YANG Quanjun  

  • Doctoral Supervisor, Chief Pharmacist
  • Department: Pharmacy
  • Research Area: Pharmacology
  • Research Interests: Cancer metabolism and immunotherapy
  • Contact: myotime@sjtu.edu.cn
  • Chief Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, 2024
  • Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, 2020
  • Assistant Research Scientist, Yale School of Medicine, 2018
  • Visiting Research Scientist, Yale School of Medicine, 2018
  • Pharmacist-in-Charge, Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, 2017
  • Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, 2015
  • Preparatory pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital, 2014
  • PhD from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2011
  • Chief Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
  • Deputy group leader, Drug Development and Translation Group, Shanghai Pharmaceutical Society
  • Deputy group leader, Professional Group of Anticancer Drug Management, Shanghai Hospital Association
  1. Ye, L., Park, J. J., Peng, L., Yang, Q., Chow, R. D., Dong, M. B., ... & Chen, S. (2022). A genome-scale gain-of-function CRISPR screen in CD8 T cells identifies proline metabolism as a means to enhance CAR-T therapy. Cell metabolism, 34(4), 595-614.
  2. Ye, L., Park, J. J., Dong, M. B., Yang, Q., Chow, R. D., Peng, L., ... & Chen, S. (2019). In vivo CRISPR screening in CD8 T cells with AAV–Sleeping Beauty hybrid vectors identifies membrane targets for improving immunotherapy for glioblastoma. Nature biotechnology, 37(11), 1302-1313.
  3. Yang, Q. J., Zhao, J. R., Hao, J., Li, B., Huo, Y., Han, Y. L., ... & Guo, C. (2018). Serum and urine metabolomics study reveals a distinct diagnostic model for cancer cachexia. Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 9(1), 71-85.
  4. Yang, Q., Hao, J., Chi, M., Wang, Y., **n, B., Huang, J., ... & Guo, C. (2022). Superior antitumor immunotherapy efficacy of kynureninase modified CAR-T cells through targeting kynurenine metabolism. Oncoimmunology, 11(1), 2055703.
  5. Renauer, P., Park, J. J., Bai, M., Acosta, A., Lee, W. H., Lin, G. H., ... & Chen, S. (2023). Immunogenetic metabolomics reveals key enzymes that modulate CAR T-cell metabolism and function. Cancer immunology research, 11(8), 1068-1084.
  6. Wang, Y., Sun, X., Yang, Q., & Guo, C. (2023). Cucurbitacin IIb attenuates cancer cachexia induced skeletal muscle atrophy by regulating the IL‐6/STAT3/FoxO signaling pathway. Phytotherapy Research, 37(8), 3380-3393.
  7. Chen, L., Yang, Q., Zhang, H., Wan, L., **n, B., Cao, Y., ... & Guo, C. (2020). Cryptotanshinone prevents muscle wasting in CT26-induced cancer cachexia through inhibiting STAT3 signaling pathway. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 260, 113066.
  8. Li, C., Yang, Q., & Zhang, L. (2024). Identification of putative allosteric inhibitors of BCKDK via virtual screening and biological evaluation. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 39(1), 2290458.
  9. Chen L, Zhang H, Chi M, et al. Bckdk‐Mediated Branch Chain Amino Acid Metabolism Reprogramming Contributes to Muscle Atrophy during Cancer Cachexia[J]. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 2023: 2300577.
  10. Zhu, X., Hao, J., Zhang, H., Chi, M., Wang, Y., Huang, J., ... & Yang, Q. (2023). Oncometabolite D-2-hydroxyglutarate—dependent metabolic reprogramming induces skeletal muscle atrophy during cancer cachexia. Communications biology, 6(1), 977.
  1. [Guo Cheng, Yang Quanjun, Chen Linlin] (2023), “Application of A STAT3 inhibitor ”, ZL 20202010054496.6
  2. [Guo Cheng, Yang Quanjun, Zhang Hong] (2023), “Application of linalool in the preparation of drugs for the treatment of cancer cachexia ”, ZL 2020 1 0085317.5