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Yunguang Sun MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Division of Administration

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Translational and Biomedical Research Center
8701 Watertown Plank Rd
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: 414-955-7587
Email: ysun@mcw.edu

EDUCATION:
09/1993 - 06/1998 M.D., Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu
09/1998 - 06/2003 Ph.D., Fudan University, Shanghai, China

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
08/2003 - 07/2008 Visiting Fellow, Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892
08/2008 - 05/2011 Research Fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University, 2201 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37235
05/2011 - 10/2014 Research Associate, Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
11/2014 - 06/2015 Research Associate, Department of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

MILITARY SERVICE:
N/A

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
06/2015 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
N/A

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
N/A

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
N/A

RESEARCH ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
N/A

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
N/A

AWARDS AND HONORS:
06/2008 NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) Fellow Scientific Retreat Travel Awards, NIH (National Institutes of Health)
06/2010 VICTR (Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research) resource award, ID: VR1780, VR1376, VR967, supported by Vanderbilt CTSA grant UL1 RR024975 from NCRR/NIH (2010)
11/2022 Best use of data 2022 Hack4NF event, the Children's Tumor Foundation

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
06/2009 - 06/2010 Sigma Xi
01/2010 - 12/2011 Associate member (American Association of Cancer Research)
06/2016 - Present MCW Cancer Center (member)
05/2022 - Present Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (member)

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Editorial Board
11/2018 - Present Journal of Veterinary Science and Research
02/2019 - Present Scientific Reports
Journal Review
06/2010 - Present Journal of Oncology
06/2010 - Present Cell Biology International
2011 - Present International Journal of Biological Sciences
2011 - Present Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology
08/2021 - Present Briefings in Bioinformatics

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
N/A

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Enlisting HPV integration events to illuminate drivers and target treatment in invasive cervical cancer
Source:
National Cancer Institute
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Janet Rader
Dates:
07/15/2022 - 06/30/2027
Direct Funds:
$2,574,592
  
Title:
WNT Pathway-Driven Anti-Estrogen Therapy Resistance in Breast Cancer
Source:
National Cancer Institute
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Hallgeir Rui
Dates:
09/01/2022 - 08/31/2027
Direct Funds:
$3,444,392
  
Prior
Peer Review
Title:
Molecular determinants of double tamoxifen and trastuzumab resistance in ER positive breast cancer
Source:
American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant
Role:
PI
PI:
Yunguang Sun
Dates:
01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Title:
Investigate the role of a novel T cell regulatory receptor
Source:
American Cancer Society
Role:
Co-Investigator
PI:
Lily Wang
Dates:
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2022
Direct Funds:
$792,000
  
Title:
Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Biopsy Wound Promote Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis
Source:
Department of Defense
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Hallgeir Rui
Dates:
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2022
Direct Funds:
$614,460
  
Title:
Prostaglandin E2 Release from Breast Tumor Induces Premetastatic Niche Formation and Metastasis in the Lung
Source:
Department of Defense
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Hallgeir Rui
Dates:
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2023
Direct Funds:
$462,000
  
Title:
New therapeutic strategy for metastatic estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
Source:
Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center and Wisconsin Breast Cancer Showhouse
Role:
PI
PI:
Yunguang Sun
Dates:
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2022
Direct Funds:
$100,000
  
Title:
SDF1 Promotes Organ Metastasis in Chronically Inflamed Breast Tumors
Source:
Department of Defense
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Takemi Tanaka
Dates:
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2023
Direct Funds:
$1,333,290
  
Title:
Quantitative Analyses of HER2 Upregulation in Luminal Breast Cancer in Response to Neoadjuvant Endocrine
Source:
National Institutes of Health
Role:
Co-investigator
PI:
Lubna Chaudhary
Dates:
04/01/2021 - 03/31/2023
Direct Funds:
$169,998
  

