Beishan Chen

ORCID: 0009-0002-0994-406X
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Research Areas
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • interferon and immune responses
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Diet and metabolism studies

University of Pennsylvania
2023-2024

Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is a progressive disorder caused by insufficient expression of frataxin, which plays critical role in assembly iron-sulfur centers mitochondria. Individuals are cognitively normal but display loss motor coordination and cardiac abnormalities. Many ultimately develop heart failure. Administration nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-positive (NAD+) precursors has shown promise human mitochondrial myopathy rodent models failure, including mice lacking frataxin...

10.1172/jci.insight.177152 article EN PubMed 2024-07-18
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