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Wenyi Wei, PhD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Phone: (617) 735-2495
Fax: (617) 735-2480


wwei2@bidmc.harvard.edu

Wenyi Wei, PhD

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
  • Professor, Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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  • Li Z, Liu J, Inuzuka H, Wei W. Functional analysis of the emerging roles for the KISS1/KISS1R signaling pathway in cancer metastasis. 2021. PubMed
  • Shimizu K, Gi M, Suzuki S, North BJ, Watahiki A, Fukumoto S, Asara JM, Tokunaga F, Wei W, Inuzuka H. Interplay between protein acetylation and ubiquitination controls MCL1 protein stability. Cell Rep 2021; 37:109988. PubMed
  • Chen H, Liu J, Kaniskan HÜ, Wei W, Jin J. Folate-Guided Protein Degradation by Immunomodulatory Imide Drug-Based Molecular Glues and Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras. J Med Chem 2021. PubMed
  • Jiang Q, Zheng N, Bu L, Zhang X, Zhang X, Wu Y, Su Y, Wang L, Zhang X, Ren S, Dai X, Wu D, Xie W, Wei W, Zhu Y, Guo J. SPOP-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of PDK1 suppresses AKT kinase activity and oncogenic functions. Mol Cancer 2021; 20:100. PubMed
  • Dang F, Jiang C, Zhang T, Inuzuka H, Wei W. PCAF and SIRT1 governs βTrCP1 protein stability in an acetylation-dependent manner. 2021. PubMed
  • Liu J, Peng Y, Wei W. Cell cycle on the crossroad of tumorigenesis and cancer therapy. Trends Cell Biol 2021. PubMed
  • Guo J, Cheng J, Zheng N, Zhang X, Dai X, Zhang L, Hu C, Wu X, Jiang Q, Wu D, Okada H, Pandolfi PP, Wei W. Copper Promotes Tumorigenesis by Activating the PDK1-AKT Oncogenic Pathway in a Copper Transporter 1 Dependent Manner. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2021. PubMed
  • Qian G, Guo J, Vallega KA, Hu C, Chen Z, Deng Y, Wang Q, Fan S, Ramalingam SS, Owonikoko TK, Wei W, Sun SY. Membrane-Associated RING-CH 8 Functions as a Novel PD-L1 E3 Ligase to Mediate PD-L1 Degradation Induced by EGFR Inhibitors. Mol Cancer Res 2021. PubMed
  • Liu J, Chen H, Kaniskan HÜ, Xie L, Chen X, Jin J, Wei W. TF-PROTACs Enable Targeted Degradation of Transcription Factors. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:8902-8910. PubMed
  • Liu J, Chen H, Liu Y, Shen Y, Meng F, Kaniskan HÜ, Jin J, Wei W. Cancer Selective Target Degradation by Folate-Caged PROTACs. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:7380-7387. PubMed
  • Xiong W, Gao Y, Wei W, Zhang J. Extracellular and nuclear PD-L1 in modulating cancer immunotherapy. Trends Cancer 2021. PubMed
  • Dai X, Bu X, Gao Y, Guo J, Hu J, Jiang C, Zhang Z, Xu K, Duan J, He S, Zhang J, Wan L, Liu T, Zhou X, Hung MC, Freeman GJ, Wei W. Energy status dictates PD-L1 protein abundance and anti-tumor immunity to enable checkpoint blockade. Mol Cell 2021. PubMed
  • Dai X, Gao Y, Wei W. Post-translational regulations of PD-L1 and PD-1: Mechanisms and opportunities for combined immunotherapy. Semin Cancer Biol 2021. PubMed
