Yang Xia
Professor
Department of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology
The University of Texas Health Science Center
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Yang Xia has received his PhD in Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Currently, she is working as Professor in University of Texas Medical School. She has received Postdoctoral Fellowship in The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. She is a MD of XiangYa Medical School, Hunan, China.
Research Interest
cardiovascular diseases including hypertension, preeclampsia, priapism, chronic kidney disease and blood disorders
Publications
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Irani RA, Xia Y. The functional role of the renin–angiotensin system in pregnancy and preeclampsia. Placenta. 2008 Sep 30;29(9):763-71.
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Zhou CC, Ahmad S, Mi T, Abbasi S, Xia L, Day MC, Ramin SM, Ahmed A, Kellems RE, Xia Y. Autoantibody from women with preeclampsia induces soluble Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 production via angiotensin type 1 receptor and calcineurin/nuclear factor of activated T-cells signaling. Hypertension. 2008 Apr 1;51(4):1010-9.
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Yia Y, Wne H, Bobst S, Day MC, Kellems RE. Maternal autoantibodies from preeclamptic patients active angiotensin receptors on human trophoblast cells. Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. 2003 Feb;10(2):82-93.
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Zhou CC, Zhang Y, Irani RA, Zhang H, Mi T, Popek EJ, Hicks MJ, Ramin SM, Kellems RE, Xia Y. Angiotensin receptor agonistic autoantibodies induce pre-eclampsia in pregnant mice. Nature medicine. 2008 Aug 1;14(8):855-62.
