Gang Huang PhD

Asst ProfessorCollege of Medicine--UCGang.Huang@cchmc.org

3333 Burnet Avenue Cincinnati OH 45229

Phone:513-636-6314Fax: 513-803-0783

Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics

Research Description

Research in Dr. Huang’s laboratory focuses on genetic and epigenetic regulations of blood cell normal development and leukemia. We first demonstrated that AML1/CBFβ (a hetero-dimer transcription factor) and Mixed-Lineage Leukemia (MLL) protein (an enzyme which methylates lysine 4 of histone H3 tails), form a regulatory complex, which is important for normal blood development and acts as a tumor suppressor in leukemia. Mutations in either one of these three genes account for majority of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

Current Publications

Zhang Y, Yan X, Sashida G, Zhao X, Rao Y, Goyama S, Whitman SP, Zorko N, Bernot K, Conway RM, Witte D, Wang QF, Tenen DG, Xiao Z, Marcucci G, Mulloy JC, Grimes HL, Caligiuri MA, Huang GStress hematopoiesis reveals abnormal control of self-renewal, lineage bias, and myeloid differentiation in Mll partial tandem duplication (Mll-PTD) hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells.Blood 120(5) 1118-29 8/2/2012