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Huabo Wang, PhD

  • Research Scientist

Wang is interested in how the deregulation of Myc and other oncoproteins alter the patterns of expression of genes involved in pathways and targeting Metabolism for Cancer Therapy. He uses liver cancer (hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma) animal models to ascertain the molecular, biochemical, and metabolic changes that accompany tumor progression, regression, and recurrence. In past five years, he is utilizing over-expression and knockout models to determine how genes such as Myc, ChREBP, β-Catenin, YAP, NFE2L2 and pyruvate dehydrogenase specifically contribute to the metabolic and molecular landscapes of these tumors.

Professional and Scientific Society Membership

  • Membership of American Association for Cancer Research, 2009
  • Editorial Board - Genetics and Molecular Research, 2009
  • Ad Hoc reviewer- Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, 2010
  • Ad Hoc reviewer- Oncotarget, 2017

Education & Training

  • BA, Plant Protection, Lai-yang Agricultural College, China, 1998
  • MA, Phytopathology, Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, China, 2001
  • PhD, Institute of Generics and Developmental Biology, China, 2001

Selected Publications

Zhang, W., Meyfeldt, J., Wang, H., Kulkarni, S., Lu, J., Mandel, J. A., Marburger, B., Liu, Y., Gorka, J. E., Ranganathan, S., and Prochownik, E. V. (2019) beta-Catenin mutations as determinants of hepatoblastoma phenotypes in mice. J Biol Chem294, 17524-17542 (Co-first author)

Wang, H., Lu, J., Kulkarni, S., Zhang, W., Gorka, J. E., Mandel, J. A., Goetzman, E. S., and Prochownik, E. V. (2019) Metabolic and oncogenic adaptations to pyruvate dehydrogenase inactivation in fibroblasts. J Biol Chem294, 5466-5486

Wang, H., Lu, J., Dolezal, J., Kulkarni, S., Zhang, W., Chen, A., Gorka, J., Mandel, J. A., and Prochownik, E. V. (2019) Inhibition of hepatocellular carcinoma by metabolic normalization. PLoS One14, e0218186

Mandel, J., Wang, H., Normolle, D. P., Chen, W., Yan, Q., Lucas, P. C., Benos, P. V., and Prochownik, E. V. (2019) Expression patterns of small numbers of transcripts from functionally-related pathways predict survival in multiple cancers. BMC Cancer19, 686

Wang, H., Dolezal, J. M., Kulkarni, S., Lu, J., Mandel, J., Jackson, L. E., Alencastro, F., Duncan, A. W., and Prochownik, E. V. (2018) Myc and ChREBP transcription factors cooperatively regulate normal and neoplastic hepatocyte proliferation in mice. J Biol Chem293, 14740-14757

Wang, H., Chauhan, J., Hu, A., Pendleton, K., Yap, J. L., Sabato, P. E., Jones, J. W., Perri, M., Yu, J., Cione, E., Kane, M. A., Fletcher, S., and Prochownik, E. V. (2018) Erratum: Disruption of Myc-Max Heterodimerization with Improved Cell-Penetrating Analogs of the Small Molecule 10074-G5. Oncotarget9, 35196

Kulkarni, S., Dolezal, J. M., Wang, H., Jackson, L., Lu, J., Frodey, B. P., Dosunmu-Ogunbi, A., Li, Y., Fromherz, M., Kang, A., Santana-Santos, L., Benos, P. V., and Prochownik, E. V. (2017) Ribosomopathy-like properties of murine and human cancers. PLoS One12, e0182705

Jackson, L. E., Kulkarni, S., Wang, H., Lu, J., Dolezal, J. M., Bharathi, S. S., Ranganathan, S., Patel, M. S., Deshpande, R., Alencastro, F., Wendell, S. G., Goetzman, E. S., Duncan, A. W., and Prochownik, E. V. (2017) Genetic Dissociation of Glycolysis and the TCA Cycle Affects Neither Normal nor Neoplastic Proliferation. Cancer Res77, 5795-5807

Dolezal, J. M., Wang, H., Kulkarni, S., Jackson, L., Lu, J., Ranganathan, S., Goetzman, E. S., Bharathi, S. S., Beezhold, K., Byersdorfer, C. A., and Prochownik, E. V. (2017) Sequential adaptive changes in a c-Myc-driven model of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Biol Chem292, 10068-10086 (Co-first author)

Wang, H., Lu, J., Edmunds, L. R., Kulkarni, S., Dolezal, J., Tao, J., Ranganathan, S., Jackson, L., Fromherz, M., Beer-Stolz, D., Uppala, R., Bharathi, S., Monga, S. P., Goetzman, E. S., and Prochownik, E. V. (2016) Coordinated Activities of Multiple Myc-dependent and Myc-independent Biosynthetic Pathways in Hepatoblastoma. J Biol Chem291, 26241-26251

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Academic and Research Interests

Deregulation of Myc and other Oncoproteins