Rutao Cui, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pathology (888) LUHS-888

Dr. Cui received his M.D. and Ph.D. from China. He practiced several years of clinical medicine as a Gastroenterologist in China. Dr. Cui's postdoctoral work was primarily conducted in Dr. David E Fishers lab in the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, from 2004 to 2007, where he studied the pigment molecular signaling pathways after UVB irradiation in the epidermis. In 2007, he was appointed as an Instructor of Pediatrics, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Childrens Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Cui joined the reserach faculty of the Oncology Institute at Loyola University of Chicago in late 2007. His primary research interests include the following: Signaling Pathways of Melanocyte Proliferation and Differentiation after UVB Irradiation; Signaling Pathways in Cutaneous Melanoma; Melanocyte Stem Cells in Hair Follicles; as well as Generating New Melanoma Mouse Models.

Dr. Cui is the author of more than 30 publications. He has made several original observations, including that UV irradiation powerfully stimulates POMC/MSH gene expression in keratinocytes, and that the secreted MSH could potently stimulate melanocytic pigmentary. Dr. Cui has also demonstrated that p53 can transactivate POMC expression and induce pigment production.

Publications

View a partial list of Dr. Cui's publications through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.