個人簡介:

研究領域:
本研究組的研究方向是極性蛋白(polarity protein)在調控上皮細胞和組織結構中的作用,以及細胞極性的丟失在腫瘤生成中的機制。運用細胞3維培養系統(3-dimensional culture system),探索細胞極性丟失與上皮細胞早期轉化,及其腫瘤生物學特徵之間的關聯。基於此研究,期望發現用於早期診斷的新的腫瘤標記物,或是用於腫瘤治療的潛在靶點。
近期論文
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Zhan L, Rosenberg A, Bergami KC ,Yu M , Xuan Z , Jaffe A.B, Allred C, Muthuswamy SK. Deregulation of Scribble promotes mammary tumorigenesis and reveals a role for cell polarity in carcinoma. Cell, 2008 Nov; 135(5):865-878.
Zhan L, Xiang B, Muthuswamy SK. Controlled activation of ErbB1/ERBB2 heterodimers promote Invasion of three-dimensional organized epithelia in an ErbB1-dependent manner: implications for progression of ErbB2-overexpressing tumors. Cancer Research, 2006 Mar; 66(10): 5201-8.
