Wen Dai — Tulane University

Area of research

Epidemiology · Surgery

Research interest

Research focused on CD36 and Phagocytosis, with related work in Cell biology, Downregulation and upregulation, Efferocytosis. Notable publications include 'Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among China’s Sichuan Tibetan population: A cross-sectional study', 'Oxidized LDL stimulates PKM2-mediated mtROS production and phagocytosis', and 'CD36 restricts lipid-associated macrophages accumulation in white adipose tissues during atherogenesis'.

Recent publications

Oxidized LDL stimulates PKM2-mediated mtROS production and phagocytosis

Journal of Lipid Research 2025cited by 9position: middledoi

Long non-coding RNA NAV2-AS2 protects against atherosclerosis by regulating EndMT through sense-antisense hybrid formation with NAV2 mRNA

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2025cited by 1position: middledoi

CD36 restricts lipid-associated macrophages accumulation in white adipose tissues during atherogenesis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 2024cited by 4position: middledoi

Oxidized LDL regulates efferocytosis through the CD36-PKM2-mtROS pathway

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2023cited by 1position: middledoi

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among China’s Sichuan Tibetan population: A cross-sectional study

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension 2016cited by 30position: middledoi

Grants

No grants ingested yet.

Frequent collaborators

Yaxin Wang · Fudan University2 papers (2024–2025)Ankan Gupta · Medical College of Wisconsin2 papers (2024–2025)Shan Song · Hebei Medical University2 papers (2024–2025)Jackie Chang · Medical College of Wisconsin2 papers (2024–2025)— · 2 papers (2024–2025)Lance Vick · Medical College of Wisconsin2 papers (2024–2025)Ziyu Zhang · East China University of Science and Technology2 papers (2024–2025)Jue Zhang · Medical College of Wisconsin2 papers (2024–2025)Yiliang Chen · Medical College of Wisconsin2 papers (2024–2025)— · 1 papers (2025–2025)Xinxin Kong · Weifang Medical University1 papers (2025–2025)Yong Chen · Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center1 papers (2016–2016)Komal Sodhi · Rockefeller University1 papers (2024–2024)A. Wayne Orr · Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore1 papers (2025–2025)— · 1 papers (2016–2016)Weiguo Cui · Northwestern University1 papers (2025–2025)James Traylor · University of Alabama at Birmingham1 papers (2025–2025)— · 1 papers (2025–2025)Ze Zheng · Columbia University1 papers (2024–2024)Ashley K. Brown · McGill University Health Centre1 papers (2025–2025)

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