Weiguo Chen, MD, PhD
Appointment
Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Email
weiguo.chen@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4752
Fax
513-636-1657
Credentials
MD: Shanghai Medical University, China, 1985.
MS: Biochemistry, Shanghai Medical University, China, 1990.
PhD: Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Cincinnati, OH, 2000.
Postdoctoral: University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2000-2001; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2001-2008.
Position History
Research Associate, The Institute for Personalized and Predictive Medicine and Division of Allergy & Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2004-2008
Research Fellow, Division of Allergy & Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2001-2004
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2000-2001
Graduate Assistant, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1994-2000
Instructor, Department of Biochemistry, Shanghai Medical University, China, 1993-1994
Teaching Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, Shanghai Medical University, China, 1990-1993
Graduate Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, Shanghai Medical University, China, 1987-1990
Resident, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China, 1985-1987
Awards and Honors
2006: Strategic Training in Allergy Research (ST*AR) Program Scholarship, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Research
Asthma; allergy and immunology
Publications, Most Recent
Chen, W.; Tabata, Y.; Gibson, A.M.; Daines, M.O.; Warrier, M.R.; Wills-Karp, M.; Khurana Hershey, G.K.: Matrix metalloproteinase-8 contributes to solubilization of interleukin-13 receptor alpha-2 in vivo.Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2008; 122:625-632.
Chen, W.; Khurana Hershey, G.K.: Signal transducer and activator of transcription signals in allergic disease. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2007; 119:529-541.
Daines, M.O.; Chen, W.; Tabata, Y.; Walker, B.A.; Gibson, A.M.; Masino, J.A.; Warrier, M.R.; Daines, C.L.; Wenzel, S.E.; Khurana Hershey, G.K.: Allergen-dependent solubilization of IL-13 receptor alpha2 reveals a novel mechanism to regulate allergy.Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2007; 119:375-83.
Tabata, Y.; Chen, W.; Warrier, M.R.; Gibson, A.M.; Daines, M.O.; Khurana Hershey, G.K.: Allergy-driven alternative splicing of IL-13 receptor alpha2 yields distinct membrane and soluble forms.Journal of Immunology, 2006; 177:7905-7912.
Daines, M.O.; Tabata, Y.; Walker, B.A.; Chen, W.; Warrier, M.R.; Basu, S.; Khurana Hershey, G.K.: Level of expression of interleukin-13 receptor alpha 2 impacts receptor distribution and IL-13 signaling.Journal of Immunology, 2006; 176:7495-7501.
Ponthier, J.L.; Schluepen, C.; Chen, W.; Lersch, R.A.; Gee, S.L.; Hou, V.C.; Lo, A.J.; Short, S.A.; Chasis, J.A.; Winkelmann, J.C.; Conboy, J.C.: Fox-2 splicing factor binds to a conserved intron motif to promote inclusion of protein 4.1R alternative exon 16.Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006; 281:12468-12474.
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