PD Dr. Xiangang Zong, M.D.
Ion Channels
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Address |
PD. Dr. Xiangang Zong, M.D. |
| Phone | +49 (0)89 2180-77323 | |
| Fax | +49 (0)89 2180-77326 | |
| Room | C4.047A | |
| xiangang.zong@cup.uni-muenchen.de | ||
| Internet | Webseite |
Research interests
- Relationships between molecular structure and function of CNG and HCN channels
- Functional modulations of CNG and HCN channels
- Pharmacology of CNG and HCN channels
Short CV
- 1972-1975: Undergraduate student in Faculty of Medicine, Wuhan Medical College, China
- 1978-1981: Postgraduate student towards the Master degree of Medical Science in Dept. of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical University, China
- 1981-1989: Assistant and Docent in Dept. of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical University, China
- 1986-1988: Postgraduate student towards the Doctor degree of Medical Science in Dept. of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical University, China
- 1989 -1990: Postdoc and Scientist in Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University Munich
- 1991-1992: Postdoc and Scientist in Dept. of Neurophysiology, Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Planegg- Martinsried
- 1993-2000: Postdoc and Scientist in Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University Munich
- 1994-2000: Habilitation in Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University Munich
- Jul. 2000: Privatdozent in Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University Munich
- Since Nov. 2000: Privatdozent in Pharmacological division of Departement Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich
Key publications
- Ludwig A., XG. Zong, M. Jeglitsch, F. Hofmann, and M. Biel. A family of hyperpolarization-activated mammalian cation channels. Nature 1998; 393: 587-591.
- Zong X., C. Eckert, H. Yuan, C. Wahl-Schott, H. Abicht, L. Fang, R. Li, P. Mistrik, A. Gerstner, B. Much, L. Baumann, S. Michalakis, R. Zeng, Z. Chen, M. Biel. A Novel Mechanism of Modulation of Hyperpolarization-activated Cyclic Nucleotide-gated Channels by Src Kinase. J. Biol. Chem. 2005; 280: 34224-32.
- Anne Knaus, Xiangang Zong, Nadine Beetz, Roland Jahns, Martin J. Lohse, Martin Biel, Lutz Hein. Direct inhibition of cardiac HCN pacemaker channels by clonidine. Circulation 2007, 115: 872-880.