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Zhou Zhaocai
zhouzhaocai@fudan.edu.cn
Chinese, English
Shanghai
Fudan University
Life Sciences
  • 2004 - PhD: University of Science and Technology of China
  • 2009 - Recruited under the 'Hundred Talents Program' of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2014 - Awarded 'Outstanding Young Scientist' by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Awarded 'Distinguished Young Scholar' by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • 2004-2009 - Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Pennsylvania
  • 2009-2014 - Researcher - Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2017-2020 - Distinguished Researcher - Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2020-present - Professor - Fudan University
  • 2014 - Outstanding Young Scientist by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Inter-organ communication and disease
Gastrointestinal tumorigenesis and immune response
  • Immunosuppressive CD10+ALPL+ neutrophils promote resistance to anti-PD-1 therapy in HCC by mediating irreversible exhaustion of T cells, Meng Y, Ye F, Nie P, Zhao Q, An L, Wang W, Qu S, Shen Z, Cao Z, Zhang X, et al., 2023
  • SUN1/2 controls macrophage polarization via modulating nuclear size and stiffness, Jiao S, Li C, Guo F, Zhang J, Zhang H, Cao Z, Wang W, Bu W, Lin M, Lü J, et al., 2023
  • MST4 kinase regulates immune thrombocytopenia by phosphorylating STAT1-mediated M1 polarization of macrophages, Cao JJ, Ji LL, Zhan YX, Shao X, Xu PC, Wu BT, Chen P, Cheng LY, Zhuang XB, Ou Y, et al., 2023
  • A YAP/TAZ-CD54 axis is required for CXCR2-CD44- tumor-specific neutrophils to suppress gastric cancer, Nie P, Zhang W, Meng Y, Lin M, Guo F, Zhang H, et al., 2023
  • CK2-induced cooperation of HHEX with the YAP-TEAD4 complex promotes colorectal tumorigenesis, Guo Y, Zhu Z, Huang Z, Cui L, Yu W, Hong W, et al., 2022
  • Head-to-Tail Cross-Linking to Generate Bicyclic Helical Peptides with Enhanced Helicity and Proteolytic Stability, Chen K, Tang Y, Wu M, Wan XC, Zhang YN, Chen XX, et al., 2022
  • Combinatorial targeting of Hippo-STRIPAK and PARP elicits synthetic lethality in gastrointestinal cancers, An L, Cao Z, Nie P, Zhang H, Tong Z, Chen F, et al., 2022
  • A Hippo's View: From Molecular Basis to Translational Medicine, Zhou Z, Yuan Z, Hong W, Wang W., 2021
  • An MST4-pbeta-Catenin(Thr40) Signaling Axis Controls Intestinal Stem Cell and Tumorigenesis, Zhang H, Lin M, Dong C, Tang Y, An L, Ju J, et al., 2021
  • A TNFR2-hnRNPK Axis Promotes Primary Liver Cancer Development via Activation of YAP Signaling in Hepatic Progenitor Cells, Meng Y, Zhao Q, An L, Jiao S, Li R, Sang Y, et al., 2021
  • Lipid-Raft-Targeted Molecular Self-Assembly Inactivates YAP to Treat Ovarian Cancer, Li G, Hu X, Nie P, Mang D, Jiao S, Zhang S, et al., 2021
  • Helix-Constrained Peptides Constructed by Head-to-Side Chain Cross-Linking Strategies, Chen XX, Tang Y, Wu M, Zhang YN, Chen K, Zhou Z, et al., 2021
  • MST4 kinase suppresses gastric tumorigenesis by limiting YAP activation via a non-canonical pathway, An L, Nie P, Chen M, Tang Y, Zhang, H, Guan J, Cao Z, Hou C, Wang W, Zhao Y et al., 2020
  • Secreted stromal protein ISLR promotes intestinal regeneration by suppressing epithelial Hippo signaling, Xu J, Tang Y, Sheng X, Tian Y, Deng M, Du S, Lv C, Li G, Pan Y, Song Y et al., 2020
  • Architecture, substructures, and dynamic assembly of STRIPAK complexes in Hippo signaling, Tang Y, Chen M, Zhou L, Ma J, Li Y, Zhang H, Shi Z, Xu Q, Zhang X, Gao Z et al., 2019
  • TRAF3-interacting JNK-activating modulator promotes inflammation by stimulating translocation of Toll-like receptor 4 to lipid rafts, Li Y, Guan J, Wang W, Hou C, Zhou L, Ma J, Cheng Y, Jiao S, Zhou Z., 2019
