Wenzheng Zhang
Albany Medical College, USA
Biography
Zhang is an Associate Professor in the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He received his Ph.D. from MD Anderson Cancer Center and postdoctoral training from Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine. His research focuses on epigenetic mechanism of Na+ and water homeostasis, with a special emphasis on histone H3 K79 methyltransferase Dot1l and the epithelial Na+ channel. He created Af17 knockout and Dot1l conditional knockout mice. Recently, he began to study biomarkers and stem cells in kidney injury and repair. He has published >40 peer-reviewed papers and received funding from NIH, AHA and ASN.
Abstract
Abstract : Aqp2+ progenitors are the principal source of connecting tubule