Areas of Focus
- Molecular mechanisms of lung cancer invasion, metastasis, and recurrence from an epigenetic perspective using animal models, cell biology, and bioinformatics
- Interaction between cancer stem cells and tumor microenvironment
- Mechanisms of lung cancer drug resistance and development and screening of new drugs
Work Experience
- 2007-present: Assistant Researcher, Associate Professor at Fudan University
- 2014-2015: Visiting Scholar at University of Birmingham, UK
- 2019-2020: Visiting Scholar at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2007-present: Assistant Researcher, Associate Professor at Fudan University
- 2014-2015: Visiting Scholar at University of Birmingham, UK
- 2019-2020: Visiting Scholar at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
Publications
- Downregulation of DNMT3A by miR-708-5p inhibits lung cancer stem cell-like phenotypes through repressing Wnt/β-catenin signaling, Liu T*, Wu X*, Chen T, Luo Z, Hu X, 2018
- MicroRNA-708-5p acts as a therapeutic agent against metastatic lung cancer, Wu X, Liu T, Fang O, Dong W, Zhang F, Leach LJ, Hu X and Luo Z, 2016
- miR-194 suppresses metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer through regulating expression of BMP1 and p27kip1, Wu X, Liu T, Fang O, Leach L J, Hu X and Luo Z, 2014
- One-pot green synthesis of water-soluble carbon nanodots with multicolor photoluminescence from polyethylene glycol, Chen M, Wang W# and Wu X#, 2014
- Polygenic Molecular Architecture Underlying Non-Sexual Cell Aggregation in Budding Yeast, Li J, Wang L, Wu X, Fang O, Wang L, Lu C, Yang S, Hu X , Luo Z, 2013
Awards
- 2018: Third Prize and Teaching Style Award in National University Micro-Course Competition