Research Interests: I am working on studying small molecule candidates for cell survival via PI3K/Akt pathway to serve as a strategy for acute lung injury therapy. The current project is PTEN inhibition by PTEN inhibitors to improve wound healing in lung cells.

Publications:

Samuel K. Kulp, Ya-Ting Yang, Chin-Chun Hung, Kuen-Feng Chen, Ju-Ping Lai, Ping-Hui Tseng, Joseph W. Fowble, Patrick J. Ward, and Ching-Shih Chen.  3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase-1/Akt Signaling Represents a Major Cyclooxygenase-2-Independent Target for Celecoxib in Prostate Cancer Cells.  CANCER RESEARCH 64, 1444–1451, February 15, 2004