Jiong-Wei Wang

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
• BSc, Henan Normal University, China

Companies

• Assistant Professor National University of Singapore (2019)
• PhD researcher UMC Utrecht (2012 — 2019)
• PhD researcher (Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine) Leiden University Medical Center (2011 — 2013)
• Internship Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science (2005 — 2007)

RESEARCH AREAS

• Cardiovascular Diseases : Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms, Imaging and Surgical, Therapy

RESEARCH INTEREST(S)

• Cardiovascular Immunology and Cardiac Remodeling
• Lipids
• Nanomedicine
• Extracellular Vesicles
• Animal models and Imaging

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Chong SY, Lee CK, Huang C, Ou YH, Charles CJ, Richards AM, Neupane YR, Pavon MV, Zharkova O, Pastorin G, Wang JW. Extracellular Vesicles in Cardiovascular Diseases: Alternative Biomarker Sources, Therapeutic Agents, and Drug Delivery Carriers. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jul 3;20(13). pii: E3272. doi: 10.3390/ijms20133272. (Invited review)
• de Kleijn DPV, Chong SY, Wang X, Yatim SM, Fairhurst AM, Vernooij F, Zharkova O, Chan M, Foo RSY, Timmers L, Lam CSP, Wang JW. Toll-like Receptor 7 Deficiency Promotes Survival and Reduces Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction. Cardiovasc Res. 2019 Mar 4. pii: cvz057. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvz057. [Epub ahead of print]
• Yap L, Wang JW, Moreno-Moral A, Chong LY, Sun Y, Harmston N, Wang X, Chong SY, Öhman M, Wei H, Bunte R, Gosh S, Cook S, Hovatta O, de Kleijn DPV, Petretto E, Tryggvason K. In vivo generation of post-infarct human cardiac muscle by laminin-promoted cardiovascular progenitors. Cell Reports. 2019 Mar 19;26(12):3231-3245.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.02.083.
• Hu Z, Li G, Wang JW, Chong SY, Yu D, Wang X, Soon JL, Liang MC, Wong YP, Huang N, Colecraft HM, Liao P, Soong TW. Regulation of Blood Pressure by Targeting CaV1.2-Galectin-1 Protein Interaction. Circulation. 2018 Oct 2;138(14):1431-1445. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031231.
• Allijn IE, Czarny BM, Wang X, Chong SY, Weiler M, da Silva AE, Metselaar JM, Lam CS, Pastorin G, de Kleijn DP, Storm G, Wang JW, Schiffelers RM. Liposome encapsulated berberine treatment attenuates cardiac dysfunction after myocardial infarction. J Control Release. 2017 Feb 10;247:127-133. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.12.042. Epub 2017 Jan 5.