  • Dang F, Wei W. Targeting the acetylation signaling pathway in cancer therapy. Semin Cancer Biol 2021. PubMed
  • Dang F, Nie L, Wei W. Ubiquitin signaling in cell cycle control and tumorigenesis. Cell Death Differ 2021; 28:427-438. PubMed
  • Zhang W, Li L, Cai L, Liang Y, Xu J, Liu Y, Zhou L, Ding C, Zhang Y, Zhao H, Qin J, Shao Z, Wei W, Jia L. Tumor-associated antigen Prame targets tumor suppressor p14/ARF for degradation as the  receptor protein of CRL2 complex. Cell Death Differ 2021. PubMed
  • Fu Y, Wang H, Dai H, Zhu Q, Cui CP, Sun X, Li Y, Deng Z, Zhou X, Ge Y, Peng Z, Yuan C, Wu B, Yang X, Li R, Liu CH, He F, Wei W, Zhang L. OTULIN allies with LUBAC to govern angiogenesis by editing ALK1 linear polyubiquitin. Mol Cell 2021; 81:3187-3204.e7. PubMed
  • Liu J, Peng Y, Wei W. Light-Controllable PROTACs for Temporospatial Control of Protein Degradation. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:678077. PubMed
  • Dang F, Nie L, Zhou J, Shimizu K, Chu C, Wu Z, Fassl A, Ke S, Wang Y, Zhang J, Zhang T, Tu Z, Inuzuka H, Sicinski P, Bass AJ, Wei W. Inhibition of CK1ε potentiates the therapeutic efficacy of CDK4/6 inhibitor in breast cancer. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5386. PubMed
  • Kishikawa T, Higuchi H, Wang L, Panch N, Maymi V, Best S, Lee S, Notoya G, Toker A, Matesic LE, Wulf GM, Wei W, Otsuka M, Koike K, Clohessy JG, Lee YR, Pandolfi PP. WWP1 inactivation enhances efficacy of PI3K inhibitors while suppressing their toxicities in breast cancer models. J Clin Invest 2021. PubMed
  • Hoshikawa S, Shimizu K, Watahiki A, Chiba M, Saito K, Wei W, Fukumoto S, Inuzuka H. Phosphorylation-dependent osterix degradation negatively regulates osteoblast differentiation. FASEB J. 2020. PubMed
  • Zhang S, Shen Y, Li H, Bi C, Sun Y, Xiong X, Wei W, Sun Y. The Negative Cross-Talk between SAG/RBX2/ROC2 and APC/C E3 Ligases in Regulation of Cell Cycle Progression and Drug Resistance. Cell Rep 2020; 32:108102. PubMed
  • Gao Y, Nihira NT, Bu X, Chu C, Zhang J, Kolodziejczyk A, Fan Y, Chan NT, Ma L, Liu J, Wang D, Dai X, Liu H, Ono M, Nakanishi A, Inuzuka H, North BJ, Huang YH, Sharma S, Geng Y, Xu W, Liu XS, Li L, Miki Y, Sicinski P, Freeman GJ, Wei W. Acetylation-dependent regulation of PD-L1 nuclear translocation dictates the efficacy of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy. Nat Cell Biol 2020; 22:1064-1075. PubMed
  • Liu J, Peng Y, Shi L, Wan L, Inuzuka H, Long J, Guo J, Zhang J, Yuan M, Zhang S, Wang X, Gao J, Dai X, Furumoto S, Jia L, Pandolfi PP, Asara JM, Kaelin WG, Liu J, Wei W. Skp2 dictates cell cycle-dependent metabolic oscillation between glycolysis and TCA cycle. Cell Res 2020. PubMed
  • Wang Z, Song Y, Ye M, Dai X, Zhu X, Wei W. The diverse roles of SPOP in prostate cancer and kidney cancer. Nat Rev Urol 2020; 17:339-350. PubMed
  • Wang P, Dai X, Jiang W, Li Y, Wei W. RBR E3 ubiquitin ligases in tumorigenesis. Semin Cancer Biol 2020. PubMed
  • Li L, Zhang W, Liu Y, Liu X, Cai L, Kang J, Zhang Y, Chen W, Dong C, Zhang Y, Wang M, Wei W, Jia L. The CRL3 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex targets TNFAIP1 for degradation to suppress cancer cell migration. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2020; 5:42. PubMed
