Shenghong Ma

Shenghong Ma is currently focusing on the mechanisms of Hippo pathway regulation.   Education 2006-2010 B.S. Biological Science, Zhejiang University, China 2010-2015 Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fudan University, China 2016-present Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmacology, UC San Diego, CA   Selected Publications L2hgdh deficiency accumulates L-2-hydroxyglutarate with progressive leukoencephalopathy and neurodegeneration. Ma S, Sun R, Jiang B, Gao J, Deng W, Liu P, he R, Cui J, Ji M, Yi W, Yang P, Wu X, Xiong Y, Qiu Z, Ye D, Guan KL. Mol Cell Biol. (2017). in press Oncometabolite D-2-Hydroxyglutarate Inhibits ALKBH DNA Repair Enzymes and Sensitizes IDH Mutant Cells to Alkylating Agents. Wang P, Wu J, Ma S, Zhang L, YAo J, Hoadley KA, Wilderson MD, Perou CM, Guan KL, Ye D, Xiong Y. Cell Rep. (2015). 13:2353-2361 D-2-hydroxyglutarate is essential for maintaining oncogenic property of mutant IDH-containing cancer cells but dispensable for cell growth. Ma S, Jiang B, Deng W, Gu ZK, Wu FZ, Li T, Xia Y, Yang H, Ye D, Xiong Y, Guan KL. Oncotarget. (2015). 6:8606-8620 R-2-hydroxyglutarate as the key effector of IDH mutations...
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