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Xuejun Wang is affiliated with the University of South Dakota in the United States. Their research intersects primarily with the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

Their work spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Oncology, Mechanics of Materials, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. This wide-ranging expertise underpins investigations into complex biological systems and disease mechanisms.

Wang's research addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Peptidase inhibition and analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Autophagy in disease and therapy
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology
  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease
  • Protease and inhibitor mechanisms

Recent scientific publications by Wang include:

  • "Improved pea reference genome and pan-genome highlight genomic features and evolutionary characteristics," 2022, Nature Genetics
  • "The Calcineurin-TFEB-p62 Pathway Mediates the Activation of Cardiac Macroautophagy by Proteasomal Malfunction," 2020, Circulation Research
  • "Autophagy Inhibition Enables Nrf2 to Exaggerate the Progression of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Mice," 2020, Diabetes
  • "Chalcone hybrids and their antimalarial activity," 2020, Archiv der Pharmazie
  • "Preparation of carboxymethyl cellulose/chitosan-CuO giant vesicles for the adsorption and catalytic degradation of dyes," 2022, Carbohydrate Polymers

Wang frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Penglong Wu
  • Jinbao Liu
  • Megan T. Lewno
  • Samiksha Giri
  • Mingqi Cai

Publication venues that regularly feature Wang's research are:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation Research
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Rapid transition of cardiac myocytes from hyperplasia to hypertrophy during postnatal development

    Faqian Li;Xuejun Wang;Joseph M. Capasso;A. Martin Gerdes

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Expression of R120G–αB-Crystallin Causes Aberrant Desmin and αB-Crystallin Aggregation and Cardiomyopathy in Mice

    Xuejun Wang;Hanna Osinska;Raisa Klevitsky;A. Martin Gerdes

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Low Thyroid Function Leads to Cardiac Atrophy With Chamber Dilatation, Impaired Myocardial Blood Flow, Loss of Arterioles, and Severe Systolic Dysfunction

    Yi-Da Tang;James A. Kuzman;Suleman Said;Brent E. Anderson

  • Heart Failure and Protein Quality Control

    Xuejun Wang;Jeffrey Robbins

  • Mouse Model of Desmin-Related Cardiomyopathy

    Xuejun Wang;Hanna Osinska;Gerald W. Dorn;Michelle Nieman

  • The absence of desmin leads to cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and cardiac dilation with compromised systolic function.

    Derek J Milner;George E Taffet;Xuejun Wang;Thuy Pham

  • Autophagy and p62 in Cardiac Proteinopathy

    Qingwen Zheng;Huabo Su;Mark J. Ranek;Xuejun Wang

  • Enhancement of proteasomal function protects against cardiac proteinopathy and ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice.

    Jie Li;Kathleen M. Horak;Huabo Su;Atsushi Sanbe

  • Differential activities of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in neurons versus glia may account for the preferential accumulation of misfolded proteins in neurons.

    Suzanne Tydlacka;Chuan-En Wang;Xuejun Wang;Shihua Li

  • Proteasomal and lysosomal protein degradation and heart disease.

    Xuejun Wang;Jeffrey Robbins

  • Shikonin exerts antitumor activity via proteasome inhibition and cell death induction in vitro and in vivo.

    Huanjie Yang;Ping Zhou;Hongbiao Huang;Di Chen

  • Intrasarcoplasmic Amyloidosis Impairs Proteolytic Function of Proteasomes in Cardiomyocytes by Compromising Substrate Uptake

    Quanhai Chen;Jin Bao Liu;Jin Bao Liu;Kathleen M. Horak;Hanqiao Zheng

  • Clinically used antirheumatic agent auranofin is a proteasomal deubiquitinase inhibitor and inhibits tumor growth

    Ningning Liu;Xiaofen Li;Hongbiao Huang;Chong Zhao

  • Impairment of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in desminopathy mouse hearts.

    Jinbao Liu;Jinbao Liu;Quanhai Chen;Wei Huang;Wei Huang;Kathleen M. Horak

  • Genetic deletion of the mitochondrial phosphate carrier desensitizes the mitochondrial permeability transition pore and causes cardiomyopathy

    J. Q. Kwong;J. Davis;C. P. Baines;M. A. Sargent

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey Robbins
Jeffrey Robbins Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ning Wei
Ning Wei Yale University
Q. Ping Dou
Q. Ping Dou Wayne State University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Steven Finkbeiner
Steven Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine

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