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Email

jizhongc@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine-Nephrology
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

Alkek Building for Biomedical Research (Lab)

Room: ABBR-R702
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

Advanced Training from University Of Texas Medical Branch

01/2003 - Galveston, TX, United States

Advanced Training from University Of Texas Medical Branch

01/2001 - Galveston, TX, United States

M.S. from Tongji Medical University

01/1994 - Wuhan, China, People's Rep

M.D. from Tongji Medical University

01/1991 - Wuhan, China, People's Rep

Professional Interests

• Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying arteriovenous fistula (AVF)
• Chronic kidney diseases (CKD)

Websites

Selected Publications

• Zhang L, Ma Y, Zhang J, Cheng J, Du J. " " Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.. 2005 Jun ; 25 (6) : 1148-53.
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• Qi G, Jia L, Li Y, Bian Y, Cheng J, Li H, Xiao C, Du J. " " Cardiovasc. Toxicol.. 2011 Jun ; 11 (2) : 157-67.
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• Ma Y, Zhang L, Peng T, Cheng J, Taneja S, Zhang J, Delafontaine P, Du J. " " Endocrinology. 2006 Mar ; 147 (3) : 1256-63.
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• Pan L, Li Y, Jia L, Qin Y, Qi G, Cheng J, Qi Y, Li H, Du J. " " PLoS ONE. 2012 ; 7 (4) : e35315.
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• Liang A, Wang Y, Han G, Truong L, Cheng J. " " Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol.. 2013 Jun ; 304 (12) : F1413-20.
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• Zhang L, Cheng J, Ma Y, Thomas W, Zhang J, Du J. " " Circ. Res.. 2005 Nov 11; 97 (10) : 975-82.
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• Cheng J, Wang Y, Liang A, Jia L, Du J. " " Circ. Res.. 2012 Jan 20; 110 (2) : 230-40.
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• Li Y, Zhang C, Wu Y, Han Y, Cui W, Jia L, Cai L, Cheng J, Li H, Du J. " " Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.. 2012 Jul ; 32 (7) : 1662-74.
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• Ma F, Li Y, Jia L, Han Y, Cheng J, Li H, Qi Y, Du J. " " PLoS ONE. 2012 ; 7 (5) : e35144.
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• Cheng J, Zhang J, Merched A, Zhang L, Zhang P, Truong L, Boriek AM, Du J. " " J. Biol. Chem.. 2007 Nov 23; 282 (47) : 34268-75.
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• Cheng J, Du J. " " Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.. 2007 Aug ; 27 (8) : 1744-51.
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• Wu X, Cheng J, Li P, Yang M, Qiu S, Liu P, Du J. " " Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.. 2010 Mar ; 30 (3) : 471-6.
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• Haudek SB, Cheng J, Du J, Wang Y, Hermosillo-Rodriguez J, Trial J, Taffet GE, Entman ML. " " J. Mol. Cell. Cardiol.. 2010 Sep ; 49 (3) : 499-507.
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• Cheng J, Cui R, Chen CH, Du J. " " Endocrinology. 2007 May ; 148 (5) : 2085-94.
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• Ren J, Yang M, Qi G, Zheng J, Jia L, Cheng J, Tian C, Li H, Lin X, Du J. " " Am. J. Hypertens.. 2011 Jun ; 24 (6) : 701-7.
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• Zhang L, Dong Y, Dong Y, Cheng J, Du J. " " J. Biol. Chem.. 2012 Feb 24; 287 (9) : 6177-86.
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• Cheng J, Truong LD, Wu X, Kuhl D, Lang F, Du J. " " Kidney Int.. 2010 Oct ; 78 (7) : 668-78.
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• Yang M, Zheng J, Miao Y, Wang Y, Cui W, Guo J, Qiu S, Han Y, Jia L, Li H, Cheng J, Du J. " " Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.. 2012 Jul ; 32 (7) : 1675-86.
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• Cheng J, Wang Y, Ma Y, Chan BT, Yang M, Liang A, Zhang L, Li H, Du J. " " Circ. Res.. 2010 Nov 12; 107 (10) : 1265-74.
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• 1. Luo J, Liang A, Liang M, Xia R, Rizvi Y, Wang Y, Cheng J.. " Serum Glucocorticoid-Regulated Kinase 1 Blocks CKD-Induced Muscle Wasting Via Inactivation of FoxO3a and Smad2/3. " J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Sep ; (2797) : 808.
• 2. Liang M, Wang Y, Liang A, Mitch, WE, Roy-Chaudhury P, Han G, Cheng J.. " Migration of smooth muscle cells from the arterial anastomosis of arteriovenous fistulas requires Notch activation to form neointima. " Kidney International. 2015 ; 88 : 490-502.
• 3. Luo, J., Liang, M., Mitch, W. E., Danesh, F., Yu, Z., Cheng, J.. " FSP-1 Impairs the function of Endothelium leading to Failure of Arteriovenous Grafts in Diabetic Mice.. " Endocrinology. 2015 ; (185) : 1234-50.
• 4. Liang, M., Woodard, L., Luo, J., Wilson, M., Mitch, W.E., Cheng, J.. " Protective Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Receptor in Endothelial Cells against Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction-Induced Renal Fibrosis.. " Am J Pathol.. 2015 ; 5 (185) : 1234-50.

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Funding

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ADVERSELY INFLUENCES VASCULAR FUNCTIONS
#1R01DK095867

$217,000.00   (03/15/2013 - 02/01/2018)

Grant funding from NIH/NIDDK

The major goals of this project are to study the role of Notch signaling in CKD-induced neointima formation in arteriovenous fistula.

Epigenetic alterations of GSTA4 regulate CKD-induced vascular remodeling
#15GRNT25700209

$150,000.00   (07/01/2015 - 06/30/2017)

Grant funding from American Heart Association

The goal of this project is to investigate the influence of the CKD on GSTA4 expression and neointima formation in arteriovenous fistula.