Chung CS Yang

Distinguished Professor & John L. Colaizzi Endowed
Toxicology
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
United States of America

Professor Toxicology
Biography

Chung “CS” Yang Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor & John L. Colaizzi Endowed Chair in Pharmacy Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy and worked at EOHSI in Toxicology division. His Research areas involves Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and its prevention, including development of new animal models for colon ad prostate cancers as well as studies on the inhibition of carcinogenesis by tea constituents, tocopherols, and their combination with commonly used drugs. Research is being conducted in animal models, on molecular investigation with cell lines, and in humans.

Research Intrest

Toxicology

List of Publications
Yang, CS, Wang, H. Cancer Preventive Activities of Tea Catechins. Molecules. 2016;21 (12):. doi: 10.3390/molecules21121679. PubMed PMID:27941682
Bak, MJ, Das Gupta, S, Wahler, J, Lee, HJ, Li, X, Lee, MJ, Yang, CS, Suh, N. Inhibitory Effects of γ- and δ-Tocopherols on Estrogen-Stimulated Breast Cancer In Vitro and In Vivo. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2017;10 (3):188-197. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-16-0223. PubMed PMID:28096236 PubMed Central PMC5337152
Hao, X, Xiao, H, Ju, J, Lee, MJ, Lambert, JD, Yang, CS. Green Tea Polyphenols Inhibit Colorectal Tumorigenesis in Azoxymethane-Treated F344 Rats. Nutr Cancer. ;69 (4):623-631. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2017.1295088. PubMed PMID:28323438
Yu, Z, Samavat, H, Dostal, A, Wang, R, Torkelson, CJ, Yang, CS, Bulter, LM, Kensler, TW, Wu, AH, Kurzer, MS et al.. Effect of Green Tea Supplements on Liver Enzyme Elevation: Results from a Randomized Intervention Study in the United States. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2017; :. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-17-0160. PubMed PMID:28765194
Shi, J, Feng, J, Xie, J, Mei, Z, Shi, T, Wang, S, Du, Y, Yang, G, Wu, Y, Cheng, X et al.. Targeted blockade of TGF-β and IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 pathways inhibits lung cancer growth promoted by bone marrow-derived myofibroblasts. Sci Rep. 2017;7 (1):8660. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09020-8. PubMed PMID:28819126 PubMed Central PMC5561133