{"id":10579,"date":"2021-05-27T08:51:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T12:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=10579"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:52:58","slug":"wei-chun-chou-phd","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/directory\/wei-chun-chou-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Wei-Chun Chou, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Keywords: Inflammation, molecular <\/strong><strong>i<\/strong><strong>mmunology, <\/strong><strong>signal transduction, immune cell metabolism, functional transcriptome and proteomics, neuro-inflammation<\/strong><strong>, asthma, lung inflammation, cancer research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chou received her Master in Microbiology of Medical Technology and PhD in Immunology from National Taiwan University. She completed her post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Jenny Ting at University of North Carolina and has been appointed as Assistant Professor since April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chou has broad interest in the application of cutting-edge ideas and technology to the study of disease-relevant models and mechanisms. Major directions include innate and adaptive immunity, dendritic cell function, autophagy, ER stress, signal transduction, functional proteomics, virus infection, neuro-inflammation, lung inflammation. Clinical issues of interest include multiple sclerosis, asthma, colitis, cancer, infection and inflammation. She has studied the effects of NLRs (nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat containing)\u00a0on mice models of these diseases in Dr. Ting\u2019s lab.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Chou recently published a paper in Nature as first author, showing an unexpected and previously unappreciated role for innate immune receptor AIM2 in Treg cells in adaptive immunity, which is independent of AIM2\u2019s classic function in the innate immunity. She found that AIM2 is important to maintain the normal function of Treg cells, which could not effectively protect mice from developing autoimmune encephalomyelitis and inflammatory colitis without AIM2. Additionally, by using functional proteomics screening, she showed AIM2-RACK1-PP2A-AKT signaling pathway that regulates the metabolism and stability of Treg cells to mitigate autoimmune disease. As a result of these studies, she hopes to modulate the expression or function of molecules in the AIM2 signaling pathway in human Treg cells or effector T cells to eventually affect the outcome of diseases such as cancer or autoimmune disorders in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wei-Chun Chou in UNC Genetics News<\/h2>\n            <div class=\"wc-cards\"><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-for-july-7th-20th-2024\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">July 24, 2024<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Publications for July 7th &#8211; 20th, 2024<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 16 papers during July 7th - 20th 2024.<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications for July 7th &#8211; 20th, 2024\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-for-march-26th-april-8th-2023\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">April 10, 2023<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Publications for March 26th \u2013 April 8th, 2023<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during March 26th \u2013 April 8th, 2023.<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications for March 26th \u2013 April 8th, 2023\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-for-september-25th-october-8th-2022\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">October 10, 2022<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Publications for September 25th \u2013 October 8th, 2022<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during September 25th\u00a0\u2013 October 8th, 2022.<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications for September 25th \u2013 October 8th, 2022\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-for-july-31st-august-13th-2022\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">August 16, 2022<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Publications for July 31st \u2013 August 13th, 2022<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 7 papers during July 31st \u2013 August 13th, 2022. &nbsp; A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids.\u00a0 Ramdas S, Judd J, Graham SE, Kanoni S, Wang Y, Surakka I, Wenz B, Clarke SL, Chesi A, Wells A, Bhatti KF, Vedantam S, &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications for July 31st \u2013 August 13th, 2022\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-october-17th-30th-2021\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">November 1, 2021<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Publications October 17th \u2013 30th, 2021<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during October 17th \u2013 30th 2021.<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications October 17th \u2013 30th, 2021\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-welcomes-new-faculty\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2021\/06\/Chakraborty_Chou_Linhoff_Menon-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chakraborty_Chou_Linhoff_Menon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2021\/06\/Chakraborty_Chou_Linhoff_Menon-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2021\/06\/Chakraborty_Chou_Linhoff_Menon-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">June 4, 2021<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Welcomes New Faculty<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Four new Assistant Professors have recently been appointed in the Department of Genetics.<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Welcomes New Faculty\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-for-jan-24-feb-6-2021\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics Logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2018\/12\/Genetics-Circle-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">February 8, 2021<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Publications for Jan. 24 \u2013 Feb. 6, 2021<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published twenty papers during Jan. 24 \u2013 Feb. 6, 2021.<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications for Jan. 24 \u2013 Feb. 6, 2021\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/scientists-find-key-function-of-molecule-in-cells-crucial-for-regulating-immunity\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/08\/Ting-Jenny-2020.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Jenny Ting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/08\/Ting-Jenny-2020.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/08\/Ting-Jenny-2020-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">January 28, 2021<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Scientists Find Key Function of Molecule in Cells Crucial for Regulating Immunity<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger scientists co-led by Jenny Ting, PhD, and Yisong Wan, PhD, uncovered a new molecular pathway important for the regulation of the adaptive immune system and the mitigation of autoimmune disease.<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Scientists Find Key Function of Molecule in Cells Crucial for Regulating Immunity\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article><article class=\"wc-card wc-card--1x1 wc-card--zoom\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-for-october-11-31-2020\/\" class=\"wc-card__link-wrap\"><div class=\"wc-card__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2020\/09\/UNC-Department-of-Genetics.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wc_card_1x1 size-wc_card_1x1 wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC Department of Genetics\"><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__header\"><p class=\"wc-card__date\">November 2, 2020<\/p><h3 class=\"wc-card__title wc-card__title--3\">Department of Genetics Publications for October 11-31, 2020<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"wc-card__content\"><p class=\"wc-card__excerpt wc-card__excerpt--5\">Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during October 11-31, 2020. &nbsp; &nbsp; Survival, Pathologic Response, and Genomics in CALGB 40601 (Alliance), a Neoadjuvant Phase III Trial of Paclitaxel-Trastuzumab With or Without Lapatinib in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer.\u00a0 Fernandez-Martinez A, Krop IE, Hillman DW, Polley MY, Parker JS, Huebner L, Hoadley KA, &hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wc-card__more\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications for October 11-31, 2020\"><span class=\"wc-card__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read more<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/article>            <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests Keywords: Inflammation, molecular immunology, signal transduction, immune cell metabolism, functional transcriptome and proteomics, neuro-inflammation, asthma, lung inflammation, cancer research Dr. Chou received her Master in Microbiology of Medical Technology and PhD in Immunology from National Taiwan University. She completed her post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Jenny Ting at University of North &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/department-of-genetics-publications-for-october-11-31-2020\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Department of Genetics Publications for October 11-31, 2020\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10580,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-10579","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wei-Chun Chou, PhD | Department of Genetics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/directory\/wei-chun-chou-phd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wei-Chun Chou, PhD | Department of Genetics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Research Interests Keywords: Inflammation, molecular immunology, signal transduction, immune cell metabolism, functional transcriptome and proteomics, neuro-inflammation, asthma, lung inflammation, cancer research Dr. Chou received her Master in Microbiology of Medical Technology and PhD in Immunology from National Taiwan University. 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