  • Dai X, Liu J, Wei W. DUB-independent regulation of pVHL by OTUD6B suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma. Protein Cell 2020. PubMed
  • Lin X, Liou YH, Li Y, Gong L, Li Y, Hao Y, Pham B, Xu S, Jiang Z, Li L, Peng Y, Qiao D, Lin H, Liu P, Wei W, Zhang G, Lee CH, Zhou X. FAM13A Represses AMPK Activity and Regulates Hepatic Glucose and Lipid Metabolism. iScience 2020; 23:100928. PubMed
  • Deng L, Meng T, Chen L, Wei W, Wang P. The role of ubiquitination in tumorigenesis and targeted drug discovery. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2020; 5:11. PubMed
  • Chen WL, Jin X, Wang M, Liu D, Luo Q, Tian H, Cai L, Meng L, Bi R, Wang L, Xie X, Yu G, Li L, Dong C, Cai Q, Jia W, Wei W, Jia L. GLUT5-mediated fructose utilization drives lung cancer growth by stimulating fatty acid synthesis and AMPK/mTORC1 signaling. JCI Insight 2020. PubMed
  • Liu J, Ma J, Liu Y, Xia J, Li Y, Wang ZP, Wei W. PROTACs: A novel strategy for cancer therapy. Semin Cancer Biol 2020. PubMed
  • Gan W, Dai X, Dai X, Xie J, Yin S, Zhu J, Wang C, Liu Y, Guo J, Wang M, Liu J, Hu J, Quinton RJ, Ganem NJ, Liu P, Asara JM, Pandolfi PP, Yang Y, He Z, Gao G, Wei W. LATS suppresses mTORC1 activity to directly coordinate Hippo and mTORC1 pathways in growth control. Nat Cell Biol 2020; 22:246-256. PubMed
  • Deng L, Meng T, Chen L, Wei W, Wang P. The role of ubiquitination in tumorigenesis and targeted drug discovery. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2020; 5:11. PubMed
  • Liu J, Chen H, Ma L, He Z, Wang D, Liu Y, Lin Q, Zhang T, Gray N, Kaniskan HÜ, Jin J, Wei W. Light-induced control of protein destruction by opto-PROTAC. Sci Adv 2020; 6:eaay5154. PubMed
  • Liu J, Peng Y, Zhang J, Long J, Liu J, Wei W. Targeting SCF E3 Ligases for Cancer Therapies. Adv Exp Med Biol 2020; 1217:123-146. PubMed
  • Wang M, Liu J, Zhao Y, He R, Xu X, Guo X, Li X, Xu S, Miao J, Guo J, Zhang H, Gong J, Zhu F, Tian R, Shi C, Peng F, Feng Y, Yu S, Xie Y, Jiang J, Li M, Wei W, He C, Qin R. Upregulation of METTL14 mediates the elevation of PERP mRNA N adenosine methylation promoting the growth and metastasis of pancreatic cancer. Mol Cancer 2020; 19:130. PubMed
  • Lee YR, Yehia L, Kishikawa T, Ni Y, Leach B, Zhang J, Panch N, Liu J, Wei W, Eng C, Pandolfi PP. WWP1 Gain-of-Function Inactivation of PTEN in Cancer Predisposition. N Engl J Med 2020; 382:2103-2116. PubMed
  • Kuai X, Li L, Chen R, Wang K, Chen M, Cui B, Zhang Y, Li J, Zhu H, Zhou H, Huang J, Qin J, Wang Z, Wei W, Gao D. SCF/GSK3β-Mediated GFI1 Degradation Suppresses Proliferation of Gastric Cancer Cells. Cancer Res 2019; 79:4387-4398. PubMed
  • Cheng J, Guo J, North BJ, Wang B, Cui CP, Li H, Tao K, Zhang L, Wei W. Functional analysis of deubiquitylating enzymes in tumorigenesis and development. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2019; 1872:188312. PubMed
