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RIK DERYNCK, PHD

Professor, Growth and Development, Anatomy, UCSF
Member, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BMS), and Herbert Boyer Program in Biological Sciences (PIBS), UCSF

CONTACT

derynck@itsa.ucsf.edu
(415) 476-7322, 476-6081 (voice)
(415) 476-1499 (fax)

Box 0640, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0640

additional websites:

Derynck Lab Website

EDUCATION

University of Louvain, Belgium, Lic.Sc.(M.Sc.), 1974, Zoology
University of Ghent, Belgium, Ph.D., 1981, Molecular Biology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

9/1973 - 7/1974

Undergraduate thesis with Dr. Henri Koch, Catholic University, Louvain, Belgium

8/1974 - 8/1981

Predoctoral Fellow/Research Associate with Dr. Walter Fiers, State University, Ghent, Belgium

4/1981 - 3/1985

Scientist, Dept. of Molecular Biology, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco

3/1985 - 12/1990

Senior Scientist, Depts. of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco

4/1991 - present

Professor, Department of Growth and Development and Department of Anatomy, Programs in Cell Biology and Developmental Biology, University of California San Francisco

9/2002 - present

Director, UCSF Program in Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology University of California San Francisco.

9/2002 - present

Co-Director, UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

(out of 204 total)

Derynck, R., Content, J., Declercq, E., Volckaert, G., Tavernier, J., Devos, R., and Fiers, W. (1980) Isolation and structure of a human fibroblast interferon gene. Nature 285, 542-547.

Derynck, R., Remaut, E., Saman, E., Stanssens, P., Declercq, E., Content, J., and Fiers, W. (1980) Expression of human fibroblast interferon gene in Escherichia coli. Nature 287, 193-197.

Derynck, R, Roberts, AB, Winkler, ME, Chen, EY and Goeddel, DV. (1984) Human transforming growth factor-α: precursor structure and expression in E. coli. Cell 38, 287-297.

Derynck, R, Jarrett, JA, Chen, EY, Eaton, DH, Bell, J., Assoian, RK, Roberts, AB, Sporn, MB and Goeddel, DV. (1985) Human transforming growth factor-β cDNA sequence and expression in tumor cell lines. Nature 316, 701-705.

Schreiber, AB, Winkler, ME and Derynck, R. (1986) Transforming growth factor-α is a more potent angiogenic mediator than epidermal growth factor. Science, 232, 1250-1253.

Rosenthal, A, Lindquist, PB, Bringman, TS, Goeddel, DV and Derynck, R. (1986) Expression in rat fibroblasts of a transforming growth factor-α cDNA results in transformation. Cell 46, 301-309.

Bringman, TS, Lindquist, PB and Derynck, R. Different transforming growth factor-α species are derived from a glycosylated and palmitoylated transmembrane precursor. (1987) Cell 48, 429-440.

Coffey, RJ, Derynck, R, Wilcox, JN, Bringman, TS, Goustin, AS, Moses, HL and Pittelkow, MR. (1987) Production and auto-induction of transforming growth factor-α in human keratinocytes. Nature 328, 817-820.

Derynck, R, Lindquist, PB, Lee, A, Wen, D, Tamm, J, Graycar, JL, Rhee, L, Mason, AJ, Miller, DA, Coffey, RJ, Moses, HL and Chen, EY. (1988) A new type of transforming growth factor-β, TGF-β3. EMBO J. 7, 3737-3743.

Brachmann, R, Lindquist, PB, Nagashima, M, Kohr,W, Lipari, T, Napier, M and Derynck, R. (1989) Transmembrane TGF- precursors activate EGF/TGF-α receptors. Cell 56, 691-700.

Streuli, C.H., Schmidhauser, C., Kobrin, M., Bissell, M.J., and Derynck, R. (1993) Extracellular matrix regulates expression of the TGF-β1 gene. J. Cell Biol. 120, 253-260.

Chen, R.-H., Ebner, R. and Derynck, R. (1993) Inactivation of the type II receptor reveals two receptor pathways for the diverse TGF-β activities. Science 260, 1335-1338.

