Christian Young, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology

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Department: Pathology

Publications

  • Aleman JD, Young CD, Karam SD, Wang XJ. Revisiting laminin and extracellular matrix remodeling in metastatic squamous cell carcinoma: What have we learned after more than four decades of research?. Mol Carcinog. 2023 Jan;62(1):5-23. PubMed PMID: 35596706
  • Nguyen KA, DePledge LN, Bian L, Ke Y, Samedi V, Berning AA, Owens P, Wang XJ, Young CD. Polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase gamma are critical to tobacco-mimicking oral carcinogenesis in mice. J Immunother Cancer. 2023 Sep;11(9). PubMed PMID: 37734878
  • Li X, Ke Y, Hernandez AL, Yu J, Bian L, Hall SC, Nolan K, Wang JH, Young CD, Wang XJ. Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)-activated Cxcr2 signaling in myeloid cells promotes TGFß-dependent squamous cell carcinoma lung metastasis. Cancer Lett. 2023 Aug 28;570:216330. PubMed PMID: 37524225
  • Ke Y, Li BZ, Nguyen K, Wang D, Wang S, Young CD, Wang XJ. IL-22RA2 Is a SMAD7 Target Mediating the Alleviation of Dermatitis and Psoriatic Phenotypes in Mice. J Invest Dermatol. 2023 Nov;143(11):2243-2254.e10. PubMed PMID: 37211203
  • Aleman JD, Young CD, Karam SD, Wang XJ. Revisiting laminin and extracellular matrix remodeling in metastatic squamous cell carcinoma: What have we learned after more than four decades of research?. Mol Carcinog. 2023 Jan;62(1):5-23. PubMed PMID: 35596706
  • Nguyen KA, Keith MJ, Keysar SB, Hall SC, Bimali A, Jimeno A, Wang XJ, Young CD. Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling in precancerous keratinocytes promotes neighboring head and neck cancer squamous cell carcinoma cancer stem cell-like properties and phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor insensitivity. Mol Carcinog. 2022 Jul;61(7):664-676. PubMed PMID: 35417043
  • Boss MK, Ke Y, Bian L, Harrison LG, Lee BI, Prebble A, Martin T, Trageser E, Hall S, Wang DD, Wang S, Chow L, Holwerda B, Raben D, Regan D, Karam SD, Dow S, Young CD, Wang XJ. Therapeutic Intervention Using a Smad7-Based Tat Protein to Treat Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022 Mar 1;112(3):759-770. PubMed PMID: 34610386
  • Boss MK, Ke Y, Bian L, Harrison LG, Lee BI, Prebble A, Martin T, Trageser E, Hall S, Wang DD, Wang S, Chow L, Holwerda B, Raben D, Regan D, Karam SD, Dow S, Young CD, Wang XJ. Therapeutic Intervention Using a Smad7-Based Tat Protein to Treat Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34610386
  • Shi X, Luo J, Weigel KJ, Hall SC, Du D, Wu F, Rudolph MC, Zhou H, Young CD, Wang XJ. Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Facilitate Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lung Metastasis in Mice by Providing TGFß-Mediated Cancer Stem Cell Niche. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021;9:668164. PubMed PMID: 34527666
  • Strait AA, Woolaver RA, Hall SC, Young CD, Karam SD, Jimeno A, Lan Y, Raben D, Wang JH, Wang XJ. Distinct immune microenvironment profiles of therapeutic responders emerge in combined TGFß/PD-L1 blockade-treated squamous cell carcinoma. Commun Biol. 2021 Aug 25;4(1):1005. PubMed PMID: 34433873
  • Shi X, Luo J, Weigel KJ, Hall SC, Du D, Wu F, Rudolph MC, Zhou H, Young CD, Wang XJ. Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Facilitate Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lung Metastasis in Mice by Providing TGFß-Mediated Cancer Stem Cell Niche. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021;9:668164. PubMed PMID: 34527666
  • Strait AA, Woolaver RA, Hall SC, Young CD, Karam SD, Jimeno A, Lan Y, Raben D, Wang JH, Wang XJ. Distinct immune microenvironment profiles of therapeutic responders emerge in combined TGFß/PD-L1 blockade-treated squamous cell carcinoma. Commun Biol. 2021 Aug 25;4(1):1005. PubMed PMID: 34433873