  • Zhang J, Lee YR, Dang F, Gan W, Menon AV, Katon JM, Hsu CH, Asara JM, Tibarewal P, Leslie NR, Shi Y, Pandolfi PP, Wei W. PTEN Methylation by NSD2 Controls Cellular Sensitivity to DNA Damage. 2019. PubMed
  • Kim W, Cho YS, Wang X, Park O, Ma X, Kim H, Gan W, Jho EH, Cha B, Jeung YJ, Zhang L, Gao B, Wei W, Jiang J, Chung KS, Yang Y. Hippo signaling is intrinsically regulated during cell cycle progression by APC/C. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:9423-9432. PubMed
  • Guo J, Wei W. Fine-tuning AKT kinase activity through direct lysine methylation. Cell Cycle 2019; 18:917-922. PubMed
  • Guo J, Dai X, Laurent B, Zheng N, Gan W, Zhang J, Guo A, Yuan M, Liu P, Asara JM, Toker A, Shi Y, Pandolfi PP, Wei W. AKT methylation by SETDB1 promotes AKT kinase activity and oncogenic functions. Nat Cell Biol 2019; 21:226-237. PubMed
  • Lee YR, Chen M, Lee JD, Zhang J, Lin SY, Fu TM, Chen H, Ishikawa T, Chiang SY, Katon J, Zhang Y, Shulga YV, Bester AC, Fung J, Monteleone E, Wan L, Shen C, Hsu CH, Papa A, Clohessy JG, Teruya-Feldstein J, Jain S, Wu H, Matesic L, Chen RH, Wei W, Pandolfi PP. Reactivation of PTEN tumor suppressor for cancer treatment through inhibition of a MYC-WWP1 inhibitory pathway. Science 2019. PubMed
  • Cheng J, Guo J, North BJ, Tao K, Zhou P, Wei W. The emerging role for Cullin 4 family of E3 ligases in tumorigenesis. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2018; 1871:138-159. PubMed
  • Liu S, Zhang G, Guo J, Chen X, Lei J, Ze K, Dong L, Dai X, Gao Y, Song D, Ecker B, Yang R, Feltcher C, Peng K, Feng C, Chen H, Lee RX, Kerestes H, Niu J, Kumar S, Xu W, Zhang J, Wei Z, Martin JS, Liu X, Mills G, Lu Y, Guo W, Sun L, Zhang L, Weeraratna A, Herlyn M, Wei W, Lee FS, Xu X. Loss of Phd2 cooperates with BRAF to drive melanomagenesis. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5426. PubMed
  • Zhang J, Chen M, Zhu Y, Dai X, Dang F, Ren J, Ren S, Shulga YV, Beca F, Gan W, Wu F, Lin YM, Zhou X, DeCaprio JA, Beck AH, Lu KP, Huang J, Zhao C, Sun Y, Gao X, Pandolfi PP, Wei W. SPOP Promotes Nanog Destruction to Suppress Stem Cell Traits and Prostate Cancer Progression. Dev Cell 2018. PubMed
  • Ma Y, Cui D, Xiong X, Inuzuka H, Wei W, Sun Y, North BJ, Zhao Y. SCFβ-TrCP ubiquitinates CHK1 in an AMPK-dependent manner in response to glucose deprivation. Mol Oncol 2018. PubMed
  • Zhang J, Dang F, Ren J, Wei W. Biochemical Aspects of PD-L1 Regulation in Cancer Immunotherapy. Trends Biochem Sci 2018. PubMed
  • Huang LY, Zhao J, Chen H, Wan L, Inuzuka H, Guo J, Fu X, Zhai Y, Lu Z, Wang X, Han ZG, Sun Y, Wei W. SCF-mediated degradation of Brg1 suppresses gastric cancer metastasis. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3569. PubMed
  • Chen Y, Huang Q, Liu W, Zhu Q, Cui CP, Xu L, Guo X, Wang P, Liu J, Dong G, Wei W, Liu CH, Feng Z, He F, Zhang L. Mutually exclusive acetylation and ubiquitylation of the splicing factor SRSF5 control tumor growth. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2464. PubMed
  • Zhou W, Xu J, Tan M, Li H, Li H, Wei W, Sun Y. UBE2M Is a Stress-Inducible Dual E2 for Neddylation and Ubiquitylation that Promotes Targeted Degradation of UBE2F. Mol Cell 2018; 70:1008-1024.e6. PubMed
