Jizhen Lin, MD, PhD

Clinic Phone Number: 612-625-7400

Office Mail:
Room 216, LRB
2001 6th Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Office Location:
Room 216, LRB
2001 6th Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Email: linxx004@tc.umn.edu

Undergraduate Education: Fujian Medical University
Medical School: Fujian Medical University
Residency: Union Hospital of Fujian Medical University
Year started in department: 1991

Research Interests: Dr. Lin joined the department as a full-time researcher. Molecular biology of middle ear infectious diseases and genetic basis of inner ear hearing loss are Dr. Lin’s major interests. He has completed his master’s degree and international scholarship on the biochemistry and molecular biology in the ear. His laboratory is committed to identifying genes responsible for chronic otitis media and sensorineural hearing loss.

Research Lab: Auditory Molecular Biology Laboratory, Otitis Media Research Center

Lin J, Ho, SB, Shekels L, Paparella MM, Kim Y: Mucin gene expression in rat middle ear: An improved method for RNA harvest. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1999; 108:762-8.

Lin J, Vambutas A, Haruta A, Paparella, MM, Kim Y: Pneumococcus activation of the 5-lipoxygenase pathway and production of glycoproteins in the middle ear of rats. J Infect Dis 1999; 179:1145-51.

Kawano H, Paparella MM, Ho SB, Schachern PA, Morizono N, Le CT, Lin J: Identification of MUC5B mucin gene in human middle ear with chronic otitis media. Laryngoscope 2000; 110:668-73.

Lin J, Haruta A, Kawano H, Ho SB, Juhn SK, Giebink GS, Adams JL, Kim Y: TNF-a induces expression of MUC2 mucin gene in middle ear of rats: A potential cause for mucoid otitis media. J Infect Dis 2000; 882-7.

Lin J, Tsuprun V, Kawano H, Zhang Z, Anway R, Paparella MM, Ho SB: Characterization ofmucins in human middle ear and Eustachian tube. Am J Physiol 2001; in press.