Yang Zhang is a professor of pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, USA. His major goal of research is to investigate the molecular and immunological mechanisms implicated in the initiation of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, coronary artery diseases (macro- and micro-vascular dysfunction), and arterial stiffening/calcification.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Cardiovascular
Fibrosis
redox
inflammasome
Pyroptosis
caspase-1
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inflammasome
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Cardiovascular
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Fibrosis
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redox
14%
caspase-1
Short Biography
Yang Zhang is a professor of pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, USA. His major goal of research is to investigate the molecular and immunological mechanisms implicated in the initiation of cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, coronary artery diseases (macro- and micro-vascular dysfunction), and arterial stiffening/calcification.