Areas of Focus
- Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis
Work Experience
- 1993-1996 - Jiangxi Medical College - Assistant
- 2001-2003 - Xiamen University - Assistant Professor
- 2003-2010 - Xiamen University - Associate Professor
- 2006-2008 - University of California, Berkeley - Research Scholar
- 2010-Present - Xiamen University - Professor
- 2016-Present - Xiamen University - Distinguished Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1993 - BSc: Nanchang University
- 2001 - Ph.D.: Xiamen University
Publications
- Periostin promotes colorectal tumorigenesis through integrin-FAK-Src pathway-mediated YAP/TAZ activation., Ma H, Wang J, Zhao X, Wu T, Huang Z, Chen D, Liu Y*, Ouyang G*., 2020
- Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cell-derived periostin promotes B-ALL progression by modulating CCL2 in leukemia cells., Ma Z, Zhao X, Deng M, Huang Z, Wang J, Wu Y, Cui D, Liu Y, Liu R*, Ouyang G*., 2019
- Deficiency of periostin impairs liver regeneration in mice after partial hepatectomy., Wu T, Huang J, Wu S, Huang Z, Chen X, Liu Y, Cui D, Song G, Luo Q, Liu F*, Ouyang G*., 2018
- A critical role of periostin in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia., Ma Z, Zhao X, Huang J, Jia X, Deng M, Cui D, Du Z, Fu G*, Ouyang G*, Xiao C*., 2017
- The multifaceted role of periostin in priming the tumor microenvironments for tumor progression., Cui D, Huang Z, Liu Y, Ouyang G*., 2017
- Periostin promotes immunosuppressive premetastatic niche formation to facilitate breast tumour metastasis., Wang Z, Xiong S, Mao Y, Chen M, Ma X, Zhou X, Ma Z, Liu F, Huang Z, Luo Q, Ouyang G*., 2016
- Deficiency of periostin protects mice against methionine-choline-deficient diet-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis., Li Y, Wu S, Xiong S, Ouyang G*., 2015
- Matricellular protein periostin contributes to hepatic inflammation and fibrosis., Huang Y, Liu W, Xiao H, Maitikabili A, Lin Q, Wu T, Huang Z, Liu F, Luo Q, Ouyang G*., 2015
- Periostin: a potent chemotactic factor for recruiting tumor-associated macrophage., Wu T, Luo Q*, Ouyang G*., 2015
- Periostin: a new extracellular regulator of obesity-induced hepatosteatosis., Wu T, Wu S, Ouyang G*., 2014
- Periostin, a multifunctional matricellular protein in inflammatory and tumor microenvironments., Liu AY, Zheng H, Ouyang G*., 2014
- Matricellular proteins: multifaceted extracellular regulators in tumor dormancy., Wu T, Ouyang G*., 2014
- Twist2 promotes self-renewal of liver cancer stem-like cells by regulating CD24., Liu AY, Cai Y, Mao Y, Lin Y, Zheng H, Wu T, Huang Y, Fang X, Lin S, Feng Q, Huang Z, Yang T, Luo Q*, Ouyang G*., 2014
- Tumor angiogenesis: glioblastoma stem cells as a new source of pericytes., Liu AY, Ouyang G*., 2013
- Periostin contributes to the acquisition of multipotent stem cell-like properties in human mammary epithelial cells and breast cancer cells., Wang X, Liu J, Wang Z, Huang Y, Liu W, Zhu X, Cai Y, Fang X, Lin S, Yuan L, Ouyang G*., 2013
- Periostin: a bridge between cancer stem cells and their metastatic niche., Wang Z, Ouyang G*., 2012
- Twist2 contributes to breast cancer progression by promoting an epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem-like cell self-renewal., Fang X, Cai Y, Liu J, Wang Z, Wu Q, Zhang Z, Yang CJ, Yuan L, Ouyang G*., 2011
- Periostin potently promotes metastatic growth of colon cancer by augmenting cell survival via the Akt/PKB pathway., Bao S, Ouyang G, Bai X, Huang Z, Ma C, Liu M, Shao R, Anderson RM, Rich JN, Wang XF*., 2004