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Chuanhai Zhang, Ph.D.

Titles and Appointments

Instructor

School
Medical School
Department
Physiology
Graduate Programs
Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Development and Disease
  • Research Interest
    • Lipid metabolism
    • Metabolic disease (Obesity/Diabetes/MAFLD/MASH/Cancer)
    • Sympathetic innervation
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    CLSTN3B promotes lipid droplet maturation and lipid storage in mouse adipocytes.
    Zhang C, Ye M, Melikov K, Yang D, Vale GDD, McDonald J, Eckert K, Lin MJ, Zeng X, Nat Commun 2024 Nov 15 1 9475
    Clinical characteristics and treatment compounds of obesity-related kidney injury.
    Mao TH, Huang HQ, Zhang CH, World J Diabetes 2024 Jun 15 6 1091-1110
    Hypothalamic Grb10 enhances leptin signalling and promotes weight loss.
    Liu H, He Y, Bai J, Zhang C, Zhang F, Yang Y, Luo H, Yu M, Liu H, Tu L, Zhang N, Yin N, Han J, Yan Z, Scarcelli NA, Conde KM, Wang M, Bean JC, Potts CHS, Wang C, Hu F, Liu F, Xu Y, Nat Metab 2023 Jan 5 1 147-164
    Brown adipose tissue activation by ginsenoside compound K treatment ameliorates polycystic ovary syndrome.
    Ye R, Yan C, Zhou H, Zhang C, Huang Y, Dong M, Zhang H, Lin J, Jiang X, Yuan S, Chen L, Jiang R, Cheng Z, Zheng K, Yu A, Zhang Q, Quan LH, Jin W, Br J Pharmacol 2022 Jun
    ACE2 pathway regulates thermogenesis and energy metabolism.
    Cao X, Shi TT, Zhang CH, Jin WZ, Song LN, Zhang YC, Liu JY, Yang FY, Rotimi CN, Xu A, Yang JK, Elife 2022 Jan 11
    Short-term fasting reshapes fat tissue.
    Mao T, Wei Q, Zhao F, Zhang C, Endocr J 2021 Jan
    Allicin-induced host-gut microbe interactions improves energy homeostasis.
    Zhang C, He X, Sheng Y, Yang C, Xu J, Zheng S, Liu J, Xu W, Luo Y, Huang K, FASEB J 2020 Aug 34 8 10682-10698
    Myristoleic acid produced by enterococci reduces obesity through brown adipose tissue activation.
    Quan LH, Zhang C, Dong M, Jiang J, Xu H, Yan C, Liu X, Zhou H, Zhang H, Chen L, Zhong FL, Luo ZB, Lam SM, Shui G, Li D, Jin W, Gut 2020 Jul 69 7 1239-1247
    Allicin Regulates Energy Homeostasis through Brown Adipose Tissue.
    Zhang C, He X, Sheng Y, Xu J, Yang C, Zheng S, Liu J, Li H, Ge J, Yang M, Zhai B, Xu W, Luo Y, Huang K, iScience 2020 May 23 5 101113
    Comprehensive Analysis of the Characteristics and Differences in Adult and Newborn Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT): Newborn BAT Is a More Active/Dynamic BAT.
    Liu J, Zhang C, Zhang B, Sheng Y, Xu W, Luo Y, He X, Huang K, Cells 2020 Jan 9 1
  • Honors & Awards
    • Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (2018-2020)
      The only winner among the postdoctoral fellows of the college that year. 2017
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Diabetes Association (2018-2019)
    • American Heart Association (2024-2025)