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
L. Moretti, Y. Sun, L. Mitchell, B. Lu,, Terameprocol a Novel Survivin Inhibitor Leads to Radiosensitization of Non-Small Lung Cancer, Annual Meeting & Program Committee of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Chicago IL, 11/01/2009 - 11/05/2009
L. Moretti, Y. Sun, B. Lu,, TG-AZ1, a Novel JAK2 Inhibitor Inhibits Survivin and Enhances Radiation Therapy in Non-Small Lung Cancer, American Thoracic International Conference, New Orleans, LA, 05/14/2010 - 05/19/2010
Y. Sun, Y. Zheng, C. Speris,B. Lu, Genetic profiling of lung cancer stem-like cells reveals IGF signaling pathway as a promising target for therapeutic resistance, Annual Meeting & Program Committee of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), San Diego, CA, 10/31/2010 - 11/04/2010
K. Nowak, Y. Sun, M. Werner‐Wasik, A. P. Dicker,B. Lu, PF02340166 Inhibits ALK Downstream Effectors And Increases Sensitivity To Radiation In Cells Harboring The EML4‐ALK Fusion, Annual Meeting & Program Committee of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Boston, MA, 10/28/2012 - 11/01/2012
Lubna Naaz Chaudhary, Julie M Jorns, Yee Chung Cheng, Sailaja Kamaraju, John Burfeind, Mary Beth Gonyo, Amanda Kong, Caitlin Patten, Tina Yen, Chandler Cortina, Ebony Carson, Nedra Johnson, Carmen Bergom, Anjishnu Banerjee, Yu Wang, Yunguang Sun, Christopher R Chitambar, Hallgeir Rui, HER1-4 protein up-regulation following short-term neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in patients with hormone receptor-positive HER2-negative breast cancer, 2021 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, 12/07/2021 - 12/11/2021
Lubna N. Chaudhary, Inna Chervoneva, Amy R. Peck, Yunguang Sun, Misung Yi, John F. Langenheim, Julie M. Jorns, Sailaja Kamaraju, Yee Chung Cheng, John Burfeind, Christopher R. Chitambar, Jeffrey A. Hooke, Albert J. Kovatich, Craig D. Shriver, Hai Hu, Juan P. Palazzo, Marluce Bibbo, Terry Hyslop, Richard G. Pestell, Edith P. Mitchell, and Hallgeir Ru, High PD-L2 Protein Expression in Cancer Cells is an Independent Marker of Unfavorable Prognosis in Luminal Breast Tumors, 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX, 12/06/2022 - 12/10/2022
 
International
L. Moretti, Y. Sun, B. Lu, Targeting of STAT3 and survivin with TG101209 a novel JAK2 inhibitor enhances radiotherapy in lung cancer models, Annual Congress of European Respiratory Society (ERS), Barcelona, Spain, 09/18/2010 - 09/22/2010
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
12/02/2021 - Present permanent member, ACS-IRG Review panel, Cancer Research Training and Education (CRTE) office, Medical College of Wisconsin
 

MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
05/27/2021 - Present Teach image analysis using QuPath for two medical students, Mathew Hargreaves and Rehaan Machhi
09/22/2023 - Present mentor of Rehaan Machhi on Medical student research project
 
Resident and Fellow Education
10/28/2022 - Present Teaching image analysis using Qupath software
 
Continuing Medical Education
01/01/2021 - Present General education for MCW Tissue Bank - Biorepository & Tissue Analytics core users, such as digital pathology service provided
 
Postdoctoral Fellow Education
09/01/2016 - 06/30/2021 Lab techniques
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
Mathew Hargreaves, Medical College of Wisconsin, 05/27/2021 - Present Mathew Hargreaves, manuscript in preparation for publication
Rehaan Machhi, Medical College of Wisconsin, 01/08/2023 - Present, manuscript in preparation for publication
 

EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
Nicholas Giacalone (Grade II), Vanderbilt University, 01/2010 - 06/2010 Capacity (Research mentor).
Stephen Matthew Schleicher (Grade IV), Vanderbilt University, 01/2010 - 06/2010 Capacity (Research mentor).
Kamila Nowak, Thomas Jefferson University, 01/2012 - 06/2012 Capacity (Research mentor)., Published a research paper on Mol Cancer Ther in 2013
Chia-Lin Winchester, Thomas Jefferson University, 01/2012 - 06/2012 Capacity (Research mentor)., Published a research paper on Mol Cancer Ther in 2013
Kunal Dalal, Thomas Jefferson University, 01/2012 - 06/2012 Capacity (Research mentor).
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Zhou Z, Hu Y, Sun Y, Chen J. Protective effect of clonidine against toxicity of organophosphorus pesticides Journal of Occupational Health. 2001;43(6):346-350.
2. Sun Y, Zhou Z, Hu Y, Chen J, Jin T. [The acute effects of dimethoate on the muscarinic-receptors of rat brains and the relationship between muscarinic-receptors and cholinesterase]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi. 2002 Aug;20(4):293-5.
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5. Dai XF, Zhou ZJ, Gu XA, Sun YG, Zheng G, Zheng J. [Protective effect of memantine on N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in dichlorvos-poisoned rat brain]. Zhonghua Lao Dong Wei Sheng Zhi Ye Bing Za Zhi. 2004 Feb;22(1):11-4.
6. Zhou Z, Dai X, Gu X, Sun Y, Zheng G, Zheng J. Memantine alleviates toxicity induced by dichlorvos in rats. J Occup Health. 2005 Mar;47(2):96-101.
7. Kim Y, Sun Y, Chow C, Pommier YG, Simons SS Jr. Effects of acetylation, polymerase phosphorylation, and DNA unwinding in glucocorticoid receptor transactivation. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2006 Jul;100(1-3):3-17.
8. Sun Y, Tao YG, Kagan BL, He Y, Simons SS Jr. Modulation of transcription parameters in glucocorticoid receptor-mediated repression. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2008 Nov 25;295(1-2):59-69. PMCID: PMC2662735
9. Sun Y, Giacalone NJ, Lu B. Terameprocol (tetra-O-methyl nordihydroguaiaretic acid), an inhibitor of Sp1-mediated survivin transcription, induces radiosensitization in non-small cell lung carcinoma. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Jan;6(1):8-14. PMCID: PMC3010256
10. Niermann KJ, Moretti L, Giacalone NJ, Sun Y, Schleicher SM, Kopsombut P, Mitchell LR, Kim KW, Lu B. Enhanced radiosensitivity of androgen-resistant prostate cancer: AZD1152-mediated Aurora kinase B inhibition. Radiat Res. 2011 Apr;175(4):444-51. PMCID: PMC3133747
11. Sun Y, Moretti L, Giacalone NJ, Schleicher S, Speirs CK, Carbone DP, Lu B. Inhibition of JAK2 signaling by TG101209 enhances radiotherapy in lung cancer models. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Apr;6(4):699-706. PMCID: PMC3104103
12. Morrison R, Schleicher SM, Sun Y, Niermann KJ, Kim S, Spratt DE, Chung CH, Lu B. Targeting the mechanisms of resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy with the cancer stem cell hypothesis. J Oncol. 2011;2011:941876. PMCID: PMC2958340
13. Li W, Li B, Giacalone NJ, Torossian A, Sun Y, Niu K, Lin-Tsai O, Lu B. BV6, an IAP antagonist, activates apoptosis and enhances radiosensitization of non-small cell lung carcinoma in vitro. J Thorac Oncol. 2011 Nov;6(11):1801-9. PMCID: PMC3196825
