Qualifications

2008 Ph.D., Tongji Medical College, HUST, Immunology

1989 M.Sc., Tongji Medical University, Medicine

Publications (Selected)

1. Hu P, Wang G, Wu S, Zhu H, Ping L, Wang C, Shen G. Transplantation of NIT-1 cells with ectopic FADDdel-GFP expression for treatment of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Autoimmunity. 2009 Aug;42(5):424-31.
2. Jun-Fa Xu, Huan Xiao, Guo-Yan Hu, Shu-Hua Zheng, Wei Liu, Chun-Lei Yuan, Heng Yang, Jing Lu, Fang Zheng, Cong-Yi Wang and Fei-Li Gong. Ectopic B7-H4-Ig expression attenuates concanavalin A-induced hepatic injury. Clin Immunol. 2010 Jul;136(1):30-41. Epub 2010 Mar 25.
3. Michal Kuczma, Magdalena Kopij, Iwona Pawlikowska, Cong-Yi Wang, Grzegorz A. Rempala and Piotr Kraj. High affinity of TCRs for antigen predisposes effector CD4+ T cells to convert into adaptive Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in tumors. Plos One 2010 Oct 26;5(10):e13623.
4. Pengcheng Luo, Hsin-Hsin Chang, Yiqiang Zhou, Shali Zhang, Sung Hee Hwang, Christophe Morisseau,3 Cong-Yi Wang, Edward W. Inscho, Bruce D. Hammock, and Mong-Heng Wang. Inhibition or deletion of soluble epoxide hydrolase alleviates hyperglycemia in diabetes by promoting insulin secretion. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2010 Aug;334(2):430-8.
5. Lihua Duan, Cong-Yi Wang, Jie Chen, Quan Gong, Ping Zhu, Fang Zheng, Zheng Tan, Feili Gong, Min Fang. High-mobility group box 1 promotes early acute allograft rejection by enhancing IL-6-dependent Th17 alloreactive response. Lab Invest. 2011;91(1):43-53.
6. Xiaoquan Rao, Jixin Zhong, Shu Zhang, Yushan Zhang, Qilin Yu, Ping Yang, Zheng Dong, David J. Fulton, Huidong Shi, Daowen Wang, Cong-Yi Wang. Loss of Methyl-CpG Binding Domain Protein 2 (MBD2) Enhances Endothelial Angiogenesis and Protects Mice against Hindlimb Ischemic Injury. Circulation 2011 Jun 28;123(25):2964-74. Epub 2011 Jun 13.
7. Brooks C, Cho SG, Wang CY, Yang T, Dong Z. Fragmented mitochondria are sensitized to Bax insertion and activation during apoptosis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Mar;300(3):C447-55. Epub 2010 Dec 15.
8. Li J, Gong Q, Zhong S, Wang L, Guo H, Xiang Y, Ichim TE, Wang CY, Chen S, Gong F, Chen G. Neutralization of the extracellular HMGB1 released by ischaemic damaged renal cells protects against renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011 Feb;26(2):469-78. Epub 2010 Aug 2.
9. Jixin Zhong, Xiaoquan Rao, Jun-Fa Xu, Ping Yang and Cong-Yi Wang. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)stress in the pathogenesis of beta-cell destruction during the course of diabetes. Experimental Diabetes Research 2011, accepted in press.
10. Ping Yang, Hong-Liang and Cong-Yi Wang. The FUT2 Nonfunctional Variant: A “Missing Link” between Genes and Environment in Type 1 Diabetes? Diabetes 2011, accepted in press.