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2002年取得上海交通大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)院博士學(xué)位,并于同年赴美國著名的梅奧醫(yī)學(xué)中心(Mayo Clinic)胃腸科從事博士后研究工作,2007年評為助理教授,后在該校擔(dān)任副主任(Associate Consultant)等職,2009年其相關(guān)專利和專利申請被美國領(lǐng)先的分子診斷公司Exact Sciences Corporation (納斯達(dá)克上市公司)收購,并被聘為該公司研發(fā)部主任(Director of R&D),重新組建了該公司的研發(fā)部,負(fù)責(zé)大腸腫瘤無創(chuàng)篩查產(chǎn)品的研發(fā),研究成果多次為被紐約時(shí)報(bào)和美國全國廣播公司等著名媒體報(bào)道。有豐富的腫瘤分子診斷技術(shù)研究和產(chǎn)品開發(fā)經(jīng)驗(yàn),擅長腫瘤篩查、腫瘤靶向治療靶點(diǎn)檢測、和其它疾病診斷方法的開發(fā),對于腫瘤的遺傳學(xué)基礎(chǔ)亦有較深的研究。為QuARTS、Digital Melt Curve Assay(DMC)、Real-TimeAluPCR等多種分子檢測技術(shù)的發(fā)明人,所發(fā)現(xiàn)的腫瘤特異的甲基化標(biāo)志物BMP3基因被選為新一代糞便核酸測試的標(biāo)志物。在《Gastroenterology》《Clinical Cancer Research》《Clinical Chemistry》等國內(nèi)外領(lǐng)先期刊上發(fā)表論文29篇(總SCI影響因子約110分、總SCI引用次數(shù)約為500次,其中16篇影響因子超過3分、3篇超過10分,多數(shù)為第一作者或通信作者),在國際會議上發(fā)表20多篇論文摘要,共申請國際和美國專利11項(xiàng);擔(dān)任《Oncogene》《The Journal of Pathology》《Clinical Chemistry》等六份國際領(lǐng)先科學(xué)期刊的審稿人;為美國癌癥研究會(AACR)、美國胃腸病學(xué)會(AGA)、美國臨床化學(xué)會(AACC)會員。
注:梅奧醫(yī)學(xué)中心(Mayo Clinic)是世界上最負(fù)盛名的醫(yī)學(xué)中心之一,其胃腸科一直在美國排名第一。
主要成就
1、在醫(yī)學(xué)研究方面的主要成果包括:
· 發(fā)明和改進(jìn)了新一代糞便核酸測試作為大腸癌和癌前腺瘤的無創(chuàng)篩查方法,該方法可檢測到85%的大腸癌和65%的癌前腺瘤,在多個(gè)大型臨床中心進(jìn)行臨床試驗(yàn)(12000例),并且已被美國藥品食品管理局(FDA)批準(zhǔn)臨床應(yīng)用,該研究成果為紐約時(shí)報(bào)等眾多大眾媒體廣為報(bào)道。在該領(lǐng)域的研究居于國際領(lǐng)先地位。大腸癌已成為我國發(fā)病率第三位的惡性腫瘤,在我國引進(jìn)和推廣這一技術(shù)有望大大降低大腸癌的發(fā)病率和死亡率。
· 國際上首次發(fā)現(xiàn)食道癌、胃癌、膽道癌、胰腺癌組織中的基因突變標(biāo)志物可以在患者糞便中檢測到,為使用糞便核酸檢測篩查和診斷上消化道腫瘤提供了生物學(xué)上的可行性。該研究成果2009年六月在權(quán)威消化病國際會議Digestive Disease Week上報(bào)告后,為醫(yī)學(xué)媒體ModernMedicine等報(bào)道。
· 比較深入地研究了消化道腫瘤的遺傳學(xué)基礎(chǔ),尤其是表觀基因組學(xué)。在國際上首次發(fā)現(xiàn)了畸變甲基化是BMP3、EYA2、EYA4等基因在腫瘤中功能喪失的原因,闡明了畸變甲基化是SFRP基因家族在Barrettu2019s食道癌中失活的機(jī)制。
· 首次在大腸癌患者血清中檢測出DNA甲基化標(biāo)志物(國內(nèi)研究所取得的成果),發(fā)現(xiàn)p16基因甲基化僅出現(xiàn)在癌癥患者血清中,而不出現(xiàn)于正常對照者血清中。文章發(fā)表于國際知名學(xué)術(shù)刊物《Clinical Cancer Research》,時(shí)任美國癌癥研究會(AACR)主席的Peter A. Jones教授在同期雜志中發(fā)表了專文對該文給予了好評。
· 首次在中國外科學(xué)界引入meta分析方法對臨床實(shí)驗(yàn)數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行匯總分析,發(fā)現(xiàn)聯(lián)合應(yīng)用干擾素alpha不僅不能提高5-Fu對晚期大腸癌的療效,反而增加毒性,糾正了很多醫(yī)療同行治療中的失誤,著名醫(yī)學(xué)專家詹文華教授在文末發(fā)表專文給予了高度評價(jià),認(rèn)為證據(jù)充分,結(jié)論可信,值得臨床醫(yī)生重視。另外,還首次用meta分析的方法證明硝酸甘油軟膏對肛裂的治療有良好效果。
2、在分子診斷技術(shù)領(lǐng)域的主要成果包括:
· 發(fā)明了Quantitative Allele-specific Real-time Target and Signal Amplification (QuARTS)、Digital Melt Curve Assay(DMC)、Real-timeAluPCR等多項(xiàng)高敏感核酸擴(kuò)增和檢測技術(shù),可用于高度異源性樣品中疾病相關(guān)基因突變和核酸甲基化或非凋亡DNA的檢測。
· 發(fā)現(xiàn)了腫瘤特異性甲基化標(biāo)志物BMP3基因,通過數(shù)千例不同臨床標(biāo)本的反復(fù)測試,因其對大腸癌檢測的高度特異性和敏感性而被選入新一代糞便核酸檢測,可望用于大腸癌和癌前腺瘤的篩查和早期診斷。
· 發(fā)明了MBD Column用于在復(fù)雜樣品中富集和純化甲基化組DNA,可以將所有的發(fā)生了甲基化的CpG島同時(shí)進(jìn)行富集和純化。
