Yong-Xiao Wang, MD, Ph.D.

Yong-Xiao Wang, MD, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular Physiology at Albany Medical College

Research Interests: pulmonary hypertension, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, cell calcium, ion channels, reactive oxygen species, inflammation, noncoding RANs

Our research interests are focused on basic, translational and drug discovery research on cell calcium, ion channels, reactive oxygen species, inflammation, and noncoding RANs in pulmonary hypertension, asthma, COPD, and diabetes, which were/are mostly funded by NIH, AHA, ALA, and ADA, and predominantly implemented using physiological, biophysical, biochemical, pharmacological, and genetic approaches at molecular, cellular, tissue and whole animal levels with human specimens.

website: http://www.amc.edu/Profiles/WangY.cfm