Xu Chen, PhD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Dermatology
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    Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaB.S.biology
    Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaM.SBiochemistry
    Cornell University Weill Medical College, New York, USAPh.D.Biochemistry
    Cornell University Weill Medical College, New YorkPostdocNeuroscience
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New YorkPostdocHuman Oncology & Pathogenesis
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    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center2007  - 2009Tri-Institute T32 Endocrine Research Fellow
    Melanoma Research Alliance2014  - 2017Young Investigator Award

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    I am a biomedical scientist with special expertise in the development of mouse models, biochemistry and cell biology, and signal transduction of cancer-relevant signaling pathways. My research interest has been on understanding the mechanisms of tumor initiation and progression by oncogenes, with the goal to identify therapeutic targets for patients with cancer. My current research interests lie in the following fields: (1) To dissect the downstream signaling pathways of oncogenic GNAQ and GNA11 to identify therapeutic targets for human uveal melanoma; (2) To develop uveal melanoma mouse models to validate the role of candidate melanoma genes in tumor formation and progression and to evaluate potential therapies in a preclinical setting; (3) To investigate the underlying mechainsm of uveal melanoma liver metastasis.

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    1. Functional characterization of uveal melanoma oncogenes. Oncogene. 2021 Jan; 40(4):806-820. Ma J, Weng L, Bastian BC, Chen X. PMID: 33262460.
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    2. The Tumor Suppressor BAP1 Regulates the Hippo Pathway in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cancer Res. 2020 04 15; 80(8):1656-1668. Lee HJ, Pham T, Chang MT, Barnes D, Cai AG, Noubade R, Totpal K, Chen X, Tran C, Hagenbeek T, Wu X, Eastham-Anderson J, Tao J, Lee W, Bastian BC, Carbone M, Webster JD, Dey A. PMID: 31988076.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    3. Combined activation of MAP kinase pathway and ß-catenin signaling cause deep penetrating nevi. Nat Commun. 2017 09 21; 8(1):644. Yeh I, Lang UE, Durieux E, Tee MK, Jorapur A, Shain AH, Haddad V, Pissaloux D, Chen X, Cerroni L, Judson RL, LeBoit PE, McCalmont TH, Bastian BC, de la Fouchardière A. PMID: 28935960.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 15     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    4. Transposon mutagenesis identifies chromatin modifiers cooperating with Ras in thyroid tumorigenesis and detects ATXN7 as a cancer gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 06 20; 114(25):E4951-E4960. Montero-Conde C, Leandro-Garcia LJ, Chen X, Oler G, Ruiz-Llorente S, Ryder M, Landa I, Sanchez-Vega F, La K, Ghossein RA, Bajorin DF, Knauf JA, Riordan JD, Dupuy AJ, Fagin JA. PMID: 28584132.
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    5. RasGRP3 Mediates MAPK Pathway Activation in GNAQ Mutant Uveal Melanoma. Cancer Cell. 2017 05 08; 31(5):685-696.e6. Chen X, Wu Q, Depeille P, Chen P, Thornton S, Kalirai H, Coupland SE, Roose JP, Bastian BC. PMID: 28486107.
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    6. Mutant Gq/11 promote uveal melanoma tumorigenesis by activating YAP. Cancer Cell. 2014 Jun 16; 25(6):822-30. Yu FX, Luo J, Mo JS, Liu G, Kim YC, Meng Z, Zhao L, Peyman G, Ouyang H, Jiang W, Zhao J, Chen X, Zhang L, Wang CY, Bastian BC, Zhang K, Guan KL. PMID: 24882516.
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    7. Transformation by Hras(G12V) is consistently associated with mutant allele copy gains and is reversed by farnesyl transferase inhibition. Oncogene. 2014 Nov 20; 33(47):5442-9. Chen X, Makarewicz JM, Knauf JA, Johnson LK, Fagin JA. PMID: 24240680.
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    8. Combined PKC and MEK inhibition in uveal melanoma with GNAQ and GNA11 mutations. Oncogene. 2014 Sep 25; 33(39):4724-34. Chen X, Wu Q, Tan L, Porter D, Jager MJ, Emery C, Bastian BC. PMID: 24141786.
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    9. Endogenous expression of Hras(G12V) induces developmental defects and neoplasms with copy number imbalances of the oncogene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 May 12; 106(19):7979-84. Chen X, Mitsutake N, LaPerle K, Akeno N, Zanzonico P, Longo VA, Mitsutake S, Kimura ET, Geiger H, Santos E, Wendel HG, Franco A, Knauf JA, Fagin JA. PMID: 19416908.
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    10. RET/PTC-induced cell growth is mediated in part by epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation: evidence for molecular and functional interactions between RET and EGFR. Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 01; 68(11):4183-91. Croyle M, Akeno N, Knauf JA, Fabbro D, Chen X, Baumgartner JE, Lane HA, Fagin JA. PMID: 18519677.
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    11. Crooked tail (Cd) model of human folate-responsive neural tube defects is mutated in Wnt coreceptor lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Sep 06; 102(36):12843-8. Carter M, Chen X, Slowinska B, Minnerath S, Glickstein S, Shi L, Campagne F, Weinstein H, Ross ME. PMID: 16126904.
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    12. Cholesterol depletion from the plasma membrane triggers ligand-independent activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor. J Biol Chem. 2002 Dec 20; 277(51):49631-7. Chen X, Resh MD. PMID: 12397069.
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    13. Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase by membrane-targeted Raf chimeras is independent of raft localization. J Biol Chem. 2001 Sep 14; 276(37):34617-23. Chen X, Resh MD. PMID: 11457834.
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