Yong Teng, PhD
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Biography
Yong Teng, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Teng is a Winship Cancer Institute member engaged in basic cancer research and translational medicine. Prior to joining Emory in 2021, he was a tenured associate professor of the Department of Oral Biology and Dx Sciences and Georgia Cancer Center member at Augusta University.
Dr. Teng is a member of the Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
Education
Dr. Teng earned his PhD in molecular biology at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. He received his postdoctoral training in cancer biology and genetics at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia.
Titles & Roles
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Associate Professor, Department of Hematology and Medical OncologyEmory University School of Medicine
Professional Memberships
Dr. Teng is an active member of American Association for Cancer Research and Royal Society of Medicine. He is a fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials, VEBLEO and the Royal Society of Medicine, and was appointed as USA Bentham Ambassador.
Research
Dr. Teng's research interests lie primarily in bridging three major themes, the tumor microenvironment, tumor metabolism and metastasis while placing a special emphasis on several molecular determinants such as FGF19/FGFR4, ATAD3A, Arf1 and WASF3, and translating these scientific discoveries into better cancer treatments.
Dr. Teng uses head and neck cancer cell lines and preclinical animal models as the main research platform to gain critical insights in three major areas of research:
- Understand and reverse mechanisms of cancer metabolism, metastasis, and immune evasion.
- Decipher mechanistic basis underlying treatment resistance in tumors with specific genetic backgrounds.
- Develop novel anticancer strategies such as tumor-seeking nanomedicines, therapeutic stapled peptides, and oncolytic viruses) and more effective therapies that can simultaneously elicit tumor regression and prime antitumor immunity.
Grants
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Grant Number Title 5R01DE028351-05 ATAD3A as a Novel Target in Head and Neck Cancer Publications
Dr. Teng and his team have authored over 100 articles and book chapters relating to the mechanistic understanding of cancer and treatment responses. He is a topic editor for many special issues and research topics and serves as reviewer for numerous upper-tier journals.
Dr. Teng is the associate editor-in-chief or editorial board member for several reputed journals including the Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research, Frontiers in Oncology, and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. He also serves on several national and international grant review panels.
Title/Journal Authors Publication Date Calcium nanoparticles target and activate T cells to enhance anti-tumor function.
Nature communications
W Yang, Z Feng, X Lai, J Li, Z Cao, F Jiang, F Chen, S Zhan, F Kong, L Yang, Y Teng, WT Watford, G Zhou, J Xie 11/21/2024 Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
NF Saba, R Chaudhary, K Kirtane, A Marra, A Ekpenyong, A McCook-Veal, NC Schmitt, JH Gross, MR Patel, J Remick, JE Bates, MW McDonald, SF Rudra, WA Stokes, M Biernacki, X Song, RJC Slebos, Y Liu, CE Steuer, DM Shin, Y Teng, CH Chung 10/15/2024 Cancer research
J Yang, F Chen, L Lang, F Yang, Z Fu, J Martinez, A Cho, NF Saba, Y Teng 10/01/2024 Head & neck
S Pamulapati, M Abousaud, Y Li, A Ekpenyong, S Rudra, JS Remick, JE Bates, WA Stokes, MW McDonald, NC Schmitt, MW El-Deiry, MR Patel, CE Steuer, JM Switchenko, DM Shin, Y Teng, A Hammond, NF Saba 09/01/2024 Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
F Yang, F Chen, C Shay, GZ Chen, NF Saba, Y Teng 07/23/2024 Lung-Specific mRNA Delivery Enabled by Sulfonium Lipid Nanoparticles.
