Yiqian (Eugene) Zhu, MD

Graduate Student , Department of Bioengineering

UCSF Center for Cerebrovascular Research
1001 Potrero Avenue, Box-1371
San Francisco, CA 94110
phone: 415-206-3459
fax: 415-206-8907
email: zhuy@anesthesia.ucsf.edu

Education and Training

• MD, Fudan University, China
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco

Research Interests

1. Development of brain angiogenesis and cerebrovascular disease models in rodent animals
2. Study the molecular mechanisms and pathogenesis in cerebrovascular malformation
3. Study tissue engineered nanofibrous vascular grafts with bone marrow stem cells

Publications

1. Zhu Y, Lawton MT, Du R, Shwe Y, Chen Y, Shen F, Young WL, Yang GY, "Expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 and vascular endothelial growth factor in response to venous hypertension", Neurosurgery, 59(3), 687-96, (2006)
2. Zhu Y, Shwe Y, Du R, Chen Y, Shen FX, Young WL, Yang GY, "Effects of angiopoietin-1 on vascular endothelial growth factor-induced angiogenesis in the mouse brain", Acta Neurochir Suppl, (2006)
3. Zhu Y, Lee C, Shen F, Du R, Young WL, Yang GY, "Angiopoietin-2 facilitates vascular endothelial growth factor-induced angiogenesis in the mature mouse brain", Stroke, 37(10), 2601-6, (2005)
4. Hao Q, Chen Y, Zhu Y, Fan Y, Palmer D, Su H, Young WL, Yang GY, "Neutrophil depletion decreases VEGF-induced focal angiogenesis in the mature mouse brain", J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, (2007)
5. Shen F, Su H, Fan Y, Chen Y, Zhu Y, Liu W, Young WL, Yang GY, "Adeno-associated viral-vector-mediated hypoxia-inducible vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression attenuates ischemic brain injury after focal cerebral ischemia in mice", Stroke, 37(10), 2601-6, (2006)
6. Chen Y, Fan Y, Poon KY, Achrol AS, Lawton MT, Zhu Y, McCulloch CE, Hashimoto T, Lee C, Barbaro NM, Bollen AW, Yang GY, Young WL, "MMP-9 expression is associated with leukocytic but not endothelial markers in brain arteriovenous malformations", Front Biosci, 11, 3121-8, (2006)