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Xiao-Feng Yang, MD, PhD, FAHA

Director, Graduate Education and Professor, Cardiovascular Research Center
Professor, Cardiovascular Sciences
Professor, Center for Metabolic Disease Research
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology & Inflammation
Professor, Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center
Professor, Biomedical Education & Data Science
Co-Director, Center for Inflammation, Translational and Clinical Lung Research

Xiao-Feng Yang
Contact Information

Contact Information

Phone

215-707-5985

Email

xfyang@temple.edu
About Me

Research Interests

  1. Vascular immunology and atherosclerosis. Dr. Yang’s laboratory uses microarray transcriptome, next generation DNA sequencing including RNA-Seq, T cell epitope mapping, SEREX and other biochemical, immunological approaches and transgene/gene knock-out disease models in order to determine cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, such as hyperlipidemia-, hyperglycemia-, uremia-, endotoxemia, impact the development/progression of vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis.
  2. Immunometabolism. Dr. Yang’s laboratory also aims to study how biochemical metabolites in CVD-related pathologies act as either danger signals or homeostatic signals to regulate antigen processing/presentation, vascular immune responses and atherosclerosis.
  3. Epigenetic pathology. Dr. Yang’s laboratory also studies how CVD risk factors regulate histone modification process and gene expressions in vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis.
Education, Training & Credentials

Educational Background

  • Fellowship, Immunology and Oncology, Harvard Medical School, 1999
  • PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Montreal, Canada 1994
  • MS, Immunology, Chinese National Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical University 1982   
  • MD, Clinical Medicine, JiangXi Medical University, China 1979
Publications

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