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Vascular endothelial cells, a monolayer lining the inner wall of blood vessels, play a crucial role in human health and disease. Abnormal lung vascular endothelial cell apoptosis leads to severe lung diseases, such as emphysema and pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). The focus of Dr. Lu's study is to understand the regulation of lung endothelial cell apoptosis, particularly by transforming growth factor-beta1 signaling, and its role in the pathogenesis of PAH and cigarette smoke-induced emphysema. The experimental approches include both cultured cells and animal models.
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Qing Lu, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research) at Brown Medical School. Dr. Lu received PhD from Institute of Zoology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999. She completed 3 years of post-doctoral training in the area of Reproductive Biology and Molecular Biology at University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Lu joined the Vascular Research Laboratory at Brown Medical School as a Research Associate in 2002 and was then appointed to the Brown faculty as Instructor of Medicine (Research) in 2003. She was subsequently appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research) at Brown Medical School in 2004.
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