Professional Bio
Ming-Zhi Zhang, MD, MSc, FASN, FAHA, is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension within the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Zhang works in the field of hormonal regulation of renal physiological and pathophysiological functions. He has investigated the regulation of renal cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) by different hormones including angiotensin II, dopamine, glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, vasopressin, and others. His research reveals novel roles of intrarenal dopaminergic system in regulation of renin-angiotensin system, hypertension and longevity. His research on the role of renal myeloid cell (macrophages and neutrophils) COX-2 and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) systems in recovery from acute kidney injury and subsequent development of renal fibrosis provides a new paradigm for acute injury recovery. Dr. Zhang and Dr. Raymond C Harris have developed a spontaneous, early, and progressive renal fibrosis model.
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Education
MD - Xuzhou Normal University, 1985
ScM - Xuzhou Normal University, 1990
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307