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Lester Lau, PhD
Cancer Biology Research Program
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
College of Medicine
Email: lflau@uic.edu
Lester Lau, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at UIC. The extracellular matrix plays critical roles in regulating diverse biological and pathological processes, including developmental morphogenesis, wound healing and tissue repair, inflammation and host defense, and progression of diseases, including cancer. His laboratory is interested in the biological functions of Cellular Communication Network (CCN) factors, a family of cysteine-rich, dynamically expressed matricellular proteins that regulate a broad spectrum of cellular activities through direct binding to integrin receptors.
Education
- PhD, Cornell University
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Research Focus
- Cancer Biology
- Extracellular Matrix Signaling
- Inflammation
- Wound Healing
- Tissue Regeneration