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Instructor

Medicine-Athero & Lipo
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Selected Publications

• Hua Mao, Claire M. Li, Bing Sun, Christopher Ward, Alan Waich-Cohen Ivan O. Rosas, Howard J. Huang, Harry Karmouty-Quintana, Liang Xie, Lavannya M. Pandit and Xinchun Pi. " Inhibition of BMPER Mitigates Pulmonary Hypertension by Modulating LRP1-YAP Interaction in Smooth Muscle Cells " Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2025 Oct ;
• Hua Mao, Aude Angelini, Shengyu Li, Guangyu Wang, Luge Li, Cam Patterson, Xinchun Pi & Liang Xie. " CRAT links cholesterol metabolism to innate immune responses in the heart " nature metabolism. 2023 Jul 13;
• Hua Mao , Luge Li, Qiying Fan , Aude Angelini , Pradip K Saha , Huaizhu Wu , Christie M Ballantyne , Sean M Hartig , Liang Xie , Xinchun Pi. " Loss of bone morphogenetic protein-binding endothelial regulator causes insulin resistance " Nat. Commun. 2021 Mar 26; 12 (1) : 1927.
  Pubmed PMID: 33772019.
• Hua Mao, Luge Li, Qiying Fan, Aude Angelini, Pradip K. Saha, Cristian Coarfa, Kimal Rajapakshe, Dimuthu Perera, Jizhong Cheng, Huaizhu Wu, Christie M. Ballantyne, Zheng Sun, Liang Xie & Xinchun Pi. " Endothelium-specific depletion of LRP1 improves glucose homeostasis through inducing osteocalcin " Nat. Commun.. 2021 Sep 6; 12 : 5296.
  Pubmed PMID: 34489478.
• Hua Mao , Pamela Lockyer, Luge Li, Christie M Ballantyne , Cam Patterson, Liang Xie , Xinchun Pi. " Endothelial LRP1 regulates metabolic responses by acting as a co-activator of PPARγ " Nat. Commun.. 2017 Apr 10; 8 : 14960.
  Pubmed PMID: 28393867.
• Hua Mao, Pamela Lockyer, W.H. Davin Townley-Tilson, Liang Xie, and Xinchun Pi. " LRP1 Regulates Retinal Angiogenesis by Inhibiting PARP-1 Activity and Endothelial Cell Proliferation " Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol .. 2016 Feb ; 36 (2) : 350.
• Pamela Lockyer , Hua Mao ( Co-first) , Qiying Fan , Luge Li , Li-Yuan Yu-Lee , N Tony Eissa , Cam Patterson , Liang Xie , Xinchun Pi. " LRP1-Dependent BMPER Signaling Regulates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Vascular Inflammation " Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol .. 2017 Aug ; 37 (8) : 1524.
  Pubmed PMID: 28596374.
• Qiying Fan , Hua Mao , Aude Angelini , Cristian Coarfa , Matthew J Robertson, Xander H T Wehrens , James F M , William R Lagor artin , Xinchun Pi , Liang Xie. " Depletion of Endothelial Prolyl Hydroxylase Domain Protein 2 and 3 Promotes Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Prevents Ventricular Failure Induced by Myocardial Infarction " Circulation. 2019 Jul 30; 140 (5) : 440.
  Pubmed PMID: 31356139.
• Hua Mao, Liang Xie and Xinchun Pi. " Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 Signaling in Angiogenesis " Front. Cardiovasc. Med.. 2017 May 22;
• Qiying Fan , Hua Mao , Liang Xie , Xinchun Pi. " Prolyl Hydroxylase Domain-2 Protein Regulates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Vascular Inflammation " Am J Pathol .. 2019 Jan ; 189 (1) : 200.
  Pubmed PMID: 30339838.