Academic Appointment(s):
- Assistant Professor
Division Title(s):
- Full-time faculty member
Research Interests:
- Inflammation, Immunity, and Frailty
- International collaborative development of geriatrics program
Clinical Interests:
- Acute and subacute geriatrics care
- General Geriatrics
Selected publications:
- Leng X and Wilson VG. Genetically defined NLS of BPV-1 E1 protein is necessary and sufficient for the nuclear localization of E1 fusion proteins. J. Gen. Virol. 1994; 75:2463-67
- Leng X, Ludes-Meyers JH, and Wilson VG. Isolation of an amino-terminal region of BPV-1 E1 protein that retains origin binding and E2 interaction capacity. J Virol. 1997;71(1):848-52
- Leng SX and Elias JE. Interleukin-11 inhibits macrophage interleukin-12 production. J. Immunol. 1997; 159:2161-68
- Leng SX and Elias JE. Interleukin-11. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 1997; 29: 1059-1062.
- Leng SX, Erim E, McShine E, Bloom PA, and Kotler DP. Influence of medical illness on body composition and quality of life in geriatric outpatients: a pilot study. J. Am. Geri. Soc. 2000; 48 (12):1737-38
- Leng SX, Chaves P, Koenig K, and Walston J. Serum IL-6 and hemoglobin as physiologic correlates in the geriatric syndrome of frailty. J. Am. Geri. Soc. 2002; 50:1268-1271
- Leng SX, Cappola A, Anderson R, Blackman M, Koenig K, Yang H, Blair M, and Walston J. Serum levels of IGF-1 and DHEA-S and their relationships with serum IL-6 in the geriatric syndrome of frailty. Aging Clin. Exp. Res. 2004; 16:153-57
- Leng SX, Yang H, and Walston J. Decreased cell proliferation and altered cytokine production in frail older adults. Aging Clin. Exp. Res. 2004; 16:249-52
- Leng SX, Xue Q, Huang Y, Semba R, Chaves P, Bandeen-Roche K, Fried L, and Walston J. Total and differential white blood cell counts and their associations with circulating IL-6 levels in community-dwelling older women. J. Gerontol. Med. Sci. 2005; 60A:195-199
- Leng SX, Xue Q, Huang Y, Ferrucci L, Fried L, and Walston J. Baseline total and specific differential white blood cell counts and 5-year all-cause mortality in community-dwelling older women. Exp Gerontol. 2005; 40:982-7.
- Leng SX, Q Xue, J Tian, J Walston, and L Fried. 2007. Inflammation and frailty in older women. J. Am. Geri. Soc. (in press)
Education/Training:
- M.D.: Jiangxi Medical College, the People’s Republic of China
- Ph.D.: Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center, College Station, TX
- Internship/Residency: Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
- Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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