Xue-Ru Wu

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Xue-Ru Wu, M.D.

Professor; Vice Chair of Research
Departments of Urology (Urology) and Pathology

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423 E 23 Street
Urology Floor 18 Room 18064S
Veterans Administration
New York, NY 10010

212-951-5429
212-951-5424
Xue-Ru.Wu@nyumc.org

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Education

— Shanghai, Medical Education

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Research Summary

Diseases involving the urinary bladder are of major clinical and social concerns. Bladder cancer is the fifth most common neoplasm and the twelfth leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Urinary tract infections are one of most common infectious diseases, accounting for 8-10 million physician''s visits annually. Together, these two diseases cost over 5 billion health care dollars in the clinical management. Despite extensive studies, little is known about the pathogenesis of these bladder disorders.

Our approach to better understand the molecular pathogenesis of bladder diseases is to utilize a group of bladder-specific markers?the uroplakins?that we have recently identified. These proteins, naturally forming two-dimensional crystals, are synthesized by all mammalian bladders studied, represent the major differentiation products of the normal bladder epithelium and are retained by a majority of the human bladder cancers. They are therefore excellent lineage-specific markers for bladder epithelium and for differentiating bladder cancers from cancers from other tissue origins. In addition, we have found that two of the uroplakins, uroplakins Ia and Ib, can serve as the major urothelial receptors for type 1-fimbriated E. coli, which cause more than 85% of the urinary tract infections. The preferential binding between a sub-population of E. coli that are predominant in urinary tract infection and uroplakins provides a molecular explanation for the recently recognized tissue tropism of uropathogenic E. coli. To study the bladder tumorigenesis, we have developed transgenic mouse models by specifically expressing activated oncogenes and mutated tumor suppressor genes in bladder epithelium. Mice harboring simian virus 40 large T oncogene, whose protein product inactivates p53 and retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein, induced carcinoma in situ which progresses to invasive and metastatic transitional cell carcinomas. Mice harboring an activated H-ras induced bladder epithelial hyperplasia which progresses to superficial papillary tumors. These transgenic models provide strong experimental evidence that bladder cancers develop and progress via two distinctive pathways each of which is caused by unique genetic defects. Ongoing research efforts include the development of novel transgenic and knockout models, and the identification of molecular signatures of cancer progression through high-throughput screening, biochemical and cell biologic approaches.

Research Interests

Molecular Pathogenesis of Urinary Bladder Diseases

Research Keywords

Oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, bladder cancer, urinary tract infection, transgenic mouse models

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Aristolochic acid-associated urothelial cancer in Taiwan
Chen, CH; Dickman, KG; Moriya, M; Zavadil, J; Sidorenko, VS; Edwards, KL; Gnatenko, DV; Wu, L; Turesky, RJ; Wu, XR; Pu, YS; Grollman, AP
2012 Apr;:8241-8246, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
— id: 164510, year: 2012, vol: , page: 8241, stat: Journal Article,

Uromodulin in Kidney Injury: An Instigator, Bystander, or Protector?
El-Achkar TM; Wu XR
2012 Jan 23;:452-461 #, American journal of kidney diseases
— id: 150549, year: 2012, vol: , page: 452, stat: Journal Article,

Tissue-specific mutagenesis by N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine as the basis for urothelial carcinogenesis
He, Zhiming; Kosinska, Wieslawa; Zhao, Zhong-Lin; Wu, Xue-Ru; Guttenplan, Joseph B
2012 Feb;742(1-2):92-95, Mutation research
— id: 156491, year: 2012, vol: 742, page: 92, stat: Journal Article,

Regulation of a novel androgen receptor target gene, cyclin B1, through androgen-dependent E2F family member switching
Li, Y; Zhang, DY; Ren, Q; Ye, F; Zhao, X; Daniels, G; Wu, X; Dynlacht, B; Lee, P
2012 Apr;:?-?, Molecular & cellular biology
— id: 164476, year: 2012, vol: , page: ?, stat: Journal Article,

E3 Ligase Activity of XIAP RING Domain Is Required for XIAP-Mediated Cancer Cell Migration, but Not for Its RhoGDI Binding Activity
Liu, Jinyi; Zhang, Dongyun; Luo, Wenjing; Yu, Jianxiu; Li, Jingxia; Yu, Yonghui; Zhang, Xinhai; Chen, Jingyuan; Wu, Xue-Ru; Huang, Chuanshu
2012 ;7(4):e35682-e35682 e35682, PLoS ONE
— id: 165633, year: 2012, vol: 7, page: e35682, stat: Journal Article,

