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Ming Zhang

Associate Professor

Ming Zhang

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy

Bio

My professional interests are in the pathogenesis of herpes ocular infections and exploration of minimally invasive strategies to enhance innate immune responses or prevent death of uninfected bystander retinal cells.

  • MZHANG@augusta.edu
  • (706) 721-6772
  • (706) 721-6120
  • CB 2916A

Education

  • Ph.D., Medical Clinical Sci /Graduate Tongji Med Univ, 1992

  • MS, Medical Clinical Sci /Graduate Tongji Med Univ, 1988

  • MD, Medicine Hubei Med Univ, 1985

Awards & Honors

  • Exemplary Teaching Award in recognition of excellence in teaching for Anatomy/Histology Medical College of Georgia (MCG), 2024

  • The Experimental Uveitis Research Award German Uveitis Patient Interest Group, 2006

  • Retina Research Foundation/Joseph M. and Eula C. Lawrence Travel Fellowship Grant ARVO, 1997

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • ANAT 8050

    Graduate Histology

  • ANAT 8090

    Current Topics in Cellular Bio

Teaching Interests

Guiding medical students in the histology/pathology laboratories, component of the Pre-Clerkship and delivering the lecture to medical students on Histology of the Liver, Pancreas and Gallbladder; teaching of graduate students.

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Depletion of caspase-12 alleviates retinal degeneration in aged BALB/c mice following systemic neonatal infection by murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV)., 2025
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • HIF-1 contributes to autophagy activation via BNIP3 to facilitate renal fibrosis in hypoxia in vitro and UUO in vivo., 2024
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Autophagy activates EGR1 via MAPK/ERK to induce FGF2 in renal tubular cells for fibroblast activation and fibrosis during maladaptive kidney repair., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Transcriptome analysis of retinal and choroidal pathologies in aged BALB/c mice following systemic neonatal murine cytomegalovirus infection., 2023
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Single-Nucleus Transcriptional Profiling of Chronic Kidney Disease after Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

The primary objective of our research program is to understand the pathogenesis of cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus ocular infections by using mouse models and organatypic retinal culture models. Our current work includes: 1. examining mechanisms of death of bystander retinal cells during MCMV infection. 2. investigating if and how cytomegalovirus contributes to the development of age-related retinal degeneration (AMD).

Department Service

  • Faculty recruitment committee 2025 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • Journal of Ophthalmology 2015 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article

  • Journal of Antivirals, Antiretrovirals Research and Therapy 2014 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article

  • Medical Research Foundation Grant 2014 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Grant Proposal

  • Molecular Vision 2014 - Present

    Role: Reviewer

  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS) 2014 - Present

    Role: Reviewer