Dr. Juan Hou,
Ph.D, MD
Research Associate
Terry Fox Laboratory
Contact information:
Phone: (604)-675-8000 ext: 7724
Fax:
(604) 877-0172
E-mail:
jhou@bccrc.ca
Dr. Juan Hou, received her MD from Beihua University, Jilin
City, Jilin, China. She obtained a PhD in
Developmental Biology from
Osaka University,
Japan, under the
supervision of Dr Hiroshi Hamada. Her graduate work focused on
left-right patterning in early mouse embryogenesis. Then she joined
Pamela Hoodless Laboratory as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in 2004, working on
endoderm formation and patterning. Through this study, she identified
several definitive endoderm specific genes, which now are being widely
contributed to the endoderm field. In addition to endoderm development,
one of her most recent research interests is early placenta development.
Publications:
Hou J, Hoodless PA.
(Updated August 4, 2010). Foxh1 (Mus
musculus, Homo sapiens).
From the
Transcription Factor Encyclopedia,
http://www.cisreg.ca/tfe.
Accessed March 22, 2011.
Hassan AS, Hou J, Wei W,
Hoodless PA, Expression of two novel transcripts in the mouse
definitive endoderm. Gene Expr Patterns 10:127-134, 2010. Hassan AS, Hou
J, Wei W, Hoodless PA, Expression of two novel transcripts in the
mouse definitive endoderm. Gene Expr Patterns 10:127-134,
Hassan AS, Hou J, Wei W,
Hoodless PA. Expression of two novel transcripts in the mouse definitive
endoderm. Gene Expr Patterns 10:127-134, 2010.
View Abstract
McKnight K*, Hou J*, Hoodless
PA. FoxH1 and FoxA2 are not required for formation of the midgut and
hindgut definitive endoderm. Dev Biol 337: 471-481, 2010.
View Abstract
(*Co-first authors)
McKnight K, Hou J, Hoodless
PA. Dynamic expression of thyrotropin-releasing hormone in the mouse
definitive endoderm. Dev Dyn 236 (10): 2009-17, 2007.
View Abstract
Hou J,
Charters AM, Lee SC, Zhao Y, Wu MK, Jones SJ, Marra MA, Hoodless PA. A
systematic screen for genes expressed in definitive endoderm by Serial
Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE). BMC Dev Biol 7:92, 2007.
Highly
Accessed.
View Abstract
Siddiqui A, Khattra J, Delaney A, Zhao Y, Astell C, Asano J, Babakaiff
R, Barber S, Beland J, Bohacec S, Brown-John M, Chand S, Charters AM,
Cullum R, Dhalla N, Featherstone R, Gerhard DS, Hoffman B, Holt R,
Hou J, Kuo BY-L, Lee LLC, Lee S, Leung D, Ma K, Matsuo C, Mayo M,
McDonald H, Prabhu A-L, Pandoh P, Riggins GJ, Ruiz de Algara T, Smailus
D, Stott J, Tsai M, Varhol R, Vrljicak P, Wong D, Wu MK, Xie Y-Y, Yang
G, Zhang I, Hirst M, Jones SJM, Helgason CD, Simpson EM,
Hoodless PA & Marra M. A mouse atlas of gene expression: A public,
large-scale, digital gene expression profiling resource from precisely
defined developing C57BL/6J mouse tissue and cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 102(51):
18485-90, 2005. This paper was listed as one
of the "top 20" most viewed papers in PNAS.
View Abstract
Hou J,
Yashiro K, Okazaki Y, Saijoh Y, Hayashizaki Y,Hamada H. Identification
of a novel left-right asymmetrically-expressed gene in the mouse
belonging to the BPI/PLUNC superfamily. Dev Dyn. 229(2): 373-9, 2004.
View Abstract
Sakuma R, Ohnishi
Y, Meno C, Fujii H,
Hou J, Takeuchi J, Ogura T, Li E, Miyazono K, Hamada H. Inhibition of nodal
signalling by Lefty mediated through interaction with common receptors
and efficient diffusion. Genes Cell 7(4): 401-412, 2002.
View Abstract
Hou J,
Hamada H. Roles of nodal-lefty regulatory loops in embryonic patterning
of vertebrates. Genes Cell 6:923-930, 2001. Review.
View Abstract