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Name	Yanwei Wu
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Shanghai

Name

Yanwei Wu

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Shanghai

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Shanghai University
Faculty	Medicine
Academic Background & Achievements	2011 - Bachelor in Pharmacy: Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology 2016 - PhD: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences Hosted multiple national and municipal research projects Applied for two invention patents
Work Experience	2016 - Present: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Assistant Researcher to Associate Researcher 2022 July - Present: Shanghai University Medical School, Associate Researcher
Awards	Shanghai Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Award (Basic Research), First Prize

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Shanghai University

Faculty

Medicine

Academic Background & Achievements

2011 - Bachelor in Pharmacy: Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2016 - PhD: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hosted multiple national and municipal research projects
Applied for two invention patents

Work Experience

2016 - Present: Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Assistant Researcher to Associate Researcher
2022 July - Present: Shanghai University Medical School, Associate Researcher

Awards

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Award (Basic Research), First Prize

Areas of Focus	Research and development of innovative drugs for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases Study of early events in viral infections and the development of small molecule antiviral drugs
Publications	Heme protects intestinal mucosal barrier in DSS-induced colitis through regulating macrophage polarization in both HO-1-dependent and HO-1-independent way, Wu YW, Wu B, Zhang ZW, Lu HM, Fan C, Qi Q, Gao YZ, Li H, Feng CL, Zuo JP, Tang W, 2020 A new mechanism of obeticholic acid on NASH treatment by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophage, Huang S, Wu Y, Zhao Z, Wu B, Sun K, Wang H, Qin L, Bai F, Leng Y, Tang W, 2021 Therapeutic effects of the artemisinin analog SM934 on lupus-prone MRL/lpr mice via inhibition of TLR-triggered B-cell activation and plasma cell formation, Wu YW, He SJ, Bai BX, Zhang LY, Xue L, Lin ZM, Yang XQ, Zhu FH, He PL, Tang W, Zuo JP, 2016 Hemin protects against Zika virus infection by disrupting virus-endosome fusion, Xu MM, Wu B, Huang GG, Feng CL, Wang XH, Wang HY, Wu YW, Tang W, 2022 STING inhibitor ameliorates LPS-induced ALI by preventing vascular endothelial cells-mediated immune cells chemotaxis and adhesion, Wu B, Xu MM, Fan C, Feng CL, Lu QK, Lu HM, Xiang CG, Bai F, Wang HY, Wu YW, Tang W, 2021 Development of artemisinin drugs in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, Wu YW, Tang W, Zuo JP, 2016

Areas of Focus

Research and development of innovative drugs for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
Study of early events in viral infections and the development of small molecule antiviral drugs

Publications

Heme protects intestinal mucosal barrier in DSS-induced colitis through regulating macrophage polarization in both HO-1-dependent and HO-1-independent way, Wu YW, Wu B, Zhang ZW, Lu HM, Fan C, Qi Q, Gao YZ, Li H, Feng CL, Zuo JP, Tang W, 2020
A new mechanism of obeticholic acid on NASH treatment by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophage, Huang S, Wu Y, Zhao Z, Wu B, Sun K, Wang H, Qin L, Bai F, Leng Y, Tang W, 2021
Therapeutic effects of the artemisinin analog SM934 on lupus-prone MRL/lpr mice via inhibition of TLR-triggered B-cell activation and plasma cell formation, Wu YW, He SJ, Bai BX, Zhang LY, Xue L, Lin ZM, Yang XQ, Zhu FH, He PL, Tang W, Zuo JP, 2016
Hemin protects against Zika virus infection by disrupting virus-endosome fusion, Xu MM, Wu B, Huang GG, Feng CL, Wang XH, Wang HY, Wu YW, Tang W, 2022
STING inhibitor ameliorates LPS-induced ALI by preventing vascular endothelial cells-mediated immune cells chemotaxis and adhesion, Wu B, Xu MM, Fan C, Feng CL, Lu QK, Lu HM, Xiang CG, Bai F, Wang HY, Wu YW, Tang W, 2021
Development of artemisinin drugs in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, Wu YW, Tang W, Zuo JP, 2016

Autoimmune Diseases Inflammatory Diseases Drug Development Innovative Drugs Viral Infections Molecular Mechanisms Small Molecules Antiviral Drugs Host Interactions Pharmacology

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