Hou Jiwei

Email: houjiwei3707@126.com

Personal profile:

Hou Jiwei, Ph.D., is a full-time teacher of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine School of Medicine and School of Integrative Medicine. In June 2021, he received a PhD degree in biology from Nanjing University, under the tutelage of Professor Han Xiaodong. In the same year, he joined Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, mainly engaged in research on the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis.

Representative papers:

1.  Ji, Q.#, Hou, J.#,Yong, X., Gong, G., Muddassir, M., Tang, T., Xie, J., Fan, W. & Chen, X. (2021) Targeted Dual Small Interfering Ribonucleic Acid Delivery via Non-Viral Polymeric Vectors for Pulmonary Fibrosis Therapy, Advanced materials. 33, e2007798.

2.  Hou, J., Ji, Q., Ji, J., Ju, S., Xu, C., Yong, X., Xu, X., Muddassir, M., Chen, X., Xie, J. & Han, X. (2021) Co-delivery of siPTPN13 and siNOX4 via (myo)fibroblast-targeting polymeric micelles for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis therapy, Theranostics. 11, 3244-3261.

3.  Hou, J., Ji, J., Chen, X., Cao, H., Tan, Y., Cui, Y., Xiang, Z. & Han, X. (2020) Alveolar epithelial cell-derived Sonic hedgehog promotes pulmonary fibrosis through OPN-dependent alternative macrophage activation, The FEBS journal. 288, 3530-3546.

4.  Hou, J., Shi, J., Chen, L., Lv, Z., Chen, X., Cao, H., Xiang, Z. & Han, X. (2018) M2 macrophages promote myofibroblast differentiation of LR- MSCs and are associated with pulmonary fibrogenesis, Cell Commun Signal. 16, 89.