Nano letters
DO Popoola, Z Cao, Y Men, X Li, M Viapiano, S Wilkens, J Luo, Y Teng, Q Meng, Y Li 07/03/2024 JAMA oncology
NF Saba, SJ Wong, T Nasti, AA McCook-Veal, MW McDonald, WA Stokes, AM Anderson, A Ekpenyong, M Rupji, M Abousaud, S Rudra, JE Bates, JS Remick, NP Joshi, NM Woody, M Awan, JL Geiger, A Shreenivas, J Samsa, MC Ward, NC Schmitt, MR Patel, KA Higgins, Y Teng, CE Steuer, DM Shin, Y Liu, R Ahmed, SA Koyfman 07/01/2024 Cell death shapes cancer immunity: spotlighting PANoptosis.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
L Gao, C Shay, Y Teng 06/15/2024 Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology
A Skálová, A Agaimy, M Bradova, VV Poorten, E Hanna, O Guntinas-Lichius, A Franchi, H Hellquist, RHW Simpson, F Lopéz, S Nuyts, C Chiesa-Estomba, SP Ng, A Homma, Y Teng, I Leivo, A Ferlito 06/01/2024 Molecular pharmaceutics
M Song, L Zhu, L Zhang, X Ge, J Cao, Y Teng, R Tian 05/06/2024 Identification and analysis of the molecular targets of statins in colorectal cancer.
Pathology, research and practice
AA Firouzjaei, A Mahmoudi, W Almahmeed, Y Teng, P Kesharwani, A Sahebkar 04/01/2024 Modulation of Dendritic Cell Function via Nanoparticle-Induced Cytosolic Calcium Changes.
ACS nano
Z Cao, X Yang, W Yang, F Chen, W Jiang, S Zhan, F Jiang, J Li, C Ye, L Lang, S Zhang, Z Feng, X Lai, Y Liu, L Mao, H Cai, Y Teng, J Xie 03/12/2024 Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
F Yang, C Yuan, F Chen, ZS Qin, NC Schmitt, GB Lesinski, NF Saba, Y Teng 03/12/2024 Science advances
F Chen, C Tang, F Yang, A Ekpenyong, R Qin, J Xie, F Momen-Heravi, NF Saba, Y Teng 02/23/2024 The Laryngoscope
RJ So, JC Hidalgo Lopez, SA Ballestas, AM Klein, C Steuer, DM Shin, M Abousaud, Y Teng, NF Saba, AT Tkaczuk, ES Schaefer, TY Seiwert, K McClellan, SR Best 02/01/2024 Cancer metabolism and carcinogenesis.
Experimental hematology & oncology
J Yang, C Shay, NF Saba, Y Teng 01/29/2024 Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII
BLC Kinney, S Gunti, V Kansal, CJ Parrish, NF Saba, Y Teng, MK Henry, FY Su, GA Kwong, NC Schmitt 01/17/2024 microPublication biology
CB McGuinness, SR White, EV Gray, MV Leonard, Y Teng, AY Shull 01/01/2024 Nature communications
H Lee, TJ Lee, CA Galloway, W Zhi, W Xiao, KL de Mesy Bentley, A Sharma, Y Teng, H Sesaki, Y Yoon 10/23/2023 Iron, Ferroptosis, and Head and Neck Cancer.
International journal of molecular sciences
Y Teng, L Gao, AA Mäkitie, E Florek, A Czarnywojtek, NF Saba, A Ferlito 10/12/2023 PLoS genetics
K Emmerich, SL Walker, G Wang, DT White, A Ceisel, F Wang, Y Teng, Z Chunawala, G Graziano, S Nimmagadda, MT Saxena, J Qian, JS Mumm 10/01/2023 Long-Term Follow-up of Parenteral Bevacizumab In Patients with Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis.
The Laryngoscope
SA Ballestas, J Hidalgo Lopez, AM Klein, C Steuer, DM Shin, M Abousaud, NC Schmitt, Y Teng, NF Saba, AT Tkaczuk 10/01/2023 Cell death & disease
M Peng, D Yang, Y Hou, S Liu, M Zhao, Y Qin, R Chen, Y Teng, M Liu 09/28/2023 Harnessing cancer stem cell-derived exosomes to improve cancer therapy.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
J Yang, Y Teng 05/23/2023 Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
F Chen, L Sheng, T Zhou, L Yan, R Loveless, H Li, Y Teng, Y Cai 05/03/2023 Remodeling of Mitochondria in Cancer and Other Diseases.