Ebner, R., Chen, R.-H., Shum, L., Lawler, S., Zioncheck, T., Lee, A., Lopez, A.R., and Derynck, R. (1993) Cloning of a type I TGF-β receptor and its effect on TGF-β binding to the type II receptor. Science 260, 1344-1348.

Ebner, R., Chen, R.-H, Lawler, S., Zioncheck, T., and Derynck, R. (1993) Determination of type I receptor ligand specificity by the type II receptors for TGF-β or activin. Science 260, 1344-1348.

Filvaroff, E. H., Ebner, R., and Derynck, R. (1994) Inhibition of myogenic differentiation in myoblasts expressing a truncated type II TGF-β receptor. Development, 121, 185-195.

Shum, L., Reeves, S.A., Kuo, A.C., Fromer, E.S., and Derynck, R. (1994) Association of the transmembrane TGF-α precursor with a protein kinase complex. J. Cell Biol., 125, 903-916.

Miettinen, P.J., Ebner, R., Lopez, A.R., and Derynck, R. (1994) TGF-β-induced transdifferentiation of mammary epithelial cells to mesenchymal cells: involvement of type I receptors. J. Cell Biol. 127, 2021-2037.

Erlebacher, A., Filvaroff, E.H., Gitelman, S.E., and Derynck, R. (1995) Toward a molecular understanding of skeletal development. Cell 80, 371-378.

Miettinen, P.J., Berger, J.E., Meneses, J., Phung, Y., Pedersen, R.A., Werb, Z., and Derynck, R. (1995) Epithelial immaturity and multiorgan failure in mice lacking epidermal growth factor receptor. Nature 376, 337-341.

Chen, R.-H, Miettinen, P.J., Maruoka, E.M., Choy, L. and Derynck, R. (1995) A WD-domain protein that is associated with and phosphorylated by the type II TGF-β receptor. Nature 377, 548-552.

Erlebacher, A. and Derynck, R. (1996) Increased expression of TGF-β2 in osteoblasts results in an osteoporosis-like phenotype. J. Cell Biol., 132, 195-210.

Zhang, Y., Feng, X.-H., Wu, R.-Y., and Derynck, R. (1996) Receptor-associated Mad homologs synergize as effectors of the TGF-β response. Nature 382, 168-172.

Feng, X.-H., and Derynck, R. (1997) A kinase subdomain of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) receptor determines the TGF-β intracellular signaling specificity. EMBO J. 16, 3912-3923.

Derynck, R. and Feng, X.-H. (1997) TGF-β receptor signaling. B.B.A. Reviews in Cancer 1333, F105-F150.

Feng, X.-H., Zhang, Y., Wu, R.-Y., and Derynck, R. (1998) The tumor suppressor Smad4/DPC4 and transcriptional adaptor CBP/p300 function as coactivators for the transcription factor Smad3 in TGF-β-induced transcriptional activation. Genes Dev. 12, 2153-2163 .

Zhang, Y., Feng, X.-H., and Derynck, R. (1998) Smad3 and Smad4 cooperate with c-Jun/c-Fos to mediate TGF-β-induced transcription. Nature 394, 909-914.

Griswold-Prenner, I., Kamibayashi, C., Maruoka, E.M., Mumby, M.C., and Derynck, R. (1998) Physical and functional interactions between type I TGF-β receptors and Bα, a WD40-repeat subunit of phosphatase 2A. Mol. Cell. Biol., 18, 6595-6604.

Choy, L., and Derynck, R. (1998) The type II TGF-β-receptor-associated protein TRIP-1 acts as a modulator of the TGF-β response. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 31455-31462.

Derynck, R, Zhang, Y, and Feng, X.H. (1998) Smads: transcriptional activators of TGF-β responses. Cell 95, 737-740.

Fan, H. and Derynck, R. (1999) Ectodomain shedding of TGF-α and other transmembrane proteins is induced by receptor tyrosine kinase activation and MAP kinase signaling cascades. EMBO J. 18, 6962-6972.

