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Medical scientist at the University of Chicago, USA, and founder of Xenobiomed Biomedical Company, USA.

Sun Tao

(Surgery Medical Scientist, University of Chicago)

Medical scientist at the University of Chicago, USA, and founder of Xenobiomed Biomedical Company, USA.

Chinese name

Sun Tao

Foreign name

Tao Sun

People

Chinese

place of birth

Chengdu, China

date of birth

April 29, 1983

Occupation

Senior Medical Scientist ^[1]

Born in 1983, graduated from

Published academic papers in recent years:

• Thermal stability of self-assembled peptide vaccine materials. Acta Biomaterialia (2015) doi: 10.1016 / j.actbio.2015.11.019 ( IF: 6.589 )

• Gradated assembly of multiple proteins into supramolecular nanomaterials. Nature Materials (2014) doi: 10.1038 / nmat3998 ( IF: 35.749 )

• The use of self-adjuvanting nanofiber vaccines to elicit high-affinity B cell responses to peptide antigens without inflammation. Biomaterials , 13 August 2013. ( IF: 8.911 )

• A self-adjuvanting supramolecular assembly vaccine carrying a folded protein antigen. Advanced Healthcare Material 25 FEB 2013 ( IF: 4.5 )

• 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Promotes Negative Feedback Regulation of TLR Signaling via Targeting MicroRNA-155--SOCS1 in Macrophages. The Journal of Immunology February 22, 2013 ( IF: 5.362 )

• Vitamin D Receptor Signaling in Podocytes Protects against Diabetic Nephropathy. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN November 2, 2012 ( IF: 9.5 )

• Inhibition of renin activity by aliskiren ameliorates diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetes mouse model. Journal of Diabetes Mellitus 2 (3), 353-360

• Modulating adaptive immune responses to peptide self-assemblies. ACS Nano Vol.6, No. 2, 1557-1546, 2012 ( IF: 12.033 )

• 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Suppresses Inflammatory Induction of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 by Blocking the Nuclear Factor-Kappa B Activation Pathway. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Volume 507, Issue 2, 15 March 2011 ( IF: 3.252 )

• Therapeutic Effects of Vitamin D Analogs on Cardiac Hypertrophy in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. The American Journal of Pathology, Vol. 177, No. 2, August 2010 ( IF: 5.205 )

• Combination of Vitamin D Analog and AT1 Receptor Antagonist Synergistically Blocks the Development of Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetes Model. Kidney International February 24, 2010; doi: 10.1038 / ki.2010.22 ( IF: 8.520 )

• Effects of High Intensive Exercise on Myocardial Mitochondrial Membrane Permeability Transition Pore of Rats. China Sport Science, Vol.27, No.11, 2007

• Comparisons of Some Pattern of Hypoxic-training. Sichuan Sports Science, No. 2 , 2007

• Heat shock protein and myocardial ischemia / reperfusion injury. Journal of Clinical Rehabilitative Tissue Engineering Research , Vol.11, No.21, July, 2007

• Coffee and Sport. Sichuan Sports Science , No. 2, 2006

• Oxidative Stress and Cardiopathies. Sichuan Medical Journal, Vol. 27, No. 6, 2006

• Free Radical and Ischemia / Reperfusion Injury. Practical Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 4, July, 2006

• The Effect of Electrical Stimulation on the Diameter Change of Amciated Sciatic Nerve Induced Type I and Type II Gastrocnemius Fibers. Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation, Dec. 2006, Vol. 21 No.6