Name: Wei Wang

Country: United States

Affiliation:

Laboratory of Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience, Rockefeller University

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Address:

1230 York Ave.

Research Interests:

• Next Generation Sequencing 
• Population 
• Genetics Transcriptomics 
• RNA-Seq.

Biography:

• Platelet TGF-β1 contributions to plasma TGF-β1, cardiac fibrosis, and systolic dysfunction in a mouse model of pressure overload
• Methylation of p15INK4b and expression of ANRIL on chromosome 9p21 are associated with coronary artery disease
• Plasma concentrations of osteopontin, but not thrombin-cleaved osteopontin, are associated with the presence and severity of nephropathy and coronary artery dise
• Effects of atorvastatin on progression of diabetic nephropathy and local RAGE and soluble RAGE expressions in rats
• Polymorphism on chromosome 9p21. 3 contributes to early-onset and severity of coronary artery disease in non-diabetic and type 2 diabetic patients.
• Elevation of ADAM10, ADAM17, MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression with media degeneration features CaCl2-induced thoracic aortic aneurysm in a rat model
• Chromosome 9p21. 3 polymorphism in a Chinese Han population is associated with angiographic coronary plaque progression in non-diabetic but not in type 2 dia...
• Association between shear stress and platelet-derived transforming growth factor-β1 release and activation in animal models of aortic valve stenosis
• Spatiotemporal expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) is regulated by the Ca2+-signal transducer S100A4 in the pathogenesis of thoracic aortic aneurysm
• LNK/SH2B3 loss of function promotes atherosclerosis and thrombosis.