  • Liu P, Gan W, Su S, Hauenstein AV, Fu TM, Brasher B, Schwerdtfeger C, Liang AC, Xu M, Wei W. K63-linked polyubiquitin chains bind to DNA to facilitate DNA damage repair. Sci Signal 2018. PubMed
  • Shimizu K, Nihira NT, Inuzuka H, Wei W. Physiological functions of FBW7 in cancer and metabolism. Cell Signal 2018; 46:15-22. PubMed
  • Clement E, Inuzuka H, Nihira NT, Wei W, Toker A. Skp2-dependent reactivation of AKT drives resistance to PI3K inhibitors. Sci Signal 2018. PubMed
  • Xie X, Hu H, Tong X, Li L, Liu X, Chen M, Yuan H, Xie X, Li Q, Zhang Y, Ouyang H, Wei M, Huang J, Liu P, Gan W, Liu Y, Xie A, Kuai X, Chirn GW, Zhou H, Zeng R, Hu R, Qin J, Meng FL, Wei W, Ji H, Gao D. The mTOR-S6K pathway links growth signalling to DNA damage response by targeting RNF168. Nat Cell Biol 2018; 20:320-331. PubMed
  • Wan L, Xu K, Wei Y, Zhang J, Han T, Fry C, Zhang Z, Wang YV, Huang L, Yuan M, Xia W, Chang WC, Huang WC, Liu CL, Chang YC, Liu J, Wu Y, Jin VX, Dai X, Guo J, Liu J, Jiang S, Li J, Asara JM, Brown M, Hung MC, Wei W. Phosphorylation of EZH2 by AMPK Suppresses PRC2 Methyltransferase Activity and Oncogenic Function. Mol Cell 2018; 69:279-291.e5. PubMed
  • Chen M, Wan L, Zhang J, Zhang J, Mendez L, Clohessy JG, Berry K, Victor J, Yin Q, Zhu Y, Wei W, Pandolfi PP. Deregulated PP1α phosphatase activity towards MAPK activation is antagonized by a tumor suppressive failsafe mechanism. Nat Commun 2018; 9:159. PubMed
  • Zhang J, Bu X, Wang H, Zhu Y, Geng Y, Nihira NT, Tan Y, Ci Y, Wu F, Dai X, Guo J, Huang YH, Fan C, Ren S, Sun Y, Freeman GJ, Sicinski P, Wei W. Cyclin D-CDK4 kinase destabilizes PD-L1 via cullin 3-SPOP to control cancer immune surveillance. Nature 2018; 553:91-95. PubMed
  • Cui CP, Zhang Y, Wang C, Yuan F, Li H, Yao Y, Chen Y, Li C, Wei W, Liu CH, He F, Liu Y, Zhang L. Dynamic ubiquitylation of Sox2 regulates proteostasis and governs neural progenitor cell differentiation. Nat Commun 2018; 9:4648. PubMed
  • Zhang J, Guo J, Qin X, Wang B, Zhang L, Wang Y, Gan W, Pandolfi PP, Chen W, Wei W. The p85 isoform of the kinase S6K1 functions as a secreted oncoprotein to facilitate cell migration and tumor growth. Sci Signal 2018. PubMed
  • Wang D, Ma L, Wang B, Liu J, Wei W. E3 ubiquitin ligases in cancer and implications for therapies. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2017; 36:683-702. PubMed
  • Fukushima H, Shimizu K, Watahiki A, Hoshikawa S, Kosho T, Oba D, Sakano S, Arakaki M, Yamada A, Nagashima K, Okabe K, Fukumoto S, Jimi E, Bigas A, Nakayama KI, Nakayama K, Aoki Y, Wei W, Inuzuka H. NOTCH2 Hajdu-Cheney Mutations Escape SCFFBW7-Dependent Proteolysis to Promote Osteoporosis. Mol Cell 2017; 68:645-658.e5. PubMed
  • Cheng J, Guo J, Wang Z, North BJ, Tao K, Dai X, Wei W. Functional analysis of Cullin 3 E3 ligases in tumorigenesis. Biochim Biophys Acta 2017; 1869:11-28. PubMed
