Pengyuan Yang
Professor
Institute of Biophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Biography
1995-1999 Second Military Medical University, B.S. 1999-2004 Second Military Medical University, Ph.D. 2005-2008 Second Military Medical University, National Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Postdoc 2009-2014 Duke University Medical School, USA, Postdoc 2014- Principle Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Beijing, China
Research Interest
1. Mechanism of HBV-induced carcinogenesis 2. HBV-host interactions and associated tumor immune response 3. HCC vascular metastasis 4. Tumor immune microenvironment
Publications
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3. Zhang Y, Yang P#, Sun T, Li D, Xu X, Rui Y, Li C, Chong M, Ibrahim T, Mercatali L, Amadori D, Lu X, Xie D, Li QJ, Wang XF. MiR-126 and miR-126* repress recruitment of mesenchymal stem cells and inflammatory monocytes to inhibit breast cancer metastasis. Nature Cell Biology. 2013: 15(3): 284-94. (#Co-1st author)
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2. Yang P, Markowitz GJ, Wang XF. The hepatitis B virus-associated tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma. Natl Sci Rev. 2014;1(3):396-412.
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1. Markowitz GJ, Yang P, Fu J, Michelotti GA, Chen R, Sui J, Yang B, Qin WH, Zhang Z, Wang FS, Diehl AM, Li QJ, Wang H, Wang XF. Inflammation-Dependent IL18 Signaling Restricts Hepatocellular Carcinoma Growth by Enhancing the Accumulation and Activity of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes. Cancer Res. 2016;76(8):2394-405.