Tamm-Horsfall protein regulates circulating and renal cytokines by affecting glomerular filtration rate and acting as a urinary cytokine trap
Liu, Y; El-Achkar, TM; Wu, XR
2012 Mar;:16365-16378, Journal of biological chemistry
— id: 162338, year: 2012, vol: , page: 16365, stat: Journal Article,

Molecular and cellular effects of Tamm-Horsfall protein mutations and their rescue by chemical chaperones
Ma L; Liu Y; El-Achkar TM; Wu XR
2012 Jan;287(2):1290-1305, Journal of biological chemistry
— id: 145778, year: 2012, vol: 287, page: 1290, stat: Journal Article,

Effect of carcinogenic acrolein on DNA repair and mutagenic susceptibility
Wang HT; Hu Y; Tong D; Huang J; Gu L; Wu XR; Chung FL; Li GM; Tang MS
2012 Jan 24;:12379-12386 #, Journal of biological chemistry
— id: 150550, year: 2012, vol: , page: 12379, stat: Journal Article,

Defects in the endoderm survival and polarity of cell divisions in the mouse model for rectourethral malformations
Xu, K.; Wu, X.; Shapiro, E.; Huang, H.; Zhang, L.; Deng, Y.; Mandelshtam, V; Li, J.; Lepor, H.; Grishina, I. B.
2012 FEB;11(1):E812-U719, European Urology Supplements
— id: 166869, year: 2012, vol: 11, page: E812, stat: Journal Article,

RhoGDI SUMOylation at K138 Increases Its Binding Activity to Rho GTPase and its Inhibiting Cancer Cell Motility
Yu, J; Zhang, D; Liu, J; Li, J; Yu, Y; Wu, XR; Huang, C
2012 Mar;:13752-13760, Journal of biological chemistry
— id: 162339, year: 2012, vol: , page: 13752, stat: Journal Article,

Urothelial tumor initiation requires deregulation of multiple signaling pathways: implications in target-based therapies
Zhou, H; Huang, HY; Shapiro, E; Lepor, H; Huang, WC; Mohammadi, M; Mohr, I; Tang, MS; Huang, C; Wu, XR
2012 Feb;:770-780, Carcinogenesis
— id: 162340, year: 2012, vol: , page: 770, stat: Journal Article,

K-Ras and {beta}-catenin mutations cooperate with Fgfr3 mutations in mice to promote tumorigenesis in the skin and lung, but not in the bladder
Ahmad I; Singh LB; Foth M; Morris CA; Taketo MM; Wu XR; Leung HY; Sansom OJ; Iwata T
2011 Jul-Aug;4(4):548-555, Disease models & mechanisms
— id: 131662, year: 2011, vol: 4, page: 548, stat: Journal Article,

beta-Catenin activation synergizes with PTEN loss to cause bladder cancer formation
Ahmad, I; Morton, J P; Singh, L B; Radulescu, S M; Ridgway, R A; Patel, S; Woodgett, J; Winton, D J; Taketo, M M; Wu, X-R; Leung, H Y; Sansom, O J
2011 Jan 13;30(2):178-189, Oncogene
— id: 132742, year: 2011, vol: 30, page: 178, stat: Journal Article,

Ras mutation cooperates with beta-catenin activation to drive bladder tumourigenesis
Ahmad, I; Patel, R; Liu, Y; Singh, L B; Taketo, M M; Wu, X-R; Leung, H Y; Sansom, O J
2011 ;2:e124-e124, Cell death & disease
— id: 132242, year: 2011, vol: 2, page: e124, stat: Journal Article,

Tamm-Horsfall Protein Deficient Thick Ascending Limbs Promote Injury to Neighboring S3 Segments in an MIP-2 Dependent Mechanism
El-Achkar TM; McCracken R; Rauchman M; Heitmeier MR; Al-Aly Z; Dagher PC; Wu XR
2011 Apr;300(4):F999-F1007, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 120836, year: 2011, vol: 300, page: F999, stat: Journal Article,

