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 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 Results 1-10 of 22 1 2 3 Next Last 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)