· 發(fā)明了Direct Sequence-Specific Capture用于直接從糞水中富集和純化任何目標(biāo)基因,在此過程中克服了眾多技術(shù)難題,該法可將目標(biāo)基因從糞便等高度異源性樣品中富集超過100倍,并完全去除各種核酸擴(kuò)增的抑制物,具有快速可靠的特點(diǎn)。
· 對采用糞便核酸檢測作為大腸腫瘤的無創(chuàng)篩查手段的分子基礎(chǔ)、技術(shù)路線、產(chǎn)品開發(fā)、臨床驗(yàn)證的各個(gè)方面都做出了杰出的貢獻(xiàn)。在此過程中,測試了上百個(gè)DNA甲基化、基因突變和蛋白質(zhì)腫瘤分子標(biāo)志物,從中得到了一組對大腸腫瘤檢測高度敏感的分子標(biāo)志物;對糞便標(biāo)本的采集、糞便中人類DNA的保存、抽提、純化、富集等樣品處理的關(guān)鍵技術(shù)都進(jìn)行了深入的研究,并取得了突破性的成果;還對以上的各項(xiàng)技術(shù)進(jìn)行了整合、優(yōu)化和臨床驗(yàn)證。
· 開發(fā)了KRAS、BRAF、EGFR等多項(xiàng)腫瘤靶向治療靶點(diǎn)檢測產(chǎn)品,可用于引導(dǎo)抗EGFR分子或抗體對大腸癌和肺癌等惡性腫瘤的治療。
3、在管理方面的主要成果包括:
組建培訓(xùn)了美國分子診斷公司Exact Sciences Corporation的研發(fā)團(tuán)隊(duì),并領(lǐng)導(dǎo)該團(tuán)隊(duì)在相當(dāng)短的時(shí)間內(nèi)完成了糞便核酸檢測的多項(xiàng)關(guān)鍵技術(shù)的攻關(guān),順利地進(jìn)行了產(chǎn)品的前期測試和驗(yàn)證。
專利申請
1. Detecting methylated mammalian nucleic acid in stool. David A. Ahlquist andHongzhi Zou. US Patent No. 7,785,772
2. Collecting and processing complex macromolecular mixtures. David A. Ahlquist, Jonathan J. Harrington,Hongzhi Zou, Patrick S. Quint, William R. Taylor. US patent application number: 20100121046
3. Detecting Neoplasm. William R. Taylor, Jonathan J. Harrington, Patrick S. Quint,Hongzhi Zou, Harold R. Bergen, III, David I. Smith, David A. Ahlquist. US patent application number: 20110183328
4. Methods and Materials for Detecting Colorectal Neoplasm.Hongzhi Zou, David Ahlquist, Jonathan J. Harrington. US patent application number: 20110236916
5. Methods and Materials for Detecting Colorectal Cancer and Adenoma.Hongzhi Zou, David Ahlquist. International patent application number: PCT/US2011/029982
6. Real-time cleavage assay. Rebecca Oldham-Haltom,Hongzhi Zou, Graham P. Lidgard, Michael J. Domanico, Hatim Allawi. US patent application number: 20120122105
7. Mutation detection assay.Hongzhi Zou, Graham P. Lidgard, Michael J. Domanico, Hatim Allawi. US patent application number: 20120122106
8. Methylation assay.Hongzhi Zou, Graham P. Lidgard, Michael J. Domanico, Hatim Allawi. US patent application number: 20120122088
9. Digital sequence analysis of DNA methylation. David Ahlquist, William R. Taylor,Hongzhi Zou, Graham P. Lidgard. US patent application number: US 13/364978
10. Isolation of nucleic acid. Janelle J. Bruinsma, Michael J. Domanico, Graham P. Lidgard,Hongzhi Zou, William G. Weisburg, Hemanth D. Shenoi, James P. Light II. US patent application number: 13/470,251
11. Multiplexed Kras Mutation Detection Assay.Hongzhi Zouet al. US patent application number: US 61/548,639
發(fā)表論文
1.Hong-Zhi Zou, Bao-Ming Yu, Zhi-Wei Wang, Ji-Yuan Sun, Hui Cang, Fei Gao, Dong Hua Li, Ren Zhao, Guo-Guang Feng, Jing Yi. Detection of Aberrant p16 Methylation in the Serum of Colorectal Cancer Patients. Clin Cancer Res 8:188-191, 2002.
