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Meijing Wang, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Specialty: Cardiac Surgery in basic research

Medical School: West China University of Medical Sciences, China

Residency: Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Chengdu City, China

Fellowships: Pediatric Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, 2nd University Hospital, West China University of Medical Sciences, China

Basic Research Interests: The research activities in my lab include investigation of the mechanisms involved in ischemic heart disease and development of effective pharmacological/molecular interventions based on sex hormones or stem/progenitor cell therapy for the treatment of myocardial ischemia. Our current interests are:

  1. Sex differences in myocardial responses to acute injury
  2. Stem cell-based therapy in myocardial ischemia
  3. Epigenetic regulation in stem cell function
Role of endogenous testosterone in TNF-induced myocardial injury in males.
Role of endogenous testosterone in TNF-induced myocardial injury in males. Int J Clin Exp Med. 2012;5(2):96-104 Authors: Wang M, Gu H, Brewster BD, Huang C Abstract BACKGROUND: Gender-specific disparities have bee…