Wenwei Hu

A polymorphic variant in human MDM4 associates with accelerated age of onset of estrogen receptor negative breast cancer (2009)

Kulkarni, Diptee A., Vazquez, Alexei, Haffty, Bruce G., Bandera, Elisa V., Hu, Wenwei, Sun, Yvonne Y., ...

Murine double minute 4 (MDM4) shares significant structural homology with murine double minute 2 (MDM2) and interacts and regulates transcriptional activity of the tumor suppressor p53. In tumors...

Nickel (II) enhances benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-induced mutagenesis through inhibition of nucleotide excision repair in human cells: a possible mechanism for nickel (II)-induced carcinogenesis (2004)

Hu, Wenwei, Feng, Zhaohui, Tang, Moon-shong

Nickel (II), a ubiquitous environmental and industrial contaminant, is a well-known human carcinogen, particularly in human lung cancer. Although by itself it is a weak mutagen, nickel (II) is able...

Nickel (II) enhances benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-induced mutagenesis through inhibition of nucleotide excision repair in human cells: a possible mechanism for nickel (II)-induced carcinogenesis (2003)

Hu, Wenwei, Feng, Zhaohui, Tang, Moon-shong

Nickel (II), a ubiquitous environmental and industrial contaminant, is a well-known human carcinogen, particularly in human lung cancer. Although by itself it is a weak mutagen, nickel (II) is able...

Effects of genomic context and chromatin structure on transcription-coupled and global genomic repair in mammalian cells (2003)

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Chasin, Lawrence A., Tang, Moon-shong

It has been long recognized that in mammalian cells, DNA damage is preferentially repaired in the transcribed strand of transcriptionally active genes. However, recently, we found that in Chinese...

Chromium(VI) exposure enhances polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-DNA binding at the p53 gene in human lung cells (2003)

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Rom, William N., Costa, Max, Tang, Moon-Shong

Chromium(VI) [Cr(VI)] is a ubiquitous environmental and industrial contaminant. Cr(VI) exposure is strongly associated with a higher incidence of human lung cancer, but the mechanism of Cr(VI)...

Nickel (II) enhances benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-induced mutagenesis through inhibition of nucleotide excision repair in human cells: a possible mechanism for nickel (II)-induced carcinogenesis (2003)

Hu, Wenwei, Feng, Zhaohui, Tang, Moon-shong

Nickel (II), a ubiquitous environmental and industrial contaminant, is a well-known human carcinogen, particularly in human lung cancer. Although by itself it is a weak mutagen, nickel (II) is able...

The major lipid peroxidation product, trans-4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, preferentially forms DNA adducts at codon 249 of human p53 gene, a unique mutational hotspot in hepatocellular carcinoma (2002)

Hu, Wenwei, Feng, Zhaohui, Eveleigh, Jamie, Iyer, Ganesh, Pan, Jishen, Amin, Shantu, ...

Trans-4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE), a major electrophilic by-product of lipid peroxidation, is able to interact with DNA to form exocyclic guanine adducts. 4-HNE is a mutagen and a significant amount...

4-Aminobiphenyl is a major etiological agent of human bladder cancer: evidence from its DNA binding spectrum in human p53 gene (2002)

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Rom, William N., Beland, Frederick A., Tang, Moon-shong

4-Aminobiphenyl (4-ABP) is a major etiological agent of human bladder cancer, and its metabolites are able to form DNA adducts that may induce mutation and initiate bladder carcinogenesis. Thirty to...

Preferential DNA Damage and Poor Repair Determine ras Gene Mutational Hotspot in Human Cancer (2002)

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Chen, James X., Pao, Annie, Li, Haiying, Rom, William, ...

Background: Mutations in ras genes are commonly found in human cancers and in animal models. Although mutations at codons 12, 13, and 61 of H-, N- and K-ras genes can activate their oncogenic...