14. Sun Y, Zheng S, Torossian A, Speirs CK, Schleicher S, Giacalone NJ, Carbone DP, Zhao Z, Lu B. Role of insulin-like growth factor-1 signaling pathway in cisplatin-resistant lung cancer cells. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Mar 01;82(3):e563-72. PMCID: PMC3271860
15. Li B, Torossian A, Sun Y, Du R, Dicker AP, Lu B. Higher levels of c-Met expression and phosphorylation identify cell lines with increased sensitivity to AMG-458, a novel selective c-Met inhibitor with radiosensitizing effects. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Nov 15;84(4):e525-31.
16. Zhang Z, Sun Y, Cho YW, Chow CC, Simons SS Jr. PA1 protein, a new competitive decelerator acting at more than one step to impede glucocorticoid receptor-mediated transactivation. J Biol Chem. 2013 Jan 04;288(1):42-58. PMCID: PMC3537039
17. Sun Y, Nowak KA, Zaorsky NG, Winchester CL, Dalal K, Giacalone NJ, Liu N, Werner-Wasik M, Wasik MA, Dicker AP, Lu B. ALK inhibitor PF02341066 (crizotinib) increases sensitivity to radiation in non-small cell lung cancer expressing EML4-ALK. Mol Cancer Ther. 2013 May;12(5):696-704. PMCID: PMC3651772
18. Zaorsky NG, Sun Y, Wang Z, Palmer J, Fortina PM, Solomides C, Werner-Wasik M, Dicker AP, Axelrod R, Campling B, Evans N 3rd, Cowan S, Lu B. Identification of a KRAS mutation in a patient with non-small cell lung cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy and panitumumab. Cancer Biol Ther. 2013 Oct 01;14(10):883-7. PMCID: PMC3926884
19. Li B, Blanc JM, Sun Y, Yang L, Zaorsky NG, Giacalone NJ, Torossian A, Lu B. Assessment of M867, a selective caspase-3 inhibitor, in an orthotopic mouse model for non-small cell lung carcinoma. Am J Cancer Res. 2014;4(2):161-71. PMCID: PMC3960453
20. Liu N, Tao Z, Blanc JM, Zaorsky NG, Sun Y, Vuagniaux G, Dicker AP, Lu B. Debio 1143, an antagonist of multiple inhibitor-of-apoptosis proteins, activates apoptosis and enhances radiosensitization of non-small cell lung cancer cells in vitro. Am J Cancer Res. 2014;4(6):943-51. PMCID: PMC4266726
21. Sun Y, Myers CJ, Dicker AP, Lu B. A novel radiation-induced p53 mutation is not implicated in radiation resistance via a dominant-negative effect. PLoS One. 2014;9(2):e87492. PMCID: PMC3928108
22. Lakshmikuttyamma A, Sun Y, Lu B, Undieh AS, Shoyele SA. Stable and efficient transfection of siRNA for mutated KRAS silencing using novel hybrid nanoparticles. Mol Pharm. 2014 Dec 01;11(12):4415-24.
23. Wang YA, Sun Y, Le Blanc JM, Solomides C, Zhan T, Lu B. Nitrilase 1 modulates lung tumor progression in vitro and in vivo. Oncotarget. 2016 Apr 19;7(16):21381-92. PMCID: PMC5008292
24. Gonyo P, Bergom C, Brandt AC, Tsaih SW, Sun Y, Bigley TM, Lorimer EL, Terhune SS, Rui H, Flister MJ, Long RM, Williams CL. SmgGDS is a transient nucleolar protein that protects cells from nucleolar stress and promotes the cell cycle by regulating DREAM complex gene expression. Oncogene. 2017 Dec 14;36(50):6873-6883. PMCID: PMC5730474
25. Wang YA, Sun Y, Palmer J, Solomides C, Huang LC, Shyr Y, Dicker AP, Lu B. IGFBP3 Modulates Lung Tumorigenesis and Cell Growth through IGF1 Signaling. Mol Cancer Res. 2017 Jul;15(7):896-904.
26. Gennaro VJ, Stanek TJ, Peck AR, Sun Y, Wang F, Qie S, Knudsen KE, Rui H, Butt T, Diehl JA, McMahon SB. Control of CCND1 ubiquitylation by the catalytic SAGA subunit USP22 is essential for cell cycle progression through G1 in cancer cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Oct 02;115(40):E9298-E9307. PMCID: PMC6176615