Organ, species and sex differences in mutagenesis induced by butyl-hydroxybutyl-N-nitrosamine in big blue transgenic rodents as the basis for the strict organ specificity of this environmental carcinogen metabolite
He, Z; Strasberg-Rieber, Z -L Z; Kosinska, W; Wu, X -R; Guttenplan, J B
2011 15 Apr 2011;71(8):-, Cancer research
— id: 162905, year: 2011, vol: 71, page: , stat: Journal Article,

The X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) mediates cancer cell motility Via RhoGDP dissociation inhibitor (RhoGDI)-dependent regulation of cytoskeleton
Liu J; Zhang D; Luo W; Yu Y; Yu J; Li J; Zhang X; Zhang B; Chen J; Wu XR; Rosas-Acosta G; Huang C
2011 May 6;286(18):15630-15640, Journal of biological chemistry
— id: 131663, year: 2011, vol: 286, page: 15630, stat: Journal Article,

The epithelium-molecular landscaping for an interactive barrier
Chai, Karl; Kitamura, Kenichiro; McCann, Amanda; Wu, Xue-Ru
2010 ;2010:870506-870506, Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology
— id: 132737, year: 2010, vol: 2010, page: 870506, stat: Journal Article,

Comparison of the pathology of interstitial plaque in human ICSF stone patients to NHERF-1 and THP-null mice
Evan, Andrew P; Weinman, Edward J; Wu, Xue-Ru; Lingeman, James E; Worcester, Elaine M; Coe, Fredric L
2010 Dec;38(6):439-452, Urological research
— id: 132736, year: 2010, vol: 38, page: 439, stat: Journal Article,

Progressive renal papillary calcification and ureteral stone formation in mice deficient for Tamm-Horsfall protein
Liu, Yan; Mo, Lan; Goldfarb, David S; Evan, Andrew P; Liang, Fengxia; Khan, Saeed R; Lieske, John C; Wu, Xue-Ru
2010 Sep;299(3):F469-F478, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 138204, year: 2010, vol: 299, page: F469, stat: Journal Article,

Neuropilin-VEGF signaling pathway acts as a key modulator of vascular, lymphatic, and inflammatory cell responses of the bladder to intravesical BCG treatment
Saban, Marcia R; Sferra, Thomas J; Davis, Carole A; Simpson, Cindy; Allen, Arielle; Maier, Julie; Fowler, Ben; Knowlton, Nicholas; Birder, Lori; Wu, Xue-Ru; Saban, Ricardo
2010 Dec;299(6):F1245-F1256, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 132735, year: 2010, vol: 299, page: F1245, stat: Journal Article,

Utility of Uroplakin and PAX-2 Immunohistochemistry in the Diagnosis of Primary Adenocarcinoma of the Urinary Bladder
Ye, H; Wu, X; Hansel, DE; Melamed, J; Epstein, JI
2010 FEB ;23(3):229A-230A, Modern pathology
— id: 109937, year: 2010, vol: 23, page: 229A, stat: Journal Article,

Utility of Uroplakin and PAX-2 Immunohistochemistry in the Diagnosis of Primary Adenocarcinoma of the Urinary Bladder
Ye, H; Wu, X; Hansel, DE; Melamed, J; Epstein, JI
2010 FEB ;90(11):229A-230A, Laboratory investigation
— id: 109956, year: 2010, vol: 90, page: 229A, stat: Journal Article,

Temporally and spatially controllable gene expression and knockout in mouse urothelium
Zhou, Haiping; Liu, Yan; He, Feng; Mo, Lan; Sun, Tung-Tien; Wu, Xue-Ru
2010 Aug;299(2):F387-F395, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 138180, year: 2010, vol: 299, page: F387, stat: Journal Article,

Deficiency of pRb family proteins and p53 in invasive urothelial tumorigenesis
He, Feng; Mo, Lan; Zheng, Xiao-Yong; Hu, Changkun; Lepor, Herbert; Lee, Eva Y-H P; Sun, Tung-Tien; Wu, Xue-Ru
2009 Dec 15;69(24):9413-9421, Cancer research
— id: 105925, year: 2009, vol: 69, page: 9413, stat: Journal Article,

Immunohistochemical Panel to Identify the Primary Site of Invasive Micropapillary Carcinoma
Lotan, Tamara L; Ye, Huihui; Melamed, Jonathan; Wu, Xue-Ru; Shih, Ie-Ming; Epstein, Jonathan I
2009 Jul;33(7):1037-1041, American journal of surgical pathology
— id: 95436, year: 2009, vol: 33, page: 1037, stat: Journal Article,