  • Takada M, Zhang W, Suzuki A, Kuroda TS, Yu Z, Inuzuka H, Gao D, Wan L, Zhuang M, Hu L, Zhai B, Fry CJ, Bloom K, Li G, Karpen GH, Wei W, Zhang Q. FBW7 Loss Promotes Chromosomal Instability and Tumorigenesis via Cyclin E1/CDK2-Mediated Phosphorylation of CENP-A. Cancer Res 2017; 77:4881-4893. PubMed
  • Wan L, Chen M, Cao J, Dai X, Yin Q, Zhang J, Song SJ, Lu Y, Liu J, Inuzuka H, Katon JM, Berry K, Fung J, Ng C, Liu P, Song MS, Xue L, Bronson RT, Kirschner MW, Cui R, Pandolfi PP, Wei W. The APC/C E3 Ligase Complex Activator FZR1 Restricts BRAF Oncogenic Function. 2017. PubMed
  • Zhang L, Peng S, Dai X, Gan W, Nie X, Wei W, Hu G, Guo J. Tumor suppressor SPOP ubiquitinates and degrades EglN2 to compromise growth of prostate cancer cells. Cancer Lett 2017; 390:11-20. PubMed
  • Jansen VM, Bhola NE, Bauer JA, Formisano L, Lee KM, Hutchinson KE, Witkiewicz AK, Moore PD, Estrada MV, Sanchez V, Ericsson PG, Sanders M, Pohlmann PR, Pishvaian MJ, Riddle DA, Wei W, Dugger TC, Knudsen E, Arteaga CL. Kinome-wide RNA interference screen reveals a role for PDK1 in acquired resistance to CDK4/6 inhibition in ER-positive breast cancer. Cancer Res 2017. PubMed
  • Liu L, Michowski W, Inuzuka H, Shimizu K, Nihira NT, Chick JM, Li N, Geng Y, Meng AY, Ordureau A, Kołodziejczyk A, Ligon KL, Bronson RT, Polyak K, Harper JW, Gygi SP, Wei W, Sicinski P. G1 cyclins link proliferation, pluripotency and differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Nat Cell Biol 2017. PubMed
  • Nihira NT, Ogura K, Shimizu K, North BJ, Zhang J, Gao D, Inuzuka H, Wei W. Acetylation-dependent regulation of MDM2 E3 ligase activity dictates its oncogenic function. Sci Signal 2017. PubMed
  • Wu F, Dai X, Gan W, Wan L, Li M, Mitsiades N, Wei W, Ding Q, Zhang J. Prostate cancer-associated mutation in SPOP impairs its ability to target Cdc20 for poly-ubiquitination and degradation. Cancer Lett 2017; 385:207-214. PubMed
  • Shimizu K, Fukushima H, Ogura K, Lien EC, Nihira NT, Zhang J, North BJ, Guo A, Nagashima K, Nakagawa T, Hoshikawa S, Watahiki A, Okabe K, Yamada A, Toker A, Asara JM, Fukumoto S, Nakayama KI, Nakayama K, Inuzuka H, Wei W. The SCFβ-TRCP E3 ubiquitin ligase complex targets Lipin1 for ubiquitination and degradation to promote hepatic lipogenesis. Sci Signal 2017. PubMed
  • Dai X, Wang Z, Wei W. SPOP-mediated degradation of BRD4 dictates cellular sensitivity to BET inhibitors. Cell Cycle 2017; 16:2326-2329. PubMed
  • Cheng J, Zhang T, Ji H, Tao K, Guo J, Wei W. Functional characterization of AMP-activated protein kinase signaling in tumorigenesis. Biochim Biophys Acta 2016; 1866:232-251. PubMed
  • Zurlo G, Guo J, Takada M, Wei W, Zhang Q. New Insights into Protein Hydroxylation and Its Important Role in Human Diseases. Biochim Biophys Acta 2016; 1866:208-220. PubMed
  • Zhou W, Xu J, Li H, Xu M, Chen ZJ, Wei W, Pan ZQ, Sun Y. Neddylation E2 UBE2F promotes the survival of lung cancer cells by activating CRL5 to degrade NOXA via the K11 linkage. Clin Cancer Res 2016. PubMed
  • Zhang J, Xu K, Liu P, Geng Y, Wang B, Gan W, Guo J, Wu F, Chin YR, Berrios C, Lien EC, Toker A, DeCaprio JA, Sicinski P, Wei W. Inhibition of Rb Phosphorylation Leads to mTORC2-Mediated Activation of Akt. Mol Cell 2016; 62:929-942. PubMed
