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Yingying Su

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Lecturer (Adjunct)Pathology & Molecular MedicineMcMaster University

Research

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10 publications.

01

PCSK9 promotes prostate cancer via facilitating intratumoral cholesterol accumulation and enhancing immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment

Gu Y, Wei F, Dong Y, Lin X, Su Y, Wood G, Seidah NG, Bonert M, Werstuck G, Aziz T

Journal of Advanced Research20263 citations
02

The Sig27 multigene stratifies breast cancer fatality risk via reflecting tumor-associated immune suppressive features

Su Y, Dong Y, Zhang T, Tang D

Translational Oncology2026First author
03

CYTH4 Facilitates Renal Cell Carcinoma via Enhancing Proliferation and Likely Immune Evasion

Dong Y, Su Y, Tang D

Biomolecules2026
04

A novel multigene panel (Sig27) robustly predicts poor prognosis of renal cell carcinoma via high-level associations with immunosuppressive features

Dong Y, Shayegan B, Su Y, Neira SV, Tang D

BJC Reports20256 citations
05

IQGAP3 is relevant to prostate cancer: A detailed presentation of potential pathomechanisms

Mei W, Dong Y, Gu Y, Kapoor A, Lin X, Su Y, Neira SV, Tang D

Journal of Advanced Research202312 citations
06

Taxifolin Inhibits Breast Cancer Growth by Facilitating CD8+ T Cell Infiltration and Inducing a Novel Set of Genes including Potential Tumor Suppressor Genes in 1q21.3

Lin X, Dong Y, Gu Y, Kapoor A, Peng J, Su Y, Wei F, Wang Y, Yang C, Gill A

Cancers202312 citationsOpen Access
07

Taxifolin Inhibits the Growth of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer via Downregulating Genes Displaying Novel and Robust Associations with Immune Evasion Factors

Lin X, Dong Y, Gu Y, Wei F, Peng J, Su Y, Wang Y, Yang C, Neira SV, Kapoor A

Cancers20238 citationsOpen Access
08

HSD17B6 delays type 2 diabetes development via inhibiting SREBP activation

Wei F, Gu Y, He L, Kapoor A, Lin X, Dong Y, Su Y, Neira SV, Tang D

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental20237 citations
09

Prediction of Adrenocortical Carcinoma Relapse and Prognosis with a Set of Novel Multigene Panels

Lin X, Gu Y, Su Y, Dong Y, Major P, Kapoor A, Tang D

Cancers20226 citations
10

Suppression of the dynamic interaction of estrogen receptor with chromatin is critical for therapeutic ligands to repress ER-mediated transcription activities

Chow MJ, Peng J, Su Y, Tang D

2020
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