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Ying Cao
Medical School
Nanjing University
Jiangsu
Language: English, German, Chinese
Neural Stemness
Cell Tumorigenicity
Pluripotent Differentiation
Embryonic Development
Cancer Cells
Neural Induction
Cell Differentiation
Tumor Formation
Neural Properties
Evolutionary Advantage
Areas of Focus
- Neural stemness as the basis for cell tumorigenicity and pluripotent differentiation potential
Work Experience
- 2002-2008 - University of Ulm - Research on embryonic cell differentiation mechanisms
- 2008-present - Nanjing University Medical School Model Animal Research Institute - Research on embryonic and cancer cell differentiation mechanisms
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1998-2002 PhD: University of Essen (now University of Duisburg-Essen)
- Graduated summa cum laude
Publications
- Neural Induction: the General Principle for Embryogenesis and Tumorigenesis, Cao Y, 2022
- Neural is Fundamental: Neural Stemness as the Ground State of Cell Tumorigenicity and Differentiation Potential, Cao Y, 2022
- Neural stemness unifies cell tumorigenicity and pluripotent differentiation potential, Zhang M, Liu Y, Shi L, Fang L, Xu L, Cao Y, 2022
- Suppression of Cell Tumorigenicity by Non-neural Pro-differentiation Factors via Inhibition of Neural Property in Tumorigenic Cells, Yang X, Cao N, Chen L, Liu L, Zhang M, Cao Y, 2021
- Coordinated regulation of the ribosome and proteasome by PRMT1 in the maintenance of neural stemness in cancer cells and neural stem cells, Chen L, Zhang M, Fang L, Yang X, Cao N, Xu L, Shi L, Cao Y, 2021
- Neural stemness contributes to cell tumorigenicity, Xu L, Zhang M, Shi L, Yang X, Chen L, Cao N, Lei A, Cao Y, 2021
- EZH2 Regulates Protein Stability via Recruiting USP7 to Mediate Neuronal Gene Expression in Cancer Cells, Lei A, Chen L, Zhang M, Yang X, Xu L, Cao N, Zhang Z, Cao Y, 2019
- Tumorigenesis as a process of gradual loss of original cell identity and gain of properties of neural precursor/progenitor cells, Cao Y, 2017
- Similarity in gene-regulatory networks suggests that cancer cells share characteristics of embryonic neural cells, Zhang Z, Lei A, Xu L, Chen L, Chen Y, Zhang X, Gao Y, Yang X, Zhang M, Cao Y, 2017
- Kdm2a/b Lysine Demethylases Regulate Canonical Wnt Signaling by Modulating the Stability of Nuclear β-Catenin, Lu L, Gao Y, Zhang Z, Cao Q, Zhang X, Zou J, Cao Y, 2015