Shi, W., Fan, H., Shum, L., and Derynck, R. (2000) The tetraspanin CD9 associates with transmembrane TGF-α and regulates TGF-α-induced EGFR activation and cell proliferation. J. Cell Biol 148, 591-601.

Choy, L., Skillington, J., and Derynck, R. (2000) Roles of autocrine TGF-β receptor and Smad signaling in adipocyte differentiation. J. Cell. Biol. 149, 667-681.

Feng, X.-H., Lin, X., and Derynck, R. (2000) Smad2, Smad3 and Smad4 cooperate with Sp1 to induce p15Ink4B expression in response to TGF-β. EMBO J. 19, 5178-5193.

Kuo, A., Zhong, C., Lane, W.S. and Derynck, R. (2000) Transmembrane transforming growth factor-α tethers to the PDZ-domain containing, Golgi-membrane-associated protein p59/GRASP55. EMBO J. 19, 6427-6439.

Zhang, Y., Chang, C., Gehling, D.J., Hemmati-Brivanlou, A., and Derynck, R. (2001) Regulation of Smad degradation and activity by Smurf2, an E3 ubiquitin ligase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA, 98, 974-979.

Alliston, T., Choy, L., Ducy, P., Karsenty, G., and Derynck, R. (2001) TGF-β-induced repression of CBFA1 by Smad3 decreases cbfa1 and osteocalcin expression and inhibits osteoblast differentiation. EMBO J. 20, 2254-2272.

Derynck, R., Akhurst, R.J., and Balmain, A. (2001) TGF-β signaling in tumor suppression and cancer progression. Nature Genetics 29, 117-129 (Erratum Nature Genetics 29, 351).

Liu, D., Black, B.L., and Derynck, R. (2001) TGF-β inhibits muscle differentiation through functional repression of myogenic transcription factors by Smad3. Genes Dev. 15, 2950-2966.

Skillington, J., Choy, L., and Derynck, R. (2002) Bone morphogenetic protein and retinoic acid signaling cooperate to induce osteoblast differentiation of pre-adipocytes. J. Cell Biol. 159: 135-146.

Choy, L. and Derynck, R. (2003) TGF-β inhibits adipocyte differentiation by Smad3 interacting with C/EBP and repressing C/EBP transactivation function. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 9609-9619.

Derynck, R. and Zhang,Y. (2003) TGF-β family signaling: Smad-dependent and Smad-independent pathways. Nature, 425, 577-584.

Qin, B.Y., Liu, C., Lam, S.S., Srimath, H., Delston, R., Correia, J.J., Derynck, R. and Lin, K. (2003) Crystal structure of IRF-3 transactivation domain reveals mechanism of autoinhibition and virus-induced phospho-activation. Nature Struct. Biol. 10, 913-921

Liu, D., Kang, J.S. and Derynck, R. (2004) TGF-β-activated Smad3 represses MEF2-dependent transcription in myogenic differentiation. EMBO J 23, 1557-1566.

Pardoux, C. and Derynck, R. (2004) JNK regulates expression and autocrine signaling of TGF-β1. Molecular Cell 15, 170-171.

Alliston, T., Ko, T.C., Cao, Y., Liang, Y.-Y., Feng, X.-H., Chang, C. and Derynck, R. (2005) Repression of BMP and activin-inducible transcription by Evi-1. J. Biol. Chem., 280, 24227-24237.

Kang, J. S., Alliston, T., Delston, R., and Derynck, R. (2005) Repression of Runx2 function by TGF-β through recruitment of class II histone deacetylases by Smad3. EMBO J. 24, 2543-2555.

Feng, X.-H. and Derynck, R. (2005) Specificity and versatility in TGF-β signaling through Smads. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 21, 659-693.

Balooch, G., Balooch, M., Nalla, R.K., Schilling, S., Filvaroff, E.H., Marschall, G.W., Marshall, S.J., Ritchie, R.O., Derynck, R., and Alliston, T. (2005) TGF-β signaling regulates the mechanical properties and composition of bone matrix. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 18813-18818.

12/12/06

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