![]() | Assistant Professor Main Office Address The Johns Hopkins Hospital Phone: 410-502-2866 E-mail: wduan2@jhmi.edu
Eileen Kasda |
Education
1992 | M.D. | Shanxi Medical University (PR China) |
1998 | Ph.D. | Peking Union Medical University (PR China) |
1998-2000 | Post-Doctoral Fellowship | University of Kentucky |
Professional Interests
Therapeutic development in Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease
Selected Publications
Duan W, Zhu X, Ladenheim B, Yu QS, Guo ZH, Olyer J,Cutler RG, Cadet JL, Greig NH and Mattson MP . Synthetic p53 Inhibitors Preserve Dopaminergic Neurons and Motor Function in Experimental Parkinsonism. Ann Neurol 2002 ; 52:597-606.
Duan W, Guo ZH, Jiang HY, Ware M, Li XJ, Mattson MP. Dietary Restriction Normalizes Glucose Metabolism and BDNF Levels, Slows Disease Progression and Increases Survival in Huntingtin Mutant Mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 2003 Mar 4;100(5):2911-6.
Duan W, Guo ZH, Jiang H, Ware M, Mattson MP. Reversal of behavioral and metabolic abnormalities, and insulin resistance syndrome, by dietary restriction in mice deficient in brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Endocrinology 2003, Jun;144(6):2446-53.
Duan W, Guo Z, Jiang H, Ladenheim B, Xu X, Cadet JL, Mattson MP. Paroxetine retards disease onset and progression in Huntingtin mutant mice. Ann Neurol 2004, 55(4):590-4.
Wang W, Duan W, Igarashi S, Morita H, Nakamura M, Ross CA. Compounds blocking mutant huntingtin toxicity identified using a Huntington's disease neuronal cell model. Neurobiol Dis. 2005,20(2):500-8.







