Sandy Chang, MD, PhD, BS
Pathology, Laboratory Medicine
Titles
- Yale College Associate Dean for Science & Quantitative Reasoning Education, Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Associate Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
Education & Training
- ResidentBrigham & Women's Hospital (2000)
- ResidentBrigham & Women's Hospital (1998)
- MDCornell University Medical College (1997)
- PhDRockefeller University (1996)
- BSYale University (1988)
Languages Spoken
- 官話 / 官话 (Chinese-Mandarin)
- English
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Election into the American Society of Clinical Investigation: American Society of Clinical Investigation (2009)
- Ellis Benson Award: Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (2007)
- Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research Scholar Award: Sidney Kimmel Foundation (2005)
- New Scholar in Aging Award: Ellison Medical Foundation (2001)
Board Certifications
- AB of Pathology, Clinical Pathology (2003)
Publications
- Rai R, Sodeinde T, Boston A, Chang S. Telomeres cooperate with the nuclear envelope to maintain genome stability. BioEssays 2023, 46: e2300184. PMID: 38047499, DOI: 10.1002/bies.202300184.
- Rai R, Biju K, Sun W, Sodeinde T, Al-Hiyasat A, Morgan J, Ye X, Li X, Chen Y, Chang S. Author Correction: Homology directed telomere clustering, ultrabright telomere formation and nuclear envelope rupture in cells lacking TRF2B and RAP1. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 3319. PMID: 37286532, PMCID: PMC10247812, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39144-7.
- Rai R, Biju K, Sun W, Sodeinde T, Al-Hiyasat A, Morgan J, Ye X, Li X, Chen Y, Chang S. Homology directed telomere clustering, ultrabright telomere formation and nuclear envelope rupture in cells lacking TRF2B and RAP1. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 2144. PMID: 37059728, PMCID: PMC10104862, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37761-w.
- Gu P, Jia S, Takasugi T, Tesmer VM, Nandakumar J, Chen Y, Chang S. Distinct functions of POT1 proteins contribute to the regulation of telomerase recruitment to telomeres. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 5514. PMID: 34535663, PMCID: PMC8448735, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25799-7.
- Cicconi A, Rai R, Xiong X, Broton C, Al-Hiyasat A, Hu C, Dong S, Sun W, Garbarino J, Bindra RS, Schildkraut C, Chen Y, Chang S. Microcephalin 1/BRIT1-TRF2 interaction promotes telomere replication and repair, linking telomere dysfunction to primary microcephaly. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 5861. PMID: 33203878, PMCID: PMC7672075, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19674-0.
- Cicconi A, Chang S. Shelterin and the replisome: at the intersection of telomere repair and replication. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 2020, 60: 77-84. PMID: 32171974, DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2020.02.016.
- Rai R, Gu P, Broton C, Kumar-Sinha C, Chen Y, Chang S. The Replisome Mediates A-NHEJ Repair of Telomeres Lacking POT1-TPP1 Independently of MRN Function. Cell Reports 2019, 29: 3708-3725.e5. PMID: 31825846, PMCID: PMC7001145, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.012.
- Chan EM, Shibue T, McFarland JM, Gaeta B, Ghandi M, Dumont N, Gonzalez A, McPartlan JS, Li T, Zhang Y, Bin Liu J, Lazaro JB, Gu P, Piett CG, Apffel A, Ali SO, Deasy R, Keskula P, Ng RWS, Roberts EA, Reznichenko E, Leung L, Alimova M, Schenone M, Islam M, Maruvka YE, Liu Y, Roper J, Raghavan S, Giannakis M, Tseng YY, Nagel ZD, D’Andrea A, Root DE, Boehm JS, Getz G, Chang S, Golub TR, Tsherniak A, Vazquez F, Bass AJ. WRN helicase is a synthetic lethal target in microsatellite unstable cancers. Nature 2019, 568: 551-556. PMID: 30971823, PMCID: PMC6580861, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1102-x.
- Gu P, Jia S, Takasugi T, Smith E, Nandakumar J, Hendrickson E, Chang S. CTC1‐STN1 coordinates G‐ and C‐strand synthesis to regulate telomere length. Aging Cell 2018, 17: e12783. PMID: 29774655, PMCID: PMC6052479, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12783.
- Hu C, Rai R, Huang C, Broton C, Long J, Xu Y, Xue J, Lei M, Chang S, Chen Y. Structural and functional analyses of the mammalian TIN2-TPP1-TRF2 telomeric complex. Cell Research 2017, 27: 1485-1502. PMID: 29160297, PMCID: PMC5717407, DOI: 10.1038/cr.2017.144.
- Chen C, Gu P, Wu J, Chen X, Niu S, Sun H, Wu L, Li N, Peng J, Shi S, Fan C, Huang M, Wong CC, Gong Q, Kumar-Sinha C, Zhang R, Pusztai L, Rai R, Chang S, Lei M. Structural insights into POT1-TPP1 interaction and POT1 C-terminal mutations in human cancer. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 14929. PMID: 28393832, PMCID: PMC5394241, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14929.
- Rai R, Chang S. Probing the Telomere Damage Response. 2017, 1587: 133-138. PMID: 28324505, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6892-3_13.
- Rai R, Multani AS, Chang S. Cytogenetic Analysis of Telomere Dysfunction. 2017, 1587: 127-131. PMID: 28324504, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6892-3_12.
- Rai R, Hu C, Broton C, Chen Y, Lei M, Chang S. NBS1 Phosphorylation Status Dictates Repair Choice of Dysfunctional Telomeres. Molecular Cell 2017, 65: 801-817.e4. PMID: 28216226, PMCID: PMC5639704, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.01.016.
- Gu P, Wang Y, Bisht KK, Wu L, Kukova L, Smith EM, Xiao Y, Bailey SM, Lei M, Nandakumar J, Chang S. Pot1 OB-fold mutations unleash telomere instability to initiate tumorigenesis. Oncogene 2016, 36: 1939-1951. PMID: 27869160, PMCID: PMC5383532, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.405.
- Wang Y, Wang X, Flores ER, Yu J, Chang S. Dysfunctional telomeres induce p53‐dependent and independent apoptosis to compromise cellular proliferation and inhibit tumor formation. Aging Cell 2016, 15: 646-660. PMID: 27113195, PMCID: PMC4933665, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12476.
- Rai R, Chen Y, Lei M, Chang S. TRF2-RAP1 is required to protect telomeres from engaging in homologous recombination-mediated deletions and fusions. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 10881. PMID: 26941064, PMCID: PMC4785230, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10881.
- Rai R, Chang S. Monitoring the DNA Damage Response at Dysfunctional Telomeres. 2015, 1343: 175-180. PMID: 26420717, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2963-4_14.
