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Yuan Wen, PhD-MD

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(859) 218-7185
ywen2@uky.edu
741 South Limestone Street, Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building, Rm: B265

Positions

  • Assistant Professor

College Unit(s)

Biography and Education

Education

BA/MS, University of Pennsylvania

MD/PhD, University of Kentucky

Summary:

Hometown: Lexington

Selected 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.

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