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Wei Jiang MD

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  • Professor
College
  • College of Medicine
Department
  • Pharmacology & Immunology
Academic Focus
  • Immunology & Inflammation
  • Virology, Bacteriology and Mycology
  • Aging Research
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Biography

1. Luo Z, Wu Yx, Meng Z, Martin L, Zhang L, Ogunrinde E, Zhou Z, Qin S, Wan Z, Westerink M, Warth S, Liu H, Jin P, Stroncek D, Li QZ, Wang E, Wu X, Heath S, LiZ, Alekseyenko A, JiangW*. Systemictranslocation of Staphylococcus drives autoantibody production in HIV disease. Microbiome. 2019. Feb 14;7(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s40168-019-0646-1. PMID: 30764863. *Awarded as the 2019 high impact research publication by the Dean, College of Medicine, Medical University of SouthCarolina.

2.Ogunrinde E, Zhou Z, Luo Z, Alekseyenko A, Li QZ, Macedo D, Kamen DL, Oates JC, Gilkeson GS, Jiang W*. A link between plasma microbial translocation, microbiome, and autoantibody development in first- degree relatives of systemic lupus erythematosus patients. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 2019. May 20. doi: 10.1002/art.40935.PMID:31106972

3. Luo Z, Fitting S, Robinson C, Benitez A, Li M, Wu Y, Fu X, Amato D, Ning W, Funderburg N, Wang X, Yu X, Wagner A, Cong X, Xu W, Maas K, McRae-Clark A, Hamlett E*, Jiang W*. Chronic cannabis smoking-enriched oral pathobiont drives behavioral changes and increases β-amyloid protein production in the brain. EbioMedicine. 2021 Nov 23;74:103701. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103701. PMID: 34826801, PMCID: PMC8626580

4.  Luo Z, Health SL, Li M, Yang H, Wu Y, Collins M, Deeks SG, Martin JN, Scott A*, Jiang W*. Variation in blood microbial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) contributes to immune reconstitution in response to suppressive antiretroviral therapy in HIV. EbioMedicine. 2022 Apr 29;80:104037. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104037. PMID:35500539

5. Ning W, Cheng D, Howe PD, Bian C, Kamen DL, Luo Z, Fu X, Ogunrinde E, Yong L, Wang X, Li QZ, Qates J, Zhang W, White D, Wan Z, Gilkeson GS*, Jiang W*Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan (PGN) induces pathogenic autoantibody production via autoreactive B cell receptor clonal selection, implications in systemic lupus erythematosus. Journal of Autoimmunity. 2022. Jul 7;131:102860. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2022.102860. PMID: 35810689