- Gupta R, Dong Y, Solomon PD, Wettersten HI, Cheng CJ, Min JN, Henson J, Dogra SK, Hwang SH, Hammock BD, Zhu LJ, Reddel RR, Saltzman WM, Weiss RH, Chang S, Green MR, Wajapeyee N. Synergistic tumor suppression by combined inhibition of telomerase and CDKN1A. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: e3062-e3071. PMID: 25024194, PMCID: PMC4121806, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411370111.
- Lee Y, Brown EJ, Chang S, McKinnon PJ. Pot1a Prevents Telomere Dysfunction and ATM-Dependent Neuronal Loss. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 7836-7844. PMID: 24899707, PMCID: PMC4044246, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4245-13.2014.
- Wang Y, Sharpless N, Chang S. p16INK4a protects against dysfunctional telomere–induced ATR-dependent DNA damage responses. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2013, 123: 4489-4501. PMID: 24091330, PMCID: PMC3784543, DOI: 10.1172/jci69574.
- Wan B, Yin J, Horvath K, Sarkar J, Chen Y, Wu J, Wan K, Lu J, Gu P, Yu EY, Lue NF, Chang S, Liu Y, Lei M. SLX4 Assembles a Telomere Maintenance Toolkit by Bridging Multiple Endonucleases with Telomeres. Cell Reports 2013, 4: 861-869. PMID: 24012755, PMCID: PMC4334113, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.08.017.
- Gu P, Chang S. Functional characterization of human CTC1 mutations reveals novel mechanisms responsible for the pathogenesis of the telomere disease Coats plus. Aging Cell 2013, 12: 1100-1109. PMID: 23869908, PMCID: PMC4083614, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12139.
- Min JN, Tian Y, Xiao Y, Wu L, Li L, Chang S. The mINO80 chromatin remodeling complex is required for efficient telomere replication and maintenance of genome stability. Cell Research 2013, 23: 1396-1413. PMID: 23979016, PMCID: PMC3847565, DOI: 10.1038/cr.2013.113.
- Chang S. Cancer chromosomes going to POT1. Nature Genetics 2013, 45: 473-475. PMID: 23619786, PMCID: PMC4040961, DOI: 10.1038/ng.2617.
- Gu P, Deng W, Lei M, Chang S. Single strand DNA binding proteins 1 and 2 protect newly replicated telomeres. Cell Research 2013, 23: 705-719. PMID: 23459151, PMCID: PMC3641597, DOI: 10.1038/cr.2013.31.
- Chang S. Chromosome ends teach unexpected lessons on DNA damage signalling. The EMBO Journal 2012, 31: 3380-3381. PMID: 22842787, PMCID: PMC3419931, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.199.
- Akbay EA, Peña CG, Ruder D, Michel JA, Nakada Y, Pathak S, Multani AS, Chang S, Castrillon DH. Cooperation between p53 and the telomere-protecting shelterin component Pot1a in endometrial carcinogenesis. Oncogene 2012, 32: 2211-2219. PMID: 22689059, PMCID: PMC3636499, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.232.
- Gu P, Min J, Wang Y, Huang C, Peng T, Chai W, Chang S. CTC1 deletion results in defective telomere replication, leading to catastrophic telomere loss and stem cell exhaustion. The EMBO Journal 2012, 31: 2309-2321. PMID: 22531781, PMCID: PMC3364752, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.96.
- Flynn RL, Chang S, Zou L. RPA and POT1. Cell Cycle 2012, 11: 652-657. PMID: 22373525, PMCID: PMC3318101, DOI: 10.4161/cc.11.4.19061.
- Rai R, Li JM, Zheng H, Lok GT, Deng Y, Huen MS, Chen J, Jin J, Chang S. The E3 ubiquitin ligase Rnf8 stabilizes Tpp1 to promote telomere end protection. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2011, 18: 1400-1407. PMID: 22101936, PMCID: PMC3657743, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2172.
- Wang Y, Shen MF, Chang S. Essential roles for Pot1b in HSC self-renewal and survival. Blood 2011, 118: 6068-6077. PMID: 21948176, PMCID: PMC3234665, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-06-361527.
- Flynn RL, Centore RC, O’Sullivan R, Rai R, Tse A, Songyang Z, Chang S, Karlseder J, Zou L. TERRA and hnRNPA1 orchestrate an RPA-to-POT1 switch on telomeric single-stranded DNA. Nature 2011, 471: 532-536. PMID: 21399625, PMCID: PMC3078637, DOI: 10.1038/nature09772.
- Multani A, Chang S. Cytogenetic Analysis of Telomere Dysfunction. 2011, 735: 139-143. PMID: 21461818, PMCID: PMC3725757, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-092-8_13.
- Rai R, Chang S. Probing the Telomere Damage Response. 2011, 735: 145-150. PMID: 21461819, PMCID: PMC3690558, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-092-8_14.
- Deriano L, Chaumeil J, Coussens M, Multani A, Chou Y, Alekseyenko AV, Chang S, Skok JA, Roth DB. The RAG2 C terminus suppresses genomic instability and lymphomagenesis. Nature 2011, 471: 119-123. PMID: 21368836, PMCID: PMC3174233, DOI: 10.1038/nature09755.
- Chen Y, Rai R, Zhou ZR, Kanoh J, Ribeyre C, Yang Y, Zheng H, Damay P, Wang F, Tsujii H, Hiraoka Y, Shore D, Hu HY, Chang S, Lei M. A conserved motif within RAP1 has diversified roles in telomere protection and regulation in different organisms. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2011, 18: 213-221. PMID: 21217703, PMCID: PMC3688267, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1974.
- Akhter S, Lam YC, Chang S, Legerski RJ. The telomeric protein SNM1B/Apollo is required for normal cell proliferation and embryonic development. Aging Cell 2010, 9: 1047-1056. PMID: 20854421, PMCID: PMC3719988, DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00631.x.
- Chang S. The telomere protein tankyrase 1 regulates DNA damage responses at telomeres. Aging 2010, 2: 639-642. PMID: 21076181, PMCID: PMC2993793, DOI: 10.18632/aging.100221.
- Rai R, Zheng H, He H, Luo Y, Multani A, Carpenter PB, Chang S. The function of classical and alternative non‐homologous end‐joining pathways in the fusion of dysfunctional telomeres. The EMBO Journal 2010, 29: 2598-2610. PMID: 20588252, PMCID: PMC2928694, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.142.
- Chan SS, Chang S. Defending the end zone: Studying the players involved in protecting chromosome ends. FEBS Letters 2010, 584: 3773-3778. PMID: 20579983, PMCID: PMC3657741, DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.06.016.
- Lam YC, Akhter S, Gu P, Ye J, Poulet A, Giraud‐Panis M, Bailey SM, Gilson E, Legerski RJ, Chang S. SNMIB/Apollo protects leading‐strand telomeres against NHEJ‐mediated repair. The EMBO Journal 2010, 29: 2230-2241. PMID: 20551906, PMCID: PMC2905253, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.58.
