Jinhai Yu, Ph.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Jinhai Yu obtained his PhD in Cell Biology in 2014 from Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences for research on lipid droplet biology in brown adipose tissue and adrenal gland. From 2014-2018 he was a postdoctoral research scientist in Tsinghua Univeristy where he studied fatty acids and mTOR signaling. From 2018-2021 he was a postdoctoral research scientist in the Center for Human Nutrition at UT Southwestern where he studied non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) associated Cachexia.

Now he focuses on studying how STK11/LKB1 mutants in NSCLC cause cachexia through GDF15.

Research Interest

Publications

Integrated transcriptome analysis reveals miRNA-mRNA crosstalk in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma: Zhang Y, Chen Y, Yu J, Liu G, Huang Z Genomics 2014 Oct 104 249-256
Integrated omics study delineates the dynamics of lipid droplets in Rhodococcus opacus PD630: Chen Y, Ding Y, Yang L, Yu J, Liu G, Wang X, Zhang S, Yu D, Song L, Zhang H, Zhang C, Huo L, Huo C, Wang Y, Du Y, Zhang H, Zhang P, Na H, Xu S, Zhu Y, Xie Z, He T, Zhang Y, Wang G, Fan Z, Yang F, Liu H, Wang X, Zhang X, Zhang MQ, Li Y, Steinbüchel A, Toyoshi F, Simon C, Yu J, Liu P Nucleic acids research 2014 Jan 42 1052-1064
Isolating lipid droplets from multiple species: Ding Y, Zhang S, Yang L, Na H, Zhang P, Zhang H, Wang Y, Chen Y, Yu J, Huo C, Xu S, Garaiova M, Cong Y, Liu P Nature Protocols 2013 Jan 8 43-51
The proteomics of lipid droplets: Structure, dynamics, and functions of the organelle conserved from bacteria to humans: Yang L, Ding Y, Chen Y, Zhang S, Huo C, Wang Y, Yu J, Zhang P, Na H, Zhang H, Ma Y, Liu P Journal of lipid research 2012 Jul 53 1245-1253
Identification of the major functional proteins of prokaryotic lipid droplets: Ding Y, Yang L, Zhang S, Wang Y, Du Y, Pu J, Peng G, Chen Y, Zhang H, Yu J, Hang H, Wu P, Yang F, Yang H, Steinbuc̈hel A, Liu P Journal of lipid research 2012 Mar 53 399-411
Proteome of skeletal muscle lipid droplet reveals association with mitochondria and apolipoprotein A-I: Zhang H, Wang Y, Li J, Yu J, Pu J, Li L, Zhang H, Zhang S, Peng G, Yang F, Liu P Journal of Proteome Research 2011 Oct 10 4757-4768
Oleate blocks palmitate-induced abnormal lipid distribution, endoplasmic reticulum expansion and stress, and insulin resistance in skeletal muscle: Peng G, Li L, Liu Y, Pu J, Zhang S, Yu J, Zhao J, Liu P Endocrinology 2011 Jun 152 2206-2218

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