International journal of molecular sciences
Y Teng 04/22/2023 International journal of biological macromolecules
H Yan, T Zhou, Y Wang, Z Liu, I Ali, L Sheng, Q Jiang, T Li, M Xiang, P Li, W Zhang, Y Teng, H Li, Y Liu, Y Cai 04/15/2023 Cancer research communications
L Lang, F Chen, Y Li, C Shay, F Yang, H Dan, ZG Chen, NF Saba, Y Teng 04/01/2023 Nature medicine
NF Saba, CE Steuer, A Ekpenyong, A McCook-Veal, K Magliocca, M Patel, NC Schmitt, W Stokes, JE Bates, S Rudra, J Remick, M McDonald, M Abousaud, AC Tan, MZH Fadlullah, R Chaudhary, J Muzaffar, K Kirtane, Y Liu, GZ Chen, DM Shin, Y Teng, CH Chung 04/01/2023 Novel Immunotherapeutic Approaches to Treating HPV-Related Head and Neck Cancer.
Cancers
NF Saba, S Pamulapati, B Patel, M Mody, P Strojan, R Takes, AA Mäkitie, O Cohen, P Pace-Asciak, JB Vermorken, C Bradford, A Forastiere, Y Teng, A Wieland, A Ferlito 03/24/2023 Patterns of toxicity burden for FDA-approved immune checkpoint inhibitors in the United States.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
F Yang, C Shay, M Abousaud, C Tang, Y Li, Z Qin, NF Saba, Y Teng 01/05/2023 Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
L Gao, F Yang, D Tang, Z Xu, Y Tang, D Yang, D Sun, Z Chen, Y Teng 01/02/2023 The Potential Therapeutic Impact of Metformin in Glioblastoma Multiforme.
Current medicinal chemistry
M Sanati, S Aminyavari, H Mollazadeh, A Motamed-Sanaye, B Bibak, E Mohtashami, Y Teng, AR Afshari, A Sahebkar 01/01/2023 Frontiers in oncology
P Puttagunta, SV Pamulapati, JE Bates, JH Gross, WA Stokes, NC Schmitt, C Steuer, Y Teng, NF Saba 01/01/2023 Editorial: Metabolome in gastrointestinal cancer.
Frontiers in oncology
C Isidoro, Y Teng 01/01/2023 Mitochondrial regulator ATAD3A: a molecular determinant favoring head and neck cancer development.
Oncoscience
Y Teng 01/01/2023 GTPase Pathways in Health and Diseases.
Cells
Y Teng 12/15/2022 In vivo delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing components for therapeutic applications.
Biomaterials
K Huang, D Zapata, Y Tang, Y Teng, Y Li 12/01/2022 The Quest to Eradicate HPV-Related Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: An Opportunity Not to Miss.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
CS Lalonde, Y Teng, BA Burtness, RL Ferris, R Ahmed, NF Saba 10/06/2022 The regenerative potential of glial progenitor cells and reactive astrocytes in CNS injuries.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
N Kiaie, AM Gorabi, R Loveless, Y Teng, T Jamialahmadi, A Sahebkar 09/01/2022 The diverse functions of FAT1 in cancer progression: good, bad, or ugly?
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
ZG Chen, NF Saba, Y Teng 08/15/2022 Journal of cellular physiology
A Tajbakhsh, F Yousefi, SM Abedi, M Rezaee, A Savardashtaki, Y Teng, A Sahebkar 08/01/2022 Radiodynamic therapy with CsI(na)@MgO nanoparticles and 5-aminolevulinic acid.
Journal of nanobiotechnology
F Jiang, C Lee, W Zhang, W Jiang, Z Cao, HB Chong, W Yang, S Zhan, J Li, Y Teng, Z Li, J Xie 07/16/2022 Recent advances in nanogold as a promising nanocarrier for curcumin delivery.
Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
A Mahmoudi, P Kesharwani, M Majeed, Y Teng, A Sahebkar 07/01/2022 Cell proliferation
H Yan, JJ Xu, I Ali, W Zhang, M Jiang, G Li, Y Teng, G Zhu, Y Cai 05/01/2022 Integrative analysis of TCGA data identifies miRNAs as drug-specific survival biomarkers.