- Yang G, Chang B, Yang F, Guo X, Cai K, Xiao X, Wang H, Sen S, Hung M, Mills G, Chang S, Multani A, Mercado-Uribe I, Liu J. Aurora Kinase A Promotes Ovarian Tumorigenesis through Dysregulation of the Cell Cycle and Suppression of BRCA2. Clinical Cancer Research 2010, 16: 3171-3181. PMID: 20423983, PMCID: PMC2930838, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-09-3171.
- Liang Y, Gao H, Lin S, Peng G, Huang X, Zhang P, Goss J, Brunicardi F, Multani A, Chang S, Li K. BRIT1/MCPH1 Is Essential for Mitotic and Meiotic Recombination DNA Repair and Maintaining Genomic Stability in Mice. PLOS Genetics 2010, 6: e1000826. PMID: 20107607, PMCID: PMC2809772, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000826.
- Chang S. Replicative Senescence as an Intrinsic Tumor-Suppressor Mechanism. 2009, 201-217. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1075-2_8.
- Atanassov BS, Evrard YA, Multani AS, Zhang Z, Tora L, Devys D, Chang S, Dent SY. Gcn5 and SAGA Regulate Shelterin Protein Turnover and Telomere Maintenance. Molecular Cell 2009, 35: 352-364. PMID: 19683498, PMCID: PMC2749492, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.06.015.
- Deng Y, Guo X, Ferguson DO, Chang S. Multiple roles for MRE11 at uncapped telomeres. Nature 2009, 460: 914-918. PMID: 19633651, PMCID: PMC2760383, DOI: 10.1038/nature08196.
- He H, Wang Y, Guo X, Ramchandani S, Ma J, Shen MF, Garcia DA, Deng Y, Multani AS, You MJ, Chang S. Pot1b Deletion and Telomerase Haploinsufficiency in Mice Initiate an ATR-Dependent DNA Damage Response and Elicit Phenotypes Resembling Dyskeratosis Congenita. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2009, 29: 229-240. PMID: 18936156, PMCID: PMC2612488, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01400-08.
- Buis J, Wu Y, Deng Y, Leddon J, Westfield G, Eckersdorff M, Sekiguchi JM, Chang S, Ferguson DO. Mre11 Nuclease Activity Has Essential Roles in DNA Repair and Genomic Stability Distinct from ATM Activation. Cell 2008, 135: 85-96. PMID: 18854157, PMCID: PMC2645868, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.08.015.
- Bhatia B, Jiang M, Suraneni M, Patrawala L, Badeaux M, Schneider-Broussard R, Multani AS, Jeter CR, Calhoun-Davis T, Hu L, Hu J, Tsavachidis S, Zhang W, Chang S, Hayward SW, Tang DG. Critical and Distinct Roles of p16 and Telomerase in Regulating the Proliferative Life Span of Normal Human Prostate Epithelial Progenitor Cells*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2008, 283: 27957-27972. PMID: 18662989, PMCID: PMC2562067, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803467200.
- Deng Y, Chan SS, Chang S. Telomere dysfunction and tumour suppression: the senescence connection. Nature Reviews Cancer 2008, 8: 450-458. PMID: 18500246, PMCID: PMC3688269, DOI: 10.1038/nrc2393.
- Cosme-Blanco W, Chang S. Dual roles of telomere dysfunction in initiation and suppression of tumorigenesis. Experimental Cell Research 2008, 314: 1973-1979. PMID: 18448098, PMCID: PMC3690559, DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.03.011.
- Guardavaccaro D, Frescas D, Dorrello NV, Peschiaroli A, Multani AS, Cardozo T, Lasorella A, Iavarone A, Chang S, Hernando E, Pagano M. Control of chromosome stability by the β-TrCP–REST–Mad2 axis. Nature 2008, 452: 365-369. PMID: 18354482, PMCID: PMC2707768, DOI: 10.1038/nature06641.
- Bhatia B, Multani AS, Patrawala L, Chen X, Calhoun‐Davis T, Zhou J, Schroeder L, Schneider‐Broussard R, Shen J, Pathak S, Chang S, Tang DG. Evidence that senescent human prostate epithelial cells enhance tumorigenicity: Cell fusion as a potential mechanism and inhibition by p16INK4a and hTERT. International Journal Of Cancer 2008, 122: 1483-1495. PMID: 18059027, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23222.
- Chang S. Initiation of Genomic Instability, Cellular Senescence, and Organismal Aging by Dysfunctional Telomeres. 2008, 57-75. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73709-4_4.
- Guo X, Deng Y, Lin Y, Cosme‐Blanco W, Chan S, He H, Yuan G, Brown EJ, Chang S. Dysfunctional telomeres activate an ATM‐ATR‐dependent DNA damage response to suppress tumorigenesis. The EMBO Journal 2007, 26: 4709-4719. PMID: 17948054, PMCID: PMC2080807, DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601893.
- Deng Y, Chang S. Role of telomeres and telomerase in genomic instability, senescence and cancer. Laboratory Investigation 2007, 87: 1071-1076. PMID: 17767195, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700673.
- Akli S, Van Pelt CS, Bui T, Multani AS, Chang S, Johnson D, Tucker S, Keyomarsi K. Overexpression of the Low Molecular Weight Cyclin E in Transgenic Mice Induces Metastatic Mammary Carcinomas through the Disruption of the ARF-p53 Pathway. Cancer Research 2007, 67: 7212-7222. PMID: 17671189, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-0599.
- Cosme-Blanco W, Shen MF, Lazar AJ, Pathak S, Lozano G, Multani AS, Chang S. Telomere dysfunction suppresses spontaneous tumorigenesis in vivo by initiating p53‐dependent cellular senescence. EMBO Reports 2007, 8: 497-503. PMID: 17396137, PMCID: PMC1866197, DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400937.
- Multani AS, Chang S. WRN at telomeres: implications for aging and cancer. Journal Of Cell Science 2007, 120: 713-721. PMID: 17314245, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03397.
- He H, Multani AS, Cosme‐Blanco W, Tahara H, Ma J, Pathak S, Deng Y, Chang S. POT1b protects telomeres from end‐to‐end chromosomal fusions and aberrant homologous recombination. The EMBO Journal 2006, 25: 5180-5190. PMID: 17053789, PMCID: PMC1630418, DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601294.
- Wu L, Multani AS, He H, Cosme-Blanco W, Deng Y, Deng JM, Bachilo O, Pathak S, Tahara H, Bailey SM, Deng Y, Behringer RR, Chang S. Pot1 Deficiency Initiates DNA Damage Checkpoint Activation and Aberrant Homologous Recombination at Telomeres. Cell 2006, 126: 49-62. PMID: 16839876, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.05.037.
- Dent S, Evrard Y, Lin W, Bu P, Phan H, Chang S, Multani A. GCN5 Functions in Telomere Maintenance and Neural Development. The FASEB Journal 2006, 20: a1472-a1472. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.a1472-e.
