Liyong Wang

Liyong Wang web_resixe.jpgLiyong Wang, PhD , is a Research Assistant Professor of Human Genetics. Dr. Wang is a molecular biologist with extensive training in mapping susceptibility genes for complex diseases. Her research has focused on discovering novel susceptibility genes and pathways for coronary artery disease. She has research experience in high-throughput genotyping, genome mapping, positional cloning, transcriptional regulation of gene expression, and characterization of gene structure and function.






Contact Information
lwang1@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. Song Z, Cai Y, Song D, Xu J, Yuan H, Wang L, Zhu X, Lin H, Breiling E, Dubel S. Primary structure and functional expression of heavy- and light-chian variable region genes of a monoclonal antibody specific for human fibrin. Hybridoma 1997 Jun; 16(3): 235-41.
  2. Fleet JC, Wang, L, Vitek O, Craig BA, Edenberg HJ. Gene expression profiling of Caco-2 BBe cells suggests a role for specific signaling pathways during intestinal differentiation. Physiological Genomics 2003, 13: 57-68.
  3. Wang, L, Klopot, A, Freund, JN, Dowling, LN, Krasinski, SD, and Fleet, JC. Control of Differentiation-Induced Calbindin-D9k Gene Expression in Enterocytes by Cdx-2 and HNF-1α. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2004, 287(5):G943-53.
  4. Conneally JJ, Wang T, Cox J, Haynes C, Wang L, Shah SH, Crosslin D, Hale AB, Nelson S, Crossman D, Granger CB, Haines JL, Jones CJH, Vance JM, Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ, Kraus WE, Hauser ER, Gregory SG, GATA2 is associated with familial early onset coronary artery disease. PLoS Genetics 2006 Aug 25;2(8):e139.
  5. Wang L, Hauser ER, Shah SH, Pericak-Vance M, Harris M, Nelson S, Crosslin D, Hale AB, Haynes C, Gregory SG, Kraus WE, Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ, Vance JM and the GENECARD investigators. Peak-wide mapping on chromosome 3q13 identifies the Kalirin gene as a novel candidate gene for coronary artery disease. American Journal of Human Genetics, 2007 Apr;80(4):650-63.
  6. Wang L, Hauser ER, Shah SH, Seo D, Gregory SG, Kraus WE, Pericak-Vance M, Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ, and Vance JM. Polymorphisms of the tumors suppressor gene LSAMP are associated with left main coronary artery disease. Annals of Human Genetics. 2008 March 3.
  7. Shah SH, Hauser ER, Crosslin D, Wang L, Haynes C, Connelly J, Nelson S, Johnson J, Gadson S, Nelson CL, Seo D, Gregory S, Kraus WE, Granger CB, Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ, Newby LK. ALOX5AP Variants are Associated with In-Stent Restenosis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Atherosclerosis. 2008 February 12.