Wang Xian, professor ,recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. She has been appointed as a Cheung Kong Scholar Distinguished Professor under the Ministry of Education. Currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Progress in Physiological Sciences, she previously held leadership positions including Vice Director of Peking University Health Science Center, Deputy Director of the Institute of Vascular Medicine at Peking University Third Hospital, and Director of the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology at the School of Basic Medical Sciences.

Research Directions:

1. Inflammatory and Immune Pathogenesis of Metabolic Cardiovascular Diseases

2. Protective Effects and Mechanisms of Endogenous Bioactive Peptides in Metabolic Cardiovascular Diseases

 Selected Publications:

1，Y Luo#，J Feng#，Q Xu，W Wang*，X Wang*. NSun2 deficiency protects endothelium from inflammation via mRNA methylation of ICAM-1. Circ Res 2016，118:944-956.

2，S Zhang, Y Lv, H Zhang, S Gao, T Wang, J Feng, YH Wang, G Liu, MJ Xu, X Wang *，CT Jiang*. Adrenomedullin 2 improves early obesity-induced adipose insulin resistance by inhibiting the class II major histocompatibility complex in adipocytes. Diabetes 2016, 65:1-14.

3，J Feng，S Lü，Y Ding，M Zheng*，X Wang*，Homocysteine activates T cells by enhancing endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria coupling and increasing mitochondrial respiration. Protein & Cell 2016, 7:391-402.

4，H Zhang, S Zhang, CT Jiang, Y Li, G Xu, M Zou, MJ Xu *, X Wang *. Adrenomedullin2/ Intermedin polypeptide promotes adipose tissue browning and reduces high-fat diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance in Mice. Int J Obesity, 2016, 40:852-860.

5，F Shao, Y Miao, Y Zhang, L Han, X Ma, J Deng, C Jiang, W Kong, Q Xu, J Feng* and Xian Wang*. B cell-derived anti-beta 2 glycoprotein I antibody contributes to hyperhomocysteinemia-aggravated abdominal aortic aneurysm. Cardiovas Res, 2019, Nov 29.pii: cvz288. doi:10.1093/cvr/cvz288