- Haines BB, Ryu CJ, Chang S, Protopopov A, Luch A, Kang YH, Draganov DD, Fragoso MF, Paik SG, Hong HJ, DePinho RA, Chen J. Block of T cell development in P53-deficient mice accelerates development of lymphomas with characteristic RAG-dependent cytogenetic alterations. Cancer Cell 2006, 9: 109-120. PMID: 16473278, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2006.01.004.
- Laud PR, Multani AS, Bailey SM, Wu L, Ma J, Kingsley C, Lebel M, Pathak S, DePinho RA, Chang S. Elevated telomere-telomere recombination in WRN-deficient, telomere dysfunctional cells promotes escape from senescence and engagement of the ALT pathway. Genes & Development 2005, 19: 2560-2570. PMID: 16264192, PMCID: PMC1276730, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1321305.
- Chang S. Modeling aging and cancer in the telomerase knockout mouse. Mutation Research/Fundamental And Molecular Mechanisms Of Mutagenesis 2005, 576: 39-53. PMID: 15927211, DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.08.020.
- Hingorani SR, Wang L, Multani AS, Combs C, Deramaudt TB, Hruban RH, Rustgi AK, Chang S, Tuveson DA. Trp53R172H and KrasG12D cooperate to promote chromosomal instability and widely metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in mice. Cancer Cell 2005, 7: 469-483. PMID: 15894267, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2005.04.023.
- Chang S. Modeling premature aging syndromes with the telomerase knockout mouse. 2005, 5: 153-8. PMID: 15974868, DOI: 10.2174/1566524053586662.
- Chang S. A mouse model of Werner Syndrome: what can it tell us about aging and cancer? The International Journal Of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 2004, 37: 991-999. PMID: 15743673, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.11.007.
- Miyahara Y, Kazimi N, Multani A, Pathak S, Chang S, Angkasekwinai Y, Qin X, Ullrich S. UV-Induced B-Cell Lymphomas in p53 Heterozygous Mice. Blood 2004, 104: 1370. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v104.11.1370.1370.
- Chang S, Multani AS, Cabrera NG, Naylor ML, Laud P, Lombard D, Pathak S, Guarente L, DePinho RA. Essential role of limiting telomeres in the pathogenesis of Werner syndrome. Nature Genetics 2004, 36: 877-882. PMID: 15235603, DOI: 10.1038/ng1389.
- Akli S, Zheng PJ, Multani AS, Wingate HF, Pathak S, Zhang N, Tucker SL, Chang S, Keyomarsi K. Tumor-Specific Low Molecular Weight Forms of Cyclin E Induce Genomic Instability and Resistance to p21, p27, and Antiestrogens in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 2004, 64: 3198-3208. PMID: 15126360, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-03-3672.
- Tuveson D, Shaw A, Willis N, Silver D, Jackson E, Chang S, Mercer K, Grochow R, Hock H, Crowley D, Hingorani S, Zaks T, King C, Jacobetz M, Wang L, Bronson R, Orkin S, DePinho R, Jacks T. Endogenous oncogenic K-rasG12D stimulates proliferation and widespread neoplastic and developmental defects. Cancer Cell 2004, 5: 375-387. PMID: 15093544, DOI: 10.1016/s1535-6108(04)00085-6.
- Liu G, Parant J, Lang G, Chau P, Chavez-Reyes A, El-Naggar A, Multani A, Chang S, Lozano G. Chromosome stability, in the absence of apoptosis, is critical for suppression of tumorigenesis in Trp53 mutant mice. Nature Genetics 2003, 36: 63-68. PMID: 14702042, DOI: 10.1038/ng1282.
- Chang S, Khoo C, Naylor M, Maser R, DePinho R. Telomere-based crisis: functional differences between telomerase activation and ALT in tumor progression. Genes & Development 2003, 17: 88-100. PMID: 12514102, PMCID: PMC195968, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1029903.
- Chang S, DePinho R. Telomerase extracurricular activities. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2002, 99: 12520-12522. PMID: 12271146, PMCID: PMC130491, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.212514699.
- O'Hagan R, Chang S, Maser R, Mohan R, Artandi S, Chin L, DePinho R. Telomere dysfunction provokes regional amplification and deletion in cancer genomes. Cancer Cell 2002, 2: 149-155. PMID: 12204535, DOI: 10.1016/s1535-6108(02)00094-6.
- Ranganathan V, Heine W, Ciccone D, Rudolph K, Wu X, Chang S, Hai H, Ahearn I, Livingston D, Resnick I, Rosen F, Seemanova E, Jarolim P, DePinho R, Weaver D. Rescue of a telomere length defect of Nijmegen breakage syndrome cells requires NBS and telomerase catalytic subunit. Current Biology 2001, 11: 962-966. PMID: 11448772, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00267-6.
- Chang S, Khoo C, DePinho R. Modeling chromosomal instability and epithelial carcinogenesis in the telomerase-deficient mouse. Seminars In Cancer Biology 2001, 11: 227-238. PMID: 11407947, DOI: 10.1006/scbi.2000.0374.
- Wong K, Chang S, Weiler S, Ganesan S, Chaudhuri J, Zhu C, Artandi S, Rudolph K, Gottlieb G, Chin L, Alt F, DePinho R. Telomere dysfunction impairs DNA repair and enhances sensitivity to ionizing radiation. Nature Genetics 2000, 26: 85-88. PMID: 10973255, DOI: 10.1038/79232.
- Artandi S, Chang S, Lee S, Alson S, Gottlieb G, Chin L, DePinho R. Telomere dysfunction promotes non-reciprocal translocations and epithelial cancers in mice. Nature 2000, 406: 641-645. PMID: 10949306, DOI: 10.1038/35020592.
- Ferguson D, Sekiguchi J, Chang S, Frank K, Gao Y, DePinho R, Alt F. The nonhomologous end-joining pathway of DNA repair is required for genomic stability and the suppression of translocations. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 6630-6633. PMID: 10823907, PMCID: PMC18682, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.110152897.
- Rudolph K, Chang S, Millard M, Schreiber-Agus N, DePinho R. Inhibition of Experimental Liver Cirrhosis in Mice by Telomerase Gene Delivery. Science 2000, 287: 1253-1258. PMID: 10678830, DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5456.1253.
- Rudolph K, Chang S, Lee H, Blasco M, Gottlieb G, Greider C, DePinho R. Longevity, Stress Response, and Cancer in Aging Telomerase-Deficient Mice. Cell 1999, 96: 701-712. PMID: 10089885, DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80580-2.
- Ozen M, Multani A, Chang S, Voneschenbach A, Chung L, Pathak S. Establishment of an in vitro cell model system to study human prostate carcinogenesis. International Journal Of Oncology 1996, 8: 883-8. PMID: 21544441, DOI: 10.3892/ijo.8.5.883.
