Position Title

Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Louisville
Department of Health and Sports Sciences

Areas of Interest

The regulation of proinsulin folding by ER co-chaperones in pancreatic β-cells

Publications

1. Barrabi C, Zhang K, Liu M, Chen X. Pancreatic beta cell ER export in health and diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2023 Apr 21;14:1155779. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1155779. eCollection 2023.PMID: 37152949. Review
2. Zhu R, Li X, Xu J, Barrabi C, Kekulandara D, Woods J, Chen X, Liu M. Defective endoplasmic reticulum export causes proinsulin misfolding in pancreatic β cells. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2019 May 31:110470. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2019.110470. PMID: 31158417

Education

Ph.D. - Wayne State University, Department of Physiology

B.S. - Florida International University (Major: Psychology; Minor: Biology)

Advisor

Xuequn Chen, Ph.D.

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