曹萤，1967年生，毕业于青岛海洋大学，现任南京大学医学院模式动物研究所教授，从事肿瘤生物学和发育生物学研究。
学习经历
1998－2002，德国Essen大学，获博士学位
研究经历
2008－现在，南京大学医学院模式动物研究所教授
2002－2008，德国Ulm大学生物化学研究所博士后
代表性学术论文
1. Zhang Z,..., Cao Y*. Similarity in gene-regulatory networks suggests that cancer cells share characteristics of embryonic neural cells. J. Biol. Chem. 2017, 292: 12842-59.
2. Cao Y*. Tumorigenesis as a process of gradual loss of original cell identity and gain of neural precursor/progenitor cells. Cell & Biosci. 2017, 7:61.
3. Lei A, ..., Cao Y*. EZH2 regulates protein stability via recruiting USP7 to mediate neuronal gene expression in cancer cells. Front. Genet. 2019, 10:422.
4. Xu L, ..., Cao Y*. Neural stemness contributes to cell tumorigenicity. Cell & Biosci. 2021, 11(1): 21.
5. Cao Y*. Neural is fundamental: Neural stemness as the ground state of cell tumorigenicity and differentiation potential. Stem Cell Rev. Rep. 2022, 18(1): 37-55.
6. Chen L, ..., Cao Y*. Coordinated regulation of the ribosome and proteasome by PRMT1 in the maintenance of neural stemness in cancer cells and neural stem cells. J. Biol. Chem. 2021, 297(5): 101275.
7. Yang X, ..., Cao Y*. Suppression of cell tumorigenicity by non-neural pro-differentiation factors via inhibition of neural property in tumorigenic cells. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 2021, 9: 714383.
8. Zhang M, ..., Cao Y*. Neural stemness unifies cell tumorigenicity and pluripotent differentiation potential. J. Biol. Chem. 2022, 298(7): 102106.
9. Cao Y*. Neural induction: The general principle for embryogenesis and tumorigenesis. Preprints 2022,2022080203 (doi: 10.20944/preprints202208.0203.v1).
10. Lu L, Yan G, ..., Cao Y*. Kdm2a/b lysine demethylases regulates canonical Wnt signaling bu modulating the stability of nuclear beta-catenin. Dev. Cell 2015, 33(6): 660-74.