Hobbies and Interests: Swimming, history/archaeology, documentaries, cooking, road trips & Magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-g-HIFU) basic imaging research and clinical application
Education:
Graduate Degree: Master of Science, Molecular Imaging, Purdue University
Medical School: Shandong University Cheeloo College of Medicine, Jinan, China
Internship: Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Clinical/Research Interests:
Body Imaging/MRI
Select Publications:
DeVience, S.J., Lu, X., Proctor, J., Rangghran, P., Medina, J., Melhem, E.R., Gullapalli, R.P., Fiskum, G.M., & Mayer, D. Enhancing Metabolic Imaging of Energy Metabolism in Traumatic Brain Injury Using Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Pyruvate and Dichloroacetate. Metabolites. 2021, May; 11(6): 335. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 34073714. Pub Status: Published.
Cao, Q., Lu, X., Behnam, B., Pomper, M., He, J., Pi, L., Ren, B., Ying, Z., Saboury, B., Morris, M., & Dilsizian, V. Cis-4-[18F]fluoro-L-proline Molecular Imaging Experimental Liver Fibrosis. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 2020, May; 7(90): 1-16. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 32500081. Pub Status: Published.
Aicher, B.O., Mukhopadhyay, S., Lu, X., Muratoglu, S.C., Strickland, D.K., & Ucuzian, A.A. Quantitative Micro-CT Analysis of Aortopathy in a Mouse Model of Beta-aminopropionitrile-induced Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2018, Jul; 2018(137): 57589. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 30059027. Pub Status: Published.
Saboury, B., Morris, M., Lu, X., Behnam, B., Dilsizian, V., Pomper, M., Smith, M., & Cao, Q. Cis-4-[18F][1]fluoro-L-proline(18F-FP) Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Imaging (PET/CT) As a Novel Method to Quantify Liver Collagenogenesis in the Setting of Early Stage Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2018, May; 59(1): 267. Pub Status: Published.
Sun, X., Kim, S.P., Zhang, D., Sun, H., Cao, Q., Lu, X., Ying, Z., Li, L., Henry, R.R., Ciaraldi, T.P., Taylor, S.I., & Quon, M.J. Deletion of Interleukin 1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 1(IRAK1) Improves Glucose Tolerance Primarily by Increasing Insulin Sensitivity in Skeletal Muscle. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2017. Jul; 292(29): 12339-12350. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 28572512. Pub Status: Published.
DeVience, S.J., Lu, X., Proctor, J., Rangghran, P., Melhem, E.R., Gullapalli, R.P., Fiskum, G.M., & Mayer, D. Metabolic Imaging of Energy Metabolism in Traumatic Brain Injury Using Hyperpolarized [1-13C]Pyruvate. Scientific Reports. 2017, May; 7(1): 1907. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 28507314. Pub Status: Published.
Tang, S., Xu, S., Lu, X., Gullapalli, R.P., McKenna, M.C., & Waddell, J. Neuroprotective Effects of Acetyl-L-Carnitine on Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia Induced Brain Injury in Rats. Developmental Neuroscience. 2016, Dec; 38(5): 384-396. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 28226317. Pub Status: Published.
Zhou, Y., Kim, YS., Lu, X., & Liu, S. Evaluation of 99mTc-Labeled Cyclic RGD Dimers: Impact of Cyclic RGD Peptides and 99mTc Chelates on Biological Properties. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2012, Mar; 23(3): 586-595. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 22369387. Pub Status: Published.