
Weibo Luo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department Pathology | Pharmacology
Graduate Programs Biological Chemistry, Cancer Biology
Biography
Dr. Weibo Luo is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Pharmacology at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) since December 2014. Dr. Luo received his Ph.D summa cum laude from the University of Magdeburg, Germany in 2007, completed his postdoctoral fellowship and instructorship with 2019 Nobel Laureate Dr. Gregg L. Semenza at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine before joining UTSW.
Dr. Luo studies oxygen homeostasis in tumor growth and metastasis at the molecular and cellular levels, with a particular focus on hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). He utilizes the multidisciplinary approaches to study crosstalk of HIF, epigenetics, and metabolism and their roles in tumor growth and metastasis. His overall goals are to identify the novel hypoxia-specific therapeutic targets and ultimately to translate knowledge to cancer therapy.
Research Interest
- Drug resistance
- Epigenetics
- Gene regulation
- Hypoxia/Hypoxia-inducible factor
- Immunotherapy
- Metabolism
- Tumor initiation, growth, and metastasis
Publications
Featured Publications
- Targeting BCAT1 combined with a-ketoglutarate triggers metabolic synthetic lethality in glioblastoma.
- Zhang B, Peng H, Zhou M, Bao L, Wang C, Cai F, Zhang H, Wang JE, Niu Y, Chen Y, Wang Y, Hatanpaa K, Copland JA, DeBerardinis RJ, Wang Y, Luo W, Cancer Res 2022 May
- ZMYND8 expression in breast cancer cells blocks T-lymphocyte surveillance to promote tumor growth.
- Wang Y, Luo M, Chen Y, Wang Y, Zhang B, Ren Z, Bao L, Wang Y, Wang JE, Fu YX, Luo W, Wang Y, Cancer Res 2020 Nov
- CHD4 promotes breast cancer progression as a coactivator of hypoxia-inducible factors.
- Wang Y, Chen Y, Bao L, Zhang B, Wang JE, Kumar A, Xing C, Wang Y, Luo W, Cancer Res. 2020 Jul
- HIF-2-induced long non-coding RNA RAB11B-AS1 promotes hypoxia-mediated angiogenesis and breast cancer metastasis.
- Niu Y, Bao L, Chen Y, Wang C, Luo M, Zhang B, Zhou M, Wang JE, Fang YV, Kumar A, Xing C, Wang Y, Luo W, Cancer Res. 2020 Jan
- Methylation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1a by G9a/GLP inhibits HIF-1 transcriptional activity and cell migration.
- Bao L, Chen Y, Lai HT, Wu SY, Wang JE, Hatanpaa KJ, Raisanen JM, Fontenot M, Lega B, Chiang CM, Semenza GL, Wang Y, Luo W Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 May
- ZMYND8 acetylation mediates HIF-dependent breast cancer progression and metastasis.
- Chen Y, Zhang B, Bao L, Jin L, Yang M, Peng Y, Kumar A, Wang JE, Wang C, Zou X, Xing C, Wang Y, Luo W J. Clin. Invest. 2018 Apr
- Pyruvate kinase M2 is a PHD3-stimulated coactivator for hypoxia-inducible factor 1.
- Luo W, Hu H, Chang R, Zhong J, Knabel M, O'Meally R, Cole RN, Pandey A, Semenza GL Cell 2011 May 145 5 732-44
- MIF is a 3' flap nuclease that facilitates DNA replication and promotes tumor growth.
- Wang Y, Chen Y, Wang C, Yang M, Wang Y, Bao L, Wang JE, Kim B, Chan KY, Xu W, Capota E, Ortega J, Nijhawan D, Li GM, Luo W, Wang Y, Nat Commun 2021 05 12 1 2954
- Multifaceted role of branched-chain amino acid metabolism in cancer.
- Peng H, Wang Y, Luo W, Oncogene 2020 Oct 39 44 6747-6756
- Regulation of branched-chain amino acid metabolism by hypoxia-inducible factor in glioblastoma.
- Zhang B, Chen Y, Shi X, Zhou M, Bao L, Hatanpaa KJ, Patel T, DeBerardinis RJ, Wang Y, Luo W, Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 2020 Feb
Honors & Awards
- Mary Kay Foundation Research Award
(2019) - Susan G. Komen Career Catalyst Research Award
(2016) - Welch Foundation Research Award
(2016) - American Cancer Society (ACS-IRG) New Investigator Awards in Cancer Research
(2015) - CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research
Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (2014) - AACR-Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology Scholar-in-Training Award
American Association for Cancer Research (2013) - NIH Pathway to Independence Award
National Cancer Institute (2013) - Albert L. Lehninger Postdoctoral Research Award
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2012) - FARMS Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Richard and Mavis Fowler Foundation for Advanced Research in the Medical Sciences, Inc (2011) - PhD summa cum laude
University of Magdeburg, Germany (2007)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Association for Cancer Research (2011)