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- Yale College Associate Dean for Science & Quantitative Reasoning Education, Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Associate Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
Education & Training
- ResidentBrigham & Women's Hospital (2000)
- ResidentBrigham & Women's Hospital (1998)
- MDCornell University Medical College (1997)
- PhDRockefeller University (1996)
- BSYale University (1988)
Languages Spoken
- 官話 / 官话 (Chinese-Mandarin)
- English
Additional Information
Honors & Recognitions
- Election into the American Society of Clinical Investigation: American Society of Clinical Investigation (2009)
- Ellis Benson Award: Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (2007)
- Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research Scholar Award: Sidney Kimmel Foundation (2005)
- New Scholar in Aging Award: Ellison Medical Foundation (2001)
Board Certifications
- AB of Pathology, Clinical Pathology (2003)
Publications
- Rai R, Sodeinde T, Boston A, Chang S. Telomeres cooperate with the nuclear envelope to maintain genome stability. BioEssays 2023, 46: e2300184. PMID: 38047499, DOI: 10.1002/bies.202300184.
- Rai R, Biju K, Sun W, Sodeinde T, Al-Hiyasat A, Morgan J, Ye X, Li X, Chen Y, Chang S. Author Correction: Homology directed telomere clustering, ultrabright telomere formation and nuclear envelope rupture in cells lacking TRF2B and RAP1. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 3319. PMID: 37286532, PMCID: PMC10247812, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39144-7.
- Rai R, Biju K, Sun W, Sodeinde T, Al-Hiyasat A, Morgan J, Ye X, Li X, Chen Y, Chang S. Homology directed telomere clustering, ultrabright telomere formation and nuclear envelope rupture in cells lacking TRF2B and RAP1. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 2144. PMID: 37059728, PMCID: PMC10104862, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37761-w.
- Gu P, Jia S, Takasugi T, Tesmer VM, Nandakumar J, Chen Y, Chang S. Distinct functions of POT1 proteins contribute to the regulation of telomerase recruitment to telomeres. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 5514. PMID: 34535663, PMCID: PMC8448735, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25799-7.
- Cicconi A, Rai R, Xiong X, Broton C, Al-Hiyasat A, Hu C, Dong S, Sun W, Garbarino J, Bindra RS, Schildkraut C, Chen Y, Chang S. Microcephalin 1/BRIT1-TRF2 interaction promotes telomere replication and repair, linking telomere dysfunction to primary microcephaly. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 5861. PMID: 33203878, PMCID: PMC7672075, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19674-0.
- Cicconi A, Chang S. Shelterin and the replisome: at the intersection of telomere repair and replication. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 2020, 60: 77-84. PMID: 32171974, DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2020.02.016.
- Rai R, Gu P, Broton C, Kumar-Sinha C, Chen Y, Chang S. The Replisome Mediates A-NHEJ Repair of Telomeres Lacking POT1-TPP1 Independently of MRN Function. Cell Reports 2019, 29: 3708-3725.e5. PMID: 31825846, PMCID: PMC7001145, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.012.
- Chan EM, Shibue T, McFarland JM, Gaeta B, Ghandi M, Dumont N, Gonzalez A, McPartlan JS, Li T, Zhang Y, Bin Liu J, Lazaro JB, Gu P, Piett CG, Apffel A, Ali SO, Deasy R, Keskula P, Ng RWS, Roberts EA, Reznichenko E, Leung L, Alimova M, Schenone M, Islam M, Maruvka YE, Liu Y, Roper J, Raghavan S, Giannakis M, Tseng YY, Nagel ZD, D’Andrea A, Root DE, Boehm JS, Getz G, Chang S, Golub TR, Tsherniak A, Vazquez F, Bass AJ. WRN helicase is a synthetic lethal target in microsatellite unstable cancers. Nature 2019, 568: 551-556. PMID: 30971823, PMCID: PMC6580861, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1102-x.
- Gu P, Jia S, Takasugi T, Smith E, Nandakumar J, Hendrickson E, Chang S. CTC1‐STN1 coordinates G‐ and C‐strand synthesis to regulate telomere length. Aging Cell 2018, 17: e12783. PMID: 29774655, PMCID: PMC6052479, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12783.
- Hu C, Rai R, Huang C, Broton C, Long J, Xu Y, Xue J, Lei M, Chang S, Chen Y. Structural and functional analyses of the mammalian TIN2-TPP1-TRF2 telomeric complex. Cell Research 2017, 27: 1485-1502. PMID: 29160297, PMCID: PMC5717407, DOI: 10.1038/cr.2017.144.
- Chen C, Gu P, Wu J, Chen X, Niu S, Sun H, Wu L, Li N, Peng J, Shi S, Fan C, Huang M, Wong CC, Gong Q, Kumar-Sinha C, Zhang R, Pusztai L, Rai R, Chang S, Lei M. Structural insights into POT1-TPP1 interaction and POT1 C-terminal mutations in human cancer. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 14929. PMID: 28393832, PMCID: PMC5394241, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14929.
- Rai R, Chang S. Probing the Telomere Damage Response. 2017, 1587: 133-138. PMID: 28324505, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6892-3_13.
- Rai R, Multani AS, Chang S. Cytogenetic Analysis of Telomere Dysfunction. 2017, 1587: 127-131. PMID: 28324504, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6892-3_12.
- Rai R, Hu C, Broton C, Chen Y, Lei M, Chang S. NBS1 Phosphorylation Status Dictates Repair Choice of Dysfunctional Telomeres. Molecular Cell 2017, 65: 801-817.e4. PMID: 28216226, PMCID: PMC5639704, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.01.016.
- Gu P, Wang Y, Bisht KK, Wu L, Kukova L, Smith EM, Xiao Y, Bailey SM, Lei M, Nandakumar J, Chang S. Pot1 OB-fold mutations unleash telomere instability to initiate tumorigenesis. Oncogene 2016, 36: 1939-1951. PMID: 27869160, PMCID: PMC5383532, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.405.
- Wang Y, Wang X, Flores ER, Yu J, Chang S. Dysfunctional telomeres induce p53‐dependent and independent apoptosis to compromise cellular proliferation and inhibit tumor formation. Aging Cell 2016, 15: 646-660. PMID: 27113195, PMCID: PMC4933665, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12476.
- Rai R, Chen Y, Lei M, Chang S. TRF2-RAP1 is required to protect telomeres from engaging in homologous recombination-mediated deletions and fusions. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 10881. PMID: 26941064, PMCID: PMC4785230, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10881.
- Rai R, Chang S. Monitoring the DNA Damage Response at Dysfunctional Telomeres. 2015, 1343: 175-180. PMID: 26420717, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2963-4_14.
