Shih-Hsing Leir, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Education & Training

Education: ,

Postgraduate Training: PhD: University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, 2000 Postdoctoral Fellowship: University of Southampton, 2001 Postdoctoral Fellowship: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, Molecular Genetics, 2011

Research

Research Interests: Cystic fibrosis; cancer biology; cell biology; genetics; molecular biology; respiratory diseases

Publications

Most recent publications

Regulatory dynamics of 11p13 suggest a role for EHF in modifying CF lung disease severity Nucleic Acids Res45 (15): 8773-8784
Ets homologous factor (EHF) has critical roles in epithelial dysfunction in airway disease J Biol Chem292 (26): 10938-10949
Erratum to "HNF1 regulates critical processes in the human epididymis epithelium" [Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 425 (2016) 94-102] Mol Cell Endocrinol428174
HNF1 regulates critical processes in the human epididymis epithelium Mol Cell Endocrinol42594-102
Differential contribution of cis-regulatory elements to higher order chromatin structure and expression of the CFTR locus Nucleic Acids Res44 (7): 3082-94
Expression profiles of human epididymis epithelial cells reveal the functional diversity of caput, corpus and cauda regions Mol Hum Reprod22 (2): 69-82
Characterization of primary cultures of adult human epididymis epithelial cells Fertil Steril103 (3): 647-654.e1
Ets homologous factor regulates pathways controlling response to injury in airway epithelial cells Nucleic Acids Res42 (22): 13588-98
Oxidative Stress Regulates CFTR Gene Expression in Human Airway Epithelial Cells through a Distal Antioxidant Response Element Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol52 (3): 387-96
Open chromatin mapping identifies transcriptional networks regulating human epididymis epithelial function Mol Hum Reprod20 (12): 1198-207

Shih-Hsing Leir, PhD

Shih-Hsing Leir, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Education & Training

Research

Publications

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