Biology of urothelial tumorigenesis: insights from genetically engineered mice
Wu, Xue-Ru
2009 Dec;28(3-4):281-290, Cancer metastasis reviews
— id: 106275, year: 2009, vol: 28, page: 281, stat: Journal Article,

Uroplakins in urothelial biology, function, and disease
Wu, Xue-Ru; Kong, Xiang-Peng; Pellicer, Angel; Kreibich, Gert; Sun, Tung-Tien
2009 Jun;75(11):1153-1165, Kidney international
— id: 98907, year: 2009, vol: 75, page: 1153, stat: Journal Article,

Tamm-Horsfall protein protects the kidney from ischemic injury by decreasing inflammation and altering TLR4 expression
El-Achkar, Tarek M; Wu, Xue-Ru; Rauchman, Michael; McCracken, Ruth; Kiefer, Susan; Dagher, Pierre C
2008 Aug;295(2):F534-F544, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 132739, year: 2008, vol: 295, page: F534, stat: Journal Article,

VEGF receptors and neuropilins are expressed in the urothelial and neuronal cells in normal mouse urinary bladder and are upregulated in inflammation
Saban, Marcia R; Backer, Joseph M; Backer, Marina V; Maier, Julie; Fowler, Ben; Davis, Carole A; Simpson, Cindy; Wu, Xue-Ru; Birder, Lori; Freeman, Michael R; Soker, Shay; Hurst, Robert E; Saban, Ricardo
2008 Jul;295(1):F60-F72, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 132740, year: 2008, vol: 295, page: F60, stat: Journal Article,

Molecular networks discriminating mouse bladder responses to intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), LPS, and TNF-alpha
Saban, Marcia R; O'Donnell, Michael A; Hurst, Robert E; Wu, Xue-Ru; Simpson, Cindy; Dozmorov, Igor; Davis, Carole; Saban, Ricardo
2008 ;9:4-4, BMC Immunology
— id: 132741, year: 2008, vol: 9, page: 4, stat: Journal Article,

Urothelial expression of neuropilins and VEGF receptors in control and interstitial cystitis patients
Saban, Ricardo; Saban, Marcia R; Maier, Julie; Fowler, Ben; Tengowski, Mark; Davis, Carole A; Wu, Xue-Ru; Culkin, Daniel J; Hauser, Paul; Backer, Joseph; Hurst, Robert E
2008 Dec;295(6):F1613-F1623, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 132738, year: 2008, vol: 295, page: F1613, stat: Journal Article,

Oncogene-induced replication stress preferentially targets common fragile sites in preneoplastic lesions. A genome-wide study
Tsantoulis, P K; Kotsinas, A; Sfikakis, P P; Evangelou, K; Sideridou, M; Levy, B; Mo, L; Kittas, C; Wu, X-R; Papavassiliou, A G; Gorgoulis, V G
2008 May 22;27(23):3256-3264, Oncogene
— id: 75193, year: 2008, vol: 27, page: 3256, stat: Journal Article,

Loss of Urinary Macromolecules in Mice Causes Interstitial and Intratubular Renal Calcification Dependent on the Underlying Conditions
Wu, XR; Lieske, JC; Evan, AP; Sommer, AJ; Liaw, L; Mo, L
2008 NOV 25 ;1049(22):113-119, AIP conference proceedings
— id: 91289, year: 2008, vol: 1049, page: 113, stat: Journal Article,

The histone deacetylase inhibitor belinostat (PXD101) suppresses bladder cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo
Buckley, Michael T; Yoon, Joanne; Yee, Herman; Chiriboga, Luis; Liebes, Leonard; Ara, Gulshan; Qian, Xiaozhong; Bajorin, Dean F; Sun, Tung-Tien; Wu, Xue-Ru; Osman, Iman
2007 Oct 12;5(1):49-49, Journal of translational medicine
— id: 74320, year: 2007, vol: 5, page: 49, stat: Journal Article,

Persistent uroplakin expression in advanced urothelial carcinomas: implications in urothelial tumor progression and clinical outcome
Huang, Hong-Ying; Shariat, Shahrokh F; Sun, Tung-Tien; Lepor, Herbert; Shapiro, Ellen; Hsieh, Jer-Tsong; Ashfaq, Raheela; Lotan, Yair; Wu, Xue-Ru
2007 Nov;38(11):1703-1713, Human pathology
— id: 73404, year: 2007, vol: 38, page: 1703, stat: Journal Article,

