Guodong Zhang | Department of Food Science

Associate Professor

Field of Study:

Colonic inflammation, colon cancer, eicosanoid signaing, environmental exposure

Office:

Room 245, Chenoweth Laboratory

Telephone:

(413) 545-1014

Email:

guodongzhang@umass.edu

Group Site:

https://blogs.umass.edu/guodongzhang/

Details

Research

Our research focuses on prevention of colonic inflammation (inflammatory bowel disease) and colon cancer. To achieve this, we address two major issues: (1) identification and characterization of novel environmental risk factors of IBD and colon cancer. We study how environmental and dietary compounds alter gut microbiome and deregulate mucosa immune system to exaggerate colonic inflammation and colon tumorigenesis; and (2) discovery of novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers of IBD and colon cancer. We use LC-MS/MS-based lipidomics and transgenic animal models to study the roles of eicosanoid signaling in colonic inflammation and colon cancer, in order to identify novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers of these diseases.

Teaching

FS 797R: Research Methods

FS 581: Food Analysis

FS 583: Food Analysis Laboratory

Publications

Wang W., Yang J., Edin M.L., Wang Y., Luo Y., Wan D., Yang H., Sanidad K.Z., Song M., Bisbee A.H., Bradbury J.A., Nan G., Zhang J., Shih B., Lee K.S.S., Minter L.M., Kim D., Xiao H., Liu J., Hammock B.D., Zeldin D.C., and Zhang G. (2019) Targeted metabolomics identifies the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase eicosanoid pathway as novel therapeutic target of colon tumorigenesis. Cancer Research, Doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-3221.
Wang W., Yang J., Zhang J., Wang Y., Hwang S., Qi W., Wan D., Kim D., Sun J., Sanidad K.Z., Yang H., Park Y., Liu J., Liu Z., Hammock B.D. and Zhang G. (2018) Lipidomic profiling reveals soluble epoxide hydrolase as a therapeutic target of obesity-induced colonic inflammation. PNAS 115:5283-5288.
Yang H., Wang W., Romano K.A., Gu M., Sanidad K., Kim D., Yang J., Schmidt B., Panigrahy D., Pei R., Martin D.A., Ozay E.I., Wang Y., Song M., Bolling B.W., Xiao H., Minter L.M., Yang G., Liu Z., Rey F.E., and Zhang G. (2018) A common antimicrobial additive increases colonic inflammation and colon tumorigenesis in mice. Science Translational Medicine 10:eaan4116. Doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan4116.
Zhang G., Panigrahy D., Hwang S., Yang J., Mahakian L., Wettersten H., Liu J., Wang Y., Ingham E., Tam S., Kieran M., Weiss R.H., Ferrara K.W. and Hammock B.D. (2014) Dual inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 and soluble epoxide hydrolase synergistically suppresses primary tumor growth and metastasis. PNAS 111: 11127–11132.
Zhang G., Panigrahy D., Mahakian L., Yang J., Liu J., Lee K., Wettersten H., Ulu A., Hu X., Tam S., Hwang S., Ingham E., Kieran M., Weiss R.H., Ferrara K.W. and Hammock B.D. (2013) Epoxy metabolites of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) inhibit angiogenesis, tumor growth and metastasis. PNAS 110: 6530-5.

Full CV

CV Guodong.pdf