  • Shao R, Liu J, Yan G, Zhang J, Han Y, Guo J, Xu Z, Yuan Z, Liu J, Malumbres M, Wan L, Wei W, Zou W. Cdh1 regulates craniofacial development via APC-dependent ubiquitination and activation of Goosecoid. Cell Res 2016; 26:699-712. PubMed
  • Zheng N, Zhou Q, Wang Z, Wei W. Recent advances in SCF ubiquitin ligase complex: Clinical implications. Biochim Biophys Acta 2016; 1866:12-22. PubMed
  • Zheng N, Wei W, Wang Z. Emerging roles of FGF signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma. Transl Cancer Res 2016; 5:1-6. PubMed
  • Qin X, Yan M, Zhang J, Wang X, Shen Z, Lv Z, Li Z, Wei W, Chen W. TGFβ3-mediated induction of Periostin facilitates head and neck cancer growth and is associated with metastasis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20587. PubMed
  • Guo J, Chakraborty AA, Liu P, Gan W, Zheng X, Inuzuka H, Wang B, Zhang J, Zhang L, Yuan M, Novak J, Cheng JQ, Toker A, Signoretti S, Zhang Q, Asara JM, Kaelin WG, Wei W. pVHL suppresses kinase activity of Akt in a proline-hydroxylation-dependent manner. Science 2016; 353:929-32. PubMed
  • Liu J, Wan L, Liu J, Yuan Z, Zhang J, Guo J, Malumbres M, Liu J, Zou W, Wei W. Cdh1 inhibits WWP2-mediated ubiquitination of PTEN to suppress tumorigenesis in an APC-independent manner. Cell Discov 2016; 2:15044. PubMed
  • Liu P, Gan W, Chin YR, Ogura K, Guo J, Zhang J, Wang B, Blenis J, Cantley LC, Toker A, Su B, Wei W. PtdIns(3,4,5)P3-Dependent Activation of the mTORC2 Kinase Complex. 2015. PubMed
  • Gan W, Dai X, Lunardi A, Li Z, Inuzuka H, Liu P, Varmeh S, Zhang J, Cheng L, Sun Y, Asara JM, Beck AH, Huang J, Pandolfi PP, Wei W. SPOP Promotes Ubiquitination and Degradation of the ERG Oncoprotein to Suppress Prostate Cancer Progression. Mol Cell 2015; 59:917-30. PubMed
  • Cao J, Dai X, Wan L, Wang H, Zhang J, Goff PS, Sviderskaya EV, Xuan Z, Xu Z, Xu X, Hinds P, Flaherty KT, Faller DV, Goding CR, Wang Y, Wei W, Cui R. The E3 ligase APC/C(Cdh1) promotes ubiquitylation-mediated proteolysis of PAX3 to suppress melanocyte proliferation and melanoma growth. Sci Signal 2015; 8:ra87. PubMed
  • Wang L, Zhang J, Wan L, Zhou X, Wang Z, Wei W. Targeting Cdc20 as a novel cancer therapeutic strategy. Pharmacol Ther 2015. PubMed
  • Liu P, Gan W, Guo C, Xie A, Gao D, Guo J, Zhang J, Willis N, Su A, Asara JM, Scully R, Wei W. Akt-mediated phosphorylation of XLF impairs non-homologous end-joining DNA repair. Mol Cell 2015; 57:648-61. PubMed
  • Su J, Yin X, Zhou X, Wei W, Wang Z. The functions of F-box proteins in regulating the epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Curr Pharm Des 2015; 21:1311-7. PubMed
  • Liu J, Shaik S, Dai X, Wu Q, Zhou X, Wang Z, Wei W. Targeting the ubiquitin pathway for cancer treatment. Biochim Biophys Acta 2015; 1855:50-60. PubMed
  • Yin X, Su J, Zhou X, Guo J, Wei W, Wang Z. K-ras-driven engineered mouse models for pancreatic cancer. Discov Med 2015; 19:15-21. PubMed
  • Gan W, Liu P, Wei W. Cell cycle status dictates effectiveness of rapamycin. Cell Cycle 2015. PubMed
