Jane Yu
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA
Biography
Jane Yu has completed her PhD from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York and Postdoctoral training from Fox Chase Cancer Center. She was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School. She is an Associate Professor at the Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Her research focuses are to study mechanisms through tumor suppressor proteins hamartin (TSC1) and tuberin (TSC2) regulate cellular metabolism and cell survival, identify potential biomarkers for tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and rare pulmonary disease lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), establish preclinical models for TSC and LAM for translational research, perform bioinformatics and network analyses, conduct high-throughput drug screens, and develop pathway targeted therapies for TSC, LAM and cancers. She has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals.
Abstract
Abstract : Dysregulation of prostaglandin metabolism and action in the progression of lymphangioleiomyomatosis