Administration Committee,Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases Hong Kong Baptist University

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◆ Professor of Chinese Medicine
◆ Associate Vice-Presidents of Hong Kong Baptist University
◆ Major: Internal Medicine
◆ E-mail: bzxiang@hkbu.edu.hk

Name: Bian Zhaoxiang

Academic qualifications:
1984.9-1988.7	B. Med	Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, P. R. CHINA
1988.9-1991.7	M. Med.	Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, P. R. CHINA
1991.9-1994.7	Ph.D.	Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, P. R. CHINA

Previous academic positions held:
1994.7-1995.11	Lecturer	Institute of Digestive Diseases Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, P. R. China
1996.4-2000.1	Associate Professor and Physician of Internal Medicine	Institute of Digestive Diseases Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, P. R. China.
2000.2-2001.4	Associate Professor and Deputy Academic Registrar	Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, P. R. China
2001.5-2010.8	Assistant Professor and Director, Clinical Division	School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Present academic position:

2010.9-

Professor and Director,

Clinical Division

School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Previous relevant research work:

Research area

Mechanism of development of irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and colorectal cancer; Therapeutic effects of Traditional Chinese medicine and their mechanism for digestive diseases

Publication Records: 3 Theses; 14 Book Chapters; 62 SCI Papers; Sum of the Times cited (excluding self-citation): 385; h-index: 12

Ten Representative publications in the past ten years

1.	Bian ZX.Novel insights about the mechanism of visceral hypersensitivity in maternally separated rats. Neurogastroent & Motil,* 2012; 24(7): 593-6.
2.	Zhang XJ, Choi FFK, Yan Z, Leung FP, Tan S, Lin SH, Xu HX, Jia W, Sung JJY, Cai ZW, Bian ZX*. Metabolite profiling of plasma and urine from rats with TNBS-induced acute colitis using UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS-based metabonomics. FEBS J, 2012, 279: 2322–2331.
3.	Qin HY, Xiao HT, Leung FP, Wu JCY, Sung JJY, Xu HX, Tong XD, Bian ZX*. JCM-16021, a Chinese herbal formula, attenuated visceral hyperalgesia in TNBS-induced post-inflammatory irritable bowel syndrome rats through reducing colonic EC cell hyperplasia and serotonin availability.Evid.-based Complement Altern. Med., 2012; 239638.
4.	Tsang SW, Zhao M, Wu J, Sung JJ, Bian ZX*. Nerve growth factor-mediated neuronal plasticity in spinal cord contributes to neonatal maternal separation-induced visceral hypersensitivity in rats.Eur J Pain. 2012;16(4):463-72.
5.	Luo JL, Qin HY, Wong CK, Tsang SY, Huang Y, Bian ZX*. Enhanced Excitability and Down-Regulated Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels in Colonic DRG Neurons from Neonatal Maternal Separation Rats.J Pain., 2011, 12(5): 600-9.
6.	Bian ZX*, Shang HC. CONSORT 2010 statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomized trials.Ann Intern Med., 2011, 154(4):290-1.
7.	Cheng CW, Bian ZX*, et al. Efficacy of a Chinese herbal proprietary medicine (Hemp Seed Pill) for functional constipation.Am J Gastroenterol., 2011, 106(1):120-9.
8.	Bian ZX, Qin HY, Tian SL, Qi SD. Combined effect of early life stress and acute stress on colonic sensory and motor responses through serotonin pathways: differences between proximal and distal colon in rats. Stress.*2011;14(4):448-58.
9.	Zhang M, Leung FP, Huang Y, Bian ZX*. Increased colonic motility in a rat model of irritable bowel syndrome is associated with up-regulation of L-type calcium channels in colonic smooth muscle cells.Neurogastroent & Motil, 2010, 22(5): 162-70.
10.	Zhang XJ, Chen HL, Li Z, Zhang HQ, Xu HX, Sung JJ, Bian ZX*. Analgesic effect of paeoniflorin in rats with neonatal maternal separation-induced visceral hyperalgesia is mediated through adenosine A(1) receptor by inhibiting the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) pathway.Pharmacol Biochem Behav, 2009, 94(1): 88-97.