- Gupta R, Dong Y, Solomon PD, Wettersten HI, Cheng CJ, Min JN, Henson J, Dogra SK, Hwang SH, Hammock BD, Zhu LJ, Reddel RR, Saltzman WM, Weiss RH, Chang S, Green MR, Wajapeyee N. Synergistic tumor suppression by combined inhibition of telomerase and CDKN1A. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: e3062-e3071. PMID: 25024194, PMCID: PMC4121806, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411370111.
- Lee Y, Brown EJ, Chang S, McKinnon PJ. Pot1a Prevents Telomere Dysfunction and ATM-Dependent Neuronal Loss. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 7836-7844. PMID: 24899707, PMCID: PMC4044246, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4245-13.2014.
- Wang Y, Sharpless N, Chang S. p16INK4a protects against dysfunctional telomere–induced ATR-dependent DNA damage responses. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2013, 123: 4489-4501. PMID: 24091330, PMCID: PMC3784543, DOI: 10.1172/jci69574.
- Wan B, Yin J, Horvath K, Sarkar J, Chen Y, Wu J, Wan K, Lu J, Gu P, Yu EY, Lue NF, Chang S, Liu Y, Lei M. SLX4 Assembles a Telomere Maintenance Toolkit by Bridging Multiple Endonucleases with Telomeres. Cell Reports 2013, 4: 861-869. PMID: 24012755, PMCID: PMC4334113, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.08.017.
- Gu P, Chang S. Functional characterization of human CTC1 mutations reveals novel mechanisms responsible for the pathogenesis of the telomere disease Coats plus. Aging Cell 2013, 12: 1100-1109. PMID: 23869908, PMCID: PMC4083614, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12139.
- Min JN, Tian Y, Xiao Y, Wu L, Li L, Chang S. The mINO80 chromatin remodeling complex is required for efficient telomere replication and maintenance of genome stability. Cell Research 2013, 23: 1396-1413. PMID: 23979016, PMCID: PMC3847565, DOI: 10.1038/cr.2013.113.
- Chang S. Cancer chromosomes going to POT1. Nature Genetics 2013, 45: 473-475. PMID: 23619786, PMCID: PMC4040961, DOI: 10.1038/ng.2617.
- Gu P, Deng W, Lei M, Chang S. Single strand DNA binding proteins 1 and 2 protect newly replicated telomeres. Cell Research 2013, 23: 705-719. PMID: 23459151, PMCID: PMC3641597, DOI: 10.1038/cr.2013.31.
- Chang S. Chromosome ends teach unexpected lessons on DNA damage signalling. The EMBO Journal 2012, 31: 3380-3381. PMID: 22842787, PMCID: PMC3419931, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.199.
- Akbay EA, Peña CG, Ruder D, Michel JA, Nakada Y, Pathak S, Multani AS, Chang S, Castrillon DH. Cooperation between p53 and the telomere-protecting shelterin component Pot1a in endometrial carcinogenesis. Oncogene 2012, 32: 2211-2219. PMID: 22689059, PMCID: PMC3636499, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.232.
- Gu P, Min J, Wang Y, Huang C, Peng T, Chai W, Chang S. CTC1 deletion results in defective telomere replication, leading to catastrophic telomere loss and stem cell exhaustion. The EMBO Journal 2012, 31: 2309-2321. PMID: 22531781, PMCID: PMC3364752, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.96.
- Flynn RL, Chang S, Zou L. RPA and POT1. Cell Cycle 2012, 11: 652-657. PMID: 22373525, PMCID: PMC3318101, DOI: 10.4161/cc.11.4.19061.
- Rai R, Li JM, Zheng H, Lok GT, Deng Y, Huen MS, Chen J, Jin J, Chang S. The E3 ubiquitin ligase Rnf8 stabilizes Tpp1 to promote telomere end protection. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2011, 18: 1400-1407. PMID: 22101936, PMCID: PMC3657743, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2172.
- Wang Y, Shen MF, Chang S. Essential roles for Pot1b in HSC self-renewal and survival. Blood 2011, 118: 6068-6077. PMID: 21948176, PMCID: PMC3234665, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-06-361527.
- Flynn RL, Centore RC, O’Sullivan R, Rai R, Tse A, Songyang Z, Chang S, Karlseder J, Zou L. TERRA and hnRNPA1 orchestrate an RPA-to-POT1 switch on telomeric single-stranded DNA. Nature 2011, 471: 532-536. PMID: 21399625, PMCID: PMC3078637, DOI: 10.1038/nature09772.
- Multani A, Chang S. Cytogenetic Analysis of Telomere Dysfunction. 2011, 735: 139-143. PMID: 21461818, PMCID: PMC3725757, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-092-8_13.
- Rai R, Chang S. Probing the Telomere Damage Response. 2011, 735: 145-150. PMID: 21461819, PMCID: PMC3690558, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-092-8_14.
- Deriano L, Chaumeil J, Coussens M, Multani A, Chou Y, Alekseyenko AV, Chang S, Skok JA, Roth DB. The RAG2 C terminus suppresses genomic instability and lymphomagenesis. Nature 2011, 471: 119-123. PMID: 21368836, PMCID: PMC3174233, DOI: 10.1038/nature09755.
- Chen Y, Rai R, Zhou ZR, Kanoh J, Ribeyre C, Yang Y, Zheng H, Damay P, Wang F, Tsujii H, Hiraoka Y, Shore D, Hu HY, Chang S, Lei M. A conserved motif within RAP1 has diversified roles in telomere protection and regulation in different organisms. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2011, 18: 213-221. PMID: 21217703, PMCID: PMC3688267, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1974.
- Akhter S, Lam YC, Chang S, Legerski RJ. The telomeric protein SNM1B/Apollo is required for normal cell proliferation and embryonic development. Aging Cell 2010, 9: 1047-1056. PMID: 20854421, PMCID: PMC3719988, DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00631.x.
- Chang S. The telomere protein tankyrase 1 regulates DNA damage responses at telomeres. Aging 2010, 2: 639-642. PMID: 21076181, PMCID: PMC2993793, DOI: 10.18632/aging.100221.
- Rai R, Zheng H, He H, Luo Y, Multani A, Carpenter PB, Chang S. The function of classical and alternative non‐homologous end‐joining pathways in the fusion of dysfunctional telomeres. The EMBO Journal 2010, 29: 2598-2610. PMID: 20588252, PMCID: PMC2928694, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.142.
- Chan SS, Chang S. Defending the end zone: Studying the players involved in protecting chromosome ends. FEBS Letters 2010, 584: 3773-3778. PMID: 20579983, PMCID: PMC3657741, DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.06.016.
- Lam YC, Akhter S, Gu P, Ye J, Poulet A, Giraud‐Panis M, Bailey SM, Gilson E, Legerski RJ, Chang S. SNMIB/Apollo protects leading‐strand telomeres against NHEJ‐mediated repair. The EMBO Journal 2010, 29: 2230-2241. PMID: 20551906, PMCID: PMC2905253, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.58.
