Areas of Focus
- Pathogenesis and new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for autoimmune diseases
- Precision treatment of autoimmune diseases
Work Experience
- 1996 - Present - Nanjing University Medical School, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor
- 2000-2003 - Shanghai Second Medical University, PhD Student
- 2004-2006 - University of California, Los Angeles, Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1996 - Graduated from Nanjing University Medical School
- 2000-2003 - PhD in Medicine (Internal Medicine) from Shanghai Second Medical University (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine)
- 2004-2006 - Postdoctoral research at the University of California, Los Angeles
- 2010 - Promoted to Chief Physician
- Received 4 National Natural Science Foundation of China grants
- Received Jiangsu Province 12th and 13th Five-Year Plan Medical Key Talent Support
Publications
- Artesunate inhibits type I interferon-induced production of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, Feng X*, Chen W, Xiao L, Gu F, Huang J, Tsao BP, Sun L*, 2017
- Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells inhibit Tfollicular helper cell expansion through the activation of iNOS in lupus-prone B6.MRL-Faslpr mice, Zhang Z, Feng R, Niu L, Huang S, Deng W, Shi B, Yao G, Chen W, Tang X, Gao X, Feng X*, Sun L*, 2017
- Prognosis for Hospitalized Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in China: 5-Year Update of the Jiangsu Cohort, Feng X*, Pan W, Liu L, Wu M, Ding F, Hu H, Ding X, Wei H, Zou Y, Qian X, Wang M, Wu J, Tao J, Tan J, Da Z, Zhang M, Li J, Sun L*; Jiangsu Lupus Collaborative Group, 2016
- Identification of interferon-inducible genes as diagnostic biomarker for systemic lupus erythematosus, Feng, X*, Huang J, Liu Y, Xiao L, Wang D, Hua B, Tsao BP, Sun L*, 2015
- Restored immunosuppressive effect of mesenchymal stem cells on B cells after olfactory 1/early B cell factor-associated zinc-finger protein down-regulation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, Feng X*, Che N, Liu, Y, Chen H, Wang D, Li X, Chen W, Ma X, Hua B, Gao X, Tsao BP,Sun L*, 2014
- Associations of clinical features and prognosis with age at disease onset in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, Feng X*, Zou Y, Pan W, Wang X, Wu M, Zhang M, Tao J, Zhang Y, Tan K, Li J, Chen Z, Ding X, Qian X, Da Z, Wang M, Sun L*, 2014
- Inhibition of aberrant circulating Tfh cell proportions by corticosteroids in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, Feng X*, Wang D, Chen J, Lu L, Hua B, Li X, Tsao BP, Sun L*, 2012