Dr. Zhang Xin

Academic Degree: Bachelor of Science in Clinical Medicine

Professional Title: Associate Chief Physician

Expertise: 
Area of Focus: treating neurological conditions by surgery or integrated therapies of TCM and western medicine: 
 Neurological tumors: treating benign brain tumors including glioma and its post-operative care, meningioma, pituitary tumor and auditory neuroma; 
 Cerebrovascular disease: aneurysm clipping, resection of cerebral vascular malformation, and extracranial-intracranial bypass;
 Traumatic brain injury (TBI);
 Spinal tumors;
 Brain dysfunctions, ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus, and minimally invasive intracranial hematoma surgery.

Publications:
Zhang, X., Huang, L. F., Hua, L., Feng, H. K., & Shen, B. (2019). Resveratrol protects myocardial apoptosis induced by ischemia-reperfusion in rats with acute myocardial infarction via blocking P13K/Akt/e-NOS pathway. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences, 23(4), 1789–1796. https://doi.org/10.26355/eurrev_201902_17142

Huang, L., Li, X., Ye, H., Liu, Y., Liang, X., Yang, C., Hua, L., Yan, Z., & Zhang, X. (2020). Long non-coding RNA NCK1-AS1 promotes the tumorigenesis of glioma through sponging microRNA-138-2-3p and activating the TRIM24/Wnt/β-catenin axis. Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 39(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-020-01567-1

Huang, L., Chen, C., Zhang, X., Li, X., Chen, Z., Yang, C., Liang, X., Zhu, G., & Xu, Z. (2018). Neuroprotective Effect of Curcumin Against Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Via Mediating Autophagy and Inflammation. Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN, 64(1), 129–139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12031-017-1006-x

Zhang, X., Lu, X. M., Huang, L. F., & Ye, H. (2012). Copeptin is associated with one-year mortality and functional outcome in patients with acute spontaneous basal ganglia hemorrhage. Peptides, 33(2), 336–341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2012.01.011

Zhang, X., Lu, X. M., Huang, L. F., & Li, X. (2013). Prognostic value of leptin: 6-month outcome in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage. Peptides, 43, 133–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2013.03.010