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Overview

Jing Zhou is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to genetic kidney diseases, renal cancers, neuroscience, and gene therapy. Their main topics of research include:

  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Jing Zhou has coauthored papers with several researchers including Ye Xie, Leilei Wang, Chunli Zhang, Bo Chen, and Lina Shao.

Their work has been published in multiple scientific venues, with representation in:

  • EBioMedicine
  • Kidney International
  • Biomaterials
  • Biomicrofluidics
  • RSC Advances

Notable recent publications by Jing Zhou include:

  • "Genetic reduction of cilium length by targeting intraflagellar transport 88 protein impedes kidney and liver cyst formation in mouse models of autosomal polycystic kidney disease" (2020, Kidney International)
  • "New AAV tools fail to detect Neurod1-mediated neuronal conversion of Müller glia and astrocytes in vivo" (2023, EBioMedicine)
  • "Folate conjugated nanomedicines for selective inhibition of mTOR signaling in polycystic kidneys at clinically relevant doses" (2023, Biomaterials)
  • "Intracellular calcium response of primary cilia of tubular cells to modulated shear stress under oxidative stress" (2020, Biomicrofluidics)
  • "Acellularized spinal cord scaffolds incorporating bpV(pic)/PLGA microspheres promote axonal regeneration and functional recovery after spinal cord injury" (2020, RSC Advances)

Best Publications

  • Polycystins 1 and 2 mediate mechanosensation in the primary cilium of kidney cells

    Surya M. Nauli;Francis J. Alenghat;Ying Luo;Eric Williams

  • Identification of mutations in the COL4A5 collagen gene in Alport syndrome.

    David F. Barker;Sirkka Liisa Hostikka;Jing Zhou;Louise T. Chow

  • Polycystic kidney disease: the complete structure of the PKD1 gene and its protein

    Gluecksmann-Kuis;O. Tayber;E.A. Woolf;L. Bougueleret

  • Modelling kidney disease with CRISPR-mutant kidney organoids derived from human pluripotent epiblast spheroids.

    Benjamin S. Freedman;Craig R. Brooks;Albert Q. Lam;Albert Q. Lam;Hongxia Fu

  • Multi-Omics Resolves a Sharp Disease-State Shift between Mild and Moderate COVID-19.

    Yapeng Su;Daniel Chen;Dan Yuan;Christopher Lausted

  • CAR T cells with dual targeting of CD19 and CD22 in adult patients with recurrent or refractory B cell malignancies: a phase 1 trial

    Jay Y. Spiegel;Shabnum Patel;Lori Muffly;Nasheed M. Hossain

  • Endothelial Cilia Are Fluid Shear Sensors That Regulate Calcium Signaling and Nitric Oxide Production Through Polycystin-1

    Surya M. Nauli;Yoshifumi Kawanabe;John J. Kaminski;William J. Pearce

  • Perinatal lethality with kidney and pancreas defects in mice with a targetted Pkd1 mutation.

    Weining Lu;Bernard Peissel;Hermik Babakhanlou;Anna Pavlova

  • Genetic and Functional Studies Implicate HIF1α as a 14q Kidney Cancer Suppressor Gene

    Chuan Shen;Rameen Beroukhim;Steven E. Schumacher;Jing Zhou

  • Achievement of dual low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein targets more frequent with the addition of ezetimibe to simvastatin and associated with better outcomes in IMPROVE-IT.

    Erin A. Bohula;Robert P. Giugliano;Christopher P. Cannon;Jing Zhou

  • Longitudinal profiling of respiratory and systemic immune responses reveals myeloid cell-driven lung inflammation in severe COVID-19.

    Peter A. Szabo;Pranay Dogra;Joshua I. Gray;Steven B. Wells

  • Deoxycytidine deaminase-resistant stereoisomer is the active form of (+/-)-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine in the inhibition of hepatitis B virus replication.

    C.N. Chang;S.L. Doong;J.H. Zhou;J.W. Beach

  • Identification of Signaling Pathways Regulating Primary Cilium Length and Flow-Mediated Adaptation

    Tatiana Y. Besschetnova;Elona Kolpakova-Hart;Yinghua Guan;Yinghua Guan;Jing Zhou

  • Deletion of the paired alpha 5(IV) and alpha 6(IV) collagen genes in inherited smooth muscle tumors

    J Zhou;T Mochizuki;H Smeets;C Antignac

  • Biochemical pharmacology of (+)- and (-)-2',3'-dideoxy-3'- thiacytidine as anti-hepatitis B virus agents

    C N Chang;V Skalski;J H Zhou;Y C Cheng

  • Preinfusion polyfunctional anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T cells are associated with clinical outcomes in NHL.

    John Rossi;Patrick Paczkowski;Yueh-Wei Shen;Kevin Morse

  • Overexpression of parathyroid hormone-related protein in the skin of transgenic mice interferes with hair follicle development.

    John J. Wysolmerski;Arthur E. Broadus;Jing Zhou;Elaine Fuchs

  • Polycystin-2 is a novel cation channel implicated in defective intracellular Ca(2+) homeostasis in polycystic kidney disease.

    P M Vassilev;L Guo;X Z Chen;Y Segal

  • Tgfbr2 disruption in postnatal smooth muscle impairs aortic wall homeostasis

    Wei Li;Wei Li;Qingle Li;Qingle Li;Yang Jiao;Lingfeng Qin

  • Polycystin-L is a calcium-regulated cation channel permeable to calcium ions.

    Xing Zhen Chen;Peter M. Vassilev;Nuria Basora;Ji Bin Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Tryggvason
Karl Tryggvason Karolinska Institute
Stephen T. Reeders
Stephen T. Reeders Brigham and Women's Hospital
Richard P. Lifton
Richard P. Lifton Rockefeller University
Corinne Antignac
Corinne Antignac Institut Imagine
Christopher P. Cannon
Christopher P. Cannon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Joseph V. Bonventre
Joseph V. Bonventre Brigham and Women's Hospital
James R. Heath
James R. Heath California Institute of Technology
Peter C. Harris
Peter C. Harris Mayo Clinic
Robert P. Giugliano
Robert P. Giugliano Brigham and Women's Hospital

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