Nephrology

Ying Chen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine (Nephrology)
- Email: ychen32@wustl.edu
A major focus of our lab is to investigate the molecular pathogenesis of kidney diseases mediated by dysfunction of organelles including endoplasmic reticulum (ER), mitochondria and lysosome (autophagy), to discover ER stress biomarkers, and to develop highly-targeted therapies by employing high-throughput drug screening.
Research keywords: ER; Mitochondria; Autophagy