Gangwen Han

Distinct mechanisms of TGF-β1–mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and metastasis during skin carcinogenesis

Han, Gangwen, Lu, Shi-Long, Li, Allen G., He, Wei, Corless, Christopher L., Kulesz-Martin, Molly, ...

In the present study, we demonstrated that human skin cancers frequently overexpress TGF-β1 but exhibit decreased expression of the TGF-β type II receptor (TGF-βRII). To understand how this...

Distinct mechanisms of TGF-β1–mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and metastasis during skin carcinogenesis

Han, Gangwen, Lu, Shi-Long, Li, Allen G., He, Wei, Corless, Christopher L., Kulesz-Martin, Molly, ...

In the present study, we demonstrated that human skin cancers frequently overexpress TGF-β1 but exhibit decreased expression of the TGF-β type II receptor (TGF-βRII). To understand how this...

Targeted Disruption of TGF-β/Smad3 Signaling Modulates Skin Fibrosis in a Mouse Model of Scleroderma

Lakos, Gabriella, Takagawa, Shinsuke, Chen, Shu-Jen, Ferreira, Ahalia M., Han, Gangwen, Masuda, Koichi, ...

Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is a potent stimulus of connective tissue accumulation, and is implicated in the pathogenesis of scleroderma and other fibrotic disorders. Smad3 functions as a...

Keratinocyte-specific Smad2 ablation results in increased epithelial-mesenchymal transition during skin cancer formation and progression

Hoot, Kristina E., Lighthall, Jessyka, Han, Gangwen, Lu, Shi-Long, Li, Allen, Ju, Wenjun, ...

TGF-β and its signaling mediators, Smad2, -3, and -4, are involved with tumor suppression and promotion functions. Smad4–/– mouse epidermis develops spontaneous skin squamous cell carcinomas...

IKKα is a critical coregulator of a Smad4-independent TGFβ-Smad2/3 signaling pathway that controls keratinocyte differentiation

Descargues, Pascal, Sil, Alok K., Sano, Yuji, Korchynskyi, Olexandr, Han, Gangwen, Owens, Philip, ...

Cell-cycle exit and differentiation of suprabasal epidermal keratinocytes require nuclear IκB kinase α (IKKα), but not its protein kinase activity. IKKα also is a suppressor of squamous cell...