27. Tran TH, Utama FE, Sato T, Peck AR, Langenheim JF, Udhane SS, Sun Y, Liu C, Girondo MA, Kovatich AJ, Hooke JA, Shriver CD, Hu H, Palazzo JP, Bibbo M, Auer PW, Flister MJ, Hyslop T, Mitchell EP, Chervoneva I, Rui H. Loss of Nuclear Localized Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein in Primary Breast Cancer Predicts Poor Clinical Outcome and Correlates with Suppressed Stat5 Signaling. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Dec 15;24(24):6355-6366.
28. Schlaak RA, Frei A, Schottstaedt AM, Tsaih SW, Fish BL, Harmann L, Liu Q, Gasperetti T, Medhora M, North PE, Strande JL, Sun Y, Rui H, Flister MJ, Bergom C. Mapping genetic modifiers of radiation-induced cardiotoxicity to rat chromosome 3. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2019 Jun 01;316(6):H1267-H1280. PMCID: PMC6620678
29. Wright KD, Miller BS, El-Meanawy S, Tsaih SW, Banerjee A, Geurts AM, Sheinin Y, Sun Y, Kalyanaraman B, Rui H, Flister MJ, Sorokin A. The p52 isoform of SHC1 is a key driver of breast cancer initiation. Breast Cancer Res. 2019 Jun 15;21(1):74. PMCID: PMC6570928
30. Plasterer C, Tsaih SW, Peck AR, Chervoneva I, O'Meara C, Sun Y, Lemke A, Murphy D, Smith J, Ran S, Kovatich AJ, Hooke JA, Shriver CD, Hu H, Mitchell EP, Bergom C, Joshi A, Auer P, Prokop J, Rui H, Flister MJ. Neuronatin is a modifier of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer incidence and outcome. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2019 Aug;177(1):77-91. PMCID: PMC10317546
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32. Schlaak RA, Frei A, Fish BL, Harmann L, Gasperetti T, Pipke JL, Sun Y, Rui H, Flister MJ, Gantner BN, Bergom C. Acquired Immunity Is Not Essential for Radiation-Induced Heart Dysfunction but Exerts a Complex Impact on Injury. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Apr 16;12(4). PMCID: PMC7226421
33. Odnokoz O, Yu P, Peck AR, Sun Y, Kovatich AJ, Hooke JA, Hu H, Mitchell EP, Rui H, Fuchs SY. Malignant cell-specific pro-tumorigenic role of type I interferon receptor in breast cancers. Cancer Biol Ther. 2020 Jul 02;21(7):629-636. PMCID: PMC7515508
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35. Cho C, Mukherjee R, Peck AR, Sun Y, McBrearty N, Katlinski KV, Gui J, Govindaraju PK, Puré E, Rui H, Fuchs SY. Cancer-associated fibroblasts downregulate type I interferon receptor to stimulate intratumoral stromagenesis. Oncogene. 2020 Sep;39(38):6129-6137. PMCID: PMC7502515
36. Chen S, Sun J, Zhao L, Sun Y, Jia D, Song Y, Luo J, Lei H, Liu N. Safety of apatinib plus S-1 for advanced solid tumor as palliative treatment. Exp Ther Med. 2021 Jan;21(1):62. PMCID: PMC7716638
37. Puzyrenko A, Felix JC, Sun Y, Rui H, Sheinin Y. Acute SARS-CoV-2 pneumonitis with cytotoxic CD8 positive T-lymphocytes: Case report and review of the literature. Pathol Res Pract. 2021 Apr;220:153380. PMCID: PMC7883708
38. Lu Z, Ortiz A, Verginadis II, Peck AR, Zahedi F, Cho C, Yu P, DeRita RM, Zhang H, Kubanoff R, Sun Y, Yaspan AT, Krespan E, Beiting DP, Radaelli E, Ryeom SW, Diehl JA, Rui H, Koumenis C, Fuchs SY. Regulation of intercellular biomolecule transfer-driven tumor angiogenesis and responses to anticancer therapies. J Clin Invest. 2021 May 17;131(10). PMCID: PMC8121529
39. Sun Y, Ge L, Udhane SS, Langenheim JF, Rau MJ, Patton MD, Gallan AJ, Felix JC, Rui H. Sensitive and Specific Immunohistochemistry Protocol for Nucleocapsid Protein from All Common SARS-CoV-2 Virus Strains in Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin Embedded Tissues. Methods Protoc. 2021 Jul 10;4(3). PMCID: PMC8293419