- Yang G, Chang B, Yang F, Guo X, Cai K, Xiao X, Wang H, Sen S, Hung M, Mills G, Chang S, Multani A, Mercado-Uribe I, Liu J. Aurora Kinase A Promotes Ovarian Tumorigenesis through Dysregulation of the Cell Cycle and Suppression of BRCA2. Clinical Cancer Research 2010, 16: 3171-3181. PMID: 20423983, PMCID: PMC2930838, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-09-3171.
- Liang Y, Gao H, Lin S, Peng G, Huang X, Zhang P, Goss J, Brunicardi F, Multani A, Chang S, Li K. BRIT1/MCPH1 Is Essential for Mitotic and Meiotic Recombination DNA Repair and Maintaining Genomic Stability in Mice. PLOS Genetics 2010, 6: e1000826. PMID: 20107607, PMCID: PMC2809772, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000826.
- Chang S. Replicative Senescence as an Intrinsic Tumor-Suppressor Mechanism. 2009, 201-217. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1075-2_8.
- Atanassov BS, Evrard YA, Multani AS, Zhang Z, Tora L, Devys D, Chang S, Dent SY. Gcn5 and SAGA Regulate Shelterin Protein Turnover and Telomere Maintenance. Molecular Cell 2009, 35: 352-364. PMID: 19683498, PMCID: PMC2749492, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.06.015.
- Deng Y, Guo X, Ferguson DO, Chang S. Multiple roles for MRE11 at uncapped telomeres. Nature 2009, 460: 914-918. PMID: 19633651, PMCID: PMC2760383, DOI: 10.1038/nature08196.
- He H, Wang Y, Guo X, Ramchandani S, Ma J, Shen MF, Garcia DA, Deng Y, Multani AS, You MJ, Chang S. Pot1b Deletion and Telomerase Haploinsufficiency in Mice Initiate an ATR-Dependent DNA Damage Response and Elicit Phenotypes Resembling Dyskeratosis Congenita. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2009, 29: 229-240. PMID: 18936156, PMCID: PMC2612488, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01400-08.
- Buis J, Wu Y, Deng Y, Leddon J, Westfield G, Eckersdorff M, Sekiguchi JM, Chang S, Ferguson DO. Mre11 Nuclease Activity Has Essential Roles in DNA Repair and Genomic Stability Distinct from ATM Activation. Cell 2008, 135: 85-96. PMID: 18854157, PMCID: PMC2645868, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.08.015.
- Bhatia B, Jiang M, Suraneni M, Patrawala L, Badeaux M, Schneider-Broussard R, Multani AS, Jeter CR, Calhoun-Davis T, Hu L, Hu J, Tsavachidis S, Zhang W, Chang S, Hayward SW, Tang DG. Critical and Distinct Roles of p16 and Telomerase in Regulating the Proliferative Life Span of Normal Human Prostate Epithelial Progenitor Cells*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2008, 283: 27957-27972. PMID: 18662989, PMCID: PMC2562067, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803467200.
- Deng Y, Chan SS, Chang S. Telomere dysfunction and tumour suppression: the senescence connection. Nature Reviews Cancer 2008, 8: 450-458. PMID: 18500246, PMCID: PMC3688269, DOI: 10.1038/nrc2393.
- Cosme-Blanco W, Chang S. Dual roles of telomere dysfunction in initiation and suppression of tumorigenesis. Experimental Cell Research 2008, 314: 1973-1979. PMID: 18448098, PMCID: PMC3690559, DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.03.011.
- Guardavaccaro D, Frescas D, Dorrello NV, Peschiaroli A, Multani AS, Cardozo T, Lasorella A, Iavarone A, Chang S, Hernando E, Pagano M. Control of chromosome stability by the β-TrCP–REST–Mad2 axis. Nature 2008, 452: 365-369. PMID: 18354482, PMCID: PMC2707768, DOI: 10.1038/nature06641.
- Bhatia B, Multani AS, Patrawala L, Chen X, Calhoun‐Davis T, Zhou J, Schroeder L, Schneider‐Broussard R, Shen J, Pathak S, Chang S, Tang DG. Evidence that senescent human prostate epithelial cells enhance tumorigenicity: Cell fusion as a potential mechanism and inhibition by p16INK4a and hTERT. International Journal Of Cancer 2008, 122: 1483-1495. PMID: 18059027, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23222.
- Chang S. Initiation of Genomic Instability, Cellular Senescence, and Organismal Aging by Dysfunctional Telomeres. 2008, 57-75. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73709-4_4.
- Guo X, Deng Y, Lin Y, Cosme‐Blanco W, Chan S, He H, Yuan G, Brown EJ, Chang S. Dysfunctional telomeres activate an ATM‐ATR‐dependent DNA damage response to suppress tumorigenesis. The EMBO Journal 2007, 26: 4709-4719. PMID: 17948054, PMCID: PMC2080807, DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601893.
- Deng Y, Chang S. Role of telomeres and telomerase in genomic instability, senescence and cancer. Laboratory Investigation 2007, 87: 1071-1076. PMID: 17767195, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700673.
- Akli S, Van Pelt CS, Bui T, Multani AS, Chang S, Johnson D, Tucker S, Keyomarsi K. Overexpression of the Low Molecular Weight Cyclin E in Transgenic Mice Induces Metastatic Mammary Carcinomas through the Disruption of the ARF-p53 Pathway. Cancer Research 2007, 67: 7212-7222. PMID: 17671189, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-0599.
- Cosme-Blanco W, Shen MF, Lazar AJ, Pathak S, Lozano G, Multani AS, Chang S. Telomere dysfunction suppresses spontaneous tumorigenesis in vivo by initiating p53‐dependent cellular senescence. EMBO Reports 2007, 8: 497-503. PMID: 17396137, PMCID: PMC1866197, DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400937.
- Multani AS, Chang S. WRN at telomeres: implications for aging and cancer. Journal Of Cell Science 2007, 120: 713-721. PMID: 17314245, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03397.
- He H, Multani AS, Cosme‐Blanco W, Tahara H, Ma J, Pathak S, Deng Y, Chang S. POT1b protects telomeres from end‐to‐end chromosomal fusions and aberrant homologous recombination. The EMBO Journal 2006, 25: 5180-5190. PMID: 17053789, PMCID: PMC1630418, DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601294.
- Wu L, Multani AS, He H, Cosme-Blanco W, Deng Y, Deng JM, Bachilo O, Pathak S, Tahara H, Bailey SM, Deng Y, Behringer RR, Chang S. Pot1 Deficiency Initiates DNA Damage Checkpoint Activation and Aberrant Homologous Recombination at Telomeres. Cell 2006, 126: 49-62. PMID: 16839876, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.05.037.
- Dent S, Evrard Y, Lin W, Bu P, Phan H, Chang S, Multani A. GCN5 Functions in Telomere Maintenance and Neural Development. The FASEB Journal 2006, 20: a1472-a1472. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.a1472-e.
