Weimin Gao, MD, PhD

 

Assistant Professor

The Institute of Environmental and Human Health

Department of Environmental Toxicology
Texas Tech University

Tel:(806)885-0252

Fax:(806)885-2132
Email: weimin.gao@tiehh.ttu.edu


 

 

EDUCATION

DEGREE

YEAR

FIELD

Nanjing Medical University

MD

1994

Preventive Medicine

Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing

MPH

1997

Toxicology and Occupational Medicine

Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

PhD
MS

2003
2003

Environmental and Occupational Health

Biostatistics

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Postdoctoral fellow

2004

Proteomics

Research Interests:

  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Early detection of cancers
  • Cancer chemoprevention
  • Mechanistic study for carcinogenesis
  • Proteomics & Metabolomics
  • Brain injury in children and adults/Inflicted childhood neurotrauma

Selected Publications:

Billam M, Mukhi S, Tang L, Gao W, Wang JS. Toxic response indicators of microcystin-LR in F344 rats following a single-dose treatment. Toxicon. 2008; in press

 

Tang L, Tang M, Xu L, Luo H, Huang T, Yu J, Zhang L, Gao W, Cox SB, Wang JS. Modulation of aflatoxin biomarkers in human blood and urine by green tea polyphenols intervention. Carcinogenesis. 2008;29(2):411-7.

 

Wang JS, Luo H, Wang P, Tang L, Yu J, Huang T, Cox S, Gao W. Validation of green tea polyphenol biomarkers in a phase II human intervention trial. Food Chem Toxicol. 2008;46(1):232-40.

 

Liu Y, Gao W, Siegfried JM, Weissfeld JL, Luketich JD, Keohavong P. Promoter methylation of RASSF1A and DAPK and mutations of K-ras, p53, and EGFR in lung tumors from smokers and never-smokers. BMC Cancer. 2007;7:74.

 

Sun G, Wang S, Hu X, Su J, Huang T, Yu J, Tang L, Gao W, Wang JS. Fumonisin B1 contamination of home-grown corn in high-risk areas for esophageal and liver cancer in China. Food Addit Contam. 2007;24(2):181-5.

 

Gao WM, Chadha MS, Berger RP, Omenn GS, Allen DL, Pisano M, Adelson PD, Clark RS, Jenkins LW, Kochanek PM. A gel-based proteomic comparison of human cerebrospinal fluid between inflicted and non-inflicted pediatric traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma. 2007;24(1):43-53.

 

Omenn GS, Menon R, Adamski M, Blackwell T, Haab BB, Gao W, States DJ. The human plasma and serum proteome. In V. Thongbooonkerd (ed), Proteomics of Human Body Fluids: Principles, Methods, and Applications. Humana Press, Totowa NJ, USA 2007, pp. 195-224.

 

Kochanek AR, Kline AE, Gao WM, Chadha M, Lai Y, Clark RS, Dixon CE, Jenkins LW. Gel-based hippocampal proteomic analysis 2 weeks following traumatic brain injury to immature rats using controlled cortical impact. Dev Neurosci. 2006;28(4-5):410-9.

 

Wang Z, Tang L, Sun G, Tang Y, Xie Y, Wang S, Hu X, Gao W, Cox SB, Wang JS. Etiological study of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in an endemic region: a population-based case control study in Huaian, China. BMC Cancer. 2006;6:287.

 

Gao WM, Romkes M, Siegfried JM, Luketich JD, Keohavong P. Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes XPD and XRCC1 and p53 mutations in lung carcinomas of never-smokers. Mol Carcinog. 2006;45(11):828-32.

 

Gao WM, Chadha MS, Kline AE, Clark RS, Kochanek PM, Dixon CE, Jenkins LW. Immunohistochemical analysis of histone H3 acetylation and methylation--evidence for altered epigenetic signaling following traumatic brain injury in immature rats. Brain Res. 2006;1070(1):31-4.

 

Luo H, Cox SB, Gao W, Yu J, Tang L, Wang JS. Metabolic Profiling in validation of plasma biomarkers for green tea polyphenols. Metabolomics. 2006;2(4):235-41.

 

Berger RP, Hymel K, Gao WM. The use of biomarkers after inflicted traumatic brain injury: insight into etiology, pathophysiology and biochemistry. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2006;7(3):186-93.

