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Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences
Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota
414 E.Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
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Last Modified: 07/01/08

Xuejun Wang, M.D., Ph.D. (The University of South Dakota)    Professor    Director, MD/PhD Program    Molecular Cardiovascular Biology    (605) 677-5132    xuejun.wang@usd.edu    Web Page (Opens a new window)

Education
MD - Hubei Medical University (Wuhan University School of Medicine), Wuhan, China
PhD - University of South Dakota

Distinctions
• International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) - American Section Young Investigator Award
• Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) Young Investigator Award
• American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
• American Heart Association Scientist Development Award
• American Heart Association Established Investigator Award

• Number of publications 55

Research Focus
Protein quality control in the heart
The cause and effect of defective protein degradation pathways in cardiomyopathies

Publications

Wang X, Robbins J. Heart failure and protein quality control. Circ Res. 2006 Dec. 8; 99(12):1315-28.

Liu J-B, Chen Q, Huang W, Horak KM, Zheng H, Mestril R, Wang X. Impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in desminopathy mouse hearts. FASEB J. 2006; 20(2):362-4. Epub 2005 Dec 21.

Chen Q, Liu JB, Horak KM, Zheng H, Kumarapeli AR, Li J, Li F, Gerdes AM, Wawrousek EF, Wang X. Intrasarcoplasmic amyloidosis impairs proteolytic function of proteasomes in cardiomyocytes by compromising substrate uptake. Circ Res. 2005 Nov 11; 97(10):1018-26. Epub 2005 Oct 6.