Qing Miao, PhD                  

Titles
Investigator, Chidlren's Research Institute; assistant professor, Pediatrics (Surgery and Pathology), Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Pathology, Surgery

Study interests
Angiogenesis, endothelial and stem cell biology, vasculogenesis.

Education
Doctorate, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, 1997-2002; postdoctoral fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.; 2002-2006.

Honors
The President's Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1996; postdoctoral fellowship awards, Philip Morris External Research Program, 2004; Merit Award for Young Investigators, American Heart Association's Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 2006; Scientist Development Grant, American Heart Association, 2007.

Representative publications

• Miao RQ, Murakami H, Song Q, Chao L, Chao J. Kallistatin Stimulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Migration In Vitro and Neointima Formation in Balloon-injured Rat Artery. Circulation Research. 2000; 86:418-424.
• Miao RQ, Agata J, Chao L, Choa J. Kallistatin is a New Endogenous Inhibitor of Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth. Blood. 2002; 100:3245-3252.
• Miao RQ, Chen V, Chao L, Chao J. The Pivotal Structure Elements of Kallistatin in the Inhibition of Angiogenesis. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 2003; 284:C1604-1613.
• Acevedo L, Yu J, Erdjument-Bromage H, Miao RQ, Kim JE, Fulton D, Tempst P, Strittmatter SM, Sessa WC. A New Role for Nogo as a Regulator of Vascular Remodeling. Nature Medicine. 2004; 10:382-388.
• Miao RQ, Gao Y, Harrison KD, Prendergast J, Acevedo LM, Yu J, Hu F, Strittmatter SM, Sessa WC. Identification of a Receptor Necessary for Nogo-B Stimulated Chemotaxis of Endothelial Cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2006; 103:10997-11002.
• Miao RQ, Fontana J, Fulton D, Lin MI, Harrison KD, Sessa WC. Dominant-negative Hsp90 Reduces VEGF-stimulated Nitric Oxide Release and Migration in Endothelial Cells. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 2008; 28:105-111.

Grants

• Role of Nogo-B Receptor in Regulating Endothelial Cell Functions, 2007-2010, American Heart Association, principal investigator.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
C4445
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 955-5701
Fax: (414) 955-6473
E-mail: qmiao@mcw.edu