Prof. Weimin Gao

Texas Tech University, USA

Email: weimin.gao@tiehh.ttu.edu

Qualifications

2003 Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Environmental and Occupational Health & Toxicology

2003 M.Sc., University of Pittsburgh, Biostatistics

1994 B.Sc., Nanjing Medical University, Preventive Medicine

Publications (selected)

1. Changxia Shao, Songming Chen, Lixia Chen, Everardo Cobos, Jia-Sheng Wang, Brian B. Haab, Weimin Gao. Antibody microarray analysis of serum glycans in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cases and controls. Proteomics-Clinical Applications, 2009; 3:923-931.
2. Guoqing Tian, Leilei Guo, Weimin Gao. Use of compound Chinese medicine in the treatment of lung cancer. Current Drug Discovery Technologies, 2010; 7(1): 32-36.
3. Weimin Gao, Marjorie Romkes, Shilong Zhong, Tomoko Nukui, Raj A. Persad, Patrick J.B. Smith, Robert Branch, Phouthone Keohavong. Genetic polymorphisms in the DNA repair genes XPD and XRCC1, p53 gene mutations and bladder cancer risk. Oncology Reports, 2010; 24(1):257-262.
4. Lixia Chen, Changxia Shao, Everardo Cobos, Jia-Sheng Wang, Weimin Gao. 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone induces CRM1-dependent p53 nuclear accumulation in human bronchial epithelial cells. Toxicological Sciences, 2010; 116(1): 206-215.
5. Lixia Chen, Guoqing Tian, Changxia Shao, Everardo Cobos, Weimin Gao. Curcumin modulates eukaryotic initiation factors in human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cells. Molecular Biology Reports, 2010; 37(7):3105-3110.
6. Changxia Shao, Lixia Chen, Chuanwen Lu, Chwan-Li Shen, Weimin Gao. A gel-based proteomic analysis of the effects of green tea polyphenols on ovariectomized rats. Nutrition, 2011; 27(6):681-686.
7. Lixia Chen, Joseph E. Moore, Christina Samathanam, Changxia Shao, Everardo Cobos, Mark Steven Miller, Weimin Gao. CRM1-dependent p53 nuclear accumulation in lung lesions of a bitransgenic mouse lung tumor model. Oncology Reports, 2011; 26(1): 223-228.
8. Changxia Shao, Chuanwen Lu, Lixia Chen, Patrick P. Koty, Everardo Cobos, Weimin Gao. p53-dependent anticancer effects of Leptomycin B on lung adenocarcinoma. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 2011; 67(6): 1369-1380.
9. Guangqiu Qin, Steve M. Presley, Todd A. Anderson, Weimin Gao, Jonathan D. Maul. Effects of predator cues on pesticide toxicity: Toward an understanding of the mechanisms of the interaction. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2011; 30 (8): 1926–1934.
10. Kamaleshwar P Singh, Justin Treas, Tulika Tyagi, Weimin Gao. DNA demethylation by 5-aza-2-deoxycytidine treatment abrogates 17 beta-estradiol-induced cell growth and restores expression of DNA repair genes in human breast cancer cells. Cancer Letters, 2012; 316(1):62-69.
11. Chuanwen Lu, Changxia Shao, Everardo Cobos, Kamaleshwar P Singh, Weimin Gao. Chemotherapeutic Sensitization of Drug-resistant Lung Cancer Cells by Combined Treatment with Doxorubicin and Leptomycin B. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32895.