Scientific reports
S Lin, J Zhou, Y Xiao, B Neary, Y Teng, P Qiu 04/26/2022 Cancers
NF Saba, P Vijayvargiya, JB Vermorken, JP Rodrigo, SM Willems, N Zidar, R de Bree, A Mäkitie, GT Wolf, A Argiris, Y Teng, A Ferlito 02/25/2022 Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
L Lang, R Loveless, J Dou, T Lam, A Chen, F Wang, L Sun, J Juarez, ZS Qin, NF Saba, C Shay, Y Teng 01/29/2022 Frontiers in endocrinology
V Vander Poorten, N Goedseels, A Triantafyllou, A Sanabria, PM Clement, O Cohen, P Golusinski, O Guntinas-Lichius, C Piazza, GW Randolph, A Rinaldo, O Ronen, ME Cabanillas, AR Shaha, Y Teng, RP Tufano, MD Williams, M Zafereo, A Ferlito 01/01/2022 Editorial: Developing combined modality therapy with mitochondria-targeting strategy.
Frontiers in oncology
Y Teng 01/01/2022 Epi-miRNAs: Regulators of the Histone Modification Machinery in Human Cancer.
Journal of oncology
D Mortazavi, B Sohrabi, M Mosallaei, Z Nariman-Saleh-Fam, M Bastami, Y Mansoori, A Daraei, S Zununi Vahed, S Navid, Z Saadatian, T Jamialahmadi, Y Teng, A Sahebkar 01/01/2022 Evaluating the Anticancer Activity of Natural Products Using a Novel 3D Culture Model.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
C Shay, Y Teng 01/01/2022 Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
L Lang, Y Teng 01/01/2022 Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
L Gao, Y Teng 01/01/2022 PGK1 : An Essential Player in Modulating Tumor Metabolism.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
L Duncan, C Shay, Y Teng 01/01/2022 The New Frontier of Three-Dimensional Culture Models to Scale-Up Cancer Research.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
C Jensen, C Shay, Y Teng 01/01/2022 Potential roles of FAT1 somatic mutation in progression of head and neck cancer.
Oncoscience
ZG Chen, Y Teng 01/01/2022 Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
L Lang, F Wang, Z Ding, X Zhao, R Loveless, J Xie, C Shay, P Qiu, Y Ke, NF Saba, Y Teng 12/14/2021 De-escalation studies in HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer: How should we proceed?
Oral oncology
P Golusinski, J Corry, VV Poorten, R Simo, E Sjögren, A Mäkitie, LP Kowalski, J Langendijk, BJM Braakhuis, RP Takes, A Coca-Pelaz, JP Rodrigo, SM Willems, AA Forastiere, R De Bree, NF Saba, Y Teng, A Sanabria, P Di Maio, M Szewczyk, A Ferlito 12/01/2021 The Hidden Link of Exosomes to Head and Neck Cancer.
Cancers
Y Teng, L Gao, R Loveless, JP Rodrigo, P Strojan, SM Willems, CA Nathan, AA Mäkitie, NF Saba, A Ferlito 11/19/2021 A novel lncRNA ROPM-mediated lipid metabolism governs breast cancer stem cell properties.
Journal of hematology & oncology
S Liu, Y Sun, Y Hou, L Yang, X Wan, Y Qin, Y Liu, R Wang, P Zhu, Y Teng, M Liu 10/29/2021 Oral diseases
M Miranda-Galvis, A Rumayor Piña, R Sales de Sá, A Almeida Leite, P Agustin Vargas, VF Calsavara, CA Lópes Pinto, Y Teng, LP Kowalski 10/01/2021 Journal of extracellular vesicles
L Xi, M Peng, S Liu, Y Liu, X Wan, Y Hou, Y Qin, L Yang, S Chen, H Zeng, Y Teng, X Cui, M Liu 09/01/2021 Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
Y Teng, R Loveless, EM Benson, L Sun, AY Shull, C Shay 08/31/2021 Pyroptosis at the forefront of anticancer immunity.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
R Loveless, R Bloomquist, Y Teng 08/24/2021 The complex roles of efferocytosis in cancer development, metastasis, and treatment.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
A Tajbakhsh, SM Gheibi Hayat, A Movahedpour, A Savardashtaki, R Loveless, GE Barreto, Y Teng, A Sahebkar 08/01/2021 Journal of nanobiotechnology
X Yang, W Zhang, W Jiang, A Kumar, S Zhou, Z Cao, S Zhan, W Yang, R Liu, Y Teng, J Xie 06/14/2021 Ultrasmall Gd@Cdots as a radiosensitizing agent for non-small cell lung cancer.
