YongWoo Lee, Ph.D.

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

School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Room 1121 Research Building XV (MC-0493)
Virginia Tech, 1880 Pratt Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone:  540-231-8484
E-mail: 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.