M.D., Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, 1985
Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Paris XII, France, 1992
Intracellular signal pathways, protein phosphorylation and cellular function
Gene expression profiling and gene regulation in the heart
Functional evaluation of cardiac genes
Transgenic and gene knockout animal models
Texas A&M; University/Research Assistant Professor, 1996-2001.
Huang, X.P., Walker, J.W. Myofilament anchoring of protein kinase C- in cardiac myocytes.
J. Cell Science 117:1971-1978, 2004
Jia, Y., Akerman, S., Huang, X.P. Disturbance of energy metabolism in cTnI gene knockout mouse hearts.
J. Biomed Science 11:450-456, 2004
Riedel B, Jia Y, Du J, Akerman S, Huang XP. Thyroid hormone inhibits slow skeletal TnI expression
in cardiac TnI-null myocardial cells. Tissue & Cell 2004. (in press).
Huang, X.P. and Du J. Troponin I and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Acta Pharmacol Sin.
25:1569-1575, 2004.
Zhang C., Meng F., Huang XP, Lemanski SL, Foster D, Erginel-Unaltuna E, Dube DK, Lemanski FL.
Downregulation of N1 gene expression inhibits the initial heartbeating and heart development inaxolotls.
Tissue & Cell 36:71-81, 2004.
Huang, X.P. and Walker JW. Myofilament anchoring of protein kinase C-epsilon
in cardiac myocytes. J. Cell Science 117: 1971-1978, 2004.
Meng F, Huang XP, Foster D, Dawson N, Lemanski SL, Zawieja D, Lemanski LF. Cardiac protein tyrosine
phosphorylation during axolotl embryo development. Tissue & Cell, 35: 133-142, 2003.
Zhang, C., Dube, D.K., Huang, X.P., Zajdel RW, Lemanski SL, Meng F, Foster D, Lemanski LF. A Point
Mutation in Bioactive RNA Results in RNA Secondary Structure Alteration and Failure of Mutant Heart Correction
in Mexican Axolotls. Anat Embryol. 206: 495-506, 2003.
Zhang, C., LaFrance, S.M., Lemanski, S.L., Huang, X.P., Dube D, Lemanski LF. Sheep heart RNA stimulates
myofibril formation and beating in cardiac mutant axolotl hearts in organ culture. Anat Embryol.
206: 419-427, 2003.
Huang, X.P., Li, J., Foster, D., Lemanski, S.L., Zhang, C., Lemanski, L.F. Protein
kinase C mediated desmin phosphorylation is related to myofibril disarray in
cardiomyopathic hamster heart. Exp Biol Med. 227:1039-1046, 2002.
Lemanski LF, Meng F, Lemanski SL, Dawson N, Zhang C, Foster D, Li
Q, Nakatsugawa M, Dube DK, Huang XP. Creation of chimeric mutant
axolotls: a model to study early embryonic heart development in Mexican
axolotls. Anatomy and Embryology, 203:335-342, 2001.
Huang, X.P., Pi YQ, Lee KJ, Henkel AS, Gregg RG, Powers PA, Walker JW. Cardiac troponin I gene
knockout: A mouse model of myocardial troponin I depletion. Circ Res. 84(1):1-8, 1999.
Patel, J.R., Diffee, G.M., Huang, X.P., Moss RL. Phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chain
eliminates force-dependent changes in relaxation rates in skeletal muscle. Biophys J. 74:360-368, 1998.
Huang, X.P., Pi, Y.Q., Lokuta AL, Greaser ML, Walker JW. Arachidonic acid stimulates protein
kinase C- redistribution in heart cells. J. Cell Science 110:1625-1634, 1997.
Hemlin, M., Huang, X.P. Na+/glucose cotransport in the colonic adenocarcinoma cell line HT29
cl.19A: effect of cAMP. Acta Physiol Scand 160:185-194, 1997.
Pi, Y.Q., Sreekumar, R., Huang, X.P.., Walker JW. Positive inotropic mediated by the diacylglycerol/protein
kinase C signaling pathway in rat ventricular myocytes. Circ Res 81:92-100, 1997.
Sreekumar, R., Pi, Y.Q., Huang, X.P., Walker JW. Photolabile diacylglycerol precursors. Novel probes of
cellular protein kinase C. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 3:341-346, 1997.
Xia, J., Huang, X.P., Sreekumar R, Walker JW. Photolabile “caged” fatty acids containing a
1-(2’-nitrophenyl)-1, 2-ethanediol moiety. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 7:1243-1248, 1997.
Huang, X.P., Sreekumar R, Patel JR, Walker JW. Response of cardiac myocytes to a ramp increase
of diacylglycerol generated by photolysis of a novel caged diacylglycerol. Biophys J. 70:2448-2457, 1996.
Huang, X.P., Heyman M, Nath SK, Castagna M, Desjeux JF. Distinct signaling mediates chloride
secretion induced by tumor promoter bile salts and phorbol esters in human colonic cells.
Int J Oncology. 6:1159-1163, 1995