Positions
- Professor
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Medicine
Section of Cardiovascular Research
Baylor College of Medicine
- J. S. Abercrombie Chair – Atherosclerosis and Lipoprotein Research
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Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
- Associate Section Chief
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Medicine
Section of Cardiovascular Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Baylor College Of Medicine
- 01/2012 - Houston, TX, United States
- PhD from China Pharmaceutical University
- 07/2008 - Nanjing, China, People's Rep
Honors & Awards
- 2025 DeBakey Excellence in Research Award
- Norton Rose Fulbright Award -Teaching and Evaluation
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Established Investigator Award
- American Heart Association
Professional Interests
- Molecular mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and myopathies
- Cardioimmunology
- Inter-Organ Crosstalk
- Anti-Inflammatory Therapies in Cardiac Disease
- Multi-Omics Analysis
Selected Publications
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Yao Y, ... Li N.. " Enhanced Cardiomyocyte NLRP3 Inflammasome Signaling Promotes Atrial Fibrillation. " Circulation. 2018 ;
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Scott Jr. L,.... Li N.. " NLRP3 Inflammasome Is a Key Driver of Obesity-Induced Atrial Arrhythmias " Cardiovasc Res. 2021 ;
Pubmed PMID: 33523143. -
Wang X, ... Li N.. " Downregulation of FKBP5 Promotes Atrial Arrhythmogenesis " Circ Res. 2023 ;
Pubmed PMID: 37154033. -
Song J, ... Li N.. " Chronic kidney disease promotes atrial fibrillation via inflammasome pathway activation " J Clin Invest. 2023 ;
Pubmed PMID: 37581942.
Funding
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The Role of Gasdermin-D/Interleukin-1 Nexus in Atrial Arrhythmogenesis
- Grant funding from NIH/NHLBI
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Cardiac fibroblast inflammasome and atrial myopathy
- Grant funding from NIH/NHLBI
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Arrhythmogenesis associated with the TANGO2-deficiency
- Grant funding from American Heart Association
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FKBP5 AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMOGENESIS
- Grant funding from NIH/NHLBI
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