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Ming-Xin Tang is a researcher affiliated with Columbia University in the United States, focusing primarily on medical sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields of medicine, with a concentration on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. In addition, their research touches on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research outputs are closely associated with topics in cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, and cardiac fibrosis and remodeling. Their work also includes investigations into ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, cancer-related lipids and metabolism, RNA modifications related to cancer, and broader cardiovascular function and risk factors.

Recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their studies. These include:

  • "Protein Kinase A Is a Master Regulator of Physiological and Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy," 2024, Circulation Research
  • "Ferroptosis: A critical link to treatment resistance in esophageal carcinoma," 2025, iScience
  • "The activin receptor ligand trap ActRIIB:ALK4-Fc ameliorates cardiomyopathy induced by neuromuscular disease and diabetes," 2022, FEBS Letters
  • "Cardiomyocyte PKA ablation eliminates cardiac β-adrenergic response without adverse effects on the heart," 2020, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Ming-Xin Tang has collaborated frequently with a set of coauthors in their research endeavors. Key collaborators include Xiaoying Zhang, Chong Liu, X. Ai, Christopher W. Szeto, and Hua Xiang, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Their research findings have been disseminated through various scientific journals, consistently appearing in publications such as Circulation Research, iScience, FEBS Letters, and the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology.

Best Publications

  • EFFECT OF OESTROGEN DURING MENOPAUSE ON RISK AND AGE AT ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    Ming-Xin Tang;Diane Jacobs;Yaakov Stern;Karen Marder

  • Influence of Education and Occupation on the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease

    Yaakov Stern;Barry J. Gurland;Thomas K. Tatemichi;Mingxin Tang

  • Mediterranean diet and risk for Alzheimer's disease.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Yaakov Stern;Mingxin Tang;Richard Paul Mayeux

  • Physical Activity, Diet, and Risk of Alzheimer Disease

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Jose A. Luchsinger;Nicole Schupf;Adam M. Brickman

  • Influence of leisure activity on the incidence of Alzheimer's disease.

    Nikolaos Scarmeas;Gilberto Levy;Mingxin Tang;Jennifer J. Manly

  • Aggregation of vascular risk factors and risk of incident Alzheimer disease.

    Jose Luchsinger;Christiane Reitz;Larry S. Honig;Ming-Xin Tang

  • Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia with Stroke in a Multiethnic Cohort

    Jose A. Luchsinger;Ming-Xin Tang;Yaakov Stern;Steven Shea

  • The Apoe-Epsilon4 Allele and the Risk of Alzheimer Disease among African Americans, Whites, and Hispanics

    Mingxin Tang;Yaakov Stern;Karen Marder;Karen L. Bell

  • Hyperinsulinemia and risk of Alzheimer disease

    Jose A. Luchsinger;Ming-Xin Tang;Steven Shea;Richard Mayeux

  • Incidence of AD in African-Americans, Caribbean Hispanics, and Caucasians in Northern Manhattan

    Mingxin Tang;Peter Cross;Howard F. Andrews;Diane Jacobs

  • Synergistic Effects of Traumatic Head Injury and Apolipoprotein-epsilon4 in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

    R. Mayeux;R. Ottman;G. Maestre;C. Ngai

  • Relation of diabetes to mild cognitive impairment.

    José A. Luchsinger;Christiane Reitz;Bindu Patel;Ming-Xin Tang

  • Depressed mood and the incidence of Alzheimer's disease in the elderly living in the community.

    Devangere P. Devanand;Mary Sano;Mingxin Tang;Stuart Taylor

  • Frequency and course of mild cognitive impairment in a multiethnic community

    Jennifer J. Manly;Mingxin Tang;Nicole Schupf;Yaakov Stern

  • Rate of memory decline in AD is related to education and occupation: cognitive reserve?

    Yaakov Stern;Steven M. Albert;Mingxin Tang;Wei-Yann Tsai

  • Utility of the Apolipoprotein E Genotype in the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease

    Richard Mayeux;Ann M. Saunders;Steven Shea;Suzanne Mirra

  • Plasma Aβ40 and Aβ42 and Alzheimer’s disease: Relation to age, mortality, and risk

    Richard Paul Mayeux;Lawrence S. Honig;Mingxin Tang;Jennifer J. Manly

  • The Course of Psychopathologic Features in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer Disease

    D P Devanand;D M Jacobs;M X Tang;C Del Castillo-Castaneda

  • The apolipoprotein epsilon 4 allele in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

    Richard Paul Mayeux;Yaakov Stern;Ruth Ottman;Ruth Ottman;Thomas K. Tatemichi

  • A population-based investigation of Parkinson's disease with and without dementia. Relationship to age and gender.

    Richard Paul Mayeux;Jean Denaro;Nancy Hemenegildo;Karen Marder

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Mayeux
Richard Mayeux Columbia University
Yaakov Stern
Yaakov Stern Columbia University
Jose A. Luchsinger
Jose A. Luchsinger Columbia University
Karen Marder
Karen Marder Columbia University
Nicole Schupf
Nicole Schupf Columbia University
Jennifer J. Manly
Jennifer J. Manly Columbia University
Benjamin Tycko
Benjamin Tycko Hackensack University Medical Center
Ruth Ottman
Ruth Ottman Columbia University
Elan D. Louis
Elan D. Louis The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Howard Andrews
Howard Andrews Columbia University

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