Mei-Lun Wang, MD
Mei-Lun Wang, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Division of GI and Nutrition
7th Floor, Main Building
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
7th Floor, Main Building
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-7223
Email:
wangm@email.chop.edu
wangm@email.chop.edu
Education:
BA (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Cornell University, 1991.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1995.
Permanent linkBA (Interdisciplinary Studies)
Cornell University, 1991.
MD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1995.
Selected Publications
Spergel JM, Brown-Whitehorn TF, Cianferoni A, Shuker M, Wang ML, Verma R, and Liacouras CA: Identification of causative foods in children with eosinophilic esophagitis treated with an elimination diet. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 130(2): 461-7, August 2012.Lim DM, Wang ML: Toll-like receptor 3 signaling enables human esophageal epithelial cells to sense endogenous danger signals released by necrotic cells. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology 301(1): g91-9, July 2011.
Tetreault MP, Wang ML, Yang Y, Travis J, Yu QC, Klein-Szanto AJ, Katz JP: Klf4 overexpression activates epithelial cytokines and inflammation-mediated esophageal squamous cell cancer in mice. Gastroenterology 139(6): 2124-2134, December 2010.
Lim DM, Narasimhan S, Michaylira CZ, and Wang ML: TLR3-mediated NF-kB signaling in human esophageal epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest and Liver Physiol 297: G1172-1180, December 2009.
Wang ML, Keilbaugh SA, Cash-Mason T, He XC, Li L, Wu GD: Immune-Mediated Signaling in Intestinal Goblet Cells via PI-3 Kinase and AKT Dependent Pathways. Am J Physiol Gastrointest and Liver Physiol 295(G1122-1130), October 2008.
Barnes SL, Vidrich A, Wang ML, Wu GD, Cominelli F, Rivera-Nieves J, Bamias G, Cohn SM: Resistin-like molecule beta (RELMbeta/FIZZ2) is highly expressed in the ileum of SAMP1/YitFc mice and it associated with the initiation of ileitis. J Immunol 179(10): 7012, November 2007.
Wang ML, Shin ME, Knight PA, Artis D, Silberg DG, Suh E, Wu GD: Regulation of RELM/FIZZ isoform expression by Cdx2 in response to innate and adaptive immune stimulation in the intestine. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 288(5): G1074-83, 2005.
Artis D, Wang ML, Keilbaugh SA, He W, Brenes M, Swain GP, Knight PA, Donaldson DD, Lazar MA, Miller HR, Schad GA, Scott P, Wu GD: RELMbeta/FIZZ2 is a goblet cell-specific immune-effector molecule in the gastrointestinal tract. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101(37): 13596-600, Sep 2004.
He W, Wang ML, Steppan CM, Thurnheer MC, Jiang HQ, Cebra JJ, Lazar MA, Wu GD: Bacterial colonization leads to the colonic secretion of RELMbeta/FIZZ2, a novel goblet cell-specific protein. Gastroenterology 125: 1388-1397, 2003 Notes: Co-first author.