2. Weihua Qiu, Bingsen Zhou,Hongzhi Zou,Xiyong Liu, Peiguo G. Chu, Richard Lopez, Jennifer Shih, Christopher Chung and Yun Yen,Hypermethylation of growth arrest DNA damage-inducible gene 45 beta promoter in human hepatocellular carcinoma. Am J Pathol 165:1689-99, 2004.
3.Hongzhi Zou,Neal K. Osborn, Jonathan J. Harrington, Klatt K. Kristie, Julian R. Molina,Lawrence J. Burgart and David A. Ahlquist. Frequent Methylation of EYA4 gene in Barrettu2019s Esophagus. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14(4): 830-4, 2005.
4.Hongzhi Zou,Julian R. Molina,Jonathan J. Harrington, Neal K. Osborn, Kristie K. Klatt, Lawrence J. Burgart,and David A. Ahlquist. Hypermethylation of SFRP Genes in Barrettu2019s Esophagus. Int J Cancer 116:584-591, 2005.
5. Neal K. Osborn,Hongzhi Zou, Julian R. Molina, Ralf Lesche, Joern Lewin, Kristie K Klatt, Jonathan J Harrington, Lawrence J. Burgart, David A. Ahlquist. Hypermethylation of the EYA4 gene in Chronic Ulcerative Colitis-Associated Dysplasia and Cancer: A Candidate Marker for Surveillence? Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 4:21-218, 2006.
6.Hongzhi Zou, Jonathan J. Harrington, Kristie K Klatt, and David A. Ahlquist. A sensitive method to quantify human long DNA in stool: relevance to colorectal cancer screening.Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15: 1115-1119, 2006.
7.Hongzhi Zou, Jonathan J. Harrington, Aravind Sugumar, Kristie K. Klatt, David A. Ahlquist. Detection of Colorectal Neoplasia by Stool Defensin Assay: An Exploratory Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007;5(7):865-8.
8.Hongzhi Zou, Jonathan Harrington, Rafaela L. Rego, and David A. Ahlquist. A novel method to capture methylated human DNA in stool: implications for colorectal cancer screening. Clin Chem. 2007;53(9):1646-51.
9.Hongzhi Zou, Jonathan Harrington, Abdirashid M. Shire, Rafaela L. Rego, Megan E. Campbell, Kristie K. Klatt, Ann L. Oberg, and David A. Ahlquist. Highly methylated genes in colorectal neoplasia: implications for screening. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007; 16(12): 2686-96
10. Michelle L. Gumz,Hongzhi Zou, Pamela A. Kreinest, Shauna N. LeGrand, Leandra S. Belmonte, Kevin Wu, , Bruce Luxon, Mala Sinha, Alexander S. Parker , L. Z. Sun, David A. Ahlquist , Christopher G. Wood, and John A. Copland. Loss of Secreted Frizzled- Related Protein 1 (sFRP1) Contributes to the Tumor Phenotype of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2007;13(16):4740-9
11. Jin-Ping Lai, Dalbir S. Sandhu, Chunrong Yu, Tao Han, Catherine D. Moser, Kenard K. Jackson, Ruben Bonilla Guerrero, Ileana Aderca, Hajime Isomoto, Megan M. Garrity-Park,Hongzhi Zou,Abdirashid M. Shire, David M. Nagorney, Schuyler O. Sanderson, Alex A. Adjei,Ju-Seog Lee, Snorri S. Thorgeirsson, Lewis R. Roberts. Sulfatase 2 up-regulates glypican 3, promotes fibroblast growth factor signaling, and decreases survival in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology 2008;47:1211-22.
