Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
E-mail: yuanjian229@tongji.edu.cn

Education
BS, Fudan University
PhD, Genetics, Fudan University
Postdoctoral training, Oncology, Mayo clinic, USA

 

Research interests
Genomic instability and cancer

Representative publications
Chen Y, Wu J, Zhai L, Zhang T, Yin H, Gao H, Zhao F, Wang Z, Yang X, Jin M, Huang B, Ding X, Li R, Yang J, He Y, Wang Q, Wang W, Kloeber JA, Li Y, Hao B, Zhang Y, Wang J, Tan M, Li K, Wang P, Lou Z, Yuan J. Metabolic regulation of homologous recombination repair by MRE11 lactylation. Cell. 2023:S0092-8674(23)01276-X.
Chen Y, Wu J, Zhai L, Zhang T, Yin H, Gao H, Zhao F, Wang Z, Yang X, Jin M, Huang B, Ding X, Li R, Yang J, He Y, Wang Q, Wang W, Kloeber JA, Li Y, Hao B, Zhang Y, Wang J, Tan M, Li K, Wang P, Lou Z, Yuan J. Metabolic regulation of homologous recombination repair by MRE11 lactylation. Cell. 2023:S0092-8674(23)01276-X. 
Zhao F, Kim W, Gao H, Liu C, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Deng M, Zhou Q, Huang J, Hu Q, Chen SH, Nowsheen S, Kloeber JA, Qin B, Yin P, Tu X, Guo G, Qin S, Zhang C, Gao M, Luo K, Liu Y, Lou Z, Yuan J. ASTE1 promotes shieldin-complex-mediated DNA repair by attenuating end resection. Nat Cell Biol. 2021;23(8):894-904.
Chen Y, Wu J, Liang G, Geng G, Zhao F, Yin P, Nowsheen S, Wu C, Li Y, Li L, Kim W, Zhou Q, Huang J, Liu J, Zhang C, Guo G, Deng M, Tu X, Gao X, Liu Z, Chen Y, Lou Z, Luo K, Yuan J. CHK2-FOXK axis promotes transcriptional control of autophagy programs. Sci Adv. 2020;6(1):eaax5819.
Zhou Q, Huang J, Zhang C, Zhao F, Kim W, Tu X, Zhang Y, Nowsheen S, Zhu Q, Deng M, Chen Y, Qin B, Luo K, Liu B, Lou Z, Mutter RW, Yuan J. The bromodomain containing protein BRD-9 orchestrates RAD51-RAD54 complex formation and regulates homologous recombination-mediated repair. Nat Commun. 2020;11(1):2639.
Luo K, Li Y, Yin Y, Li L, Wu C, Chen Y, Nowsheen S, Hu Q, Zhang L, Lou Z, Yuan J. USP49 negatively regulates tumorigenesis and chemoresistance through FKBP51-AKT signaling. EMBO J. 2017;36(10):1434-1446.