Name: Wentao Hu
Academic Title: Associate Professor
Email: wthu@suda.edu.cn
Address: Medical Building 402-2222, North District of Dushu Lake Campus
Contact Phone: +86 512 65882451
Ⅰ、Educational and Professional Experience
1. Educational Background:
2011.10-2012.10 Rutgers University, Radiation Oncology, Joint Ph.D. Student
2007.09-2013.07 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics, Ph.D.
2002.09-2006.07 Lanzhou University, Biological Science, B.S.
2. Professional Experience:
2019.07-Present School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Associate Professor
2016.08-2019.06 School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Assistant Professor
2013.07-2016.07 Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Research Fellow
Ⅱ、Research Focus
1. Biological effects and mechanisms of particle radiation
2. Molecular mechanisms of space radiation-induced tumorigenesis
3. Epigenetic regulation of radiation-induced biological effects
Ⅲ、Project/Honor/Award
1. NSFC, Regulatory Mechanisms of TGF-β-dependent cGAS-STING Pathway underlying Proton FLASH Radiotherapy for Glioma, 12475350, ￥530,000, 2025.01-2028.12
2. NSFC, Study on Interorgan Regulatory Interactions within the Body under Aerospace Extreme Environments, 82192882, ￥780,000，2022.01-2026.12
3. NSFC, Mechanistic Study on the Synergistic Induction of Tumorigenesis by Space Radiation and Microgravity via the β-arrestin1-FN1-YAP Pathway, 32071243, ￥580,000, 2021.01-2024.12
4. NSFC, The Effect of Radiation-Induced RAC2 Gene Expression on the Radiosensitivity of Melanoma Cells, 11405235, ￥280,000，2015.01-2017.12
5. Western Light Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Space radiation-induced bystander effect promotes lung tumorigenesis by inducing pulmonary epithelial-mesenchymal transition, Y463040XBB, ￥200,000，2014.01-2016.12
Ⅳ、Academic Part-time Roles & Student Guidance Outcomes
1. Outstanding Individual in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Soochow University, 2025
2. Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, 2024-Present
3. Council Member, Nuclear Emergency Branch, China Nuclear Society, 2020-2024, 2024-2028
Ⅴ、Recent Five-Year Representative Research Outcomes
1. Yunan Ding, Ying Xu, Xiaofei Wang, Miaomiao Zhang, Qi Zeng, Congchong Yan*, Guangming Zhou*, Wentao Hu*. Microgravity alleviates low-dose radiation-induced non-targeted carcinogenic effects. NPJ Microgravity. 2025, 11(1): 26.
2. Shanghai Liu, Xiangyang He, Siqi Liang, Anqing Wu*, Lu Liu*, Wentao Hu*. Carbon ion irradiation mobilizes antitumor immunity: from concept to the clinic. Radiation Oncology. 2025, 20(1): 85.
3. Hao Huang#, Ying Xu#, Zi Guo, Miaomiao Zhang, Wanshi Li, Yidan Song, Wentao Hu*, Tom K. Hei*, Guangming Zhou*. Irradiation-responsive PRDM10-DT modulates the angiogenic response in human NSCLC cells in an SP1-dependent manner via the miR-663a/TGF-β1 axis. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2025, 23(1): 235.
4. Ping Wang#, Jiming Xu#, Weijing You#, Jie Li, Jing Yu, Fei Jiang, Zengli Zhang, Wentao Hu*, Bingyan Li*. CYP24A1 binding to FUS maintains tumor properties by regulating the miR-200c/ZEB1/EMT axis. Cancer Science. 2025, 116(4): 910-922.
5. Kuan Lu#, Chenxia Zhou#, Jiaming Ren#, Jialu Ni, Weisen Yang, Yeqing Wang, Dan Jin, Jianjun Qian, Yaqun Zhu, Dai Shi*, Wentao Hu*, Liang Xu*. Preliminary study on the correlation between thyroid magnetic resonance parameters and radiation dose after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Frontiers in Public Health. 2025, 12: 1526147.
6. Wenying Yan#, Wentao Hu#, Yidan Song#, Xingyi Liu, Ziyun Zhou, Wanshi Li, Zhifei Cao, Weiwei Pei*, Guangming Zhou*, Guang Hu*. Differential network analysis reveals the key role of the ECM-receptor pathway in α-particle-induced malignant transformation. Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids. 2024, 12(9): 102260.
7. Yunan Ding, Guangming Zhou*, Wentao Hu*. Epigenetic regulation of TGF-β pathway and its role in radiation response. International Journal of Radiation Biology. 2024, 100(6): 834-848.
8. Haoyi Tang#, Hao Huang#, Zi Guo, Haitong Huang, Zihe Niu, Yi Ji, Yuyang Zhang, Huahui Bian*, Wentao Hu*. Heavy ion-responsive lncRNA EBLN3P functions in the radiosensitization of non-small cell lung cancer cells mediated by TNPO1. Cancers. 2023, 15(2): 511.
9. Zi Guo, Guangming Zhou*, Wentao Hu*. Carcinogenesis induced by space radiation: A systematic review. Neoplasia. 2022, 32: 100828.
10. Hao Huang#, Guotao Yuan#, Ying Xu, Yuan Gao, Qiulian Mao, Yin Zhang, Lu Bai, Weijie Li, Anqing Wu, Wentao Hu*, Yue Pan*, Guangming Zhou*. Photoacoustic and magnetic resonance imaging-based gene and photothermal therapy using mesoporous nanoagents. Bioactive Materials. 2022, 9(2022): 157-167.