Qin Yang
Research Assistant Professor
Medicine & Therapeutics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
Professor Yang obtained her PhD degree in the field of cardiovascular research, particularly endothelium research in 2003 in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. After graduation, she went to Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. for postdoctoral training as a recipient of American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship. Her post-doc research focused on vascular biology and correlation between cardiovascular diseases and prenatal ischemia and she was awarded Perinatal Research Society NATUS-sponsored International Young Investigator Award. She then returned to CUHK, taking up a position of Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery. In the year 2011, she was appointed as Assistant Professor and joined the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics. So far, Prof. Yang has published 67 peer-reviewed papers and 3 book chapters.
Research Interest
Endothelium-smooth muscle interaction in blood vessels; Ion channels in the regulation of vascular function; Cardiovascular risk factors and vascular protection; ER stress in cardiovascular disorders
Publications
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Huang JH, He GW, Xue HM, Yao XQ, Liu XC, Underwood MJ, *#Yang Q. TRPC3 channel contributes to nitric oxide release: significance during normoxia and hypoxia-reoxygenation. Cardiovasc Res. 2011;91:472-82.
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Yang Q, Shigemura N, Underwood MJ, Hsin M, Xue HM, Huang Y, He GW, Yu CM. NO and EDHF pathways in pulmonary arteries and veins are impaired in COPD patients. Vascular pharmacology. 2012 Oct 31;57(2):113-8.
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Xue HM, Yu CM, Underwood MJ, Huang JH, Yang Q. AVE3085 protects coronary endothelium from the impairment of asymmetric dimethylarginine by activation and recoupling of eNOS. Cardiovascular drugs and therapy. 2012 Oct 1;26(5):383-92.