40. Felix JC, Sheinin YM, Suster D, Ronen N, Ratiani M, Vanden Heuvel T, Winge E, Patton MD, Rau MJ, Ge L, Sun Y, Udhane SS, Langenheim JF, Rui H. Diffuse interstitial pneumonia-like/macrophage activation syndrome-like changes in patients with COVID-19 correlate with length of illness. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2021 Aug;53:151744. PMCID: PMC8053602
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42. Puzyrenko A, Jacobs ER, Sun Y, Felix JC, Sheinin Y, Ge L, Lai S, Dai Q, Gantner BN, Nanchal R, North PE, Simpson PM, Rui H, Benjamin IJ. Pneumocytes are distinguished by highly elevated expression of the ER stress biomarker GRP78, a co-receptor for SARS-CoV-2, in COVID-19 autopsies. Cell Stress Chaperones. 2021 Sep;26(5):859-868. PMCID: PMC8357488
43. Geethadevi A, Nair A, Parashar D, Ku Z, Xiong W, Deng H, Li Y, George J, McAllister DM, Sun Y, Kadamberi IP, Gupta P, Dwinell MB, Bradley WH, Rader JS, Rui H, Schwabe RF, Zhang N, Pradeep S, An Z, Chaluvally-Raghavan P. Oncostatin M Receptor-Targeted Antibodies Suppress STAT3 Signaling and Inhibit Ovarian Cancer Growth. Cancer Res. 2021 Oct 15;81(20):5336-5352. PMCID: PMC8530981
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45. Maisel BA, Yi M, Peck AR, Sun Y, Hooke JA, Kovatich AJ, Shriver CD, Hu H, Nevalainen MT, Tanaka T, Simone N, Wang LL, Rui H, Chervoneva I. Spatial Metrics of Interaction between CD163-Positive Macrophages and Cancer Cells and Progression-Free Survival in Chemo-Treated Breast Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Jan 08;14(2). PMCID: PMC8773496
46. Puzyrenko A, Felix JC, Ledeboer NA, Sun Y, Rui H, Sheinin Y. Cytotoxic CD8-positive T-lymphocyte infiltration in the lungs as a histological pattern of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonitis. Pathology. 2022 Jun;54(4):404-408. PMCID: PMC8572726
47. Li Z, Jiao X, Robertson AG, Sante GD, Ashton AW, DiRocco A, Wang M, Zhao J, Addya S, Wang C, McCue PA, South AP, Cordon-Cardo C, Liu R, Patel K, Hamid R, Parmar J, DuHadaway JB, Jones SJ, Casimiro MC, Schultz N, Kossenkov A, Phoon LY, Chen H, Lan L, Sun Y, Iczkowski KA, Rui H, Pestell RG. The DACH1 gene is frequently deleted in prostate cancer, restrains prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, decreases DNA damage repair, and predicts therapy responses. Res Sq. 2023 Jan 10. PMCID: PMC9882663
48. Chervoneva I, Peck AR, Sun Y, Yi M, Udhane SS, Langenheim JF, Girondo MA, Jorns JM, Chaudhary LN, Kamaraju S, Bergom C, Flister MJ, Hooke JA, Kovatich AJ, Shriver CD, Hu H, Palazzo JP, Bibbo M, Hyslop T, Nevalainen MT, Pestell RG, Fuchs SY, Mitchell EP, Rui H. High PD-L2 Predicts Early Recurrence of ER-Positive Breast Cancer. JCO Precis Oncol. 2023 Jan;7:e2100498. PMCID: PMC9928763
49. Puzyrenko A, Jacobs ER, Padilla N, Devine A, Aljadah M, Gantner BN, Pan AY, Lai S, Dai Q, Rubenstein JC, North PE, Simpson PM, Willoughby RE, O'Meara CC, Flinn MA, Lough JW, Ibrahim EH, Zheng Z, Sun Y, Felix J, Hunt BC, Ross G, Rui H, Benjamin IJ. Collagen-Specific HSP47<sup>+</sup> Myofibroblasts and CD163<sup>+</sup> Macrophages Identify Profibrotic Phenotypes in Deceased Hearts With SARS-CoV-2 Infections. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Feb 21;12(4):e027990. PMCID: PMC10111490
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