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Contact Information

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow: Cancer genetics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX
PhD.:  Medical Science, Texas A&M University, TX
M.S.:  Biomedical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
B.S.:  Biotechnology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Professional/Academic Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow,              
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2015-2018

Biology instructor(Adjunct),                      
Houston Community College, TX, 2015-present

Assistant Research Scientist,
Texas A&M University, Temple, TX, 2014-2015

Classes taught

Research/Areas of Interest

My research interests are in the areas of non-alchoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), obesity, circadian rhythm, epigenetics and cancer biology.  

Publications/Creative Works

•  Han Y, Junfeng Xu, Jeri Kim, Xifeng Wu, Jian Gu; Methylation of subtelomeric repeat D4Z4 in peripheral blood leukocytes is associated with biochemical recurrence in localized prostate cancer patients, Carcinogenesis. 2017 Aug; 38 (8) : 821–826, . PMID: 28854562 
• Han Y, Junfeng Xu, Jeri Kim, Xifeng Wu, Jian Gu; LINE-1 methylation in peripheral blood leukocytes and clinical characteristics and prognosis of prostate cancer patients, Oncotarget. 2017 Oct; 8:94020-9402, doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.21511  
• Han Y, Demorrow S, Invernizzi P, Jing Q, Glaser S, Renzi A, Meng F, Venter J, Bernuzzi F, White M, Francis H, Lleo A, Marzioni M, Onori P, Alvaro D, Torzilli G, Gaudio E, Alpini G.  Melatonin exerts by an autocrine loop antiproliferative effects in cholangiocarcinoma: its synthesis is reduced favoring cholangiocarcinoma growth. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2011 Oct;301(4):G623-33. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00118.2011. PMID:  21778461
• Han Y, Glaser S, Meng F, Francis H, Marzioni M, McDaniel K, Alvaro D, Venter J, Carpino G, Onori P, Gaudio E, Alpini G, Franchitto A.  Recent advances in the morphological and functional heterogeneity of the biliary epithelium. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2013 May;238(5):549-65. doi: 10.1177/1535370213489926. Review. PMID:  23856906
• Han Y, Onori P, Meng F, DeMorrow S, Venter J, Francis H, Franchitto A, Ray D, Kennedy L, Greene JF, Renzi A, Mancinelli R, Gaudio E, Glaser S, Alpini G. Prolonged exposure of cholestatic rats to complete dark inhibits biliary hyperplasia and liver fibrosis. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2014 Sep 11. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04835k. PMID: 25214401
• Han Y*, Francis H*, McDaniel K*, Liu X, Kennedy L, Yang F, McCarra J, Zhou T, Glaser S, Venter J, Huang L, Levine P, Lai JM, Liu CG, Alpini G, Meng F. Regulation of the extrinsic apoptotic pathway by microRNA-21 in alcoholic liver injury. J Biol Chem. 2014 Oct 3. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.602383. PMID: 25118289  (Equal contribution first-author)
• Han Y, Meng F, Venter J, Wu N, Wan Y, Standeford H, Francis H, Meininger C, Greene J Jr, Trzeciakowski JP, Ehrlich L, Glaser S, Alpini G. miR-34a-dependent overexpression of Per1 decreases cholangiocarcinoma growth. J Hepatol. 2016 Jun;64(6):1295-304. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.02.024. Epub 2016 Feb 24. PMID: 26923637This is the content region for publications and creative works.

Honors and Awards

• Duncan Family Institute Mentored Junior Faculty Fellowship
• NCI R25T Postdoctoral Fellowships in Cancer Prevention

• Research, Dissemination & Faculty Development