Gary D. Kao, MD, PhD
Gary D. Kao, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Department: Radiation Oncology
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
180H JOHN MORGAN BLDG
3620 HAMILTON WK
6072
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3620 HAMILTON WK
6072
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-823-5855
Email:
kao@xrt.upenn.edu
kao@xrt.upenn.edu
Education:
BA (Philosophy)
Johns Hopkins University , 1984.
M.D. (Philosophy)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1988.
PhD
University of Pennsylvania, 1998.
Permanent linkBA (Philosophy)
Johns Hopkins University , 1984.
M.D. (Philosophy)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1988.
PhD
University of Pennsylvania, 1998.
Description of Research Expertise
Molecular and Cellular BiologyDescription of Clinical Expertise
Radiation OncologySelected Publications
Yu J, Palmer C, Alenghat T, Li Y, Kao GD, Lazar MA. : The Corepressor SMRT facilitates cellular recovery from DNA double-strand breaks. Cancer Research 66(18): 9316-22, Sep 2006.Geiger G, Parker S, Beothy A, Tucker J, Mullins MC, Kao GD: Zebrafish as a ‘‘Biosensor’’? Effects of ionizing radiation and amifostine on embryonic viability and development. Cancer Research 66(16): in press, August 15 2006.
Pore N, Jiang Z, Gupta A, Cerniglia G, Kao GD, Maity A: EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Decrease VEGF Expression by Both Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF)-1-Independent and HIF-1-Dependent Mechanisms. Cancer Research 66(6): 3197-204, March 15 2006.
Liu F, Pore N, Kim M, Voong KR, Dowling M, Maity A, Kao GD: Regulation of Histone Deacetylase 4 Expression by the SP Family of Transcription Factors. Molecular Biology of the Cell 17(2): 585-97, 2006.
Pore N, Gupta AK, Kao GD, Maity A: Hypoxia-independent mechanisms of HIF activation. Cancer Research 2006 Notes: in press.
Kim IA, Shin JH, Kim IL, Kim JH, Kim JS, Hong-Gyun Wu HG, Chie EK, Ha SW, Park CL, Kao GD: HDAC inhibitor-mediated radiosensitization of human cancer cells: class differences and the potential influence of p53. Clinical Cancer Research 12: 940-9, 2006.
Li, Y, Kao GD, Garcia BA, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF, Qin J, Phelan C, Lazar MA: A novel histone deacetylase pathway regulates mitosis by modulating Aurora B kinase activity. Genes and Development 20(18): 2566-79, 2006.
Farkash EA, Kao GD, Horman SR, Prak ET. : Gamma radiation increases endonuclease-dependent L1 retrotransposition in a cultured cell assay. Nucleic Acids Research 34((4)): 1196-204, 2006.
Kim M, Murphy K, Liu F, Parker S, Dowling M, Kao GD: Caspase-mediated specific cleavage of bubR1 is a determinant of the mitotic spindle checkpoint. Molecular and Cellular Biology 25(21): 9232-48, 2005.
Santiago-Walker AE, Fikaris AJ, Kao GD, Brown EJ, Kazanietz MG, Meinkoth JL: Protein kinase C delta stimulates apoptosis by initiating G1 phase cell cycle progression and S phase arrest. J Biol Chem 280(37): 32107-14, 2005.