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The major research focus in the Woo laboratory is to elucidate molecular mechanisms that determine pathogenesis of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, which are well known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. We are investigating many of the fundamental genes that are involved in cell survival and differentiation, in particular, tumour suppressors and oncogenes. Many of these fundamental genes have essential physiological roles in metabolic tissues such as liver, muscle, adipose tissue, and the pancreatic islets. The roles of many of the fundamental genes are highly context dependent and are specific for the tissue in which they function. Using genetically engineered mice, we examine the whole body physiology as well as take biological, biochemical and molecular approaches to define physiological roles in specific tissues, in addition to defining its potential pathogenic role in diabetes. We also study the role of insulin resistance in cancer and cardiovascular diseases. These approaches to clarify tissue-specific molecular mechanisms have wide implications for better understanding and treatment of both diabetes as well as its relationships to cancer and cardiovascular disease.
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Sergi Clotet-Freixas,Olga Zaslaver,Max Kotlyar,Chiara Pastrello,Andrew T. Quaile,Caitriona M. McEvoy,Aninda D. Saha,Sofia Farkona,Alex Boshart, Katarina Zorcic, Slaghaniya Neupane,Kieran Manion, Maya Allen, Michael Chan,Xuqi Chen,Arthur P. Arnold,Peggy Sekula,Inga Steinbrenner,Anna Koettgen,Allison B. Dart,Brandy Wicklow,Jon M. McGavock,Tom D. Blydt-Hansen,Clara Barrios,Marta Riera,Maria J. Soler, Amandine Isenbrandt,Jerome Lamontagne-Proulx,Solene Pradeloux,Katherine Coulombe,Denis Soulet,Shravanthi Rajasekar,Boyang Zhang,Rohan John,Aman Mehrotra,Adam Gehring,Maija Puhka,Igor Jurisica,Minna Woo,James W. Scholey,Hannes Rost,Ana Konvalinka
Kenneth K Y Ting, Pei Yu, Mudia Iyayi, Riley Dow,Sharon J Hyduk, Eric Floro,Hisham Ibrahim,Saraf Karim,Chanele K Polenz,Daniel A Winer,Minna Woo,Jonathan Rocheleau,Jenny Jongstra-Bilen,Myron I Cybulsky
ImmunoHorizonsno. 1 (2024): 57-73
Katina Zheng,Amirhossein Azhie, Xiaoting You, Maryam Naghibzadeh, Eunice Tan, Sara Naimimohasses, Vikas S Sridhar, Sarang Gupta,Shiyi Chen,Satya Dash,Cynthia Tsien,Nazia Selzner,Leslie Lilly,Elmar Jaeckel,Minna Woo,Sunita Singh,David Cherney,Mamatha Bhat
Diabetes, obesity & metabolismno. 10 (2024): 4261-4272
Scientific reportsno. 1 (2024): 11162-11162
Cigdem Sahin, Jenna-Rose Melanson,Florian Le Billan,Lilia Magomedova, Thais A. M. Ferreira, Andressa S. Oliveira, Evan Pollock-Tahari,Michael F. Saikali, Sarah B. Cash,Minna Woo,Luiz A. S. Romeiro,Carolyn L. Cummins
Molecular metabolism (2024): 101958-101958
Endocrinologyno. 5 (2024)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2023)
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGYno. 10 (2023): 1561-1577
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#Papers: 173
#Citation: 8259
H-Index: 40
G-Index: 90
Sociability: 7
Diversity: 3
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