Chao Shen, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Department Of Systems Biology
Research Area
Role Of DNA And RNA Modifiers In Leukemia
Therapeutic Value Of Small Compounds Targeting Cancer-related RNA/DNA Epigenetic Modifiers
2015, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China
2010, B.S., Preventative Medicine, Jilin University, China
2017-present, Staff Scientist, Department of Systems Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA
- Shen C, Sheng Y, Zhu A, Robinson S, Jiang X, Dong L, Chen H, Su R, Yin Z, Li W, Deng X, Chen Y, Hu YC, Weng H, Huang H, Prince E, Cogle CR, Sun M, Zhang B, Chen CW, Marcucci G, He C, Qian Z, Chen J. RNA demethylase ALKBH5 selectively promotes tumorigenesis and cancer stem cell self-renewal in acute myeloid leukemia. Cell Stem Cell. 2020; Already on the paper journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2020.04.009. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32402250/
- Huang H, Weng H, Zhou K, Wu T, Zhao BS, Sun M, Chen Z, Deng X, Xiao G, Auer F, Klemm L, Wu H, Zuo Z, Qin X, Dong Y, Zhou Y, Qin H, Tao S, Du J, Liu J, Lu Z, Yin H, Mesquita A, Yuan CL, Hu YC, Sun W, Su R, Dong L, Shen C, Li C, Qing Y, Jiang X, Wu X, Sun M, Guan JL, Qu LH, Wei M, Müschen M, Huang G, He C, Yang JH, Chen J. Histone H3 Trimethylation at Lysine 36 Guides m6A RNA Modification Co- transcriptionally. Nature. 2019; 567(7748):414-419. PMCID: PMC6438714.
- Weng H, Huang H, Wu H, Qin X, Zhao BS, Dong L, Shi H, Skibbe J, Shen C, Hu C, Sheng Y, Wang Y, Wunderlich M, Zhang B, Dore LC, Su R, Deng X, Ferchen K, Li C, Sun M, Lu Z, Jiang X, Marcucci G, Mulloy JC, Yang J, Qian Z, Wei M, He C, Chen J. METTL14 inhibits hematopoietic stem/progenitor differentiation and promotes leukemogenesis via mRNA m(6)A modification. Cell Stem Cell. 2018; 22:191-205.
- Jiang X, Hu C, Ferchen K, Nie J, Cui X, Chen CH, Cheng L, Zuo Z, Seibel W, He C, Tang Y, Skibbe JR, Wunderlich M, Reinhold WC, Dong L, Shen C, Arnovitz S, Ulrich B, Lu J, Weng H, Su R, Huang H, Wang Y, Li C, Qin X, Mulloy JC, Zheng Y, Diao J, Jin J, Li C, Liu PP, He C, Chen Y, Chen J. Targeted inhibition of STAT/TET1 axis as a therapeutic strategy for acute myeloid leukemia. Nat Commun. 2017; 8:2099.
- Shen C, Chen MT, Zhang XH, Yin XL, Ning HM, Su R, Lin HS, Song L, Wang F, Ma YN, Zhao HL, Yu J, Zhang JW. The PU.1-modulated microRNA-22 is a regulator of monocyte/macrophage differentiation and acute myeloid leukemia. PLoS Genet. 2016; 12:e1006259.
- Chen MT, Dong L, Zhang XH, Yin XL, Ning HM, Shen C, Su R, Li F, Song L, Ma YN, Wang F, Zhao HL, Yu J, Zhang JW. ZFP36L1 promotes monocyte/macrophage differentiation by repressing CDK6. Sci Rep. 2015; 5:16229.
- Chen MT, Lin HS, Shen C, Ma YN, Wang F, Zhao HL, Yu J, Zhang JW. PU.1-regulated long noncoding RNA lnc-MC controls human monocyte/macrophage differentiation through interaction with microRNA 199a-5p. Mol Cell Biol. 2015; 35:3212-24.
- Su R, Lin HS, Zhang XH, Yin XL, Ning HM, Liu B, Zhai PF, Gong JN, Shen C, Song L, Chen J, Wang F, Zhao HL, Ma YN, Yu J, Zhang JW. MiR-181 family: regulators of myeloid differentiation and acute myeloid leukemia as well as potential therapeutic targets. Oncogene. 2015; 34:3226-39.
- Lin HS, Gong JN, Su R, Chen MT, Song L, Shen C, Wang F, Ma YN, Zhao HL, Yu J, Li WW, Huang LX, Xu XH, Zhang JW. MiR-199a-5p inhibits monocyte/macrophage differentiation by targeting the activin a type 1B receptor gene and finally reducing C/EBPalpha expression. J Leukoc Biol. 2014; 96:1023-35.
- Gong JN, Yu J, Lin HS, Zhang XH, Yin XL, Xiao Z, Wang F, Wang XS, Su R, Shen C, Zhao HL, Ma YN, Zhang JW. The role, mechanism and potentially therapeutic application of microRNA-29 family in acute myeloid leukemia. Cell Death Differ. 2014; 21:100-12.
- Wang XS, Gong JN, Yu J, Wang F, Zhang XH, Yin XL, Tan ZQ, Luo ZM, Yang GH, Shen C, Zhang JW. MicroRNA-29a and microRNA-142-3p are regulators of myeloid differentiation and acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 2012; 119: 4992-5004.