- Haines BB, Ryu CJ, Chang S, Protopopov A, Luch A, Kang YH, Draganov DD, Fragoso MF, Paik SG, Hong HJ, DePinho RA, Chen J. Block of T cell development in P53-deficient mice accelerates development of lymphomas with characteristic RAG-dependent cytogenetic alterations. Cancer Cell 2006, 9: 109-120. PMID: 16473278, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2006.01.004.
- Laud PR, Multani AS, Bailey SM, Wu L, Ma J, Kingsley C, Lebel M, Pathak S, DePinho RA, Chang S. Elevated telomere-telomere recombination in WRN-deficient, telomere dysfunctional cells promotes escape from senescence and engagement of the ALT pathway. Genes & Development 2005, 19: 2560-2570. PMID: 16264192, PMCID: PMC1276730, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1321305.
- Chang S. Modeling aging and cancer in the telomerase knockout mouse. Mutation Research/Fundamental And Molecular Mechanisms Of Mutagenesis 2005, 576: 39-53. PMID: 15927211, DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.08.020.
- Hingorani SR, Wang L, Multani AS, Combs C, Deramaudt TB, Hruban RH, Rustgi AK, Chang S, Tuveson DA. Trp53R172H and KrasG12D cooperate to promote chromosomal instability and widely metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in mice. Cancer Cell 2005, 7: 469-483. PMID: 15894267, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2005.04.023.
- Chang S. Modeling premature aging syndromes with the telomerase knockout mouse. 2005, 5: 153-8. PMID: 15974868, DOI: 10.2174/1566524053586662.
- Chang S. A mouse model of Werner Syndrome: what can it tell us about aging and cancer? The International Journal Of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 2004, 37: 991-999. PMID: 15743673, DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.11.007.
- Miyahara Y, Kazimi N, Multani A, Pathak S, Chang S, Angkasekwinai Y, Qin X, Ullrich S. UV-Induced B-Cell Lymphomas in p53 Heterozygous Mice. Blood 2004, 104: 1370. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v104.11.1370.1370.
- Chang S, Multani AS, Cabrera NG, Naylor ML, Laud P, Lombard D, Pathak S, Guarente L, DePinho RA. Essential role of limiting telomeres in the pathogenesis of Werner syndrome. Nature Genetics 2004, 36: 877-882. PMID: 15235603, DOI: 10.1038/ng1389.
- Akli S, Zheng PJ, Multani AS, Wingate HF, Pathak S, Zhang N, Tucker SL, Chang S, Keyomarsi K. Tumor-Specific Low Molecular Weight Forms of Cyclin E Induce Genomic Instability and Resistance to p21, p27, and Antiestrogens in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research 2004, 64: 3198-3208. PMID: 15126360, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-03-3672.
- Tuveson D, Shaw A, Willis N, Silver D, Jackson E, Chang S, Mercer K, Grochow R, Hock H, Crowley D, Hingorani S, Zaks T, King C, Jacobetz M, Wang L, Bronson R, Orkin S, DePinho R, Jacks T. Endogenous oncogenic K-rasG12D stimulates proliferation and widespread neoplastic and developmental defects. Cancer Cell 2004, 5: 375-387. PMID: 15093544, DOI: 10.1016/s1535-6108(04)00085-6.
- Liu G, Parant J, Lang G, Chau P, Chavez-Reyes A, El-Naggar A, Multani A, Chang S, Lozano G. Chromosome stability, in the absence of apoptosis, is critical for suppression of tumorigenesis in Trp53 mutant mice. Nature Genetics 2003, 36: 63-68. PMID: 14702042, DOI: 10.1038/ng1282.
- Chang S, Khoo C, Naylor M, Maser R, DePinho R. Telomere-based crisis: functional differences between telomerase activation and ALT in tumor progression. Genes & Development 2003, 17: 88-100. PMID: 12514102, PMCID: PMC195968, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1029903.
- Chang S, DePinho R. Telomerase extracurricular activities. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2002, 99: 12520-12522. PMID: 12271146, PMCID: PMC130491, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.212514699.
- O'Hagan R, Chang S, Maser R, Mohan R, Artandi S, Chin L, DePinho R. Telomere dysfunction provokes regional amplification and deletion in cancer genomes. Cancer Cell 2002, 2: 149-155. PMID: 12204535, DOI: 10.1016/s1535-6108(02)00094-6.
- Ranganathan V, Heine W, Ciccone D, Rudolph K, Wu X, Chang S, Hai H, Ahearn I, Livingston D, Resnick I, Rosen F, Seemanova E, Jarolim P, DePinho R, Weaver D. Rescue of a telomere length defect of Nijmegen breakage syndrome cells requires NBS and telomerase catalytic subunit. Current Biology 2001, 11: 962-966. PMID: 11448772, DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00267-6.
- Chang S, Khoo C, DePinho R. Modeling chromosomal instability and epithelial carcinogenesis in the telomerase-deficient mouse. Seminars In Cancer Biology 2001, 11: 227-238. PMID: 11407947, DOI: 10.1006/scbi.2000.0374.
- Wong K, Chang S, Weiler S, Ganesan S, Chaudhuri J, Zhu C, Artandi S, Rudolph K, Gottlieb G, Chin L, Alt F, DePinho R. Telomere dysfunction impairs DNA repair and enhances sensitivity to ionizing radiation. Nature Genetics 2000, 26: 85-88. PMID: 10973255, DOI: 10.1038/79232.
- Artandi S, Chang S, Lee S, Alson S, Gottlieb G, Chin L, DePinho R. Telomere dysfunction promotes non-reciprocal translocations and epithelial cancers in mice. Nature 2000, 406: 641-645. PMID: 10949306, DOI: 10.1038/35020592.
- Ferguson D, Sekiguchi J, Chang S, Frank K, Gao Y, DePinho R, Alt F. The nonhomologous end-joining pathway of DNA repair is required for genomic stability and the suppression of translocations. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 6630-6633. PMID: 10823907, PMCID: PMC18682, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.110152897.
- Rudolph K, Chang S, Millard M, Schreiber-Agus N, DePinho R. Inhibition of Experimental Liver Cirrhosis in Mice by Telomerase Gene Delivery. Science 2000, 287: 1253-1258. PMID: 10678830, DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5456.1253.
- Rudolph K, Chang S, Lee H, Blasco M, Gottlieb G, Greider C, DePinho R. Longevity, Stress Response, and Cancer in Aging Telomerase-Deficient Mice. Cell 1999, 96: 701-712. PMID: 10089885, DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80580-2.
- Ozen M, Multani A, Chang S, Voneschenbach A, Chung L, Pathak S. Establishment of an in vitro cell model system to study human prostate carcinogenesis. International Journal Of Oncology 1996, 8: 883-8. PMID: 21544441, DOI: 10.3892/ijo.8.5.883.
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