MAO Canquan
Professor
Email: maocq@swjtu.edu.cn
Office: Room 3610, Building 3, Jiuli Campus
BIO
Education
PhD, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (PUMC & CAMS),
Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Diagnosis (1999)
M.A., Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Agricultural Environmental Protection (1990)
B.S., Zhejiang Agricultural University, Environmental Protection (1987)
Employment
Academic Appointments
Professor, School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University,
China (2002-present)
Visiting Scientist, Department of Pathology, Hospital, University of Alabama at Birmingham
(2006)
Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Institute of Beijing Basic Medical Sciences (1999-2002)
Assistant Professor, Institute of Food Industry, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science
(1993-1996)
Research Associate, Department of Environmental Protection, Institute of Bio-control,
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1990-1993)
Research Interests
1. Plant medicine/Traditional Chinese Medicine/Folk medicine,
2. Peptide drug development
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Hongping Guo,Yuhong Jiang, Zhiguang Ao, Siyi Wang, Canquan Mao*,
A FOXM1‑Targeted Peptide Overcomes 5‑Fluorouracil Resistance via Modulating
ABC Transporters in Liver Cancer HepG2 Cells，
International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics, 2021.
2. Yuhong Jiang*, Xin Zhuo, Xiujuan Fu, Yue Wu and Canquan Mao*.
Targeting PAR2 overcomes gefitinib resistance in non-small-cell lung cancer cells
through inhibition of EGFR transactivation”, Frontiers in Pharmacology-Pharmacology
of Anti-Cancer Drugs, 2021.
3. Dou R, Liu Z, Yuan X, Xiangfei D, Bai R, Bi Z, Yang P, Yang Y, Dong Y, Su W, Li D*,
Mao C*. PAMs ameliorates the imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like skin disease in mice by
inhibition of translocation of NF-κB and production of inflammatory cytokines,PLoS One,2017.
4. Bi Z, Liu W, Ding R, Wu Y, Dou R, Zhang W, Yuan X, Liu X, Xiong L, Guo Z*, Mao C*.
A novel peptide, 9R-P201, strongly inhibits the viability, proliferation and migration of liver
cancer HepG2 cells and induces apoptosis by down-regulation of FoxM1 expression，
European Journal of Pharmacology. 2017.
5. Bowen Tan,Yijie Zhou,Zhilei Song,Yinxuan Peng,Fang Wu,Yue Kang,Xiaomin Liu,Li Zeng,
Tingting Huang, Zongying Liu,Lili Xiong,Zhiyun Guo,Jian Cui and Canquan Mao*. Modeling
and Virtual Screening of Antisense Peptides Targeting the Divergent Region of Tumor-Associated
MT1-MMP Protein, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2015.
6. Zongying Liu, Qinglong Wang, Jian Cui, Lili Wang, Lili Xiong,Wei Wang，Diqiang Li, Na Liu,
Yiran Wu, Canquan Mao*, Systemic Screening of Strains of the Lion's Mane Medicinal Mushroom
Hericium erinaceus (Higher Basidiomycetes) and Its Protective Effects on Aβ-Triggered Neurotoxicity
in PC12 Cells, International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms,2015.
TEACHING
Primary Teaching areas
Genetic Engineering
Current Courses
Genetic Engineering
