Email

Positions

Research Assistant II

Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Neurosensory Center (NEUR) (Lab)

Room: NEUR-NC304
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
dingwei.zhao@bcm.edu

Education

BS from Northwest A&F University

06/2019 - Yangling, China

Food Science and Engineering

PhD from Peking University

06/2025 - Beijing, China

Chemistry (Chemical Genomics)

Websites

Selected Publications

• Zhou, Y.#, Zhao, D.#, Ma, Q., Xu, J., Cai, Y., Yang, Q., Da, Q., Sheridan, K., Zhang, C., Miller, C. L., Malhotra, R., Xu, S., Hong, M., & Huo, Y. " Endothelial adenosine receptor 2A loss alleviates diabetic vascular calcification by blocking CREB1-SNAI1-driven EndMT " Pharmacological Research. 2025 Oct 9; 221 : 107981.
  Pubmed PMID: 41067595.
• Da, Q., Cai, Y., Ma, Q., Yang, Q., Cao, Y., Zhou, Y., Zhao, D., Liu, Z., Xu, J., Quan, J., Zhang, L., Wang, R., Jiang, X., Liu, X., Ouyang, K., Han, Z., Liu, J., Wang, T., Zhang, C., Weintraub, N. L., … Huo, Y. " PFKFB3 activates CAD to enhance de novo pyrimidine synthesis for cell growth " Cell Reports. 2025 Aug 26; 44 (8) : 116071.
  Pubmed PMID: 40742808.
• Xu, J.#, Liu, Z.#, Yang, Q.#, Ma, Q., Zhou, Y., Cai, Y., Zhao, D., Zhao, G., Lu, T., Ouyang, K., Hong, M., Kim, H. W., Shi, H., Zhang, J., Fulton, D., Miller, C., Malhotra, R., Weintraub, N. L., & Huo, Y. " Adenosine kinase inhibition protects mice from abdominal aortic aneurysm via epigenetic modulation of VSMC inflammation " Cardiovascular Research. 2024 Sep 2; 120 (10) : 1202–1217.
  Pubmed PMID: 38722818.
• Cai, Y.#, Zhou, Y.#, Yang, Q.#, Xu, J., Da, Q., Ma, Q., Zhao, D., Lu, T., Kim, H. W., Fulton, D., Jiang, X., Weintraub, N. L., Dong, K., Xu, S., Hong, M., Liu, Z., & Huo, Y. " Blockade of endothelial adenosine receptor 2 A suppresses atherosclerosis in vivo through inhibiting CREB-ALK5-mediated endothelial to mesenchymal transition " Pharmacological Research. 2025 May ; 203 : 107156.
  Pubmed PMID: 38522762.
• Yang, Q., Cai, Y., Ma, Q., Xiong, A., Xu, P., Zhang, Z., Xu, J., Zhou, Y., Liu, Z., Zhao, D., Asara, J., Li, W., Shi, H., Caldwell, R. B., Sodhi, A., & Huo, Y. " Inactivation of adenosine receptor 2A suppresses endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition and inhibits subretinal fibrosis in mice " Science Translational Medicine. 2024 Mar 6; 16 (737) : eadk3868.
  Pubmed PMID: 38446902.
• Ma, Q., Yang, Q., Xu, J., Sellers, H. G., Brown, Z. L., Liu, Z., Bordan, Z., Shi, X., Zhao, D., Cai, Y., Pareek, V., Zhang, C., Wu, G., Dong, Z., Verin, A. D., Gan, L., Du, Q., Benkovic, S. J., Xu, S., Asara, J. M., … Huo, Y. " Purine synthesis suppression reduces the development and progression of pulmonary hypertension in rodent models " European Heart Journal. 2023 Apr 7; 44 (14) : 1265–1279.
  Pubmed PMID: 36721994.
• Da, Q., Ren, M., Huang, L., Qu, J., Yang, Q., Xu, J., Ma, Q., Mao, X., Cai, Y., Zhao, D., Luo, J., Yan, Z., Sun, L., Ouyang, K., Zhang, X., Han, Z., Liu, J., & Wang, T. " Identification and Validation of a Ferroptosis-Related Signature for Predicting Prognosis and Immune Microenvironment in Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma " International Journal of General Medicine. 2022 Mar 15; 15 : 2963–2977.
  Pubmed PMID: 35313551.
• Zhao, D., Guo, C., Liu, X., & Xiao, C. " Effects of insoluble dietary fiber from kiwi fruit pomace on the physicochemical properties and sensory characteristics of low-fat pork meatballs " Journal of Food Science and Technology. 2020 Aug 7; 58 (4) : 1524–1537.
  Pubmed PMID: 33746280.
• Zhou, Y., Zhao, D., Ma, Q., Lee, S., Roh, K., Cai, Y., Xu, J., Yang, Q., Da, Q., Liu, Z., Ouyang, K., Chantemele, E. J. B., Hong, M., Miller, C. L., Malhotra, R., Zhang, C., Xu, S., & Huo, Y.. " Targeting adenosine 2 A receptor signaling suppresses vascular calcification by restraining smooth muscle osteogenic differentiation " Pharmacological Research. 2025 Oct 25; 221 : 108012.
  Pubmed PMID: 41201506.