Resume:
Yuchao Gu was born in 1981. He received his B.S.degree from Ocean University of China (Qingdao China)in 2003 and hisMD degree from Ocean University of China in 2008. He was offered a lecturer position the same year in Ocean University of China where he conducted his research for the function of O-GlcNAc in cancer progression. He was named associate professor and graduate supervisor in 2012.
Research Direction:
1. The roles and mechanism of O-GlcNAc in cancer progression;
2. The identification of new anti-tumor drug target candidates;
Contact information:
Add: 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, China
Tel:86532-82032067
E-mail:guych@126.com
Publications:
1. Yuchao Gu, Wenyi Mi, Yuqing Ge, Haiyan Liu, Qiong Fan, Cuifang Han, Jing Yang, Feng Han, Xinzhi Lu, and Wengong Yu. GlcNAcylation Plays an Essential Role in Breast Cancer Metastasis. Cancer Res. 2010 Aug 1; 70(15):6344-51. (IF 8.234)
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20610629)
2. Wenyi Mi*, Yuchao Gu*, Cuifang Han, Haiyan Liu, Qiong Fan, Xinling Zhang, Qi Cong, and Wengong Yu. O-GlcNAcylation is a novel regulator of lung and colon cancer malignancy. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 Apr;1812(4):514-9.(IF 5.211)(Co-first author)
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925443911000226)
3. Yuchao Gu, Junhua Zhang, Wenyi Mi, Jing Yang, Feng Han, Xinzhi Lu,Wengong Yu. Silencing of GM3 synthase suppresses lung metastasis of murine breast cancer cells. Breast Cancer Res, 2008, 10(1): R1.(IF 5.785) (http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/10/1/R1)
4. Shuai Man, Rubin Cheng, Cuicui Miao, Qianhong Gong, Yuchao Gu, Xinzhi Lu, Feng Han, and Wengong Yu. Artificial trans-encoded small noncoding RNAs specifically silence the selected gene expression in bacteria. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Apr;39(8):e50. (IF: 7.836)
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082891/?tool=pubmed)
5. Peng Jiang, Jingbao Li, Feng Han, Gaofei Duan, Xinzhi Lu, Yuchao Gu, Wengong Yu. Antibiofilm activity of an exopolysaccharide from marine bacterium Vibrio sp. QY101. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 7;6(4):e18514. (IF 4.411)
(http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018514)
6. Cuiping Ma, Xinzhi Lu, Chao Shi, Jingbao Li, Yuchao Gu, Yiming Ma, Yan Chu, Feng Han, Qianhong Gong, Wengong Yu. Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel β-agarase, AgaB, from marine Pseudoalteromonas sp. CY24. J Biol Chem. 2007 Feb 9;282(6):3747-54.(IF 5.328) (http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/282/6/3747)
7.Han Shi, Yuchao Gu, Jing Yang, Liang Xu, Wenyi Mi, Wengong Yu. Lipocalin 2 promotes lung metastasis of murine breast cancer cells. J Exp Clin Cancer Res, 2008. 27: p. 83. (IF 1.921)
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19077278)
8. Xinzhi Lu,Yan Chu,Qian Wu, Yuchao Gu, Feng Han, Wengong Yu,Cloning, expression and characterization of a new agarase-encoding gene from marine Pseudoalteromonas sp. Biotechnol Lett. 2009. 31(10): p. 1565-70. (IF 1.768)
(http://www.springerlink.com/content/uu45u866t80756x7/)