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Li Yang, Ph.D.

Selected Publications

1)  Pang Y, Li Z, Gara S, Achyut B, Yan H, Day C, Weiss J, Wiltrout R, Trinchieri G, Morris J, Yang L.
Transforming growth factor beta signaling in myeloid cells is required for tumor metastasis.
Cancer Discovery. 2013.
In Press. [Journal]
2)  Achyut BR, Bader DA, Robles AI, Wangsa D, Harris CC, Ried T, Yang L.
Inflammation-mediated genetic and epigenetic alterations drive cancer development in the neighboring epithelium upon stromal abrogation of TGF-beta signaling.
PLoS Genet. 9: e1003251, 2013.
[Journal]
3)  Seton-Rogers S.
Microenvironment: Making connections.
Nat. Rev. Cancer. 13: 222-3, 2013.
[Journal]
4)  Faraji F, Pang Y, Walker RC, Nieves Borges R, Yang L, Hunter KW.
Cadm1 is a metastasis susceptibility gene that suppresses metastasis by modifying tumor interaction with the cell-mediated immunity.
PLoS Genet. 8: e1002926, 2012.
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5)  Li Z, Pang Y, Gara SK, Achyut BR, Heger C, Goldsmith PK, Lonning S, Yang L.
Gr-1+CD11b+ cells are responsible for tumor promoting effect of TGF-beta in breast cancer progression.
Int. J. Cancer. 131: 2584-95, 2012.
[Journal]
6)  Min Y, Ghose S, Boelte K, Li J, Yang L, Lin PC.
C/EBP-delta regulates VEGF-C autocrine signaling in lymphangiogenesis and metastasis of lung cancer through HIF-1alpha.
Oncogene. 30: 4901-9, 2011.
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7)  Huang Y, Lin L, Shanker A, Malhotra A, Yang L, Dikov MM, Carbone DP.
Resuscitating cancer immunosurveillance: selective stimulation of DLL1-Notch signaling in T cells rescues T-cell function and inhibits tumor growth.
Cancer Res. 71: 6122-31, 2011.
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8)  Boelte KC, Gordy LE, Joyce S, Thompson MA, Yang L, Lin PC.
Rgs2 mediates pro-angiogenic function of myeloid derived suppressor cells in the tumor microenvironment via upregulation of MCP-1.
PLoS ONE. 6: e18534, 2011.
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9)  Achyut BR, Yang L.
Transforming growth factor-beta in the gastrointestinal and hepatic tumor microenvironment.
Gastroenterology. 141: 1167-1178, 2011.
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10)  Yan HH, Pickup M, Pang Y, Gorska AE, Li Z, Chytil A, Geng Y, Gray JW, Moses HL, Yang L.
Gr-1+CD11b+ myeloid cells tip the balance of immune protection to tumor promotion in the premetastatic lung.
Cancer Res. 70: 6139, 2010.
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