Zhenwu Lin
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Academic title Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
College College of Medicine
Campuses Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Graduate programs
Email Phone
  zlin@psu.edu
  717 531 7024
 
Educational background
  Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Academia Sinica, 1987;
Postdoctoral Training, Kiel University - Germany 1988-1990, Ohio State University 1991-1992, Purdue University 1992-1993, Coriell Inst for Medical Research 1994-1995, Penn State University 1996
Research interests
 

Surfactant protein genes and human lung disorders; Disease-causing genes and gene mutations in complex disorders; Molecular genetics and epigenetics.

Areas of expertise
 
Polymerase Chain ReactionPulmonary Surfactants
Pulmonary Alveolar ProteinosisIntestine, Large
FreezingIntestine, Small
Polymorphism, GeneticProtein Precursors
Chromosome MappingLung Diseases, Obstructive
Microsatellite RepeatsLung
ProteolipidsGenotype
Frameshift MutationPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Respiratory Distress Syndrome, NewbornCarrier Proteins
European Continental Ancestry GroupAlleles
GlycoproteinsRNA, Messenger
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveDNA
Alternative SplicingExons
Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein DPulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A
VaginaGene Expression Regulation
SialoglycoproteinsImmunity, Innate
IntronsPulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B
RNA SplicingRegulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid
Sequence DeletionArabidopsis
Arabidopsis ProteinsChromosome Pairing
DNA RepairMeiosis
Evolution, MolecularGene Duplication
Gene Transfer, HorizontalMultigene Family
Rad51 RecombinaseRec A Recombinases
Genetic Predisposition to DiseasePulmonary Fibrosis
DNA FingerprintingDNA Methylation
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisConserved Sequence
Genes, HomeoboxOpen Reading Frames
Publication author name
  Lin Z
Select publications
  Guo X. Lin HM. Lin Z. Montaño M. Sansores R. Wang G. DiAngelo S. Pardo A. Selman M. Floros J. Polymorphisms of surfactant protein gene A, B, D, and of SP-B-linked microsatellite markers in COPD of a Mexican population. 2000 May. Chest. 117(5 Suppl 1):249S-50S.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Lin Z. Pearson C. Chinchilli V. Pietschmann SM. Luo J. Pison U. Floros J. Polymorphisms of human SP-A, SP-B, and SP-D genes: association of SP-B Thr131Ile with ARDS. 2000 Sep. Clin Genet. 58(3):181-91.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Lin Z. Floros J. Protocol for genomic DNA preparation from fresh or frozen serum for PCR amplification. 2000 Sep. Biotechniques. 29(3):460-2, 464, 466.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Guo X. Lin HM. Lin Z. Montaño M. Sansores R. Wang G. DiAngelo S. Pardo A. Selman M. Floros J. Surfactant protein gene A, B, and D marker alleles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease of a Mexican population. 2001 Sep. Eur Respir J. 18(3):482-90.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Lin Z. Floros J. Heterogeneous allele expression of pulmonary SP-D gene in rat large intestine and other tissues. 2002 Dec 3. Physiol Genomics. 11(3):235-43.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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