Yingjie Cui, MD
Phone: 216-368-4756
Fax: 216-368-2951
E-mail: yingjie.cui@case.edu
Research Summary:
Yingjie Cui, MD, Assistant Professor, Director of Rodent Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory. Dr Cui's research interest is focused on lymphatic vascular biology, and its impact on cardiovascular disease occurrence and therapy. These studies include exploring the role of endothelial progenitor cells in lymphangiogenesis, characterizing cardiac collecting lymphatic vessel pumping manner in physiological and pathological conditions by applying mouse cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, and heart transplantation models. Particularly, Dr Cui's research emphasizes on how mediastinal lymph flow impairment cause heart and lung dysfunction, and the treatment of cardiopulmonary diseases by improving mediastinal lymph flow.
Original Publications: (last 5 years)
Cui Y, Chen H. The effect of tension on esophagogastric anastomotic wound healing in rats. J Cardiovasc Surg 44:775, 2003.
Cui Y, Zhou D, Peng W, Liu T, Chen H. Determinants of perioperative mortality and morbidity after pneumonectomy. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 52:45, 2004.
Cui Y. Confocal imaging: blood and lymphatic capillaries. The Scientific World Journal 6:12, 2006.
Cui Y, Ji Y, Wu R, Zhou M, Wang P. Adrenomedullin binding protein-1 is downregulated during sepsis in the rat. Int J Mol Med 17:925, 2006.
Goldman J, Rutkowski JM, Shield JD, Pasquier MC, Cui Y, Schmokel HG, Willey S, Hicklin DJ, Pytowski B, Swartz MA. Cooperative and redundant roles of VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3 signaling in adult lymphangiogenesis. FASEB J 21:1003-12, 2007.
