Dr. Haichuan Duan

Post-doctoral Fellow
with Dr. Joanne Wang

University of Washington-Seattle

haichuand@gmail.com

Graduate Education
Dr. Jefcoate, Advisor at UW Madison 2000-2007

Info:

He is working as a postdoc in Dr. Joanne Wang's lab in the Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy at another UW (University of Washington).

Research:

Post-transcriptional regulation of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein (StAR) gene and its link to cholesterol metabolism


Recent Publications: Articles on PubMed

  • Duan H and Jefcoate CR. (2007). The predominant cAMP-stimulated 3 x 5 kb StAR mRNA contains specific sequence elements in the extended 3'UTR that confer high basal instability.  J Mol Endocrinol. 38:159-179. PMID 17242178

  • Zhao D, Duan H, Kim YC, and Jefcoate CR. (2005). Rodent StAR mRNA is substantially regulated by control of mRNA stability through sites in the 3'-untranslated region and through coupling to ongoing transcription. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 96:155-173. PMID 16039847

  • Duan H and Jefcoate C. (2004). Effective StAR expression in mouse MA-10 and Y-1 cells: extensive overexpression does not increase basal or cAMP-induced steroidogenesis. Endocr Res. 30:769. PMID 15666824

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