Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Yang Jin, MD, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine Phone: 412-692-2211 |
Bio
Dr. Jin obtained her MD from Beijing Medical University (Peking University Medical Health Center) and Ph.D. from Rutgers, the state University of New Jersey. She completed her post-doctoral training at NIH and internal medicine residency training from University of Rochester/RGH, followed by Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship at University of Pittsburgh. She joined the faculty of PACCM at UPMC in 2006.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Jin’s clinical interests are: critical care medicine, ARDS and acute lung injury.
Academic and Research Interests
Dr. Jin’s research interests include acute lung injury using the hyperoxia model.
Her recent studies focused on the role of lipid rafts and CCN family protein on hyperoxia induced lung injury.
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Key Publications
Jin Y, Kim HP, Cao J, Zhang M, Ifedigbo E, Choi AM. Caveolin-1 regulates the secretion and cytoprotection of Cyr61 in hyperoxic cell death. FASEB J. 2008 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print]
Jin Y, Kim HP, Chi M, Ifedigbo E, Ryter SW, Choi AM. Deletion of caveolin-1 protects against oxidative lung injury via up-regulation of heme oxygenase-1. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2008 Aug;39(2):171-9. Epub 2008 Mar 6.