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Overview

Gang Wu is affiliated with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the United States. Their research spans a wide range of topics within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on hematology and cancer research.

The main fields of study for Gang Wu include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization encompass:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Genetics
  • Hematology
  • Cancer Research

Gang Wu's research topics cover various aspects of leukemia and cancer genomics, including:

  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors

Notable recent publications by Gang Wu include:

  • The genomic landscape of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • St. Jude Cloud: A Pediatric Cancer Genomic Data-Sharing Ecosystem, 2021, Cancer Discovery
  • SARS-CoV-2 antigen exposure history shapes phenotypes and specificity of memory CD8+ T cells, 2022, Nature Immunology
  • Enhancer Hijacking Drives Oncogenic BCL11B Expression in Lineage-Ambiguous Stem Cell Leukemia, 2021, Cancer Discovery
  • Blinatumomab for MRD-Negative Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adults, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine

Gang Wu has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Charles G. Mullighan
  • Ti-Cheng Chang
  • Jinghui Zhang
  • Jun J. Yang
  • Mignon L. Loh

Their work is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Blood
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Blood Cancer Discovery
  • Blood Advances

Best Publications

  • The genetic basis of early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

    Jinghui Zhang;Li Ding;Linda Holmfeldt;Gang Wu

  • Somatic histone H3 alterations in pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas and non-brainstem glioblastomas

    Gang Wu;Alberto Broniscer;Troy A McEachron;Charles Lu

  • Targetable Kinase-Activating Lesions in Ph-like Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    K. G. Roberts;Y. Li;D. Payne-Turner;R. C. Harvey

  • Germline Mutations in Predisposition Genes in Pediatric Cancer

    Jinghui Zhang;Michael F. Walsh;Gang Wu;Michael N. Edmonson

  • The genomic landscape of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and pediatric non-brainstem high-grade glioma

    Gang Wu;Alexander K Diaz;Alexander K Diaz;Barbara S Paugh;Sherri L Rankin

  • The whole-genome landscape of medulloblastoma subtypes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;Ivo Buchhalter;Ivo Buchhalter;A. Sorana Morrissy;Volker Hovestadt

  • Novel mutations target distinct subgroups of medulloblastoma

    Giles Robinson;Matthew Parker;Tanya A. Kranenburg;Charles Lu;Charles Lu

  • Whole-genome sequencing identifies genetic alterations in pediatric low-grade gliomas

    Jinghui Zhang;Gang Wu;Claudia P. Miller;Ruth G. Tatevossian

  • The genomic landscape of hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Linda Holmfeldt;Lei Wei;Ernesto Diaz-Flores;Michael Walsh

  • Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

  • Recurrent Somatic Structural Variations Contribute to Tumorigenesis in Pediatric Osteosarcoma

    Xiang Chen;Armita Bahrami;Alberto Pappo;John Easton

  • C11orf95 – RELA fusions drive oncogenic NF-κB signalling in ependymoma

    Matthew Parker;Kumarasamypet M. Mohankumar;Chandanamali Punchihewa;Ricardo Weinlich

  • A novel retinoblastoma therapy from genomic and epigenetic analyses

    Jinghui Zhang;Claudia A. Benavente;Justina McEvoy;Jacqueline Flores-Otero

  • Genomic Landscape of Ewing Sarcoma Defines an Aggressive Subtype with Co-Association of STAG2 and TP53 Mutations

    Franck Tirode;Didier Surdez;Xiaotu Ma;Matthew Parker

  • Camrelizumab versus investigator's choice of chemotherapy as second-line therapy for advanced or metastatic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCORT): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 study.

    Jing Huang;Jianming Xu;Yun Chen;Wu Zhuang

  • The landscape of somatic mutations in infant MLL-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemias.

    Anna K. Andersson;Anna K. Andersson;Jing Ma;Jianmin Wang;Xiang Chen

  • Vismodegib Exerts Targeted Efficacy Against Recurrent Sonic Hedgehog–Subgroup Medulloblastoma: Results From Phase II Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Studies PBTC-025B and PBTC-032

    Giles W. Robinson;Brent A. Orr;Gang Wu;Sridharan Gururangan

  • Rise and fall of subclones from diagnosis to relapse in pediatric B-acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

    Xiaotu Ma;Michael Edmonson;Donald Yergeau;Donna M Muzny

  • The landscape of somatic mutations in epigenetic regulators across 1,000 paediatric cancer genomes

    Robert Huether;Li Dong;Xiang Chen;Gang Wu

  • Genome-Wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinghui Zhang
Jinghui Zhang St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
John Easton
John Easton St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
James R. Downing
James R. Downing St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Michael Rusch
Michael Rusch St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Charles G. Mullighan
Charles G. Mullighan St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
David W. Ellison
David W. Ellison St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Elaine R. Mardis
Elaine R. Mardis The Ohio State University
Li Ding
Li Ding Washington University in St. Louis
Kim E. Nichols
Kim E. Nichols St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Richard K. Wilson
Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital

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