Decreased DOC-2/DAB2 expression in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
Karam, Jose A; Shariat, Shahrokh F; Huang, Hong-Ying; Pong, Rey-Chen; Ashfaq, Raheela; Shapiro, Ellen; Lotan, Yair; Sagalowsky, Arthur I; Wu, Xue-Ru; Hsieh, Jer-Tsong
2007 Aug 1;13(15 Pt 1):4400-4406, Clinical cancer research
— id: 73405, year: 2007, vol: 13, page: 4400, stat: Journal Article,

Renal Calcinosis and Stone Formation in Mice Lacking Osteopontin, Tamm-Horsfall Protein or Both
Mo, Lan; Liaw, Lucy; Evan, Andrew P; Sommer, Andre J; Lieske, John C; Wu, Xue-Ru
2007 Dec;293(6):F1935-F1943, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 74321, year: 2007, vol: 293, page: F1935, stat: Journal Article,

Hyperactivation of Ha-ras oncogene, but not Ink4a/Arf deficiency, triggers bladder tumorigenesis
Mo, Lan; Zheng, Xiaoyong; Huang, Hong-Ying; Shapiro, Ellen; Lepor, Herbert; Cordon-Cardo, Carlos; Sun, Tung-Tien; Wu, Xue-Ru
2007 Feb 1;117(2):314-325, Journal of clinical investigation
— id: 70641, year: 2007, vol: 117, page: 314, stat: Journal Article,

Repeated BCG treatment of mouse bladder selectively stimulates small GTPases and HLA antigens and inhibits single-spanning uroplakins
Saban, Marcia R; Hellmich, Helen L; Simpson, Cindy; Davis, Carole A; Lang, Mark L; Ihnat, Michael A; O'Donnell, Michael A; Wu, Xue-Ru; Saban, Ricardo
2007 Nov 2;7(1):204-204, BMC cancer
— id: 75191, year: 2007, vol: 7, page: 204, stat: Journal Article,

Lymphatic vessel density and function in experimental bladder cancer
Saban, Marcia R; Towner, Rheal; Smith, Nataliya; Abbott, Andrew; Neeman, Michal; Davis, Carole A; Simpson, Cindy; Maier, Julie; Memet, Sylvie; Wu, Xue-Ru; Saban, Ricardo
2007 Nov 29;7(1):219-219, BMC cancer
— id: 75190, year: 2007, vol: 7, page: 219, stat: Journal Article,

Early detection and measurement of urothelial tumors in mice
Johnson, Aimee M; Conover, David L; Huang, Jiaoti; Messing, Edward M; Ning, Ruola; O'Connell, Mary J; Rossi, M Adrian; Sun, Tung-Tien; Wood, Ronald W; Wu, Xue-Ru; Reeder, Jay E
2006 Jun;67(6):1309-1314, Urology
— id: 66475, year: 2006, vol: 67, page: 1309, stat: Journal Article,

Gene deletion in urothelium by specific expression of Cre recombinase
Mo L; Cheng J; Lee EY; Sun TT; Wu XR
2006 ;175(4):1569-, Journal of urology
— id: 62773, year: 2006, vol: 175, page: 1569, stat: Journal Article,

Distinct glycan structures of uroplakins Ia and Ib: structural basis for the selective binding of FimH adhesin to uroplakin Ia
Xie, Bo; Zhou, Ge; Chan, Shiu-Yung; Shapiro, Ellen; Kong, Xiang-Peng; Wu, Xue-Ru; Sun, Tung-Tien; Costello, Catherine E
2006 May 26;281(21):14644-14653, Journal of biological chemistry
— id: 66476, year: 2006, vol: 281, page: 14644, stat: Journal Article,

Differential expression of cell cycle regulators in phenotypic variants of transgenically induced bladder tumors: implications for tumor behavior
Garcia-Espana, Antonio; Salazar, Edgard; Sun, Tung-Tien; Wu, Xue-Ru; Pellicer, Angel
2005 Feb 15;65(4):1150-1157, Cancer research
— id: 48701, year: 2005, vol: 65, page: 1150, stat: Journal Article,

