Gaofeng Wang

gaofeng wang_web_resize.jpgGaofeng Wang, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Genomic Medicine and Center for Molecular Genomics at the MIHG. Dr. Wang is a neurobiologist interested in finding biomarkers for common complex diseases and in the development neurodegenerative disease models. Dr. Wang's work focuses on Parkinson disease and age-related macular degeneration.







Contact Information
gwang@med.miami.edu
Miami Institute for Human Genomics
1120 NW 14th Street
Miami, FL 33136
ph: 305-243-6177
fax: 305-243-2396

Selected Publications

  1. Wang G, Zhu YL, Hu YZ, Zhang WH (1997) Effects of interleukin-2 on proliferation of cultured rat anterior pituitary cells. Chin J of Physiol Sci 13: 129-36.
  2. Qian ZM, Liao QK, To Y, Wang G, Ho KP (2000) Transferrin-bound and transferrin free iron uptake by cultured rat astrocytes. Cell Mol Biol 46: 541-8.
  3. Wang G, Lu CR, Liu HL, Chen JK, Jiao XY & Zhu YL (2001) Immunohistochemical localization of interleukin-2 and its receptor subunits α, β, γ in the olfactory bulb of the rat. Brain Research 893: 244-52.
  4. Barki-Harrington L, Bookout AL, Wang G, Lamb ME, Leeb-Lundberg LM, Daaka Y. (2003) Requirement for direct cross-talk between B1 and B2 kinin receptors for the proliferation of androgen-insensitive prostate cancer PC3 cells. Biochem J. 371:581-7.
  5. Wang G, Moniri NH, Ozawa K, Stamler JS, Daaka Y. (2006) Nitric oxide regulates endocytosis by S-nitrosylation of dynamin. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103:1295-300.
  6. Züchner S, Wang G, Tran-Viet K, Nance MA, Gaskell PC, Vance JM, Ashley-Koch AE, and Pericak-Vance MA (2006) Mutations in the Novel Mitochondrial Protein REEP1 Cause Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Type 31. American Journal of Human Genetics 79: 365-9.
  7. Wang G, van der Walt JM, Mayhew G, Li YJ, Züchner S, Scott WK, Martin ER, Vance JM (2008) Variation in the miRNA-433 binding site of FGF20 confers risk for Parkinson disease by over-expression of α-synuclein. American Journal of Human Genetics 82, 283-289.
  8. Gao X, Scott WK, Wang G, Mayhew G, Li JL, Vance JM and Martin ER. (2008) Gene-Gene interaction between FGF20 and MAOB in Parkinson disease. Annals of Human Genetics Jan 20; [Epub ahead of print].