 

Gao WM, Kuick R, Orchekowski RP, Misek DE, Qiu J, Greenberg AK, Rom WN, Brenner DE, Omenn GS, Haab BB, Hanash SM. Distinctive serum protein profiles involving abundant proteins in lung cancer patients based upon antibody microarray analysis. BMC Cancer. 2005;5:110.

 

Creighton CJ, Bromberg-White JL, Misek DE, Monsma DJ, Brichory F, Kuick R, Giordano TJ, Gao W, Omenn GS, Webb CP, Hanash SM. Analysis of tumor-host interactions by gene expression profiling of lung adenocarcinoma xenografts identifies genes involved in tumor formation. Mol Cancer Res. 2005;3(3):119-29.

 

Gao W, Keohavong P. Analysis of K-RAS and P53 mutations in sputum samples. Methods Mol Biol. 2005;291:217-33.

 

Keohavong P, Lan Q, Gao WM, Zheng KC, Mady HH, Melhem MF, Mumford JL. Detection of p53 and K-ras mutations in sputum of individuals exposed to smoky coal emissions in Xuan Wei County, China. Carcinogenesis. 2005;26(2):303-8.

 

Gao WM, Romkes M, Siegfried JM, Luketich JD, Keohavong P. No association between the XPD 312, 751, or XRCC1 399 polymorphisms and K-ras gene mutation in smoking non-small-cell lung cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004;13(4):673-5.

 

Keohavong P, Gao WM, Zheng KC, Mady H, Lan Q, Melhem M, Mumford J. Detection of K-ras and p53 mutations in sputum samples of lung cancer patients using laser capture microdissection microscope and mutation analysis. Anal Biochem. 2004;324(1):92-9.

 

Keohavong P, Gao WM, Mady HH, Kanbour-Shakir A, Melhem MF. Analysis of p53 mutations in cells taken from paraffin-embedded tissue sections of ductal carcinoma in situ and atypical ductal hyperplasia of the breast. Cancer Lett. 2004;212(1):121-30.

 

Gao WM, Romkes M, Day RD, Siegfried JM, Luketich JD, Mady HH, Melhem MF, Keohavong P. Association of the DNA repair gene XPD Asp312Asn polymorphism with p53 gene mutations in tobacco-related non-small cell lung cancer. Carcinogenesis. 2003;24(10):1671-6.

 

Keohavong P, Lan Q, Gao WM, DeMarini DM, Mass MJ, Li XM, Roop BC, Weissfeld J, Tian D, Mumford JL. K-ras mutations in lung carcinomas from nonsmoking women exposed to unvented coal smoke in China. Lung Cancer. 2003;41(1):21-7.

 

Zhang LF, Gao WM, Gealy R, Weissfeld J, Elder E, Whiteside TL, Keohavong P. Comparison of K-ras gene mutations in tumour and sputum DNA of patients with lung cancer. Biomarkers. 2003;8(2):156-61.

 

Gao WM, Mady HH, Yu GY, Siegfried JM, Luketich JD, Melhem MF, Keohavong P. Comparison of p53 mutations between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the lung: unique spectra involving G to A transitions and G to T transversions in both histologic types. Lung Cancer. 2003;40(2):141-50.

 

Gao WM, Lu HM, Dong JC, Zhang W, Zhou XY, Jenkins LW, Dixon CE. Postnatal growth, neurobehavioral and neurophysiologic changes of prenatal low-dose beta-radiation from tritiated water in mice. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2002;24(2):247-54.

 

Keohavong P, Mady HH, Gao WM, Siegfried JM, Luketich JD, Melhem MF. Topographic analysis of K- ras mutations in histologically normal lung tissues and tumours of lung cancer patients. Br J Cancer. 2001;85(2):235-41.

 

DeMarini DM, Landi S, Tian D, Hanley NM, Li X, Hu F, Roop BC, Mass MJ, Keohavong P, Gao W, Olivier M, Hainaut P, Mumford JL. Lung tumor KRAS and TP53 mutations in nonsmokers reflect exposure to PAH-rich coal combustion emissions. Cancer Res. 2001;61(18):6679-81.

 

Gao WM, Wang B, Zhou XY. Effects of prenatal low-dose beta radiation from tritiated water on learning and memory in rats and their possible mechanisms. Radiat Res. 1999;152(3):265-72.

 

Wang B, Takeda H, Gao WM, Zhou XY, Odaka T, Ohyama H, Yamada T, Hayata I. Induction of apoptosis by beta radiation from tritium compounds in mouse embryonic brain cells. Health Phys. 1999;77(1):16-23.