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Rong Wang, Ph.D.

Rong Wang, Ph.D.

  • Professor of Surgery
  • Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
  • Mildred V. Strouss Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery
  • Director, Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research

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513 Parnassus Avenue, HSW 1618
San Francisco, CA 94143-0507
Phone: (415) 476-6820
[email protected]
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  • 1980-84, Sichuan University, B.S., Biology
  • 1984-88, Graduate School of Chinese Science and Technology University, Inst. of Genetics, M.S. candidate, Mammalian Genetics
  • 1988-93, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Ph.D., Biology (Angiogenesis)
  • 1994-99, University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Biology
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Arteriogenesis
  • Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
  • Collateral Vessel Formation
  • Developmental Biology
  • Developmental Growth
  • Embryonic Development
  • EphrinB2
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Neovascularization
  • Notch Pathway
  • Physiologic, Ischemia
  • Stem Cells
  • Vascular Development
  • Vascular Physiology

Rong Wang, Ph.D. is Professor of Surgery and Director of the Wang Lab. Previously, Dr. Wang had the distinction of being a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Michael Bishop, MD, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Chancellor of UCSF. Dr. Wang's team is engaged in state-of-the-art research involving key proteins necessary for blood vessel growth (angiogenesis) and arterial growth (arteriogenesis). They have found that the Notch 4 protein can cause dramatic blood vessel enlargement in adult animals and that the protein called focal adhesion kinase is essential for maintaining existing blood vessel structure.  The ability to encourage the growth of blood vessels can increase healing in traumatic wounds, promote recovery from strokes and heart attacks, or generate the growth of new pathways around blocked arteries in the lower limbs to reduce the potential of gangrene and possible amputation.

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  • Molecular Pathogenesis of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
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    Jan 2025
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  • Identifying Molecular Regulators of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia In a Novel Mouse Model
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    Jul 2019
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    Jun 2022
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  • Molecular Pathogenesis and Therapy for Critical Lim Ischemia
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    Jul 2018
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    Jun 2021
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  • RBPJ and EphrinB2 as Molecular Targets to Treat Brain Arteriovenous Malformation in Notch4-Induced Mouse Models
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    Sep 2016
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    Sep 2020
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  • Molecular Pathogenesis of Brain Arteriovenous Malformation
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    Aug 2010
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    Sep 2013
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  • Notch Signaling in Arterial-Venous Specification
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    Apr 2005
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    Mar 2010
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MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 50
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  1. Huang L, Cheng F, Zhang X, Zielonka J, Nystoriak MA, Xiang W, Raygor K, Wang S, Lakshmanan A, Jiang W, Yuan S, Hou KS, Zhang J, Wang X, Syed AU, Juric M, Takahashi T, Navedo MF, Wang RA. Nitric oxide synthase and reduced arterial tone contribute to arteriovenous malformation. Sci Adv. 2023 05 26; 9(21):eade7280. View in PubMed
  2. Zhang S, Zhao H, Liu Z, Liu K, Zhu H, Pu W, He L, Wang RA, Zhou B. Monitoring of cell-cell communication and contact history in mammals. Science. 2022 Dec 02; 378(6623):eabo5503. View in PubMed
  3. Nielsen CM, Zhang X, Raygor K, Wang S, Bollen AW, Wang RA. Endothelial Rbpj deletion normalizes Notch4-induced brain arteriovenous malformation in mice. J Exp Med. 2023 02 06; 220(2). View in PubMed
  4. Prather BL, Ji S, Zhao Y, Shajan FJ, Zhao M, Buuh ZY, Maloney R, Zhang R, Cohen C, Wang RE. Fluorine-thiol displacement probes for acetaminophen's hepatotoxicity. Acta Pharm Sin B. 2023 Jan; 13(1):204-212. View in PubMed
  5. Kang J, Lewis TR, Gardner A, Andrade RB, Wang RE. Semi-syntheses and interrogation of indole-substituted Aspidosperma terpenoid alkaloids. Org Biomol Chem. 2022 05 18; 20(19):3988-3997. View in PubMed
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