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Jun Han

D.D.S., Ph.D.

Research Associate
Education    Experience    Honors & Awards    Publications   


Education

INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE

YEAR(s)

FIELD OF STUDY

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Ph.D.

2005

Craniofacial Biology

School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, China

M.S.

1998

 Medicine

School of Stomatology, Peking University, Beijing, China

D.D.S.

1996

  


Research & Professional Experience

2006-present

Research Associate, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

2004-2006

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

1999-2004

Research Assistant, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

1998-1999

Dentist, The Oral Department of Beijing Children’s Hospital, China


Academic Honors and Awards

1997

Guanghua scholarship awarded by the government of Beijing


Publications

Hosokawa R, Urata M, Han J, Zehnaly A., Bringas Jr P, Nonaka K, Chai Y. (2007). TGF-beta mediated Msx2 expression controls occipital somites-derived caudal region of skull development. Dev. Biol. 310(1):140-53.

Han J, Ishii M, Bringas P Jr, Maas RL, Maxson RE Jr, Chai1 Y. (2007).  Concerted action of Msx1 and Msx2 in regulating cranial neural crest cell differentiation during frontal bone development.  Mechanisms of Development  124(9-10):729-45

Xu X, Han J, Ito Y, Bringas P Jr., Urata MM, Chai Y. (2006). Cell autonomous requirement for Tgfbr2 in the disappearance of medial edge epithelium during palatal fusion. Dev. Biol. 297(1):238-48.

Ishii M, Han J, Yen HY, Sucov HM, Chai Y, Maxson RE Jr. (2005).  Combined deficiencies of Msx1 and Msx2 cause impaired patterning and survival of the cranial neural crest. Development. 132(22):4937-50.

Sasaki T, Ito Y, Xu X, Han J, Bringas P Jr, Maeda T, Slavkin HC, Grosschedl R, Chai Y. (2005). LEF1 is a critical epithelial survival factor during tooth morphogenesis. Dev. Biol. 278,130-143.

Ito Y, Yeo JY, Chytil A, Han J, Bringas P Jr, Nakajima A, Shuler CF, Moses HL, Chai Y.  (2003). Conditional inactivation of TGF-beta IIR in cranial neural crest causes cleft palate and calvaria defects.  Development 130, 5269-5280.

Han J., Ito Y., Yeo J., Sucov H.M., Maas R., and Chai Y. (2003) Cranial neural crest-derived mesenchymal proliferation is regulated by Msx1-mediated p19INK4d expression during odontogenesis. Dev. Biol. 261, 183-196.

Chai Y., Ito Y., and Han J. (2003) TGF-beta signaling and its functional significance in regulating the fate of cranial neural crest cells. Crit. Rev. Oral Biol. Med. 14, 78-88

Zhang Y, Wang S, Song Y, Han J, Chai Y, Chen Y. (2003). Timing of odontogenic neural crest cell migration and tooth-forming capability in mice.  Dev. Dyn.  226, 713-718

Xu X, Jeong L, Han J, Ito Y, Bringas P Jr, Chai Y. (2003). Developmental expression of Smad1-7 suggests critical function of TGF-beta/BMP signaling in regulating epithelial-mesenchymal interaction during tooth morphogenesis. Int J Dev Biol 47(1):31-9

Chai Y, Jiang X, Ito Y, Bringas P Jr, Han J, Rowitch DH, Soriano P, McMahon AP, Sucov HM (2000). Fate of the mammalian cranial neural crest during tooth and mandibular morphogenesis. Development, 127,1671-1679.

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