Xiaonan Wang
Emory University, USA
Biography
Dr. Xiaonan Wang gained his MD in 1982 from Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. She finished her post-doc training in 1991 in the University of Colorado HSC, Denver, CO and in 1997 in Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Currently, Dr. Wang is an Assistant Professor of Renal Division, Department of medicine. She has published 50 papers in peer review journal. Since 1997, Dr. Wang has focused on investigation of the molecular/cellular mechanisms that lead to protein malnutrition in, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and aging in order to develop therapeutic strategies for treatment.
Dr. Wang uses transgenic mice, virus (adenovirus, adeno-associated virus (AAV) and lentivirus) mediated gene transfer and cell culture systems to test her hypotheses.
Abstract
Abstract : Muscle-derived miR-26a mediate cardiac fibrosis through exosome in chronic kidney disease mice