  • Gomez KE, Wu F, Keysar SB, Morton JJ, Miller B, Chimed TS, Le PN, Nieto C, Chowdhury FN, Tyagi A, Lyons TR, Young CD, Zhou H, Somerset HL, Wang XJ, Jimeno A. Cancer Cell CD44 Mediates Macrophage/Monocyte-Driven Regulation of Head and Neck Cancer Stem Cells. Cancer Res. 2020 Oct 1;80(19):4185-4198. PubMed PMID: 32816856
  • Shi X, Young CD, Zhou H, Wang X. Transforming Growth Factor-ß Signaling in Fibrotic Diseases and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts. Biomolecules. 2020 Dec 12;10(12). PubMed PMID: 33322749
  • Chen SMY, Li B, Nicklawsky AG, Krinsky AL, Brunetti T, Woolaver RA, Wang X, Chen Z, Young CD, Gao D, Wang XJ, Wang JH. Deletion of p53 and Hyper-Activation of PIK3CA in Keratin-15( ) Stem Cells Lead to the Development of Spontaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 9;21(18). PubMed PMID: 32916850
  • Nolan K, Verzosa G, Cleaver T, Tippimanchai D, DePledge LN, Wang XJ, Young C, Le A, Doebele R, Li H, Malkoski SP. Development of syngeneic murine cell lines for use in immunocompetent orthotopic lung cancer models. Cancer Cell Int. 2020;20:417. PubMed PMID: 32874131
  • Gomez KE, Wu F, Keysar SB, Morton JJ, Miller B, Chimed TS, Le PN, Nieto C, Chowdhury FN, Tyagi A, Lyons TR, Young CD, Zhou H, Somerset HL, Wang XJ, Jimeno A. Cancer Cell CD44 Mediates Macrophage/Monocyte-Driven Regulation of Head and Neck Cancer Stem Cells. Cancer Res. 2020 Oct 1;80(19):4185-4198. PubMed PMID: 32816856
  • Hernandez AL, Young CD, Bian L, Weigel K, Nolan K, Frederick B, Han G, He G, Devon Trahan G, Rudolph MC, Jones KL, Oweida AJ, Karam SD, Raben D, Wang XJ. PARP Inhibition Enhances Radiotherapy of SMAD4-Deficient Human Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Experimental Models. Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Jun 15;26(12):3058-3070. PubMed PMID: 32139402
  • Gomez KE, Wu F, Keysar SB, Morton JJ, Miller B, Chimed TS, Le PN, Nieto C, Chowdhury FN, Tyagi A, Lyons TR, Young CD, Zhou H, Somerset HL, Wang XJ, Jimeno A. Cancer Cell CD44 Mediates Macrophage/Monocyte-Driven Regulation of Head and Neck Cancer Stem Cells. Cancer Res. 2020 Oct 1;80(19):4185-4198. PubMed PMID: 32816856
  • Gomez KE, Wu F, Keysar SB, Morton JJ, Miller B, Chimed TS, Le PN, Nieto C, Chowdhury FN, Tyagi A, Lyons TR, Young CD, Zhou H, Somerset HL, Wang XJ, Jimeno A. Cancer Cell CD44 Mediates Macrophage/Monocyte-Driven Regulation of Head and Neck Cancer Stem Cells. Cancer Res. 2020 Oct 1;80(19):4185-4198. PubMed PMID: 32816856
  • Luo J, Bian L, Blevins MA, Wang D, Liang C, Du D, Wu F, Holwerda B, Zhao R, Raben D, Zhou H, Young CD, Wang XJ. Smad7 Promotes Healing of Radiotherapy-Induced Oral Mucositis without Compromising Oral Cancer Therapy in a Xenograft Mouse Model. Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Jan 15;25(2):808-818. PubMed PMID: 30185419
  • Hernandez AL, Young CD, Wang JH, Wang XJ. Lessons learned from SMAD4 loss in squamous cell carcinomas. Mol Carcinog. 2019 Sep;58(9):1648-1655. PubMed PMID: 31140647
  • Wu FL, Nolan K, Strait AA, Bian L, Nguyen KA, Wang JH, Jimeno A, Zhou HM, Young CD, Wang XJ. Macrophages Promote Growth of Squamous Cancer Independent of T cells. J Dent Res. 2019 Jul;98(8):896-903. PubMed PMID: 31189369
  • Wu FL, Zhou HM, Young CD, Wang XJ. Response to Letter to the Editor: "Macrophages Promote Growth of Squamous Cancer Independent of T Cells". J Dent Res. 2019 Nov;98(12):1398. PubMed PMID: 31483680
  • Li F, Bian L, Iriyama S, Jian Z, Fan B, Luo J, Wang DD, Young CD, Han G, Wang XJ. Smad7 Ameliorates TGF-ß-Mediated Skin Inflammation and Associated Wound Healing Defects but Not Susceptibility to Experimental Skin Carcinogenesis. J Invest Dermatol. 2018 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30423327
