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Wei-Qiang Gao is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, oncology, immunology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and cancer research. The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics such as epigenetics and DNA methylation, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, prostate cancer treatment and research, immune cells in cancer, immunotherapy and immune responses, cancer hypoxia and metabolism, and cancer cells and metastasis.

Wei-Qiang Gao's recent academic output includes several papers published in well-known scientific journals. Notable publications include:

  • Single-Cell Characterization of Malignant Phenotypes and Developmental Trajectories of Adrenal Neuroblastoma, 2020, Cancer Cell
  • Single-cell analysis supports a luminal-neuroendocrine transdifferentiation in human prostate cancer, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Numb/Parkin-directed mitochondrial fitness governs cancer cell fate via metabolic regulation of histone lactylation, 2023, Cell Reports
  • Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the epithelial cell heterogeneity and invasive subpopulation in human bladder cancer, 2021, International Journal of Cancer
  • Blockade of β-Catenin-Induced CCL28 Suppresses Gastric Cancer Progression via Inhibition of Treg Cell Infiltration, 2020, Cancer Research

The scientist collaborates frequently with a group of colleagues who contribute to a significant portion of their published work. These coauthors include Hanyu Rao, Helen He Zhu, Huiming Xu, Li Li, and Baijun Dong.

Wei-Qiang Gao's research has been disseminated across a range of frequent publication venues, reflecting the breadth of their scientific inquiry. These venues include Advanced Science, Clinical and Translational Medicine, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Stem Cell Research & Therapy, and Research Square (Research Square).

Best Publications

  • Secreted and Transmembrane Polypeptides and Nucleic Acids Encoding the Same

    Kevin P. Baker;Maureen Beresini;Laura DeForge;Luc Desnoyers

  • Overexpression of Math1 induces robust production of extra hair cells in postnatal rat inner ears.

    J L Zheng;W Q Gao

  • Generation of a prostate from a single adult stem cell

    Kevin G. Leong;Bu-Er Wang;Leisa Johnson;Wei-Qiang Gao

  • Two-Amino Acid Molecular Switch in an Epithelial Morphogen That Regulates Binding to Two Distinct Receptors

    Minhong Yan;Li-Chong Wang;Sarah G. Hymowitz;Sarah Schilbach

  • Androgen deprivation causes epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the prostate: implications for androgen-deprivation therapy.

    Yuting Sun;Bu-Er Wang;Kevin G Leong;Peng Yue

  • Hes1 is a negative regulator of inner ear hair cell differentiation.

    J.L. Zheng;J. Shou;F. Guillemot;R. Kageyama

  • Cerebellar granule cell neurogenesis is regulated by cell-cell interactions in vitro

    Wei-Qiang Gao;Nathaniel Heintz;Mary E. Hatten

  • Dynamics of Notch Expression during Murine Prostate Development and Tumorigenesis

    Jianyong Shou;Sarajane Ross;Hartmut Koeppen;Frederic J. de Sauvage

  • Robust generation of new hair cells in the mature mammalian inner ear by adenoviral expression of Hath1

    Jianyong Shou;J Lisa Zheng;Wei Qiang Gao

  • Neurotrophin-4/5 (NT-4/5) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) act at later stages of cerebellar granule cell differentiation

    Wei-Qiang Gao;J. L. Zheng;M. Karihaloo

  • Induction of cell proliferation by fibroblast and insulin-like growth factors in pure rat inner ear epithelial cell cultures.

    J L Zheng;C Helbig;W Q Gao

  • Immortalizing oncogenes subvert the establishment of granule cell identity in developing cerebellum

    Wei-Qiang Gao;Mary E. Hatten

  • Single-Cell Characterization of Malignant Phenotypes and Developmental Trajectories of Adrenal Neuroblastoma

    Rui Dong;Ran Yang;Yong Zhan;Hua-Dong Lai

  • Neurotrophin-3 reverses experimental cisplatin-induced peripheral sensory neuropathy.

    Wei‐Qiang Gao;Noel Dybdal;Natasha Shinsky;Amy Murnane

  • Notch signaling is required for normal prostatic epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation.

    Xi-De Wang;Ching Ching Leow;Jiping Zha;Zhijun Tang

  • Neurotrophin-4/5 enhances survival of cultured spiral ganglion neurons and protects them from cisplatin neurotoxicity

    J. L. Zheng;R. R. Stewart;Wei-Qiang Gao

  • COP1 is a tumour suppressor that causes degradation of ETS transcription factors

    Alberto C. Vitari;Kevin G. Leong;Kim Newton;Cindy Yee

  • Hath1, down-regulated in colon adenocarcinomas, inhibits proliferation and tumorigenesis of colon cancer cells.

    Ching Ching Leow;Maria S. Romero;Sarajane Ross;Paul Polakis

  • The Notch pathway in prostate development and cancer.

    Kevin G. Leong;Wei-Qiang Gao

  • Analysis of rat vestibular hair cell development and regeneration using calretinin as an early marker.

    J. Lisa Zheng;Wei-Qiang Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Audrey Goddard
Audrey Goddard Gilead Sciences
Zemin Zhang
Zemin Zhang Peking University
Napoleone Ferrara
Napoleone Ferrara University of California, San Diego
Dan L. Eaton
Dan L. Eaton Genentech
Shi Yuan Cheng
Shi Yuan Cheng Northwestern University
Hans-Peter Gerber
Hans-Peter Gerber Seattle Genetics (United States)

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