一、团队负责人
徐建明 教授,美国Baylor College of Medicine细胞与分子生物学系终身教授,现任肿瘤医学研究所所长。主要研究方向为肿瘤生物学,在FGFR、TGF-beta 受体、核受体、转录共激活因子和乳腺癌、前列腺癌发生、转移等过程中关键转录调控因子的调节方面取得了很多原创性的研究成果。在Science、Nature Reviews Cancer、Development Cell、Cell Metabolism、 Molecular Cell、PNAS和Cancer Research等杂志上发表论文130余篇, 累计期刊影响因子超过800,累计论文引用频率高达几千次。现为美国内分泌协会、美国癌症研究协会终身会员,担任J Biol Chem、International Journal of Biological Sciences、Cell & Bioscience、American Journal of Translational Research和第三军医大学学报等杂志编委。
二、团队主要人员
何涛 教授;
李雪森 副研究员;
李达兵 副教授;
杨文理 副教授;
甘仲霖 副教授;
汤 艳 副教授;
蔺艳 副教授;
罗波 副教授;
朱先玉 研究实习员;
吴婷 研究实习员
三、研究方向
肿瘤医学研究所结合现代生物学,基础医学,临床医学和流行病学的知识,技术和资源,研究乳腺癌及其它恶性肿瘤的起源,生长,转移和预后的规律与分子机理,为最终预防和治疗癌症作出贡献。本所当前的研究方向主要是探索成纤维细胞生长因子信息传递系统在乳腺癌生长中的贡献,分子调控机理以及在抗癌药物开发中的应用。
四、主要论文(*,通讯作者;+并列第一)
1. Xu Y, Qin L, Sun T, Wu H, He T, Yang Z, Mo Q, Liao L, Xu J*. Twist1 promotes breast cancer invasion and metastasis by silencing Foxa1 expression. Oncogene. 2016 Aug 15. doi: 10.1038/onc.2016.286. [Epub ahead of print]
2. Sun T, Fu J, Shen T, Lin X, Liao L, Feng XH, Xu J*. The Small C-terminal Domain Phosphatase 1 Inhibits Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion by Dephosphorylating Ser(P)68-Twist1 to Accelerate Twist1 Protein Degradation. J Biol Chem. 2016 May 27;291(22):11518-28.
3. Li X, Yokoyama N, Zhang S, Ding L, Liu HM, Lilly MB, Mercola D, Zi X. Flavokawain A induces deNEDDylation and Skp2 degradation leading to inhibition of tumorigenesis and cancer progression in the TRAMP transgenic mouse model. Oncotarget. 2015 Dec 8;6(39):41809-24.
4. Liu Z, Oyola MG, Zhou S, Chen X, Liao L, Tien JC, Mani SK, Xu J*.Knockout of the Histone Demethylase Kdm3b Decreases Spermatogenesis and Impairs Male Sexual Behaviors. Int J Biol Sci. 2015 Nov 25;11(12):1447-57.
5. Qin L, Xu Y, Xu Y, Ma G, Liao L, Wu Y, Li Y, Wang X, Wang X, Jiang J, Wang J, Xu J*.NCOA1 promotes angiogenesis in breast tumors by simultaneously enhancing both HIF1α- and AP-1-mediated VEGFa transcription. Oncotarget. 2015 Sep 15;6(27):23890-904.
6. Chen X, Qin L, Liu Z, Liao L, Martin JF, Xu J*.Knockout of SRC-1 and SRC-3 in Mice Decreases Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Causes a Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy Phenotype. Int J Biol Sci. 2015 Jul 15;11(9):1056-72.
7. Zhao L, Liu Z, Jia H, Feng Z, Liu J, Li X*. Lipoamide Acts as an Indirect Antioxidant by Simultaneously Stimulating Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Phase II Antioxidant Enzyme Systems in ARPE-19 Cells.PLoS One. 2015 Jun 1;10(6):e0128502.
8. Ma G, He J, Yu Y, Xu Y, Yu X, Martinez J, Lonard DM, Xu J*. Tamoxifen inhibits ER-negative breast cancer cell invasion and metastasis by accelerating Twist1 degradation. Int J Biol Sci. 2015 Apr 11;11(5):618-28.
9. Liu Z, Chen X, Zhou S, Liao L, Jiang R, Xu J*. The histone H3K9 demethylase Kdm3b is required for somatic growth and female reproductive function. Int J Biol Sci. 2015 Mar 19;11(5):494-507.