  • Karam SD, Reddy K, Blatchford PJ, Waxweiler T, DeLouize AM, Oweida A, Somerset H, Marshall C, Young C, Davies KD, Kane M, Tan AC, Wang XJ, Jimeno A, Aisner DL, Bowles DW, Raben D. Final Report of a Phase I Trial of Olaparib with Cetuximab and Radiation for Heavy Smoker Patients with Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Oct 15;24(20):4949-4959. PubMed PMID: 30084837
  • Bhatia S, Griego A, Lennon S, Oweida A, Sharma J, Rohmer C, Uyanga N, Bukkapatnam S, Van Court B, Raben D, Young C, Heasley L, Karam SD. Role of EphB3 Receptor in Mediating Head and Neck Tumor Growth, Cell Migration, and Response to PI3K Inhibitor. Mol Cancer Ther. 2018 Sep;17(9):2049-2059. PubMed PMID: 29970482
  • Luo JJ, Young CD, Zhou HM, Wang XJ. Mouse Models for Studying Oral Cancer: Impact in the Era of Cancer Immunotherapy. J Dent Res. 2018 Jun;97(6):683-690. PubMed PMID: 29649368
  • Tippimanchai DD, Nolan K, Poczobutt J, Verzosa G, Li H, Scarborough H, Huang J, Young C, DeGregori J, Nemenoff RA, Malkoski SP. Adenoviral vectors transduce alveolar macrophages in lung cancer models. Oncoimmunology. 2018;7(6):e1438105. PubMed PMID: 29872579
  • Schwarz LJ, Hutchinson KE, Rexer BN, Estrada MV, Gonzalez Ericsson PI, Sanders ME, Dugger TC, Formisano L, Guerrero-Zotano A, Red-Brewer M, Young CD, Lantto J, Pedersen MW, Kragh M, Horak ID, Arteaga CL. An ERBB1-3 Neutralizing Antibody Mixture With High Activity Against Drug-Resistant HER2 Breast Cancers With ERBB Ligand Overexpression. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017 Nov 1;109(11). PubMed PMID: 29059433
  • Formisano L, Stauffer KM, Young CD, Bhola NE, Guerrero-Zotano AL, Jansen VM, Estrada MM, Hutchinson KE, Giltnane JM, Schwarz LJ, Lu Y, Balko JM, Deas O, Cairo S, Judde JG, Mayer IA, Sanders M, Dugger TC, Bianco R, Stricker T, Arteaga CL. Association of FGFR1 with ERa Maintains Ligand-Independent ER Transcription and Mediates Resistance to Estrogen Deprivation in ER( ) Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Oct 15;23(20):6138-6150. PubMed PMID: 28751448
  • Giltnane JM, Hutchinson KE, Stricker TP, Formisano L, Young CD, Estrada MV, Nixon MJ, Du L, Sanchez V, Ericsson PG, Kuba MG, Sanders ME, Mu XJ, Van Allen EM, Wagle N, Mayer IA, Abramson V, G?mez H, Rizzo M, Toy W, Chandarlapaty S, Mayer EL, Christiansen J, Murphy D, Fitzgerald K, Wang K, Ross JS, Miller VA, Stephens PJ, Yelensky R, Garraway L, Shyr Y, Meszoely I, Balko JM, Arteaga CL. Genomic profiling of ER( ) breast cancers after short-term estrogen suppression reveals alterations associated with endocrine resistance. Sci Transl Med. 2017 Aug 9;9(402). PubMed PMID: 28794284
  • Morrison Joly M, Williams MM, Hicks DJ, Jones B, Sanchez V, Young CD, Sarbassov DD, Muller WJ, Brantley-Sieders D, Cook RS. Two distinct mTORC2-dependent pathways converge on Rac1 to drive breast cancer metastasis. Breast Cancer Res. 2017 Jun 30;19(1):74. PubMed PMID: 28666462
  • Morrison Joly M, Hicks DJ, Jones B, Sanchez V, Estrada MV, Young C, Williams M, Rexer BN, Sarbassov dos D, Muller WJ, Brantley-Sieders D, Cook RS. Rictor/mTORC2 Drives Progression and Therapeutic Resistance of HER2-Amplified Breast Cancers. Cancer Res. 2016 Aug 15;76(16):4752-64. PubMed PMID: 27197158
  • Hover LD, Young CD, Bhola NE, Wilson AJ, Khabele D, Hong CC, Moses HL, Owens P. Small molecule inhibitor of the bone morphogenetic protein pathway DMH1 reduces ovarian cancer cell growth. Cancer Lett. 2015 Nov 1;368(1):79-87. PubMed PMID: 26235139
  • Morrison MM, Young CD, Wang S, Sobolik T, Sanchez VM, Hicks DJ, Cook RS, Brantley-Sieders DM. mTOR Directs Breast Morphogenesis through the PKC-alpha-Rac1 Signaling Axis. PLoS Genet. 2015 Jul;11(7):e1005291. PubMed PMID: 26132202
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