Areas of Focus
- Study of the interaction between Schistosoma japonicum and its host
- Epigenetic regulation of the interaction between Cryptosporidium and host cells
Work Experience
- 1998-2003: Assistant, Department of Human Parasitology, Wuhan University
- 2001: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2003-2008: Lecturer, Department of Human Parasitology, Wuhan University
- 2006: Visiting Scholar, Fukushima Medical University, Japan
- 2008-present: Associate Professor, Department of Human Parasitology, Wuhan University
- 2015-2017: Visiting Scholar, Creighton University, USA
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1993-1998: Bachelor of Clinical Medicine, Wuhan University
- 2001-2006: PhD in Pathogen Biology, Wuhan University
- Hosted 2 national natural science funds and 6 other provincial research projects
Publications
- Attenuation of Intestinal Epithelial Cell Migration During Cryptosporidium parvum Infection Involves Parasite Cdg7_FLc_1030 RNA-Mediated Induction and Release of Dickkopf-1, Zhenping Ming, Yang Wang, Ai-Yu Gong, Xin-Tian Zhang, Min Li, Ting Chen, Nicholas W. Mathy, Juliane K. Strauss-Soukup, Xian-Ming Chen, 2018
- Involvement of Cryptosporidium parvum Cdg7_FLc_1000 RNA in the Attenuation of Intestinal Epithelial Cell Migration via Trans-Suppression of Host Cell SMPD3, Ming Z, Gong AY, Wang Y, Zhang XT, Li M, Mathy NW, Strauss-Soukup JK, Chen XM, 2018
- Trans-suppression of host CDH3 and LOXL4 genes during Cryptosporidium parvum infection involves nuclear delivery of parasite Cdg7_FLc_1000 RNA, Ming Z, Gong AY, Wang Y, Zhang XT, Li M, Li Y, Pang J, Dong S, Strauss-Soukup JK, Chen XM, 2018
- Trans-suppression of defense DEFB1 gene in intestinal epithelial cells following Cryptosporidium parvum infection is associated with host delivery of parasite Cdg7_FLc_1000 RNA, Ming Z, Gong AY, Wang Y, Zhang XT, Li M, Dolata CE, Chen XM, 2018
- Regulation of host epithelial responses to Cryptosporidium infection by microRNAs, Ming Z, Zhou R, Chen XM, 2017
- A long noncoding RNA, lincRNA-Tnfaip3, acts as a coregulator of NF-κB to modulate inflammatory gene transcription in mouse macrophages, Ma S, Ming Z, Gong AY, Wang Y, Chen X, Hu G, Zhou R, Shibata A, Swanson PC, Chen XM, 2017