  • Gan W, Liu P, Wei W. Akt promotes tumorigenesis in part through modulating genomic instability via phosphorylating XLF. Nucleus 2015; 6:261-5. PubMed
  • Gasser JA, Inuzuka H, Lau AW, Wei W, Beroukhim R, Toker A. SGK3 mediates INPP4B-dependent PI3K signaling in breast cancer. Mol Cell 2014; 56:595-607. PubMed
  • Li N, Fassl A, Chick J, Inuzuka H, Li X, Mansour MR, Liu L, Wang H, King B, Shaik S, Gutierrez A, Ordureau A, Otto T, Kreslavsky T, Baitsch L, Bury L, Meyer CA, Ke N, Mulry KA, Kluk MJ, Roy M, Kim S, Zhang X, Geng Y, Zagozdzon A, Jenkinson S, Gale RE, Linch DC, Zhao JJ, Mullighan CG, Harper JW, Aster JC, Aifantis I, von Boehmer H, Gygi SP, Wei W, Look AT, Sicinski P. Cyclin C is a haploinsufficient tumour suppressor. Nat Cell Biol 2014; 16:1080-91. PubMed
  • Wu X, Fukushima H, North BJ, Nagaoka Y, Nagashima K, Deng F, Okabe K, Inuzuka H, Wei W. SCFβ-TRCP regulates osteoclastogenesis via promoting CYLD ubiquitination. 2014; 5:4211-21. PubMed
  • Wan L, Tan M, Yang J, Inuzuka H, Dai X, Wu T, Liu J, Shaik S, Chen G, Deng J, Malumbres M, Letai A, Kirschner MW, Sun Y, Wei W. APC(Cdc20) suppresses apoptosis through targeting Bim for ubiquitination and destruction. Dev Cell 2014; 29:377-91. PubMed
  • Wang L, Ye X, Liu Y, Wei W, Wang Z. Aberrant regulation of FBW7 in cancer. 2014; 5:2000-15. PubMed
  • Liu P, Begley M, Michowski W, Inuzuka H, Ginzberg M, Gao D, Tsou P, Gan W, Papa A, Kim BM, Wan L, Singh A, Zhai B, Yuan M, Wang Z, Gygi SP, Lee TH, Lu KP, Toker A, Pandolfi PP, Asara JM, Kirschner MW, Sicinski P, Cantley L, Wei W. Cell-cycle-regulated activation of Akt kinase by phosphorylation at its carboxyl terminus. Nature 2014; 508:541-5. PubMed
  • Papa A, Wan L, Bonora M, Salmena L, Song MS, Hobbs RM, Lunardi A, Webster K, Ng C, Newton RH, Knoblauch N, Guarnerio J, Ito K, Turka LA, Beck AH, Pinton P, Bronson RT, Wei W, Pandolfi PP. Cancer-associated PTEN mutants act in a dominant-negative manner to suppress PTEN protein function. Cell 2014; 157:595-610. PubMed
  • Wang Z, Liu P, Inuzuka H, Wei W. Roles of F-box proteins in cancer. Nat Rev Cancer 2014; 14:233-47. PubMed
  • Zhang J, Wan L, Dai X, Sun Y, Wei W. Functional characterization of Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C) E3 ubiquitin ligases in tumorigenesis. Biochim Biophys Acta 2014; 1845:277-93. PubMed
  • Liu P, Guo J, Gan W, Wei W. Dual phosphorylation of Sin1 at T86 and T398 negatively regulates mTORC2 complex integrity and activity. Protein Cell 2014; 5:171-7. PubMed
  • Liu J, Wan L, Liu P, Inuzuka H, Liu J, Wang Z, Wei W. SCF(β-TRCP)-mediated degradation of NEDD4 inhibits tumorigenesis through modulating the PTEN/Akt signaling pathway. 2014; 5:1026-37. PubMed
  • Liu P, Wang Z, Wei W. Phosphorylation of Akt at the C-terminal tail triggers Akt activation. Cell Cycle 2014; 13:2162-4. PubMed
  • Zhong J, Shaik S, Wan L, Tron AE, Wang Z, Sun L, Inuzuka H, Wei W. SCF β-TRCP targets MTSS1 for ubiquitination-mediated destruction to regulate cancer cell proliferation and migration. 2013; 4:2339-53. PubMed
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