Mingyuan Wu, MD, PhD Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mailing Address: 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., BSEB 330A Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5020	Telephone: (405) 271-3270 Fax: (405) 271-3973
Email: mingyuan-wu@ouhsc.edu

Research Interests

1. Mechanisms and predictors of pre-eclampsia in diabetic women.
2. Involvement of modified low-density lipoprotein in diabetic retinopathy.
3. Treatment of Chinese herbs in diabetic complications.

Education

Wu, M., Chen, Y., Wilson, K., Chirindel, A., Ihnat, M., Yu, Y., Boulton, M.E., Szweda, L.I., Ma, J.X., Lyons, T.J., 2008. Intra-retinal Leakage and Oxidation of LDL in Diabetic Retinopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. [Epub ahead of print]

Wu, M.*, Komori, N., Qin, C., Farber, J.P., Linderoth, B., Foreman, R.D., 2008. Spinal cord stimulation-induced vasodilation: roles of ERK and AKT pathways. Brain Research. 1207: 73-83.

Xiao, L., Farber, J.P., Wu, M., Foreman, R.D., Qin, C., 2008. Role of TRPV1 in Augmentation of Cerebral Blood Flow by Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation in Rats. Neuroscience. 152, 950-958.

Tabatabaie, T., Vasquez-Weldon, A., Wu, M., Dashti, A., Zou, M.H., Floyd, R., and Lyons, T.J.,  2008. Highly-Oxidized, Glycated LDL Triggers Sustained Activation of Nuclear Factor-κ B and Induction of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells. Metabolism. Under revision.

Diffley, J.M., Sohn, M., Wu, M., Song, W., Hammad, S.M., Lyons, T.J., 2008. Induction of Apoptosis by Oxidized Glycated Low-Density Lipoproteins in Human Retinal Capillary Pericytes is Independent of Activation of MAPK Signaling Pathways. Molecular Vision. Under Review.

Chen, J., Wu, M., Sezate, S.A., McGinnis, J.F., 2008. Molecular Participants of Light-Dependent Rod Alpha-Transducin Translocation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 104(5):1280-92.

Wu, M.*, Qin, C., Foreman, R.D., Farber, J.P., 2007. Transient receptor potential vanilloid receptor-1 does not contribute to slowly adapting airway receptor activation by ammonia. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical. 133: 121-127.

Wu, M.*, Thorkilsen, M., Qin, C., Farber, J.P., Linderoth, B., Foreman, R.D., 2007. Effects of spinal cord stimulation on peripheral circulation in stretozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Neuromodulation. 10: 217-223.

Wu, M.*, Qin, C., Farber, J.P., Linderoth, B., Foreman, R.D., 2007. Roles of peripheral terminals of transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 containing sensory fibers in spinal cord stimulation-induced peripheral vasodilation. Brain Research. 1156: 80-92.

Chen, J., Wu, M., Sezate, S.A., McGinnis, J.F., 2007. Light Induced Cone Alpha-Transducin Translocation. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 48: 3350-3355.

Wu, M.*, Komori, N., Qin, C., Farber, J.P., Linderoth, B., Foreman, R.D., 2006. Sensory fibers containing vanilloid receptor-1(VR-1) mediate spinal cord stimulation-induced vasodilation. Brain Research. 1107: 177-184.

Wu, M.*, Linderoth, B., Foreman, R.D., 2008. Putative mechanisms behind effects of spinal cord stimulation on vascular diseases: a review of experimental studies. Autonomic Neuroscience Basic and Clinical. 138: 9-23.

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