Xue-Yan He Lab: Conquering Stress in Cancer

Understanding the “Stressed” Tumor Microenvironment

  • Siteman Cancer Center
  • WashU School of Medicine
  • WashU School of Medicine
  • Barnes Jewish Hospital
  • St. Louis Art Museum at Forest Park
  • The Gateway Arch
  • St. Louis from the sky!

About the Lab

Our Goal

Advancing knowledge of the mechanisms responsible for colorectal tumor progression,
with a specific focus on Stress
and its influence on the Tumor Microenvironment.

Current Projects

  1. Determine whether and how stress alters the gut homeostasis
  2. Evaluate the effects of stress-induced Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) on the microenvironment of colorectal cancer (CRC) and its liver metastasis.
  3. Determine how stress-induced locoregional neuron-tumor interactions affect CRC progression.

Explore further details of our scientific vision
on the Research page

Recent Presentations

Laboratory Funding