Bo Shen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, TIMBR, Assistant Investigator, NIBS, Beijing, China

Home page: https://www.shenlaboratory.com/

Education

2015    Ph.D. in Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA (Lab of Dr. Xiaoping Du)

2008    B.S., College of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Experience

2021    Assistant Professor, TIMBR, Assistant Investigator, NIBS, Beijing, China

2015-2021    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA (Lab of Dr. Sean Morrison)

Research

ECM (Extracellular Matrix) proteins have many functions beyond providing structural support. We will work on ECM proteins in the bone marrow microenvironment, aiming to characterize and discover new growth factor activities from ECM proteins in the context of stem cell functions. In particular, we are interested in finding novel ECM proteins as regulators of hematopoietic stem cells and skeletal stem cells. These findings will hopefully have therapeutic potentials in regenerative medicine, in the context of blood and bone diseases.

Publications

Research Articles:

1.Shen B, Tasdogan A, Ubellacker JM, Zhang J, Nosyreva ED, Du L, Murphy MM, Hu S, Yi Y, Kara N, Liu X, Guela S, Jia Y, Ramesh V, Embree C, Mitchell EC, Zhao YC, Ju LA, Zhao H, Crane GM, Zhao Z, Syeda R, Morrison SJ. A mechanosensitive peri-arteriolar niche for osteogenesis and lymphopoiesis. Nature, 591(7850):438 (2021). PMID: 33627868.

2.Zhang J, Cohen A, Shen B, Du L, Tasdogan A, Zhao Z, Shane EJ, Morrison SJ. Parathyroid hormone promotes osteogenesis partly by promoting Osteolectin expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 118 (25) e2026176118 (2021). PMID: 34140410

3.Wei H, Xu Y, Wang Y, Xu L, Mo C, Li L, Shen B, Sun Y, Cheng P, Yang L, Pang Y, Qin A, Cao Y, Morrison SJ, Yue R. Identification of Fibroblast Activation Protein as an Osteogenic Suppressor and Anti-osteoporosis Drug Target. Cell Reports 33(2):108252 (2020). PMID: 33053358.

4.Men Y, Wang Y, Yi Y, Jing D, Luo W, Chai Y, Ge WP, Shen B, Stenberg W, Feng JQ, Zhao H. Gli1+ periodontium stem cells are regulated by osteocytes and occlusal force. Developmental Cell. 54(5):639-654 (2020). PMID: 32652075.

5.Ubellacker JM, Tasdogan A, Ramesh V, Shen B, Mitchell, EC, Martin MS, Gu Z, McCormick ML, Durham AB, Spitz DR, Zhao Z, Mathews TP, Morrison SJ. Lymph protects metastasizing melanoma cells from ferroptosis. Nature. 585, 113–118 (2020). PMID: 32814895.

6.Gao X, Zhang Z, Mashimo T, Shen B, Nyagilo J, Wang H, Wang Y, Liu Z, Mulgaonkar A, Hu XL, Piccirillo SGM, Eskiocak U, Davé DP, Qin S, Yang Y, Sun X, Fu YX, Zong H, Sun W, Bachoo RM, Ge WP. Gliomas Interact with Non-glioma Brain Cells via Extracellular Vesicles. Cell Rep, 30(8):2489-2500 (2020). PMID: 32101730.

7.Tasdogan A, Faubert B, Ramesh V, Ubellacker JM, Shen B, Solmonson A, Murphy MM, Gu Z, Gu W, Martin M, Kasitinon SY, Vandergriff T, Mathews TP, Zhao Z, Schadendorf D, DeBerardinis RJ*, Morrison SJ*. Metabolic heterogeneity confers differences in melanoma metastatic potential. Nature, 577(7788):115-120, *co-corresponding authors (2020). PMID: 31853067.

8.Shen B, Vardy K, Hughes P, Tasdogan A, Zhao Z, Yue R, Crane G, Morrison SJ. Integrin alpha11 is an Osteolectin receptor and is required for the maintenance of adult skeletal bone mass. eLife. 8:e42274 (2019). PMID: 30632962.

9.Yue R, Shen B, Morrison SJ. Clec11a is an osteogenic factor that promotes the maintenance of the adult skeleton. eLife, 5:e18782 (2016). PMID: 27976999.

10.Delaney MK, Kim K, Esteves B, Xu Z, Stojanovic-Terpo A, Shen B, Ushio-Fukai M, Cho J, Du X. Differential Roles of the NADPH-Oxidase 1 and 2 in Platelet Activation and Thrombosis. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 36(5):846-854 (2016). PMID: 26988594.

11.Esteves B, Kim K, Delaney MK, Stojanovic-Terpo A, Shen B, Ruan C, Cho J, Ruggeri ZM, Du X. Signaling-Mediated Cooperativity between Glycoprotein Ib-IX and Protease-Activated Receptors in Thrombin-Induced Platelet Activation. Blood, 127(5):626-636 (2016). PMID: 26585954.

12.Shen B, Esteves B, Kreutz B, Xu Z, Karginov A, Bai Y, Qian F, Norifumi U, Mosher DF, Du X. The interaction of Galpha13 with integrin beta1 mediates cell migration by dynamic regulation of RhoA. Mol Biol Cell, 26(20):3658-3670 (2015). PMID: 26310447.

13.Esteves B, Shen B, Du X. Targeting Integrin and Integrin Signaling in Treating Thrombosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 35(1):24-29 (2015). PMID: 25256236.

14.Delaney MK, Liu L, Kim K, Shen B, Stojanovic-Terpo A, Zheng Y, Cho J, Du X. Agonist-induced platelet procoagulant activity requires shear and a Rac1-dependent signaling mechanism. Blood, 124(12):1957-1967 (2014). PMID: 25079357.

15.Shen B, Zhao X, O’Brien KA, Stojanovic-Terpo A, Delaney MK, Kim K, Cho J, Lam SCT, Du X. A mechanism for the directional switch of integrin signaling and selective inhibition of outside-in signaling as a new anti-thrombotic strategy. Nature, 503(7474):131-135 (2013). PMID: 24162846.

16.Shen B, Delaney MK, Du X. Inside-out, outside-in, and inside-outside-in: G protein signaling in integrin-mediated cell adhesion, spreading, and retraction. Curr Opin Cell Biol, 24(5):600-606 (2012). PMID: 22980731.

17.Gong H, Shen B, Flevaris P, Chow C, Lam SCT, Voyno-Yasenetskaya TA, Kozasa T, Du X. G protein subunit Galpha13 binds to integrin alphaIIbbeta3 and mediates integrin "outside-in" signaling. Science, 327(5963):340-343 (2010). PMID: 20075254.

Review Articles

18.Stefano C#, Shen B#, Morrison SJ. Niches that regulate stem cells and hematopoiesis in adult bone marrow. Developmental Cell, 2021, online now. #: contributed equally.

19.Esteves B, Shen B, Du X. Targeting Integrin and Integrin Signaling in Treating Thrombosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 35(1):24-29 (2015). PMID: 25256236.

20.Shen B, Delaney MK, Du X. Inside-out, outside-in, and inside-outside-in: G protein signaling in integrin-mediated cell adhesion, spreading, and retraction. Curr Opin Cell Biol, 24(5):600-606 (2012). PMID: 22980731.