Cellular basis of urothelial squamous metaplasia: roles of lineage heterogeneity and cell replacement
Liang, Feng-Xia; Bosland, Maarten C; Huang, Hongying; Romih, Rok; Baptiste, Solange; Deng, Fang-Ming; Wu, Xue-Ru; Shapiro, Ellen; Sun, Tung-Tien
2005 Dec 5;171(5):835-844, Journal of cell biology
— id: 59934, year: 2005, vol: 171, page: 835, stat: Journal Article,

Gene Deletion in Urothelium by Specific Expression of Cre Recombinase
Mo, Lan; Cheng, Jin; Lee, Eva Y-H P; Sun, Tung-Tien; Wu, Xue-Ru
2005 Apr 19;289(3):F562-F568, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 51116, year: 2005, vol: 289, page: F562, stat: Journal Article,

Urothelial umbrella cells of human ureter are heterogeneous with respect to their uroplakin composition: different degrees of urothelial maturity in ureter and bladder?
Riedel, Ina; Liang, Feng-Xia; Deng, Fang-Ming; Tu, Liyu; Kreibich, Gert; Wu, Xue-Ru; Sun, Tung-Tien; Hergt, Michaela; Moll, Roland
2005 Mar;84(2-3):393-405, European journal of cell biology
— id: 51032, year: 2005, vol: 84, page: 393, stat: Journal Article,

A survivin gene signature predicts aggressive tumor behavior
Salz, Whitney; Eisenberg, Dan; Plescia, Janet; Garlick, David S; Weiss, Robert M; Wu, Xue-Ru; Sun, Tung-Tien; Altieri, Dario C
2005 May 1;65(9):3531-3534, Cancer research
— id: 51752, year: 2005, vol: 65, page: 3531, stat: Journal Article,

IMMUNOLOCALIZATION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR alpha AND beta IN HUMAN FETAL PROSTATE
Shapiro, Ellen; Huang, Hongying; Masch, Rachel J; McFadden, Deborah E; Wilson, E Lynette; Wu, Xue-Ru
2005 Nov;174(5):2051-2053, Journal of urology
— id: 58459, year: 2005, vol: 174, page: 2051, stat: Journal Article,

IMMUNOLOCALIZATION OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR AND ESTROGEN RECEPTORS alpha AND beta IN HUMAN FETAL TESTIS AND EPIDIDYMIS
Shapiro, Ellen; Huang, Hongying; Masch, Rachel J; McFadden, Deborah E; Wu, Xue-Ru; Ostrer, Harry
2005 Oct;174(4, Part 2 of 2):1695-1698, Journal of urology
— id: 57793, year: 2005, vol: 174, page: 1695, stat: Journal Article,

Urothelial tumorigenesis: a tale of divergent pathways
Wu, Xue-Ru
2005 Sep;5(9):713-725, Nature reviews. Cancer
— id: 57725, year: 2005, vol: 5, page: 713, stat: Journal Article,

Variation of high mannose chains of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein confers differential binding to type 1-fimbriated Escherichia coli
Cavallone, Daniela; Malagolini, Nadia; Monti, Angela; Wu, Xue-Ru; Serafini-Cessi, Franca
2004 Jan 2;279(1):216-222, Journal of biological chemistry
— id: 42020, year: 2004, vol: 279, page: 216, stat: Journal Article,

p53 deficiency provokes urothelial proliferation and synergizes with activated Ha-ras in promoting urothelial tumorigenesis
Gao, Jing; Huang, Hong-Ying; Pak, Joanne; Cheng, Jin; Zhang, Zhong-Ting; Shapiro, Ellen; Pellicer, Angel; Sun, Tung-Tien; Wu, Xue-Ru
2004 Jan 22;23(3):687-696, Oncogene
— id: 42019, year: 2004, vol: 23, page: 687, stat: Journal Article,

Lack of major involvement of human uroplakin genes in vesicoureteral reflux: Implications for disease heterogeneity
Jiang, Songshan; Gitlin, Jordan; Deng, Fang-Ming; Liang, Feng-Xia; Lee, Andy; Atala, Anthony; Bauer, Stuart B; Ehrlich, Garth D; Feather, Sally A; Goldberg, Judith D; Goodship, Judith A; Goodship, Timothy H J; Hermanns, Monika; Hu, Fen Ze; Jones, Katrin E; Malcolm, Sue; Mendelsohn, Cathy; Preston, Robert A; Retik, Alan B; Schneck, Francis X; Wright, Victoria; Ye, Xiang Y; Woolf, Adrian S; Wu, Xue-Ru; Ostrer, Harry; Shapiro, Ellen; Yu, Jun; Sun, Tung-Tien
2004 Jul;66(1):10-19, Kidney international
— id: 43158, year: 2004, vol: 66, page: 10, stat: Journal Article,

