Faculty Bio Detail

Jieru Wang

Jieru Wang, MD, PhD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Department of Medicine
  • Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Profile

Research Areas

  • Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Inflammation
  • Lung Cell Biology
Gender:
Female

Education & Training

Education

1990
Hunan Medical University, BS
1995
Hunan Medical University, MS
2002
Central South University, PhD

Special Interests

Research Interests

Lung epithelial biology and cancer biology

Professional Memberships

American Society for Virology
Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society

Awards & Recognition

July 2008 - July 2011: Parker B. Francis Fellow

Publications

Wang J, Oberley-Deegan R, Wang S, Nikrad M, Funk CJ, Hartshorn KL, Mason RJ. Differentiated human alveolar type II cells secrete antiviral IL-29 (IFN-lambda 1) in response to influenza A infection. J Immunol. 2009 Feb 1;182(3):1296-304.

Miura TA*, Wang J*, Holmes K, Mason RJ. Rat coronaviruses infect rat alveolar type I epithelial cells and induce expression of CXC chemokines. Virology. 2007 Dec 20;369(2):288-98. Epub 2007 Sep 5. (* Contributed equally to this work)

Wang J, Edeen K, Manzer R, Chang Y, Wang S, Chen X, Crosgorve G, Xiang F,Mason RJ. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. Differentiated human alveolar epithelial cells and reversibility of their phenotype in vitro (Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2007 Jun;36(6):661-8. Epub 2007 Jan 25.

Wang J, Wang S, Manzer R, McConville G, Mason RJ. Ozone induced oxidative stress in rat alveolar epithelial cells. Free Radic Biol Med. 2006 Jun 1; 40 (11): 1914-28. Epub 2006 Feb 9.

Chang YS, Wang J, Lu XJ, Thewke DP, Mason RJ. KGF induces lipogenic genes through a P13K and JNK/SREBP-1 pathway in H292 cells. J Lipid Res. 2005 Dec; 46(12):2624-35. Epub 2005 Sep 14.

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Office Information

Doctor's Contact Information

  • Office: 877.225.5654
  • Fax: 303.270.2353
  • Email: wangj@njhealth.org

Locations

  • Main Campus
    1400 Jackson St.
    Denver, CO 80206
    Main: 877.225.5654