Yue Wu
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Prevention and Control
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Yue Wu, PhD, earned his doctoral degree in Microbiology from Beijing Agricultural University, China, in 1998. Dr. Wu joined the staff of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 2003 as a postdoctoral research affiliate in the Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, within the division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences. He was appointed to Affiliate Member in 2007, and HRI Scientist, Assistant Professor of Oncology in 2008.
Research Interest
Identification of cell membrane-located transporters that are critical for prostate cancer cells to obtain androgens from the circulation, and the potential of targeting these transporters to achieve complete androgen deprivation;
Publications
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Chhipa RR, Lee KS, Onate S, Wu Y, Ip C, (2009) Prx1 enhances androgen receptor function in prostate cancer cells by increasing receptor affinity to dihydrotestosterone. Molecular cancer research : MCR 7: 1543-1552
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Ou L, Wu Y, Ip C, Ip MM, (2007) Apoptosis induced by trans-10,cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid in mammary tumor cells is mediated through endoplasmic reticulum stress. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 48:805
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Wu Y, Ip C, (2008) Chemotherapeutic sensitization by endoplasmic reticulum stress: Increasing the efficacy of taxane against prostate cancer. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 49:312
