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Educational and Professional Background

1982 - BS - Biochemistry - South China College of Tropical Crops, China

1984 - MS - Molecular Biology - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

1987 - PhD - Molecular Biology - Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

Dr. Pang received his educational training at UC Berkeley, UCSF and UCLA.  Dr. Pang has directed UCLA’s Maxillofacial Prosthetics Clinic for 30 years.  He currently serves as Professor and Chair, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials and Hospital Dentistry, and oversees several training programs.  As the author of over 150 publications in the dental and medical literature, Dr. Pang is a nationally and internationally sought-after lecturer.  He received a Honorary Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Turin in 1999.

Research/Creative Activities

Cancer

Recent Publications

• Pang, S.   Targeting and eradicating cancer cells by a prostate-specific vector carrying the diphtheria toxin A gene. Cancer Gene Therapy. 2000, 7:991-996.
• Pang S; Yu D; An, DS; Baldwin GC; Xie Y; Poon B; Chow  YH; Park NH ;  Chen ISY. HIV Env Independent Infection of Human CD4(‑) Cells.  J. of Viology, 2000, 74: 10994-11000.
• Yu D, Chen D, Chiu C, Razmazma B, Chow Y-H, and Pang S. Prostate-specific targeting using PSA promoter based lentiviral vectors. Cancer Gene Therapy. 2001, 8:628-635.
• Pang S, Kang MK, Kung S, Yu D, Lee A, Poon B, Chen ISY, Lindemann B, Park NH. Anticancer effect of a lentiviral vector capable of expressing HIV-1 Vpr. Clinical Cancer Research, 2001. 7: 3567-3573.
• Li-Jin Chew, Hongguang Pan, Jingyi Yu, Song Tian, Wei-Qun Huang, John Y. Zhang, Shen Pang, and Lu-Yuan Li.   A novel secreted splice variant of vascular endothelial cell growth inhibitor.  FASEB J. 2002, 10.1096-1105.
• Chow YH, Yu D,  Zheng JY, An D-S, Xie Y, Poon B, Wei OLC,  Chiu C, Park NH, O. Yang, Chen ISY, and Pang S. gp120-independent Infection of CD4^- Epithelial Cells and CD4⁺ T-cells by HIV-1. J. AIDS, 30:1-8. 2002.
• Zheng JY, Chen D, Chan J, Yu D, Ko E, Pang S. . Regression of prostate cancer xenografts by a lentiviral vector specifically expressing diphtheria toxin A. Cancer Gene Ther. 2003 Oct;10(10):764-70.
• Zheng JY, Yu D, Foroohar M, Ko E, Chan J, Kim N, Chiu R, Pang S. Regulation of the expression of the prostate-specific antigen by claudin-7. J Membr Biol. 2003 Aug 1;194(3):187-97.
• Chiu R, Rey O, Zheng JQ, Twiss JL, Song J, Pang S, Yokoyama KK. Effects of altered expression and localization of cyclophilin A on differentiation of p19 embryonic carcinoma cells.
  Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2003 Dec;23(6):929-43.
• Zheng JY, Yang OO, Xie Y, Chen IS, and Pang S. Ethanol stimulation of HIV infection of oral epithelial cells. J. AIDS, 2004, in press

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