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Wei Rao
Medical School
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: Chinese, English
Stem Cells
Regeneration
Repair
Chronic Inflammation
Diseases
Cancer
Evolution
Tissue
Mechanism
Therapy
Areas of Focus
- Adult Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration and Repair
- Adult Stem Cells and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
- Stem Cells and Cancer Evolution
Work Experience
- 2022.12-Present - Zhejiang University School of Medicine - Researcher of the 'Hundred Talents Program'
- 2018.6-2022.11 - University of Houston - Senior Researcher in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
- 2016.4-2018.6 - University of Texas Health Science Center - Postdoctoral Researcher in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
- 2014.10-2016.3 - Dalhousie University - Postdoctoral Researcher in Tumor Immunology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009.9-2014.6 PhD in Immunology: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
- 2005.9-2009.6 Bachelor's in Biological Sciences: Soochow University
Publications
- Protocol for Cloning Epithelial Stem Cell Variants from Human Lung, Rao W, Niroula S, Wang S, Vincent M, McKeon F, and Xian W, 2020
- Cloning a profibrotic stem cell variant in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Wang S*, Rao W*, Hoffman A, Lin J, Li J, Lin T, Liew AA, Vincent M, Mertens TCJ, Karmouty-Quintana H, Crum CP, Metersky ML, Schwartz DA, Davies PJA, Stephan C, Jyothula SSK, Sheshadri A, Suarez EE, Huang HJ, Engelhardt JF, Dickey BF, Parekh KR, McKeon FD, Xian W, 2023
- Regenerative Metaplastic Clones in COPD Lung Drive Inflammation and Fibrosis, Rao W*, Wang S*, Duleba M, Gollar K, Niroula S, Mahalingam R, Xie JZ, Qi YT, Neupane R, Liew AA, Vincent M, Okuda K, O'Neal WK, Boucher RC, Dickey BF, Wechsler ME, Ibrahim O, Engelhardt JE, Crum CP, Karmouty-Quintana H, Parekh KR, Metersky ML, McKeon F, and Xian W, 2020
- Cloning of Ground State Intestinal Stem Cells from Endoscopic Biopsies, Duleba M, Yamamoto Y, Neupane R, Rao W, Xie JZ, Qi Y, Liew AA, Niroula S, Zhang YT, Mahalingam R, Wang S, Goller K, Ajani JA, Vincent M, Ho KK, Hou JK, Hyams JS, Sylvester FA, Crum CP, McKeon F, and Xian W, 2020
- OVA66 promotes tumour angiogenesis and progression through enhancing autocrine VEGF-VEGFR2 signalling, Song F, Chen Q, Rao W, Zhang R, Wang Y, Ge H, Wei Q, 2019
- OVA12, a novel tumor antigen, promotes cancer cell growth and inhibits 5-fluorouracil-induced apoptosis, Zhang R, Jin S, Rao W, Song F, Yin Q, Wang Y, Wang L, Xi Y, Zhang X, Wang M, Ge H, 2015
- OVA66 increases cell growth, invasion and survival via regulation of IGF-1R-MAPK signaling in human cancer cells, Rao W*, Li H*, Song F, Zhang R, Yin Q, Wang Y, Xi Y, Ge H, 2014
- OVA66, a tumor associated protein, induces oncogenic transformation of NIH3T3 cells, Rao W*, Xie G*, Zhang Y, Wang S, Wang Y, Zhang H, Song F, Zhang R, Yin Q, Shen L, Ge H, 2014
Awards
- National Overseas High-Level Youth Talent Program
