Heng-Jie Cheng, MD, PhD, FAHA
- Associate Professor, Cardiology

Heng-Jie Cheng, MD, PhD, FAHA
- Associate Professor, Cardiology
Research Interests
- Cardiac Function
- Molecular Medicine
- Cardiomyocyte Regeneration
- Education
- PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1991
- Fellowship
- Hematology And Oncology, Washington State University, 1992
- Pathobiology, National Institutes of Health, 1999
- Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2001
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Cardiology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Sciences Center
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer's Prevention
Research
- Critical role of the chymase/angiotensin-(1-12) axis in modulating cardiomyocyte contractility. Li T, Zhang X, Cheng HJ, Zhang Z, Ahmad S, Varagic J, Li W, Cheng CP, Ferrario CM. Int. J. Cardiol. 2018 08; 264:137-144.
- 3D bioprinted functional and contractile cardiac tissue constructs. Wang Z, Lee SJ, Cheng HJ, Yoo JJ, Atala A. Acta Biomater. 2018 04; 70:48-56.
- C-Type Natriuretic Peptide Improves Left Ventricular Functional Performance at Rest and Restores Normal Exercise Responses after Heart Failure. Li T, Cheng HJ, Ohte N, Hasegawa H, Morimoto A, Herrington DM, Little WC, Li W, Cheng CP. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 2016 06; 357(3):545-53.
- Modulation of cardiac L-type Ca2+ current by angiotensin-(1-7): normal versus heart failure. Zhou P, Cheng CP, Li T, Ferrario CM, Cheng HJ. Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis. 2015 Dec; 9(6):342-53.
- ß3-Adrenergic receptor antagonist improves exercise performance in pacing-induced heart failure. Masutani S, Cheng HJ, Morimoto A, Hasegawa H, Han QH, Little WC, Cheng CP. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 2013 Sep; 305(6):H923-30.