Zhijun Shen, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Phone: (843) 792-6454
Fax: (843) 792-2747
Email: shenz@musc.edu

Education:

Nanjing Railway Medical College, China M.D. 1978-1983 Medicine;
Shanghai Second Medical University, China M.Sc. 1986-1989 Otolaryngology;
Biophysics Laboratory Boys Town Nat. Research, NE Post-doc 1992-1997 Inner Ear Ion Transport;
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Case Western Res. Post-doc 1997-1998 Cardiac Ion Channels.

Research Interests:

• Ion homeostasis in inner ear
• Ionic mechanisms of cell death in inner ear
• Vascular biology of aging in inner ear

Selected Recent Publications:

Liang F, Niedzielski A, Schulte BA, Spicer SS, Hazen-Martin DJ, Shen Z. A voltage- and Ca2+ dependent big conductance K channel in cochlear spiral ligament fibrocytes. Pflugers Arch. 445(6):683-692, 2003.

Shen Z, Liang F, Hazen-Martin DJ, Schulte BA. BK channels mediate the voltage-dependent outward current in type I spiral ligament fibrocytes. Hearing Res. 187(1-2):35-43, 2004.

Liang F, Hu W, Schulte BA, Mao C, Qu C, Hazen-Martin DJ, Shen Z. Identification and characterization of an L-type Ca v 1,2 channel in the type I spiral ligament fibrocytes og gerbil inner ear. Mol Brain Res., (in press), 2004.