Yan Zhang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Orofacial Sciences
School of Dentistry

Education & Training

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• Postdoctoral Studies Graduate Division University of California, San Francisco
• Clinical Fellowship Microbiology University of California, San Francisco

Grants and Projects

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• Regulation of enamel matrix protein secretion in ameloblasts, NIH, 2017-2022
• Generation of human dental epithelial lineage cells from embryonic stem cells, NIH, 2009-2012

Publications (1)

Top publication keywords:
HumansAmeloblastsCell PolarityAnimalsDental EnamelCell DifferentiationAmelogenesisMiceMatrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins

• SATB1 establishes ameloblast cell polarity and regulates directional amelogenin secretion for enamel formation.
  BMC biology 2019 Zhang Y, Zheng L, Le M, Nakano Y, Chan B, Huang Y, Torbaty PM, Kohwi Y, Marcucio R, Habelitz S, Den Besten PK, Kohwi-Shigematsu T