Nanoscale
C Lee, X Liu, W Zhang, MA Duncan, F Jiang, C Kim, X Yan, Y Teng, H Wang, W Jiang, Z Li, J Xie 05/28/2021 Decoy Technology as a Promising Therapeutic Tool for Atherosclerosis.
International journal of molecular sciences
M Mahjoubin-Tehran, Y Teng, A Jalili, SH Aghaee-Bakhtiari, AM Markin, A Sahebkar 04/23/2021 Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
L Lang, Y Xiong, N Prieto-Dominguez, R Loveless, C Jensen, C Shay, Y Teng 03/10/2021 Oncogene
P Zhu, F He, Y Hou, G Tu, Q Li, T Jin, H Zeng, Y Qin, X Wan, Y Qiao, Y Qiu, Y Teng, M Liu 03/01/2021 Impacts of Environmental Factors on Head and Neck Cancer Pathogenesis and Progression.
Cells
M Miranda-Galvis, R Loveless, LP Kowalski, Y Teng 02/13/2021 Advanced functional materials
S Zhou, Z Zhen, AV Paschall, L Xue, X Yang, AG Bebin-Blackwell, Z Cao, W Zhang, M Wang, Y Teng, G Zhou, Z Li, FY Avci, W Tang, J Xie 02/10/2021 The role of tumor suppressor short non-coding RNAs on breast cancer.
Critical reviews in oncology/hematology
S Salimimoghadam, S Taefehshokr, R Loveless, Y Teng, G Bertoli, N Taefehshokr, F Musaviaroo, K Hajiasgharzadeh, B Baradaran 02/01/2021 Targeting WASF3 Signaling in Metastatic Cancer.
International journal of molecular sciences
R Loveless, Y Teng 01/15/2021 Multifaceted Roles of Long Non-coding RNAs in Head and Neck Cancer.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology
L Duncan, C Shay, Y Teng 01/01/2021 Toward a New Era for the Management of Circulating Tumor Cells.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology
MM Galvis, CS Romero, TO Bueno, Y Teng 01/01/2021 Editorial: Emerging 3D and Animal Models in Diseases and Therapeutics.
Frontiers in molecular biosciences
Y Teng, X Yu, WC Cho 01/01/2021 Frontiers in molecular biosciences
Y Teng, WC Cho 01/01/2021 The Multifaceted Therapeutic Mechanisms of Curcumin in Osteosarcoma: State-of-the-Art.
Journal of oncology
F Zahedipour, M Bolourinezhad, Y Teng, A Sahebkar 01/01/2021 Emerging Links between Control of Mitochondrial Protein ATAD3A and Cancer.
International journal of molecular sciences
L Lang, R Loveless, Y Teng 10/25/2020 Targeting Hypoxia-Driven Metabolic Reprogramming to Constrain Tumor Progression and Metastasis.
International journal of molecular sciences
M Miranda-Galvis, Y Teng 07/31/2020 Cancer letters
M Zhao, Y Hou, YE Du, L Yang, Y Qin, M Peng, S Liu, X Wan, Y Qiao, H Zeng, X Cui, Y Teng, M Liu 05/28/2020 Unveiling Tumor Microenvironment Interactions Using Zebrafish Models.
Frontiers in molecular biosciences
R Loveless, C Shay, Y Teng 01/01/2020