Education
PhD, The University of Edinburgh, 2014
Lab information
Heng Zhao's lab
Research focus
• Study the effect of drug on brain diseases model .
• Investigate the role ofnon-coding RNAs in immune cells
in brain injury by genetic and pharmacologic approaches
• Analyze the functions of various immune cells using human cancer samples, brain damage model by flow cytometry and mass cytometry techniques
Publications
1. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 in clinical and experimental aortic aneurysm disease.
Wei Wang, BaohuiXu, Haojun Xuan, Yingbin Ge, YanWang, Lixin Wang, Jianhua Huang, Weiguo Fu, Sara A.Michie, Ronald L.Dalman
(Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 in clinical and experimental aortic aneurysm disease, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2017,doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.09.030)
2. The role of LncRNAs in immunity
Yan Wang, Haojie Jin. (Madridge Journal of Immunology, 2016, doi: 10.18689/mjim.2016-101)
3.Glycyrrhizin protects against focal cerebral ischemia via inhibition of T cell activity and HMGB1-mediated mechanisms.
Xiaoxing Xiong, Lijuan Gu, Yan Wang, Ying Luo, Hongfei Zhang, Jessica Lee, Sheri Krams, Shengmei Zhu and Heng Zhao (2016 Sep, Journal of Neuroinflammation, doi:
10.1186/s12974-016-0705-5)
4. Functional characterization of polypeptide release factor 1b in the ciliate Euplotes.
Yan Wang, Baofeng Chai, Wei Wang, Aihua Liang.
Biosci Rep. 2010 Dec; 30(6):425-31. doi: 10.1042/BSR20090154.
5. Progress in Stop Codon Recognition Mechanism of the Polypeptide Release Factors.
Yan Wang, Baofeng Chai, Aihua Liang.
Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2010, Vol26, Issue (01): 22-29