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Biography
Jin Wei, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and a Principal Investigator in the Department of Medicine Nephrology Section. Dr. Wei received over a decade of training in cardiovascular and renal physiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, spanning his doctoral, post-doctoral, and early faculty years. During the training period, his research was supported by the American Society of Nephrology Ben J. Lipps Postdoctoral Fellowship and Carl W. Gottschalk Transition to Independence Research Scholar Grant. In 2023, Dr. Wei joined Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and established his independent research laboratory in the Department of Medicine Nephrology Section. Dr. Wei’s laboratory investigates pathogenetic mechanisms and therapeutic targets in cardiovascular and renal diseases, with a particular focus on hypertension, preeclampsia and cardiorenal syndrome. His research program is supported by an NIH/NHLBI R01 grant and an American Heart Association Transformational Project Award.
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Education
Physiology, PhD, University of South Florida
Physiology, PhD, University of Mississippi
Biology, BS, Jilin University
Publications
Li M, Bahena Lopez J, Ni R, Wei J, Dhanireddy K, Subramanian V, Wang L, Williams K, Hall N, Zheleznova NN, Lu Y, Fu L, Lai E, Zhang J, McCormick JA, Liu R. Macula densa-specific NOS1 knockout determines susceptibility to ischemic acute kidney injury. Clin Sci (Lond). 2026 Apr 15; 140(4):589-605. PMID: 41837645.
Published on 4/1/2026Fei L, Wang X, Kong L, Cui T, Khedkar PH, Xiang Y, Zhao D, Fang J, Liang Y, Zhang Y, Xu N, Qiu X, Zhao L, Zhang G, Lei Y, Tang C, Ma K, Lu L, Wei J, Lai EY, Persson PB, Patzak A, Zheng Z, Jiang S. Tacrolimus Induced Hypertension and Vascular Remodeling Includes Mechanisms of Cellular Senescence-The Protective Effect of Valsartan. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2026 Apr; 242(4):e70189. PMID: 41814130.
Published on 3/3/2026Medak KD, Koehler JA, Baggio LL, Gonzalez-Rellan MJ, Wong CK, Cao X, Rao V, Kao S, Cui Y, Fu J, Liaw E, Kabir MG, Zhang J, Wei J, Drucker DJ. Semaglutide Reduces Murine Blood Pressure Through the Vascular Smooth Muscle GLP-1 Receptor. JCI Insight. 2026 Mar 03. PMID: 41774502.
Published on 2/1/2026Solomon M, Heydarpour M, Tsai LC, Honzel B, Brown JM, Newman AJ, Parisien-La Salle S, Wang TJ, Wei J, Zhang J, Waikar SS, Vaidya A. The Impact of Modern Industrialized Dietary Sodium Intake on the Plasma Proteome. Am J Hypertens. 2026 Feb 01; 39(2):280-292. PMID: 40327765.
Published on 6/11/2025Fei L, Wang H, Zhao D, Wang X, Ren J, Liu L, Tang C, Lei Y, Wang Q, Nie Y, Liu Y, Li N, Zhong M, Xu N, Wei J, Persson PB, Patzak A, Khedkar PH, Zheng Z, Jiang S. Rescuing vascular dysfunction in dorsal pancreatic arteries prevents tacrolimus-induced glucose metabolism disorder in mice. Mol Med. 2025 Jun 11; 31(1):230. PMID: 40495121.
Published on 9/12/2024Zheleznova NN, Sun C, Patel N, Hall N, Williams KM, Zhang J, Wei J, Xiang L, Patel R, Soni S, Sheth D, Lai E, Qiu X, Hernandez Soto N, Liu R. Comparison of Different Animal Models in Hindlimb Functional Recovery after Acute Limb Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Biomedicines. 2024 Sep 12; 12(9). PMID: 39335593.
Published on 3/8/2023Iglesias M, Wang H, Krause-Hauch M, Ren D, Zoungrana LI, Li Z, Zhang J, Wei J, Yadav N, Patel K, Fatmi MK, Liu R, Lesnefsky EJ, Li J. Sestrin2 Mediates Metformin Rescued the Age-Related Cardiac Dysfunctions of Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 3. Cells. 2023 Mar 08; 12(6). PMID: 36980186.
Published on 1/30/2023Liu R, Juncos LA, Lu Y, Wei J, Zhang J, Wang L, Lai EY, Carlstrom M, Persson AEG. The Role of Macula Densa Nitric Oxide Synthase 1 Beta Splice Variant in Modulating Tubuloglomerular Feedback. Compr Physiol. 2023 Jan 30; 13(1):4215-4229. PMID: 36715280.
Published on 3/9/2022Chen W, Wang L, Liang P, Mast J, Mathis C, Liu CY, Wei J, Zhang J, Fu L, Juncos LA, Buggs J, Liu R. Reducing ischemic kidney injury through application of a synchronization modulation electric field to maintain Na+/K+-ATPase functions. Sci Transl Med. 2022 Mar 09; 14(635):eabj4906. PMID: 35263146.
Published on 11/26/2021Zhang J, Cai J, Cui Y, Jiang S, Wei J, Kim YC, Chan J, Thalakola A, Le T, Xu L, Wang L, Jiang K, Wang X, Wang H, Cheng F, Buggs J, Koepsell H, Vallon V, Liu R. Role of the macula densa sodium glucose cotransporter type 1-neuronal nitric oxide synthase-tubuloglomerular feedback pathway in diabetic hyperfiltration. Kidney Int. 2022 Mar; 101(3):541-550. PMID: 34843754.