Xu

Yan Xu, Ph.D.
Staff

Department of Cancer Biology
Lerner Research Institute / NB40
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Telephone: (216) 444-1168
Fax: (216) 445-6269
xuy@ccf.org

Area of general research interest:

Molecular mechanisms of cancer development
Role and signaling mechanisms of bioactive lysolipids and their receptors

Current program:

  • Role of lysolipids in ovarian and other cancers
  • Development of diagnostic and prognostic markers for ovarian and other cancers
  • G protein coupled receptors for bioactive lysolipids and their signaling pathways

Investigators:

  • Saubhik Sengupta, Ph.D., Research Associate
  • Xiao-xian Zhao, Ph.D., Research Associate
  • Ying Jiang, Ph.D., Research Fellow
  • Lisam Shanjukumar Singh, Ph.D., Research Fellow
  • Alexander Zaslavsky, Ph.D., Graduate Student
  • Haiyan Tan, Research Technician

Collaborators:

  • Jerome Belinson, MD, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics; Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Samuel Mok, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
  • ShuMei Ho, Ph.D, Universty of Massachusetts Medical School
  • Rebecca Sutphen, MD, University of South Florida