Faculty & Staff

Post Doctoral Fellows

Cheng Chen, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Cardiology), UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, Vascular Medicine Institute




 


Peer Reviewed Articles

1.  Chen C, Somavat P, Singh V, Gonzalez de Mejia E. Chemical characterization of proanthocyanidins in purple, blue, and red maize coproducts from different milling processes and their anti-inflammatory properties. Industrial Crops and Products 2017;109:464–475.

2. Das T, Dvoretskiy S, Chen C, Luo M, Pereira S. Fish Oil, Plant Polyphenols, and Their Combinations Have No Tumor Growth Promoting Effects on Human Lung and Colon Carcinoma Xenograft Mice. J Diet Suppl 2022 Jan 5;1-16. doi: 10.1080/19390211.2021.2021344.

3. Zeng P, Chen C, Lof J, Stolze E, Li S, Chen X, Pacella JJ, Villanueva FS, Matsunaga T, Everbach EC, Xie F, Porter T. Acoustic detection of retained perfluoropropane droplets within the developing myocardial infarct zone. Ultrasound Med Biol 2022 Nov;48(11):2322-2334. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2022.07.005. Epub 2022 August 30.

 

Abstracts and Presentations

1. Chen C, Li Q, Somavat P, Singh V, Gonzalez de Mejia E. Effect of processing methods on proanthocyanidins from purple corn. Institute of Food Technologists 2016, Chicago.

2. Chen C, Somavat P, Singh V, Gonzalez de Mejia E. Characterization of chemical and biological properties of proanthocyanidins from color corn after different processing methods. American Chemical Society 2017, San Francisco.

3. Oyirifi ABW, Chen C, Nelson ER, Hughes JR, Joyce KM, Helferich WG. Eat to survive: Consumption of peroxidized lipid products in frying oil may mediate metastatic tumor vascularity. Experimental Biology 2018, San Diego.

4. Joyce K, Chen C, Hughes J, Oyirifi A, Helferich W. In Vitro Effects of Polar Materials from Thermally Abused Frying Oil on Mammary Carcinoma Cell Migration (P05-004-19). Curr Dev Nutr. 2019 Jun 13;3(Suppl 1):nzz030.P05-004-19. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzz030.P05-004-19. PMCID: PMC6574579.

5. Chen C, Chen JJ, Ma L, Helferich WG, Nelson ER. Consumption of oil derived from frying bacon increases breast cancer metastasis. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019; 2019 Mar 29-Apr 3; Atlanta, GA. Philadelphia, PA: AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 1893.

6. Li S, Zeng P, Chen C, Lof J, Stolze E, Chen X, Pacella JJ, Villanueva FS, Matsunaga T, Everbach EC, Xie F, Porter TR.  Delineation of right and left regional ventricular function with selective microvascular enhancement following perfluoroprane droplet activation imaging. The 27th European Symposium on Ultrasound Contrast Imaging, 21-22 January 2022.

7. Porter TR, Li S, Zeng P, Chen C, Lof J, Stolze E, Chen X, Pacella JJ, Villanueva FS, Matsunaga T, Everbach EC, Fei H, Xiee F. Delineation of right and left regional ventricular function with selective microvascular enhancement following perfluoroprane droplet activation imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol 2022 Mar;79 (9_Supplement):1203.

8. Chen C, Zeng P, Matsunaga T, Pacella JJ, Everbach EC, Lof J, Xie F, Porter T, Villanueva FS, Chen X. Myocardial Scar Detection and Quantification Using Phase Change Ultrasound Contrast Agents. J Am Soc Echo 2022 July;35(7):e1-e103. American Society of Echocardiography, 33rd annual meeting, Seattle.

9. Li S, Xie F, Chen X, Chen C, Matsunaga T, Pacella J, Villaneuva F,  Everbach EC, Porter TR. Effect of Body Temperature on Intravenous Perfluoropropane Microvascular Droplet Activation to Detect Myocardial Scar Formation.  J Am Soc Echo 2022 July;35(7):e1-e103. American Society of Echocardiography, 33rd annual meeting, Seattle.