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Yijun Gao

Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
Verified email at mskcc.org
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[PDF][PDF] BRAF mutants evade ERK-dependent feedback by different mechanisms that determine their sensitivity to pharmacologic inhibition

Z Yao, NM Torres, A Tao, Y Gao, L Luo, Q Li… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
ERK signaling requires RAS-induced RAF dimerization and is limited by feedback. Activated
BRAF mutants evade feedback inhibition of RAS by either of two mechanisms. BRAF V600 …

Diverse and targetable kinase alterations drive histiocytic neoplasms

…, J Choi, E Kim, F Cohen-Aubart, SCW Lee, Y Gao… - Cancer discovery, 2016 - AACR
Histiocytic neoplasms are clonal, hematopoietic disorders characterized by an accumulation
of abnormal, monocyte-derived dendritic cells or macrophages in Langerhans cell …

[HTML][HTML] VGLL4 functions as a new tumor suppressor in lung cancer by negatively regulating the YAP-TEAD transcriptional complex

W Zhang, Y Gao, P Li, Z Shi, T Guo, F Li, X Han, Y Feng… - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Lung cancer is one of the most devastating diseases worldwide with high incidence and
mortality. Hippo (Hpo) pathway is a conserved regulator of organ size in both Drosophila and …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNA-143 (miR-143) regulates cancer glycolysis via targeting hexokinase 2 gene

R Fang, T Xiao, Z Fang, Y Sun, F Li, Y Gao… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
High glycolysis, well known as "Warburg effect," is frequently observed in a variety of cancers.
Whether the deregulation of miRNAs contributes to the Warburg effect remains largely …

Functional role of T-cell receptor nanoclusters in signal initiation and antigen discrimination

…, A Cohnen, C Benzing, Y Gao… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Antigen recognition by the T-cell receptor (TCR) is a hallmark of the adaptive immune
system. When the TCR engages a peptide bound to the restricting major histocompatibility …

LKB1 inhibits lung cancer progression through lysyl oxidase and extracellular matrix remodeling

Y Gao, Q Xiao, HM Ma, L Li, J Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
LKB1 loss-of-function mutations, observed in ∼30% of human lung adenocarcinomas,
contribute significantly to lung cancer malignancy progression. We show that lysyl oxidase (LOX), …

RAF inhibitor PLX8394 selectively disrupts BRAF dimers and RAS-independent BRAF-mutant-driven signaling

Z Yao, Y Gao, W Su, R Yaeger, J Tao, N Na, Y Zhang… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Activating BRAF mutants and fusions signal as RAS-independent constitutively active dimers
with the exception of BRAF V600 mutant alleles which can function as active monomers 1 . …

[HTML][HTML] Transdifferentiation of lung adenocarcinoma in mice with Lkb1 deficiency to squamous cell carcinoma

X Han, F Li, Z Fang, Y Gao, F Li, R Fang, S Yao… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Lineage transition in adenocarcinoma (ADC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of non-small
cell lung cancer, as implicated by clinical observation of mixed ADC and SCC …

[HTML][HTML] Mutant-selective degradation by BRAF-targeting PROTACs

S Alabi, S Jaime-Figueroa, Z Yao, Y Gao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Over 300 BRAF missense mutations have been identified in patients, yet currently approved
drugs target V600 mutants alone. Moreover, acquired resistance inevitably emerges, …

[PDF][PDF] LKB1 inactivation elicits a redox imbalance to modulate non-small cell lung cancer plasticity and therapeutic response

F Li, X Han, F Li, R Wang, H Wang, Y Gao, X Wang… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
LKB1 regulates both cell growth and energy metabolism. It remains unclear how LKB1
inactivation coordinates tumor progression with metabolic adaptation in non-small cell lung …