Tamm-Horsfall protein is a critical renal defense factor protecting against calcium oxalate crystal formation
Mo, Lan; Huang, Hong-Ying; Zhu, Xin-Hua; Shapiro, Ellen; Hasty, David L; Wu, Xue-Ru
2004 Sep;66(3):1159-1166, Kidney international
— id: 44481, year: 2004, vol: 66, page: 1159, stat: Journal Article,

Ablation of the Tamm-Horsfall protein gene increases susceptibility of mice to bladder colonization by type 1-fimbriated Escherichia coli
Mo, Lan; Zhu, Xin-Hua; Huang, Hong-Ying; Shapiro, Ellen; Hasty, David L; Wu, Xue-Ru
2004 Apr;286(4):F795-F802, American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
— id: 48190, year: 2004, vol: 286, page: F795, stat: Journal Article,

Detection of circulating cancer cells expressing uroplakins and epidermal growth factor receptor in bladder cancer patients
Osman, Iman; Kang, Melissa; Lee, Andy; Deng, Fang-Ming; Polsky, David; Mikhail, Maryann; Chang, Caroline; David, Dexter A; Mitra, Nandita; Wu, Xue-Ru; Sun, Tung-Tien; Bajorin, Dean F
2004 Oct 10;111(6):934-939, International journal of cancer
— id: 44185, year: 2004, vol: 111, page: 934, stat: Journal Article,

THE PROSTATIC UTRICLE IS NOT A MULLERIAN DUCT REMNANT: IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR A DISTINCT UROGENITAL SINUS ORIGIN
Shapiro, Ellen; Huang, Hongying; McFadden, Deborah E; Masch, Rachel J; Ng, Eliza; Lepor, Herbert; Wu, Xue-Ru
2004 Oct;172(4, Part 2 Of 2):1753-1756, Journal of urology
— id: 44930, year: 2004, vol: 172, page: 1753, stat: Journal Article,

New concepts on the development of the vagina
Shapiro, Ellen; Huang, Hongying; Wu, Xue-Ru
2004 ;545(1):173-185, Advances in experimental medicine & biology
— id: 42301, year: 2004, vol: 545, page: 173, stat: Journal Article,

Allelic loss of p53 gene is associated with genesis and maintenance, but not invasion, of mouse carcinoma in situ of the bladder
Cheng, Jin; Huang, Hongying; Pak, Joanne; Shapiro, Ellen; Sun, Tung-Tien; Cordon-Cardo, Carlos; Waldman, Frederic M; Wu, Xue-Ru
2003 Jan 1;63(1):179-185, Cancer research
— id: 34168, year: 2003, vol: 63, page: 179, stat: Journal Article,

Renal tubule-specific expression and urinary secretion of human hormone: a kidney-based transgenic bioreactor growth
Zhu, Xinhua; Cheng, Jin; Huang, Liwei; Gao, Jin; Zhang, Zhong-Ting; Pak, Joanne; Wu, Xue-Ru
2003 Apr;12(2):155-162, Transgenic research
— id: 39231, year: 2003, vol: 12, page: 155, stat: Journal Article,

The human prostate expresses sonic hedgehog during fetal development
Barnett, Daniel H; Huang, Hong-Ying; Wu, Xue-Ru; Laciak, Robert; Shapiro, Ellen; Bushman, Wade
2002 Nov;168(5):2206-2210, Journal of urology
— id: 75192, year: 2002, vol: 168, page: 2206, stat: Journal Article,

Overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor in urothelium elicits urothelial hyperplasia and promotes bladder tumor growth
Cheng, Jin; Huang, Hongying; Zhang, Zhong-Ting; Shapiro, Ellen; Pellicer, Angel; Sun, Tung-Tien; Wu, Xue-Ru
2002 Jul 15;62(14):4157-4163, Cancer research
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Isolation of mouse THP gene promoter and demonstration of its kidney-specific activity in transgenic mice
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Tamm-Horsfall protein binds to type 1 fimbriated Escherichia coli and prevents E. coli from binding to uroplakin Ia and Ib receptors
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Brenner tumors but not transitional cell carcinomas of the ovary show urothelial differentiation: immunohistochemical staining of urothelial markers, including cytokeratins and uroplakins
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Role of Ha-ras activation in superficial papillary pathway of urothelial tumor formation
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Uroplakin Ia is the urothelial receptor for uropathogenic Escherichia coli: evidence from in vitro FimH binding
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2000 Nov 27;151(5):961-972, Journal of cell biology
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Terminal glycosylation of bovine uroplakin III, one of the major integral-membrane glycoproteins of mammalian bladder
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Uroplakin and androgen receptor expression in the human fetal genital tract: insights into the development of the vagina
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New concepts of histological changes in experimental augmentation cystoplasty: insights into the development of neoplastic transformation at the enterovesical and gastrovesical anastomosis
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Three-dimensional analysis of the 16 nm urothelial plaque particle: luminal surface exposure, preferential head-to-head interaction, and hinge formation
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Detection of circulating uroplakin-positive cells in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
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Urothelial hinge as a highly specialized membrane: detergent-insolubility, urohingin association, and in vitro formation
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Uroplakin and androgen receptor expression in the human fetal female genital tract: Insights into the development of the vagina in normal females and in congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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Uroplakins as markers of urothelial differentiation
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Urothelium-specific expression of an oncogene in transgenic mice induced the formation of carcinoma in situ and invasive transitional cell carcinoma
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New concepts on the histological changes in experimental augmentation cystoplasty: Insights into the development of neoplastic transformation at the enterovesical anastomosis
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Variants of the FimH adhesion confer distinct patterns of interaction of E-coli with urinary bladder
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Three dimensional analysis of the 16-nm urothelial plaque particle: Luminal surface exposure, preferential head-to-head interaction, and dynamic plaque/hinge formation
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Pathogenic adaptation of Escherichia coli by natural variation of the FimH adhesin
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Uroplakin II gene is expressed in transitional cell carcinoma but not in bilharzial bladder squamous cell carcinoma: alternative pathways of bladder epithelial differentiation and tumor formation [published erratum appears in Cancer Res 1998 Jul 1;58(13):2904]
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Formation of asymmetric unit membrane during urothelial differentiation
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In vitro binding of type 1-fimbriated Escherichia coli to uroplakins Ia and Ib: relation to urinary tract infections
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1996 Sep 3;93(18):9630-9635, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Uroplakins, specific membrane proteins of urothelial umbrella cells, as histological markers of metastatic transitional cell carcinomas
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Towards the molecular architecture of the asymmetric unit membrane of the mammalian urinary bladder epithelium: a closed "twisted ribbon" structure
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Selective interactions of UPIa and UPIb, two members of the transmembrane 4 superfamily, with distinct single transmembrane-domained proteins in differentiated urothelial cells
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Precursor sequence, processing, and urothelium-specific expression of a major 15-kDa protein subunit of asymmetric unit membrane
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Rapid communication: PstI, HindIII, and TaqI restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the bovine Uroplakin IB gene
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1994 Jul;72(7):1909-1909, Jounral of animal science
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TaqI and BglII RFLPs for the bovine uroplakin III loci UPK3A and UPK3B
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1994 Feb;25(1):64-64, Animal genetics
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Rapid communication: BamHI and TaqI restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the bovine Uroplakin IA gene
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1994 Jul;72(7):1908-1908, Jounral of animal science
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Mammalian uroplakins. A group of highly conserved urothelial differentiation-related membrane proteins
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Uroplakins Ia and Ib, two major differentiation products of bladder epithelium, belong to a family of four transmembrane domain (4TM) proteins
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1994 Apr;125(1):171-182, Journal of cell biology
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Chromosomal localization of uroplakin genes of cattle and mice
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1993 Nov;4(11):656-661, Mammalian genome
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Molecular cloning of a 47 kDa tissue-specific and differentiation-dependent urothelial cell surface glycoprotein
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Large scale purification and immunolocalization of bovine uroplakins I, II, and III. Molecular markers of urothelial differentiation
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Uroplakin I: a 27-kD protein associated with the asymmetric unit membrane of mammalian urothelium
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