Lijun Ma, Ph.D., M.D., Instructor Internal Medicine-Nephrology

Lijun Ma, Ph.D., M.D.

Instructor, Nephrology

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-2209 | Department: 336-716-4650

Education & Training

M.D., Nanjing Medical University-China , 1991
Ph.D., Nanjing Medical University-China , 1999
Residency, Nanjing University of Science & Technology Medical Center, 1994
Fellowship, National Institues of Health, 2004

Lijun Ma, Ph.D., M.D.

Instructor, Nephrology

Contact Information

Academic: 336-716-2209 | Department: 336-716-4650

Recent Publications

Ma L, Murea M, Snipes JA, Marinelarena A, Kruger J, Hicks PJ, Langberg KA, Bostrom MA, Cooke JN, Suzuki D, Babazono T, Uzu T, Tang SC, Mondal AK, Sharma NK, Kobes S, Antinozzi PA, Davis M, Das SK, Rasouli N, Kern PA,. An ACACB variant implicated in diabetic nephropathy associates with body mass index and gene expression in obese subjects. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56193.

Langberg KA, Ma L, Sharma NK, Hanis CL, Elbein SC [deceased], Hasstedt SJ, Das SK. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in JAZF1 and BCL11A gene are nominally associated with type 2 diabetes in African-American families from the GENNID study. J Hum Genet. 2012;57(1):57-61.

Murea M, Ma L, Freedman BI. Genetic and environmental factors associated with type 2 diabetes and diabetic vascular complications. Rev Diabet Stud. 2012;9(1):6-22.

Traurig MT, Perez JM, Ma L, Bian L, Kobes S, Hanson RL, Knowler WC, Krakoff JA, Bogardus C, Baier LJ. Variants in the LEPR gene are nominally associated with higher BMI and lower 24-h energy expenditure in Pima Indians. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012;20(12):2426-2430.

Chen Z, Freedman BI, Graham WD, Ross NA, Pollak MR, Ross MD, Murea M, Ma L, Antinozzi PA. Dose-dependent expression of ApoL1 protein sensitizes cell death pathways [abstract]. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012;23():136A.

Freedman BI, Murea M, Rocco MV, Ma L, Bowden DW, Ornelles DA, Kleiboeker S, Langefeld CD, Turner J, Divers J. JC polyoma virus interacts with apolipoprotein L1 genetic risk in African Americans with non-diabetic nephropathy [abstract]. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012;23():178A.

Murea M, Lu L, Ma L, Hicks PJ, Divers J, McDonough CW, Langefeld CD, Bowden DW, Freedman BI. Genome-wide association scan for survival on dialysis in African-Americans with type 2 diabetes. Am J Nephrol. 2011;33(6):502-509.

Das SK, Sharma NK, Hasstedt SJ, Mondal AK, Ma L, Langberg KA, Elbein SC [deceased]. An integrative genomics approach identifies activation of thioredoxin/thioredoxin reductase-1-mediated oxidative stress defense pathway and inhibition of angiogenesis in obese nondiabetic human subjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;96(8):E1308-1313.

Ma L, Mondal AK, Murea M, Sharma NK, Langberg KA, Das SK, Antinozzi PA, Parks JS, Elbein SC [deceased], Freedman BI, et al. The effect of ACACB cis-variants on gene expression and metabolic traits. PLoS ONE. 2011;6(8):e23860.

Freedman BI, Langefeld CD, Murea M, Ma L, Otvos JD, Turner J, Antinozzi PA, Rocco MV, Parks JS. Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) nephropathy risk variants associate with HDL subfraction concentration in African Americans [abstract]. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011;22(Abstract Suppl):178A.

Freedman BI, Langefeld CD, Murea M, Ma L, Otvos JD, Turner J, Antinozzi PA, Divers J, Hicks PJ, Bowden DW, Rocco MV, Parks JS. Apolipoprotein L1 nephropathy risk variants associate with HDL subfraction concentration in African Americans. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011;26(11):3805-3810.

Murea M, Freedman BI, Parks JS, Antinozzi PA, Elbein SC [deceased], Ma L. Lipotoxicity in diabetic nephropathy: the potential role of fatty acid oxidation. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;5(12):2373-2379.

Tang SCW, Leung VTM, Chan LYY, Ma L, Elbein SC [deceased], Bowden DW, Hicks PJ, Comeau ME, Langefeld CD, Freedman BI, et al. The acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase beta (ACACB) gene is associated with nephropathy in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010;25(12):3931-3934.

Antinozzi PA, Barnes BC, Deegan D, Ma L, Freedman BI, Murea M. Digital deconstruction of heterogeneous renal cell preparations with high-content imaging and cell specific biomarkers [abstract]. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010;21(Suppl):409A.