rong.wang@ucsfmedctr.org
(415) 476-6855 (voice)
(415) 564-5698 (fax)

Box 0507, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0507

Sichuan University, Chendu, China, B.Sc., 1980-84, Biology
Graduate School of Chinese Science and Technology University, Institute of Genetics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China, M.Sc. candidate, 1984-88, Genetics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ph.D., 1988-93, Biology (Angiogenesis)
University of California, San Francisco, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994-2001, Cancer Biology

Dubois, NA, LC Kolpack, R Wang, RG Azizkhan and VL Bautch. Isolation and characterization of an established endothelial cell line from transgenic mouse hemangiomas. Exp Cell Res, 1991 196(2): 302-13.

Wang, R and VL Bautch. The polyomavirus early region gene in transgenic mice causes vascular and bone tumors. J Virol, 1991 65(10): 5174-83.

Wang, R, R Clark and VL Bautch. Embryonic stem cell-derived cystic embryoid bodies form vascular channels: an in vitro model of blood vessel development. Development, 1992 114(2): 303-16.

Wang, R, GP Siegal, DL Scott and VL Bautch. Developmental analysis of bone tumors in polyomavirus transgenic mice. Lab Invest, 1994 70(1): 86-94.

Wang, R, R Kobayashi and JM Bishop. Cellular adherence elicits ligand-independent activation of the Met cell-surface receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1996 93(16): 8425-30.

Wang, R, LD Ferrell, S Faouzi, JJ Maher and JM Bishop. Activation of the Met receptor by cell attachment induces and sustains hepatocellular carcinomas in transgenic mice. J Cell Biol, 2001 153(5): 1023-34.

Chang, DS, H Su, GL Tang, LS Brevetti, R Sarkar, R Wang, YW Kan and LM Messina. Adeno-associated viral vector-mediated gene transfer of VEGF normalizes skeletal muscle oxygen tension and induces arteriogenesis in ischemic rat hindlimb. Mol Ther, 2003 7(1): 44-51.

Tang, G, DN Charo, R Wang, IF Charo and L Messina. CCR2-/- knockout mice revascularize normally in response to severe hindlimb ischemia. J Vasc Surg, 2004 40(4): 786-95.

Tang, GL, DS Chang, R Sarkar, R Wang and LM Messina. The effect of gradual or acute arterial occlusion on skeletal muscle blood flow, arteriogenesis, and inflammation in rat hindlimb ischemia. J Vasc Surg, 2005 41(2): 312-20.

Yan, J, GL Tang, R Wang and LM Messina. Optimization of Adenovirus-mediated endothelial nitric oxide synthase delivery in hindlimb ischemia. Gene Therapy, 2005 12(22):1640-50.

Carpenter, B, Y Lin, S Stoll, RL Raffai, R McCuskey and R Wang. VEGF is crucial for the hepatic vascular development required for lipoprotein uptake. Development, 2005 132(14): 3293-303.

Carlson, TR, Y Yan, X Wu, MT Lam, GL Tang, LJ Beverly, LM Messina, AJ Capobianco, Z Werb and R Wang. Endothelial expression of constitutively active Notch4 elicits reversible arteriovenous malformations in adult mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2005 102(28): 9884-9.

Proctor, JM, K Zang, D Wang, R Wang and LF Reichardt. Vascular Development of the Brain Requires beta8 Integrin Expression in the Neuroepithelium. J Neurosci, 2005 25(43): 9940-8.

Braren, R, H Hu, YH Kim, H Beggs, LF Reichardt and R Wang. Endothelial FAK is essential for vascular network stability by regulating lamellipodial formation and cell survival. J Cell Biol, 2006 176(1): 151-162.

Tward, AD, KD Jones, S Yant, ST Cheung, ST Fan, X Chen, MA Kay, R Wang, JM Bishop. Distinct pathways of genomic progression to benign and malignant tumors of the liver. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2007 104(37): 14771-14776.

Carlson, TR, H Hu, R Braren, YH Kim, and RA Wang. Cell-autonomous requirement for β1 integrin in endothelial cell adhesion, migration, and survival during angiogenesis in mice. Development, 2008 135(12):2193-202.

He, C, H Hu, R Braren, S-Y Fong, A Trumpp, TR Carlson, and RA Wang. c-myc in the hematopoetic lineage is crucial for its angiogenic function in the mouse embryo. Development, 2008 135(14):2467-77.

Dubois, NC, C Adolphe, A Ehninger, RA Wang, EJ Robertson, and A Trumpp. Placental rescue reveals a sole requirement for C-Myc in embryonic erythroblast survival and hematopoietic stem cell function. Development, 2008 135(14):2455-65.

Murphy, PA, MTY Lam, X Wu, TN Kim, SM Vartanian, AW Bollen, TR Carlson, and RA Wang. Endothelial Notch4 signaling induces hallmarks of brain arteriovenous malformations in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2008 105(31):10901-10906.

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