12.Hongzhi Zou*, William R. Taylor, Jonathan J. Harrington,Fareeda Taher Nazer Hussain, Xiaoming Cao, Charles L. Loprinzi,Theodore R. Levine,Douglas K. Rex, Dennis Ahnen,Kandice L. Knigge,Peter Lance, Xuan Jiang,David I. Smith,David A. Ahlquist*. High Detection Rates of Colorectal Neoplasia by Stool DNA Testing with a Novel Digital Melt Curve Assay. Gastroenterology 2009;136:459-70. *Corresponding authors
13. Simon J. Cooper,Hongzhi, Zou, Shauna N. Legrand, Laura A. Marlow, Christina Von Roemeling, Kevin J. Wu, Tapati Maity, Vitaly Margulis; Nadine Hempel; Han W. Tun, Gerard C. Blobe; Christopher G. Wood, John A. Copland. Loss of type III transforming growth factor beta receptor expression is due to methylation silencing of the transcription factor GATA3 in renal cell carcinoma. Oncogene 2010;29:2905-15.
14. David A. Ahlquist,Hongzhi Zou, Michael Domanico, Douglas W. Mahoney, Tracy C. Yab, William R. Taylor, Malinda L. Butz, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Linda Rabeneck, Kenneth W. Kinzler,Bert Vogelstein, Niels Chr. Bjerregaard, Søren Laurberg, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Barry M. Berger, Graham P. Lidgard. Next-Generation Stool DNA Test Accurately Detects Colorectal Cancer or Large Adenomas. Gastroenterology. 2012; 142(2):248-56
15.Hongzhi Zou*, Hatim Allawi, Xiaoming Cao, Mike Domanico, Jonathan Harrington, William Taylor, Tracy Yab, David A. Ahlquist, Graham Lidgard. Quantification of Methylated Markers with a Multiplex Methylation Specific Technology. Clinical Chemistry 2012; 58(2):375-83. *Corresponding author
16. David A. Ahlquist, Karen A. Heichman, William R. Taylor, Douglas W. Mahoney,Hongzhi Zou, Michael Domanico, Steven N. Thibodeau, Lisa A. Boardman, Barry M. Berger, Graham P. Lidgard.The Stool DNA Test Is More Accurate Than the Plasma Septin 9 Test in Detecting Colorectal Neoplasia. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;10(3):272-277
17. Zhiwei Wang, Jing Yi, Hui Cang, Fei Gao,Hongzhi Zou, Baoming Yu, Xueming Tang. P16 methylation of Colorectal Cancer and Association with Dukes Stages. Chin. J Cancer Res., 13: 288-290, 2001.
18.鄒鴻志,郁寶銘。MAGE基因與腫瘤特異性免疫治療。國外醫(yī)學(xué)腫瘤學(xué)分冊,2000,27(5):274-276
19.鄒鴻志,曹家慶,謝敏。CD44V6在大腸癌中的表達(dá)及其意義。實(shí)用癌癥雜志,2000,15(1):65-67
20. 趙任,郁寶銘,張國馳,鄭民華,李東華,黃梁,鄒鴻志。手術(shù)前后補(bǔ)硒對大腸癌患者的免疫功能及抗氧化功能的影響。世界華人消化雜志2000, 8(9):1013-1016
21.鄒鴻志,郁寶銘,李東華。直腸類癌33例診治分析。中華普通外科雜志,2001,16(10):581-583
22.鄒鴻志,郁寶銘,趙任,王志偉。5-Fu與IFNα聯(lián)合治療晚期大腸癌的腫瘤反應(yīng)率和毒性:11個(gè)隨機(jī)對照臨床試驗(yàn)的Meta分析。中國實(shí)用外科雜志,2001,21(7):409-412
23. 王志偉,易靜,倉輝,鄒鴻志,趙任,郁寶銘,湯雪明。大腸癌組織p16基因甲基化與臨床病理特征的關(guān)系。實(shí)用癌癥雜志,2001,16(4):360-362
24. 趙任,郁寶銘,鄭民華,李東華,張國馳,童善慶,鄒鴻志。硒對淋巴細(xì)胞殺傷大腸癌細(xì)胞過程中Fas/FasL表達(dá)的影響。中華實(shí)驗(yàn)外科雜志,2001,8(1):21-22
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26.鄒鴻志,郁寶銘,王志偉,趙任。硝酸甘油軟膏治療肛裂的Meta分析。中華醫(yī)學(xué)雜志,2002,82(12):857-858
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28. 黃梁,鄒鴻志,郁寶銘。射頻治療I、II期內(nèi)痔712例報(bào)告。中國實(shí)用外科雜志,2002,4(7):499-501
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