the growth and enhances the radiosensitivity of human non-small cell lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Functional polymorphism of the CK2alpha intronless gene plays oncogenic roles in lung cancer.| | PubMed
- Procaine and procainamide inhibit the Wnt canonical pathway by promoter demethylation of WIF-1 in lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Promoter demethylation of WIF-1 by epigallocatechin-3-gallate in lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Identification of hematein as a novel inhibitor of protein kinase CK2 from a natural product library.| | PubMed
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma--review of the molecular mechanisms of tumorigenesis.| | PubMed
- Evaluation of a chemical library of small-molecule Dishevelled antagonists that suppress tumor growth by down-regulating T-cell factor-mediated transcription.| | PubMed
- Epigenetic alteration of the Wnt inhibitory factor-1 promoter occurs early in the carcinogenesis of Barrett's esophagus.| | PubMed
- Targeting the Wnt signaling pathway with dishevelled and cisplatin synergistically suppresses mesothelioma cell growth.| | PubMed
- Inhibition of Wnt-2 and galectin-3 synergistically destabilizes beta-catenin and induces apoptosis in human colorectal cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Roles of secreted frizzled-related proteins in cancer.| | PubMed
- Wnt inhibitory factor-1 gene transfer inhibits melanoma cell growth.| | PubMed
- Wnt inhibitory factor inhibits lung cancer cell growth.| | PubMed
- An antagonist of dishevelled protein-protein interaction suppresses beta-catenin-dependent tumor cell growth.| | PubMed
- Stathmin is overexpressed in malignant mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Wnt inhibitory factor-1, a Wnt antagonist, is silenced by promoter hypermethylation in malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Wnt signaling activation and WIF-1 silencing in nasopharyngeal cancer cell lines.| | PubMed
- Wnt-1 signal as a potential cancer therapeutic target.| | PubMed
- The role of Wnt signaling in cancer and stem cells.| | PubMed
- Wnt2 as a new therapeutic target in malignant pleural mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Inhibition of Wnt16 in human acute lymphoblastoid leukemia cells containing the t(1;19) translocation induces apoptosis.| | PubMed
- Wnt signaling in stem cells and non-small-cell lung cancer.| | PubMed
- Efficacy of Wnt-1 monoclonal antibody in sarcoma cells.| | PubMed
- Wnt signaling in lung cancer.| | PubMed
- Blockade of Wnt-1 signaling induces apoptosis in human colorectal cancer cells containing downstream mutations.| | PubMed
- Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 is silenced by hypermethylation and induces apoptosis in beta-catenin-deficient human mesothelioma cells.| | PubMed
- Dickkopf-1 antagonizes Wnt signaling independent of beta-catenin in human mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Cloning and characterization of the promoter of human Wnt inhibitory factor-1.| | PubMed
- Expression of the secreted frizzled-related protein gene family is downregulated in human mesothelioma.| | PubMed
- Inhibition of Wnt-2-mediated signaling induces programmed cell death in non-small-cell lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- An anti-Wnt-2 monoclonal antibody induces apoptosis in malignant melanoma cells and inhibits tumor growth.| | PubMed
- Interleukin-4 receptor cytotoxin as therapy for human malignant pleural mesothelioma xenografts.| | PubMed
- Wnt inhibitory factor-1 is silenced by promoter hypermethylation in human lung cancer.| | PubMed
- Inhibition of Wnt-1 signaling induces apoptosis in beta-catenin-deficient mesothelioma cells.| | PubMed
- Activity of the suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 promoter in human non-small-cell lung cancer.| | PubMed
- A monoclonal antibody against Wnt-1 induces apoptosis in human cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Future directions: oncolytic viruses.| | PubMed
- SOCS-3 is frequently silenced by hypermethylation and suppresses cell growth in human lung cancer.| | PubMed
- Activation of the Wnt pathway in non small cell lung cancer: evidence of dishevelled overexpression.| | PubMed
- Wnt pathway activation in mesothelioma: evidence of Dishevelled overexpression and transcriptional activity of beta-catenin.| | PubMed
- Genomic alterations in human mesothelioma including high resolution mapping of common regions of DNA loss in chromosome arm 6q.| | PubMed
- Cloning and characterization of a functional promoter of the human SOCS-3 gene.| | PubMed
- A comparison analysis of anti-tumor efficacy of adenoviral gene replacement therapy (p14ARF and p16INK4A) in human mesothelioma cells.| | PubMed
- Induction of apoptosis in mesothelioma cells by antisurvivin oligonucleotides.| | PubMed
- p14(ARF) modulates the cytolytic effect of ONYX-015 in mesothelioma cells with wild-type p53.| | PubMed
- A multicenter evaluation of assays for detection of SV40 DNA and results in masked mesothelioma specimens.| | PubMed
- Indomethacin reduces lung adenoma number in A/J mice.| | PubMed
- Identification of differentially expressed nucleolar TGF-beta1 target (DENTT) in human lung cancer cells that is a new member of the TSPY/SET/NAP-1 superfamily.| | PubMed
- Prostaglandin E2 and vasoactive intestinal peptide increase vascular endothelial cell growth factor mRNAs in lung cancer cells.| | PubMed
- Stage II (N1) lung cancer.| | PubMed
- Adenovirus-mediated p14(ARF) gene transfer in human mesothelioma cells.| | PubMed
- ONYX-015 works synergistically with chemotherapy in lung cancer cell lines and primary cultures freshly made from lung cancer patients.| | PubMed
- Transforming growth factor-beta expression in mouse lung carcinogenesis.| | PubMed
- Reduction in transforming growth factor-beta type II receptor in mouse lung carcinogenesis.| | PubMed
- Identification of early growth response gene-1 (Egr-1) as a phorbol myristate acetate-induced gene in lung cancer cells by differential mRNA display.| | PubMed
- Differential regulation of protease and extracellular matrix protein expression by transforming growth factor-beta 1 in non-small cell lung cancer cells and normal human bronchial epithelial cells.| | PubMed
- Effects of transforming growth factor-beta 1 and phorbol ester on PAI-1 and PA genes in human lung cells.| | PubMed
- Carcinogenicity, DNA adduct formation and K-ras activation by 7H-dibenzo[c,g]carbazole in strain A/J mouse lung.| | PubMed
- Frameshift mutation in codon 176 of the p53 gene in rat esophageal epithelial cells transformed by benzo[a]pyrene dihydrodiol.| | PubMed
- Tumor multiplicity, DNA adducts and K-ras mutation pattern of 5-methylchrysene in strain A/J mouse lung.| | PubMed
- Allele-specific activation and expression of the K-ras gene in hybrid mouse lung tumors induced by chemical carcinogens.| | PubMed
- Parental bias of Ki-ras oncogenes detected in lung tumors from mouse hybrids.| | PubMed
- Activation of protooncogenes in mouse lung tumors.| | PubMed