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Doctor Weihong He

Sichuan University, Chengdu - Sichuan (China)
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Weihong He is a principal investigator and associate professor at the Department of Physiology, West China School of Basic Medical Sciences and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University. Weihong obtained an MD (2012) at West China School of Medicine & West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and completed a PhD (2017) at the BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow. Weihong was associate professor at Jining Medical University (2018-2020). Since 2020, Weihong has led a research group to study the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases and to investigate novel therapeutic drugs for the treatment of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction at Sichuan University. He also teaches physiology and mentors both national and international students. Weihong has expertise in a number of methodologies which span the level of biochemistry, cell biology, isolated organ, and whole animal in vivo disease models.
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Inhibition of myocardial cathepsin-L release during reperfusion following myocardial infarction improves cardiac function and reduces infarct size
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Inhibition of myocardial cathepsin-L release during reperfusion following myocardial infarction improves cardiac function and reduces infarct size
16 June 2021