Sections
Nephrology
Biography
Expertise includes: Protein biochemistry; Signaling pathway study; Cell biology; Molecular genetics; Molecular nephrology; Neuroscience; and Pharmacology.
Websites
Education
MD, Zhejiang University, 1991
PhD, McGill University, 2002
MSc, McGill University, 1997
Publications
Pisarek-Horowitz A, Fan X, Kumar S, Rasouly HM, Sharma R, Chen H, Coser K, Bluette CT, Hirenallur-Shanthappa D, Anderson SR, Yang H, Beck LH, Bonegio RG, Henderson JM, Berasi SP, Salant DJ, Lu W. Loss of Roundabout Guidance Receptor 2 (Robo2) in Podocytes Protects Adult Mice from Glomerular Injury by Maintaining Podocyte Foot Process Structure. Am J Pathol. 2020 04; 190(4):799-816. PMID: 32220420.
Published on 11/17/2016Fan X, Yang H, Kumar S, Tumelty KE, Pisarek-Horowitz A, Rasouly HM, Sharma R, Chan S, Tyminski E, Shamashkin M, Belghasem M, Henderson JM, Coyle AJ, Salant DJ, Berasi SP, Lu W. SLIT2/ROBO2 signaling pathway inhibits nonmuscle myosin IIA activity and destabilizes kidney podocyte adhesion. JCI Insight. 2016 11 17; 1(19):e86934. PMID: 27882344.
Published on 7/12/2012Fan X, Li Q, Pisarek-Horowitz A, Rasouly HM, Wang X, Bonegio RG, Wang H, McLaughlin M, Mangos S, Kalluri R, Holzman LB, Drummond IA, Brown D, Salant DJ, Lu W. Inhibitory effects of Robo2 on nephrin: a crosstalk between positive and negative signals regulating podocyte structure. Cell Rep. 2012 Jul 26; 2(1):52-61. PMID: 22840396.
Published on 2/14/2007Lu W, van Eerde AM, Fan X, Quintero-Rivera F, Kulkarni S, Ferguson H, Kim HG, Fan Y, Xi Q, Li QG, Sanlaville D, Andrews W, Sundaresan V, Bi W, Yan J, Giltay JC, Wijmenga C, de Jong TP, Feather SA, Woolf AS, Rao Y, Lupski JR, Eccles MR, Quade BJ, Gusella JF, Morton CC, Maas RL. Disruption of ROBO2 is associated with urinary tract anomalies and confers risk of vesicoureteral reflux. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Apr; 80(4):616-32. PMID: 17357069.
Published on 9/1/2005Abu-Baker A, Laganiere S, Fan X, Laganiere J, Brais B, Rouleau GA. Cytoplasmic targeting of mutant poly(A)-binding protein nuclear 1 suppresses protein aggregation and toxicity in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Traffic. 2005 Sep; 6(9):766-79. PMID: 16101680.
Published on 9/25/2003Fan X, Labrador JP, Hing H, Bashaw GJ. Slit stimulation recruits Dock and Pak to the roundabout receptor and increases Rac activity to regulate axon repulsion at the CNS midline. Neuron. 2003 Sep 25; 40(1):113-27. PMID: 14527437.
Published on 8/1/2003Fan X, Messaed C, Dion P, Laganiere J, Brais B, Karpati G, Rouleau GA. HnRNP A1 and A/B interaction with PABPN1 in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Can J Neurol Sci. 2003 Aug; 30(3):244-51. PMID: 12945950.
Published on 2/1/2003Fan X, Rouleau GA. Progress in understanding the pathogenesis of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Can J Neurol Sci. 2003 Feb; 30(1):8-14. PMID: 12619777.
Published on 10/1/2001Fan X, Dion P, Laganiere J, Brais B, Rouleau GA. Oligomerization of polyalanine expanded PABPN1 facilitates nuclear protein aggregation that is associated with cell death. Hum Mol Genet. 2001 Oct 1; 10(21):2341-51. PMID: 11689481.
Published on 6/29/2001Jannatipour M, Dion P, Khan S, Jindal H, Fan X, Laganière J, Chishti AH, Rouleau GA. Schwannomin isoform-1 interacts with syntenin via PDZ domains. J Biol Chem. 2001 Aug 31; 276(35):33093-100. PMID: 11432873.