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59
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13287
World Ranking
2017
National Ranking
1003

Overview

Xiao-Jing Wang is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on the intersection of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant involvement in oncology and immunology subfields.

Their scholarly output includes 72 publications in medicine and 50 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these areas, Wang has concentrated on oncology, immunology, molecular biology, cancer research, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine. This work spans specific topics such as cancer cells and metastasis, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, immunotherapy and immune responses, immune cells in cancer, immune cell function and interaction, TGF-β signaling in diseases, and cancer genomics and diagnostics.

Wang has published in various research venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Cancer Research
  • Molecular Carcinogenesis
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Nature Communications

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Wang address topics in cancer biology, immunotherapy, and molecular signaling. Selected works include:

  • "Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling in Fibrotic Diseases and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts," 2020, Biomolecules
  • "Elective nodal irradiation mitigates local and systemic immunity generated by combination radiation and immunotherapy in head and neck tumors," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Cancer Cell CD44 Mediates Macrophage/Monocyte-Driven Regulation of Head and Neck Cancer Stem Cells," 2020, Cancer Research
  • "Dual inhibition of TGF-β and PD-L1: a novel approach to cancer treatment," 2021, Molecular Oncology
  • "Blockade of the CD93 pathway normalizes tumor vasculature to facilitate drug delivery and immunotherapy," 2021, Science Translational Medicine

Collaborative work is an important aspect of Wang's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Christian D. Young
  • Sana D. Karam
  • Li Bian
  • Jing Wang
  • Yao Ke

Best Publications

  • p63 is a p53 homologue required for limb and epidermal morphogenesis.

    Alea A. Mills;Binhai Zheng;Xiao-Jing Wang;Hannes Vogel

  • Caspase 3-mediated stimulation of tumor cell repopulation during cancer radiotherapy

    Qian Huang;Fang-Fang Li;Xinjian Liu;Wenrong Li

  • CIP2A Inhibits PP2A in Human Malignancies

    Melissa R. Junttila;Pietri Puustinen;Minna Niemelä;Minna Niemelä;Raija Ahola

  • Deregulated expression of c-Myc depletes epidermal stem cells.

    Rebekah L. Waikel;Yasuhiro Kawachi;Patricia A. Waikel;Xiao-Jing Wang

  • Induction of sonic hedgehog mediators by transforming growth factor-beta: Smad3-dependent activation of Gli2 and Gli1 expression in vitro and in vivo.

    Sylviane Dennler;Jocelyne André;Ismini Alexaki;Allen Li

  • Distinct mechanisms of TGF-β1–mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and metastasis during skin carcinogenesis

    Gangwen Han;Shi Long Lu;Allen G. Li;Wei He

  • Role of TGFβ-Mediated Inflammation in Cutaneous Wound Healing

    Xiao-Jing Wang;Gangwen Han;Philip Owens;Yasmin Siddiqui

  • Smad4 loss in mice causes spontaneous head and neck cancer with increased genomic instability and inflammation

    Sophia Bornstein;Ruth White;Ruth White;Stephen Malkoski;Masako Oka

  • Targeted Disruption of TGF-β/Smad3 Signaling Modulates Skin Fibrosis in a Mouse Model of Scleroderma

    Gabriella Lakos;Shinsuke Takagawa;Shu Jen Chen;Ahalia M. Ferreira

  • Latent TGFβ1 overexpression in keratinocytes results in a severe psoriasis‐like skin disorder

    Allen G Li;Donna Wang;Xin-Hua Feng;Xiao-Jing Wang

  • Keratinocyte-specific Smad2 ablation results in increased epithelial-mesenchymal transition during skin cancer formation and progression

    Kristina E. Hoot;Jessyka Lighthall;Gangwen Han;Shi Long Lu

  • Overexpression of Transforming Growth Factor β1 in Head and Neck Epithelia Results in Inflammation, Angiogenesis, and Epithelial Hyperproliferation

    Shi Long Lu;Douglas Reh;Allen G. Li;Jennifer Woods

  • Involvement of IL-9 in Th17-associated inflammation and angiogenesis of psoriasis.

    Tej Pratap Singh;Michael P. Schön;Katrin Wallbrecht;Alexandra Gruber-Wackernagel

  • Loss of transforming growth factor-β type II receptor promotes metastatic head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma

    Shi Long Lu;Heather Herrington;Douglas Reh;Stephen Weber

  • Genome-wide expression profiling of five mouse models identifies similarities and differences with human psoriasis.

    William R. Swindell;Andrew Johnston;Steve Carbajal;Gangwen Han

  • MicroRNA-31 Is Overexpressed in Psoriasis and Modulates Inflammatory Cytokine and Chemokine Production in Keratinocytes via Targeting Serine/Threonine Kinase 40

    Ning Xu;Florian Meisgen;Lynn M. Butler;Gangwen Han

  • An inducible mouse model for epidermolysis bullosa simplex: implications for gene therapy.

    Tongyu Cao;Mary Ann Longley;Xiao Jing Wang;Dennis R. Roop

  • Expression of a dominant-negative type II transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) receptor in the epidermis of transgenic mice blocks TGF-β-mediated growth inhibition

    Xiao-Jing Wang;David A. Greenhalgh;Jackie R. Bickenbach;Aibo Jiang

  • The Pro-inflammatory Role of TGFβ1: A Paradox?

    Gangwen Han;Fulun Li;Tej Pratap Singh;Peter Wolf

  • Smad7-Induced β-Catenin Degradation Alters Epidermal Appendage Development

    Gangwen Han;Allen G. Li;Yao-Yun Liang;Philip Owens

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Jimeno
Antonio Jimeno University of Colorado Boulder
Dennis R. Roop
Dennis R. Roop University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aik Choon Tan
Aik Choon Tan University of Utah
Michael P. Schön
Michael P. Schön University of Göttingen
Rui Zhao
Rui Zhao University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
David A. Norris
David A. Norris University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Erwin P. Bottinger
Erwin P. Bottinger Hasso Plattner Institute
Jukka Westermarck
Jukka Westermarck Åbo Akademi University
Chu-Xia Deng
Chu-Xia Deng University of Macau
Elena B. Pasquale
Elena B. Pasquale Discovery Institute

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