You-Yang Zhao, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Center for Lung and Vascular Biology

The research in the lab is directed toward understanding the molecular mechanisms of lung and vascular diseases and providing novel therapeutic approaches for these complex human diseases employing the state-of-art technologies such as genetically modified mouse models of human diseases and endothelial progenitor cells/stem cells-mediated endothelial repair. The lab is mainly focused on the following three projects: 1) the essential role of FoxM1 in endothelial repair following vascular injury; 2) the potential role of caveolin-1-regulated eNOS in the mechanism of lung diseases such as pulmonary hypertension; 3) the role of adiponectin signaling in vascular inflammation and acute lung injury.  

4035 CoMRB
909 S. Wolcott Ave.
(312) 355-0238
yyzhao@uic.edu

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