Jimin Ren, PhD

Assistant Professor
Advanced Imaging Research Center, Radiology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-645-2723
Office Fax: 214-645-2744

jimin.ren@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolChinese Academy of Sciences Changchun Institute, Chemistry (1985)
UndergraduateDalian University of Technology, Physics (1979)

Research Interests

1H and 13C MR spectroscopy
Exercise, aging and development of metabolic diseases
In vivo CEST effect
Skeletal muscle metabolism

Publications

In vivo off-resonance saturation magnetic resonance imaging of AvB3?targeted superparamagnetic nanoparticles

Khemtong, Chalermchai; Kessinger, Chase W.; Ren, Jimin; Bey, Erik, A.; Yang, Su-Geun; Guthi, Jagadeesh S.; Boothman, David A.; Sherry, A. Dean; Gao, Jinming , Cancer Res, , 2009; (69(4)):1651-8

In vivo off-resonance saturation magnetic resonance imaging of AvB3?targeted superparamagnetic nanoparticles

Khemtong, Chalermchai; Kessinger, Chase W.; Ren, Jimin; Bey, Erik, A.; Yang, Su-Geun; Guthi, Jagadeesh S.; Boothman, David A.; Sherry, A. Dean; Gao, Jinming , Cancer Res, , 2009; (69(4)):1651-8

Molecular mechanisms of hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in the AGPAT2-deficient mouse model of congenital generalized lipodystrophy

Cortes VA, Curtis DE, Sukumaran S, Shao X, Parameswara V, Rashid S, Smith AR, Ren J, Esser V, Hammer RE, Agarwal AK, Horton JD, Garg A , Cell Metab, , 2009; (9(2)):165-76

Orientation of lipid strands in the extracellular compartment of muscle: Effect on quantitation of intramyocellular lipids

Khuu, Anthony; Ren, Jimin; Dimitrov, Ivan; Woessner Donald; Murdoch, James; Sherry, A. Dean; Malloy, Craig R. , Magn Reson Med, , 2009; (61(1)):16-21

Composition of adipose tissue and marrow fat in humans by 1H NMR at 7 Tesla

Ren, Jimin; Dimitrov, Ivan; Sherry, A. Dean; Malloy, Craig R. , J Lipid Res, , 2008; (49(9)):2055-62

Imaging the tissue distribution of glucose in livers using PARACEST sensor

Ren, Jimin; Trokowski, Robert; Zhang, Shanrong; Malloy, Craig R.; Sherry, A. , Magn Reson Med, 2008 , 2008; (60(5)):1047-55