Regulation of Hepatic Homeostasis by Autophagy and Lysosome in Liver Diseases
WEN-XING DING (丁文兴), Professor (with tenure) The University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
Time: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Jul 17th, 2019
Place: Room 316, Building 5, School of Pharmacy
Host: Prof. Wanbin Zhang and Delong Liu
报告人简介: 美国堪萨斯大学医学中心药理学、毒理学和治疗学系教授。长期 致力于凋亡、自噬、线粒体自噬在肝脏损伤和癌症治疗中的作用及机制研究, 主持美国NIH项目4项,在Hepatology、J Hepatol、Gastroenterology和 Autophagy等知名期刊发表SCI论文129篇,总被引15220次,H-index为50。 担任Autophagy副主编和Hepatology、Am J Pathol等杂志编委。
丁教授的研 究兴趣主要包括: 1. Mechanisms of autophagy in alcoholic liver disease and pancreatitis; 2. Mechanisms of mitochondria autophagy (mitophagy) and mitochondria dynamics and biogenesis; 3. Targeting autophagy for drug-induced liver injury; 4. SQSTM1/p62 mediated-Nrf2 activation promotes liver injury and tumorigenesis inAtg5 liver-specific knockout mice.