Xiaoxi (Brooke) Ju

Lab:

Drs. Allan Brasier and Ronald Tilton

In BMB since (year):

2009

Biographical Information:

• Undergraduate institution: Xiamen University, China
• Undergraduate degree: B.S.

Research interests:

Vascular Inflammation, IL-6 and the Renin-Angiotensin System

Interests outside of the lab:

Singing, Watching Movies, Traveling

Publications/Posters:

1. Brian C. Tieu, Xiaoxi Ju, Chang Lee, Hong Sun, Wanda Lejeune, Adrian Recinos, III, Allan R. Brasier1, and Ronald G. Tilton. Aortic adventitial fibroblasts participate in angiotensin-induced vascular wall inflammation and remodeling. Journal of Vascular Research. In Press.
2. Brian C. Tieu, Chang Lee, Hong Sun, Wanda LeJeune, Adrian Recinos, Xiaoxi Ju, Heidi Spratt, Dong-Chuan Guo, Dianna Milewicz, Ronald G. Tilton and Allan R. Brasier. An adventitial IL-6/MCP1 amplification loop accelerates macrophage-mediated vascular inflammation leading to aortic dissection in mice. J Clin Invest. 119(12): 3637-3651 (2009)
3. Daniel Alfson, Xiaoxi Ju, Alan Brasier and Adrian Recinos, III. Construction of an inducible, fibroblast-specific NF-?B/RelA knockout mouse model by Cre/lox-mediated gene inactivation for the study of vascular inflammation. Summer Medical Student Research Poster Session.
4. Perla J. Rodriguez, Xiaoxi Ju, Allan R. Brasier, Adrian Recinos. Role of IL-6 and TGF-beta signaling in aortic aneurysm formation. Summer Undergraduate Research Program Poster Session.