Weijiang Dong,  PhD, MD

Education:

PhD in Neuroscience, Xi’an Jiaotong university School of Medicine,China.

Major fields:Neurodegenerative diseases and Lipid & lipoprotein metabolism in health and disease.

MS in Neuroscience, Xi’an Jiaotong university School of Medicine,China.

Major fields: The prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

MD in Clinical Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong university School of Medicine,China.

Positions Held:

         1997-2002:  Assistant Instructor of Medicine, Division of Human Anatomy and Histology & Embryology, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of  Medicine,China.

         2002-2009:  Instructor of Medicine, Division of Human Anatomy and Histology & Embryology , Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine,China.

         2007-2009:  Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Research Laboratories (Director, Dr. J.J. Albers), Dept. of  Medicine, University of Washington, U.S.A.

         2009-Present:  Assosciate Professor of Medicine, Division of Human Anatomy and Histology & Embryology, Xi’an Jiaotong University School of Medicine,China.

Research  Interests

l       Prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders.

l       The role of lipid transfer proteins in the brain. Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in health and disease. 

Representative publications

1.         Dong W, Albers JJ, Vuletic S.Phospholipid transfer protein reduces phosphorylation of tau in human neuronal cells.J Neurosci Res. 2009,87(14):3176-3185.

2.         Dong W, Vuletic S, Albers JJ.Differential effects of simvastatin and pravastatin on expression of Alzheimer’s disease-related genes in human astrocytes and neuronal cells.J Lipid Res. 2009,50(10):2095-2102

3.         Vuletic S, Dong W, Wolfbauer G, Day JR, Albers JJ. PLTP is present in the nucleus, and its nuclear export is CRM1-dependent. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2009,1793(3):584-591

4.         Dong Weijiang，Feng Gaifeng，Hu Haitao.CONSTRUCTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF EUKARYOTIC VECTOR EXPRESSING SIRNA SPECIFIC FOR BACE [J]. ACAD J XJTU 2005,17 (2) :155 – 159

5.         DONG Wei-jiang, HU Hai-tao, GONG Hui-lin, Specific Suppression of β-secretase Gene Expression by short interfering RNA in SK-N-SH Cells[J].Si Chuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban,2006,37(6):821-824