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Chengming Wang, DVM, PhD

Chengming Wang received his PhD in Biomedical Sciences (2005) and MS in Poultry Science (2002) from Auburn University.  He obtained MS in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (1992) from Nanjing Agricultural University and DVM from Anhui Science and Technology University (1989) in China.

334-844-2624
wangche@auburn.edu

Research Interests

PCR technology, pathogenesis of Chlamydia pneumoniae, influence of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection on the inflammatory disease, and feline immunodeficiency virus infection of domestic cats.

Selected Publications

Wang C, Ahluwalia SK, Li Y, Gao D, Poudel A, Chowdhury E, Boudreaux MK, and Kaltenboeck B. Frequency and therapy monitoring of canine Babesia spp. infection by high-resolution melting curve quantitative FRET-PCR. Veterinary Parasitology In Press

Shaheen BW, Boothe DM, Oyarzabal OM, Wang C, and Johnson CM. The contribution of gyrA mutation and efflux pumps to fluoroquinolone and multi-drug resistance in canine and feline pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from the USA. American Journal of Veterinary Research Accepted

Shaheen BW, Wang C, Johnson CM, Kaltenboeck B, and Boothe DM. Detection of fluoroquinolone resistance level in clinical canine and feline Escherichia coli pathogens using rapid and early real-time PCR assay. Veterinary Microbiology 139:379-385, 2009

Wang C, Gao D, and Kaltenboeck B. Acute Chlamydia pneumoniae re-infection accelerates the development of insulin resistance and diabetes in obese C57BL/6 mice. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 200:279-287, 2009

Wang C, van Ginkel F, Kim T, Li D, Li Y, Dennis JC, and Kaltenboeck B. Temporal delay of peak T cell immunity determines Chlamydia pneumoniae pulmonary disease in mice. Infection and Immunity 76:4913-4923, 2008

Li Y, Wang C, Allen KE, Little SE, Ahluwalia SK, Gao D, Macintire DK, Blagburn BL, and Kaltenboeck B. Diagnosis of canine Hepatozoon spp. infection by quantitative PCR. Veterinary Parasitology 157:50-58, 2008

Min-Oo G, Lindqvist L, Vaglenov A, Wang C, Fortin P, Li Y, Kaltenboeck B, and Gros F. Genetic control of susceptibility to pulmonary infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae in the mouse. Genes and Immunity 9:383-388, 2008

Wang C, Kim T, Gao D, Vaglenov A, and Kaltenboeck B. Rapid high-yield mRNA extraction for reverse-transcription PCR. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods 70:507-509, 2007

Wang C, and Kaltenboeck B. Application of real-time PCR in the molecular microbiology diagnostics. BIOforum Europe 3: 37-40, 2007

Diaz-Perez SV, Ferguson DO, Wang C, Csankovszki G, Wang C, Tsai S, Dutta D, Perez V, Kim S, Eller CD, Salstrom J, Ouyang Y, Teitell MA, Kaltenboeck B, Chess A, Huang S, and Marahrens Y. A deletion at the mouse Xist gene exposes trans-effects that alter the heterochromatin of the inactive X chromosome and the replication time and DNA stability of both X chromosomes. Genetics 174:1115-1133, 2006

Li D, Borovkov A, Vaglenov A, Wang C, Kim T, Gao D, Sykes KF, and Kaltenboeck B. Mouse model of respiratory Chlamydia pneumoniae infection for a genomic screen of subunit vaccine candidates. Vaccine 24: 2917-2927, 2006

Wang C, Norton RA, Macklin KS, and Krehling JT. The effect of chicken anemia and infectious bursal disease vaccines and Marek’s disease on the development of cellulites and myositis lesions in floored-reared MHC-defined broiler chickens. Journal of Applied Animal Research 27:1-5, 2005

Wang C, Macklin KS, Krehling JT, and Norton RA. Influence of infectious bursal disease and chicken anemia vaccines on the development of cellulitis and myositis lesions in cage-reared broilers. Journal of Applied Animal Research 27:65-69, 2005

Kaltenboeck B, and Wang C. Advances in Real Time PCR: Application to clinical laboratory diagnostics. In: Advances in Clinical Chemistry Editor: Greg Makowski. ELSEVIER. 40:219-259, 2005

Li D, Vaglenov A, Kim T, Wang C, Gao D, and Kaltenboeck B. High-yield culture and purification of Chlamydiaceae bacteria. Journal of Microbiological Methods 61:17-24, 2005

Wang C, Gao D, Vaglenov A, and Kaltenboeck B. One-step real-time duplex reverse transcription PCRs simultaneously quantify analyte and housekeeping gene mRNAs. BioTechniques 36:508-519, 2004