Title: Using pig as a model system in human biomedical research- is sialic acid in milk food for the brain?

Speaker: Dr.WANG Bing

Time: 2012.11.13. 4pm

Place: IOZ-D122

Selected Publications：

1. Wang B. Molecular Mechanism Underlying Sialic Acid as an Essential Nutrient for Brain Development and Cognition. Adv Nutr. 2012;3:4655-4725.

2. Chen HJ, Wang P, Han YF; Ma J; Troy II FA; Wang B. Evaluation of dietary intakelactating women in China and its potential impact on the health of mothers and infants. BMC Women's Health 2012;12:18. 6874-12-18.

4.Wang F, Wang B. The Deaminated Sugar Acid, KDN (2-keoto-3-deoxy-d-glycero-dgalacto- nonomic Acid in Human Cancers. Progress in Modern Biomedicine 2011;24:5152-5155.

5. Wang F, Wang B, Troy II FA. Identification and Quantification of the Sialic Acids (Nacetylneuraminic acid [Neu5Ac], N-glycolylneuraminic Acid [Neu5Gc] and the Deaminated Sugar Acid, KDN (2-keoto-3-deoxy-d-glycero-d-galacto-nonomic Acid in Human Cancers. Glycobiology 2011:21.

6. Wang B, Yu B, Karim M, Hu H, Sun Y, Petocz P, Held S, McGreevy P, Brand-Miller J. Dietary sialic acid supplementation improves learning and memory in piglets. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:561-9.

7. Wang B, Downing J, Petocz P, Brand-Miller J, Bryden W. Metabolic fate of

intravenously administered N-acetylneuraminic acid-6-14C in newborn piglets. Asia Pacific J Clin Nutr 2007;16 :110-115.

8. Wang B, Hu H, Yu B Molecular Characterisation of pig Polysialyltransferase (ST8SiaIV)- a critical gene for the formation of neural cell adhesion molecule and its response to sialic acid supplement in Piglets. Nutr Neurosci 2006: 9:147-154.

Contact: Prof. ZHAO Jian-guo 64806259