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YongWoo Lee, Ph.D.


YongWoo Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 
Laboratory of Vascular Biology
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology

 

337 ICTAS Building
Stanger Street (MC 0298)
Blacksburg, VA  24061

 

540-231-8484

ywlee@vt.edu

 

http://www.vascular.sbes.vt.edu/

 

 

EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 1994-1997

  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Surgery/Neurosurgery, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 1999-2002.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms of human disease

  • Biomedical applications of nanotechnology

  • Shear stress-mediated molecular signaling pathways

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

  • Lee YW, Hirani A. A. Role of interleukin-4 in atherosclerosis. Arch Pharm Res 2006;29:1-15.

  • Eum SY, Lee YW, Hennig B, Toborek M. The interplay between EGFR and JAK3 regulates PCB-induced MMP-3 expression and transendothelial migration of tumor cells. Mol Cancer Res 2006; In press.

  • Lee YW, Hirani AA, Kyprianou N, Toborek M. Human immunodeficiency virus-1 Tat protein up-regulates interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 expression in human breast cancer cells.  Inflamm Res 2005;54:380-389.

  • Hayashi K, Pu H, Tian J, Andras IE, Lee YW, Hennig B, Toborek M. HIV-Tat protein induces P-glycoprotein expression in brain microvascular endothelial cells. J Neurochem 2005;93:1231-1241.

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