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Overview

Zao-Zhong Su is affiliated with Columbia University Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, particularly focusing on molecular biology, neurology, ophthalmology, pathology and forensic medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine.

The main fields of study for Su include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, Su has contributed to subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Neurology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Complementary and alternative medicine

The primary topics covered in Su's work are:

  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy
  • Phytochemical compounds biological activities
  • Natural Compounds in Disease Treatment

Su has published research in various reputable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
  • Cancer Research

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Endothelial histone deacetylase 9 promotes diabetic retinopathy in mice by regulating endothelial-mesenchymal transition, 2025, Acta Pharmacologica Sinica
  • Retraction: mda-9/Syntenin Regulates the Metastatic Phenotype in Human Melanoma Cells by Activating Nuclear Factor-κB, 2024, Cancer Research

Su collaborates with multiple researchers across their studies. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yun Bei
  • Zhibo Shen
  • Haoran Lin
  • Tao-Feng Wei
  • Yihao Wang

Best Publications

  • β-Lactam antibiotics offer neuroprotection by increasing glutamate transporter expression

    Jeffrey D. Rothstein;Sarjubhai Patel;Melissa R. Regan;Christine Haenggeli

  • Subtraction hybridization identifies a novel melanoma differentiation associated gene, mda-7, modulated during human melanoma differentiation, growth and progression

    Hongping Jiang;Jiao Jiao Lin;Zao-Zhong Su;N. I. Goldstein

  • Induction of differentiation in human promyelocytic HL-60 leukemia cells activates p21, WAF1/CIP1, expression in the absence of p53.

    Hongping Jiang;Jian Lin;Zao-Zhong Su;F. R. Collart

  • The melanoma differentiation associated gene mda-7 suppresses cancer cell growth

    Hongping Jiang;Zao-Zhong Su;Jiao Jiao Lin;Neil I. Goldstein

  • mda-7 (IL-24) mediates selective apoptosis in human melanoma cells by inducing the coordinated overexpression of the GADD family of genes by means of p38 MAPK

    Devanand Sarkar;Zao-Zhong Su;Irina V. Lebedeva;Moira Sauane

  • Astrocyte elevated gene-1 regulates hepatocellular carcinoma development and progression

    Byoung Kwon Yoo;Luni Emdad;Zao-zhong Su;Augusto Villanueva

  • Identification and cloning of human astrocyte genes displaying elevated expression after infection with HIV-1 or exposure to HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein by rapid subtraction hybridization, RaSH.

    Zao-Zhong Su;Dong-Chul Kang;Yinming Chen;Olga Pekarskaya

  • The cancer growth suppressor gene mda-7 selectively induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells and inhibits tumor growth in nude mice

    Zao-zhong Su;Malavi T. Madireddi;Jiao Jiao Lin;Charles S. H. Young

  • Cloning and characterization of HIV-1-inducible astrocyte elevated gene-1, AEG-1

    Dong-chul Kang;Zao-zhong Su;Devanand Sarkar;Luni Emdad

  • Activation of the Nuclear Factor κB Pathway by Astrocyte Elevated Gene-1: Implications for Tumor Progression and Metastasis

    Luni Emdad;Devanand Sarkar;Zao-zhong Su;Aaron Randolph

  • Genomic structure, chromosomal localization and expression profile of a novel melanoma differentiation associated (mda-7) gene with cancer specific growth suppressing and apoptosis inducing properties.

    Eric Y Huang;Malavi T Madireddi;Malavi T Madireddi;Rahul V Gopalkrishnan;Magdalena Leszczyniecka

  • Molecular Basis of Nuclear Factor-κB Activation by Astrocyte Elevated Gene-1

    Devanand Sarkar;Eun Sook Park;Luni Emdad;Seok-Geun Lee

  • Astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1) is a target gene of oncogenic Ha-ras requiring phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and c-Myc

    Seok-Geun Lee;Zao-Zhong Su;Luni Emdad;Devanand Sarkar

  • Insights into glutamate transport regulation in human astrocytes: Cloning of the promoter for excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2)

    Zao-zhong Su;Magdalena Leszczyniecka;Dong-chul Kang;Devanand Sarkar

  • Melanoma differentiation associated gene-7, mda-7/IL-24, selectively induces growth suppression, apoptosis and radiosensitization in malignant gliomas in a p53-independent manner.

    Zao-Zhong Su;Irina V Lebedeva;Devanand Sarkar;Rahul V Gopalkrishnan

  • mda-7/IL-24: multifunctional cancer-specific apoptosis-inducing cytokine.

    Pankaj Gupta;Zao-zhong Su;Irina V. Lebedeva;Devanand Sarkar

  • The melanoma differentiation-associated gene mda-6, which encodes the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21, is differentially expressed during growth, differentiation and progression in human melanoma cells.

    Hongping Jiang;Jian Lin;Zao-Zhong Su;M. Herlyn

  • Surface-epitope masking and expression cloning identifies the human prostate carcinoma tumor antigen gene PCTA-1 a member of the galectin gene family

    Zao-Zhong Su;Jian Lin;Ruoqian Shen;Peter E. Fisher

  • MDA-7/IL-24: novel cancer growth suppressing and apoptosis inducing cytokine.

    Moira Sauane;Rahul V Gopalkrishnan;Devanand Sarkar;Zao Zhong Su

  • A combinatorial approach for selectively inducing programmed cell death in human pancreatic cancer cells.

    Zao-zhong Su;Irina V. Lebedeva;Rahul V. Gopalkrishnan;Neil I. Goldstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Fisher
Paul B. Fisher Virginia Commonwealth University
Devanand Sarkar
Devanand Sarkar Virginia Commonwealth University
Paul B. Fisher
Paul B. Fisher Virginia Commonwealth University
Paul Dent
Paul Dent Virginia Commonwealth University
David J. Volsky
David J. Volsky Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kristoffer Valerie
Kristoffer Valerie Virginia Commonwealth University
Adly Yacoub
Adly Yacoub Virginia Commonwealth University
Pankaj Gupta
Pankaj Gupta Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
John C. Reed
John C. Reed Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Steven Grant
Steven Grant Virginia Commonwealth University

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