Yuan Wen, PhD-MD
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(859) 218-7185ywen2@uky.edu
Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Biography and Education
Education
BA/MS, University of Pennsylvania
MD/PhD, University of Kentucky
Summary:
Hometown: LexingtonSelected Publications
Wen Y, Latham CM, Moore AN, Thomas NT, Lancaster BD, Reeves KA, Keeble AR, Fry CS, Johnson DL, Thompson KL, Noehren B, Fry JL. Vitamin D status associates with skeletal muscle loss after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. JCI Insight. 2023.
Ismaeel A*, Valentino TR*, Burke B, Goh J, Saliu TP, Albathi F, Owen A, McCarthy JJ*, Wen Y*. Acetate and succinate benefit host muscle energetics as exercise-associated post-biotics. Physiol Rep. 2023
Wen Y, Vechetti IJ, Leng D, Alimov AP, Valentino RV, Zhang XD, McCarthy JJ, Peterson CA. Early transcriptomic signatures and biomarkers of renal damage due to prolonged exposure to embedded metal. Cell Biology and Toxicology: 1-20, 2023
Viggars MR*, Wen Y*, Peterson CA, Jarvis JC. Automated cross-sectional analysis of trained, severely atrophied and recovering rat skeletal muscles using MyoVision 2.0. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2022.
Murach KA*, Dimet-Wiley AL*, Wen Y*, Brightwell CR, Latham CM, Dungan CM, Fry CS, Watowich SJ. Late-life exercise mitigates skeletal muscle epigenetic aging. Aging Cell. 2021:e13527.
Wen Y*, Englund DA*, Peck BD, Murach KA, McCarthy JJ, and Peterson CA. Myonuclear transcriptional dynamics in response to exercise following satellite cell depletion. iScience 24: 102838, 2021.
Wen Y, Dungan CM, Mobley CB, Valentino T, von Walden F, and Murach KA. Nucleus Type-Specific DNA Methylomics Reveals Epigenetic “Memory” of Prior Adaptation in Skeletal Muscle. Function 2: 2021.