Effects of genomic context and chromatin structure on transcription-coupled and global genomic repair in mammalian cells

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Chasin, Lawrence A., Tang, Moon-shong

It has been long recognized that in mammalian cells, DNA damage is preferentially repaired in the transcribed strand of transcriptionally active genes. However, recently, we found that in Chinese...

Trans-4-hydroxy-2-nonenal inhibits nucleotide excision repair in human cells: A possible mechanism for lipid peroxidation-induced carcinogenesis

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Tang, Moon-shong

Lipid peroxidation (LPO) is a cellular process that commonly takes place under normal physiological conditions. Under excessive oxidative stress, the level of LPO becomes very significant, and a...

A plausible model for the digital response of p53 to DNA damage

Ma, Lan, Wagner, John, Rice, John Jeremy, Hu, Wenwei, Levine, Arnold J., Stolovitzky, Gustavo A.

Recent observations show that the single-cell response of p53 to ionizing radiation (IR) is “digital” in that it is the number of oscillations rather than the amplitude of p53 that shows...

Detection of functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms that affect apoptosis

Harris, Sandra L., Gil, German, Robins, Harlan, Hu, Wenwei, Hirshfield, Kim, Bond, Elisabeth, ...

Human EBV-transformed B lymphocyte cell lines (LCLs) were used to measure the apoptotic response of individuals to γ radiation. The responses form a normal distribution around a median of 35.5%...

Effects of genomic context and chromatin structure on transcription-coupled and global genomic repair in mammalian cells

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Chasin, Lawrence A., Tang, Moon-shong

It has been long recognized that in mammalian cells, DNA damage is preferentially repaired in the transcribed strand of transcriptionally active genes. However, recently, we found that in Chinese...

Trans-4-hydroxy-2-nonenal inhibits nucleotide excision repair in human cells: A possible mechanism for lipid peroxidation-induced carcinogenesis

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Tang, Moon-shong

Lipid peroxidation (LPO) is a cellular process that commonly takes place under normal physiological conditions. Under excessive oxidative stress, the level of LPO becomes very significant, and a...

A plausible model for the digital response of p53 to DNA damage

Ma, Lan, Wagner, John, Rice, John Jeremy, Hu, Wenwei, Levine, Arnold J., Stolovitzky, Gustavo A.

Recent observations show that the single-cell response of p53 to ionizing radiation (IR) is “digital” in that it is the number of oscillations rather than the amplitude of p53 that shows...

Detection of functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms that affect apoptosis

Harris, Sandra L., Gil, German, Robins, Harlan, Hu, Wenwei, Hirshfield, Kim, Bond, Elisabeth, ...

Human EBV-transformed B lymphocyte cell lines (LCLs) were used to measure the apoptotic response of individuals to γ radiation. The responses form a normal distribution around a median of 35.5%...

Acrolein is a major cigarette-related lung cancer agent: Preferential binding at p53 mutational hotspots and inhibition of DNA repair

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Hu, Yu, Tang, Moon-shong

The tumor suppressor gene p53 is frequently mutated in cigarette smoke (CS)-related lung cancer. The p53 binding pattern of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) found in CS coincides...

Declining p53 function in the aging process: A possible mechanism for the increased tumor incidence in older populations

Feng, Zhaohui, Hu, Wenwei, Teresky, Angelika K., Hernando, Eva, Cordon-Cardo, Carlos, Levine, Arnold J.

Cancer is a disease of aging. The accumulation of mutations in individual cells over a lifetime is thought to be the reason. In this work, we explored an additional hypothesis: could p53 function...

Winter Temperature and UV Are Tightly Linked to Genetic Changes in the p53 Tumor Suppressor Pathway in Eastern Asia

Shi, Hong, Tan, Si-jie, Zhong, Hua, Hu, Wenwei, Levine, Arnold, Xiao, Chun-jie, ...

The tumor suppressor p53 is a master sensor of stress. Two human-specific polymorphisms, p53 codon 72 and MDM2 SNP309, influence the activities of p53. There is a tight association between cold...