  • Targeting IRF3 as a YAP agonist therapy against gastric cancer, Jiao S, Guan J, Chen M, Wang W, Li C, Wang Y, Cheng Y, Zhou Z., 2018
  • The MST4-MOB4 complex disrupts the MST1-MOB1 complex in the Hippo-YAP pathway and plays a pro-oncogenic role in pancreatic cancer, Chen M, Zhang H, Shi Z, Li Y, Zhang X, Gao Z, Zhou L, Ma J, Xu Q, Guan J et al., 2018
  • DNA-binding mechanism of the Hippo pathway transcription factor TEAD4, Shi Z, He F, Chen M, Hua L, Wang W, Jiao S, Zhou Z., 2017
  • VGLL4 targets a TCF4-TEAD4 complex to coregulate Wnt and Hippo signalling in colorectal cancer, Jiao S, Li C, Hao Q, Miao H, Zhang L, Li L, Zhou Z., 2017
  • The Transitional Endoplasmic Reticulum ATPase p97 Regulates the Alternative Nuclear Factor NF-kappaB Signaling via Partial Degradation of the NF-kappaB Subunit p100, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Li C, Shi Z, Hao Q, Wang W, Song X, Zhao Y, Jiao S, Zhou Z., 2015
  • Structural Insights into Mitochondrial Antiviral Signaling Protein (MAVS)-Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factor 6 (TRAF6) Signaling, Shi Z, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Li C, Wang X, He F, Sun L, Jiao S, Shi W et al., 2015
  • Structural dissection of Hippo signaling, Shi Z, Jiao S, Zhou Z., 2015
  • The kinase MST4 limits inflammatory responses through direct phosphorylation of the adaptor TRAF6, Jiao S, Zhang Z, Li C, Huang M, Shi Z, Wang Y, Song X, Liu H, Li C, Chen M et al., 2015
  • A non-canonical role of the p97 complex in RIG-I antiviral signaling, Hao Q, Jiao S, Shi Z, Li C, Meng X, Zhang Z, Wang Y, Song X, Wang W, Zhang R et al., 2015
  • VGLL4 functions as a new tumor suppressor in lung cancer by negatively regulating the YAP-TEAD transcriptional complex, Zhang W, Gao Y, Li P, Shi Z, Guo T, Li F, Han X, Feng Y, Zheng C, Wang Z et al., 2014
  • Structure of MST2 SARAH domain provides insights into its interaction with RAPL, Liu G, Shi Z, Jiao S, Zhang Z, Wang W, Chen C, Hao Q, Zhang M, Feng M, Xu L et al., 2014
  • Structural and Biochemical Insights into the Activation Mechanisms of Germinal Center Kinase OSR1, Li C, Feng M, Shi Z, Hao Q, Song X, Wang W, Zhao Y, Jiao S, Zhou Z., 2014
  • A Peptide Mimicking VGLL4 Function Acts as a YAP Antagonist Therapy against Gastric Cancer, Jiao S, Wang H, Shi Z, Dong A, Zhang W, Song X, He F, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Wang W et al., 2014
  • Striatins Contain a Noncanonical Coiled Coil That Binds Protein Phosphatase 2A A Subunit to Form a 2: 2 Heterotetrameric Core of Striatin- interacting Phosphatase and Kinase ( STRIPAK) Complex, Chen CC, Shi ZB, Zhang WQ, Chen M, He F, Zhang ZZ, Wang YC, Feng M, Wang WJ, Zhao Y et al., 2014
  • Structural mechanism of CCM3 heterodimerization with GCKIII kinases, Zhang M, Dong L, Shi Z, Jiao S, Zhang Z, Zhang W, Liu G, Chen C, Feng M, Hao Q et al., 2013
  • Structure of the MST4 in complex with MO25 provides insights into its activation mechanism, Shi Z, Jiao S, Zhang Z, Ma M, Zhang Z, Chen C, Wang K, Wang H, Wang W, Zhang L et al., 2013
  • Structural insights into SUN-KASH complexes across the nuclear envelope, Wang W, Shi Z, Jiao S, Chen C, Wang H, Liu G, Wang Q, Zhao Y, Greene MI, Zhou Z., 2012
  • Structural and biological features of FOXP3 dimerization relevant to regulatory T cell function, Song X, Li B, Xiao Y, Chen C, Wang Q, Liu Y, Berezov A, Xu C, Gao Y, Li Z et al., 2012
Epithelial Cells Stromal Cells Immune Cells Neural Cells Gastric Cancer Hippo Signaling Pathway Tumor Markers Drug Discovery Molecular Signaling Immune Response

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