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DR WEIER QI



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
molecular mechanisms in diabetic complications diabetic nephropathy Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Philosophy University of Sydney 16-Jun-2006
Master of Science University of Wollongong 31-Dec-1998
Bachelor of Biotechnology Jinan University 31-Dec-1996

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) Member of ANZSN 05-Mar-2007
Member European Renal Association Member of ERA-EDTA 01-Feb-2006
Member Australian Diabetes Society Member of ADS 02-Apr-2007
Member International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Member of ISN 05-Mar-2007
Member American Society of Nephrology Member 01-Jan-2008
Member Australian Society for Medical Research Professional Member 01-Jan-2009

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Medal Royal North Shore Hospital New Investigator Award 31-Dec-2006
Scholarship National Health and Medical Research Council Dora Lush Postgraduate Scholarship 01-Jan-2002
Other (Award) National Health and Medical Research Council International Travel Fellowship 04-Feb-2005

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Diabetic drug thiazolidinediones attenuate thioredoxin-interacting protein via kruppel-like factors dependent pathways in diabetic nephropathy Chief Investigator DIABETES AUST RESEARCH TRUST Research Grants 14/11/2007

Additional Grant and Contract Information

(1) 2008-2010: NHMRC project grant, Co-chief Investigator. TGFbeta isoforms differentially regulate fibrosis and inflammation in diabetic nephropathy via KLF transcription factors; (2) 2008: Diabetes Australia Research Trust Research Grant, Principal Investigator, Inhibition of PKC-beta attenuates thioredoxin-interacting protein via kruppel-like factors dependent pathways in diabetic nephropathy; (3) 2007-2008: Kidney Health Australia Seeding Grant, Principal Investigator, The differential roles of thioredoxin-interacting protein and selenoprotein S in kidney tubulointerstitial fibrosis; (4) 2007: Northern Sydney Central Coast New Researcher Development Grant, Principal Investigator, Macrophage migration inhibitory factor and kruppel-like factor 4 in diabetic nephropathy; (5) 2007: Northern Sydney Central Coast Research Grant, Co-Investigator, The role of PPAR-gamma and nuclear receptor co-repressor/co-activator in high glucose-induced fibrotic responses in proximal tubule cells. (6) 2005: Northern Sydney Health Area-Collaborative grant,Co- Investigator, The interaction between connective tissue growth factor and transforming growth factor beta1 in kidney fibrosis.7) 2005: Staff Scientific Council - Ramsay Health Care Study Fellowship 8) 2004 & 2006: Beryl & Jack Jacobs Postgraduate Award 9) 2003: Staff Scientific Council - Ramsay Health Care Travel Fellowship.

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Role of Kruppel-like factor 6 in transforming growth factor-beta1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition of proximal tubule cells


    Year: 2008
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology
    Volume: 295
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: F1388-96
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  • Increased renal gene transcription of protein kinase C-beta in human diabetic nephropathy: relationship to long-term glycaemic control
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Diabetologia
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 668-74
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  • Transforming growth factor-beta/connective tissue growth factor axis in the kidney
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 9-13
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • High glucose induces macrophage inflammatory protein-3α in renal proximal tubule cells via a transforming growth factor-β1 dependent mechanism
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 3147-3153
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  • High glucose-induced Thioredoxin-interacting protein in renal proximal tubule cells is independent of transforming growth factor-β1
    Year: 2007
    Journal: American Journal of Pathology
    Volume: 171
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 744-754
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  • Isolation,  propagation and characterization of primary tubule cell culture from human kidney
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nephrology
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 155-9
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  • The differential regulation of Smad7 in kidney tubule cells by connective tissue growth factor and transforming growth factor-beta1
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nephrology
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 267-274
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • TGF-beta1 induces IL-8 and MCP-1 through a connective tissue growth factor-independent pathway
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology
    Volume: 290
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 703-9
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  • The renal cortical fibroblast in renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-5
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  • Tranilast attenuates connective tissue growth factor-induced extracellular matrix accumulation in renal cells
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Kidney International
    Volume: 69
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 989-95
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  • Transforming growth factor-beta1 differentially mediates fibronectin and inflammatory cytokine expression in kidney tubular cells
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology
    Volume: 291
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1070-7
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Integrated actions of transforming growth factor-beta1 and connective tissue growth factor in renal fibrosis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology
    Volume: 288
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 800-9
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Human cortical fibroblast responses to high glucose and hypoxia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nephron Physiology
    Volume: 96
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 121-9
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Intervention with tranilast attenuates renal pathology and albuminuria in advanced experimental diabetic nephropathy
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Nephron Physiology
    Volume: 95
    Page numbers: 83-91
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