Positions
- Instructor
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Pediatrics-Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Education
- PhD from Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- 03/2006 - Shanghai, P.R.China
Websites
Selected Publications
- Yang Y, van der Klaauw AA, Zhu L, Cacciottolo TM, He Y, Stadler L, Yan X, Keogh JM, Henning E, Banton MC, Hendricks AE, Bochukova EG, Mistry V, Lawler KL, Liao L, Xu J, O’Rahilly S, Tong Q, UK10K consortium, Barroso I, O’Malley BW, Farooqi IS, Xu Y "Steroid receptor coactivator-1 modulates the function of Pomc neurons and energy homeostasis." Nature Communications. 2019 April 12; 10 (1): 1718. Pubmed PMID: 30979869
- Wang C, Zhou W, He Y, Yang T, Xu P, Yang Y, Cai X, Wang J, Liu H, Yu M, Liang C, Yang T, Liu H, Fukuda M, Tong Q, Wu Q, Sun S, He Y, Xu Y "AgRP neurons trigger long-term potentiation and facilitate food seeking." Translational Psychiatry. 2021 January 5; 11 (1): Pubmed PMID: 33414382
- Kim ER, Xu Y, Cassidy RM, Lu Y, Yang Y, Tian J, Li DP, Drunen RV, Ribas-Latre A, Cai ZL, Xuee M, Arenkiel BR, Eckel-Mahan K, Xu Y, Tong Q "Paraventricular hypothalamus mediates diurnal rhythm of metabolism." Nature Communications. 2020 July 30; 11 (1): Pubmed PMID: 32732906
- Yu K, He Y, Hyseni I, Pei Z, Yang Y, Xu P, Cai X, Liu H, Qu N, Liu H, He Y, Yu M, Liang C, Yang T, Wang J, Gourdy P, Arnal JF, Lenfant F, Xu Y and Wang C "17β-estradiol promotes acute refeeding in hungry mice via membrane-initiated ERα signaling." Molecular Metabolism. 2020 December ; 42 : Pubmed PMID: 32712433
- He Y, Xu P, Wang C, Xia Y, Yu M, Yang Y, Yu K, Cai X, Qu N, Saito K, Wang J, Hyseni I, Robertson M, Piyarathna B, Gao M, Khan SA, Liu F, Chen R, Coarfa C, Zhao Z, Tong Q, Sun Z, Xu Y "Estrogen receptor-α expressing neurons in the ventrolateral VMH regulate glucose balance." Nature Communications. 2020 May 1; 11 (1): Pubmed PMID: 32358493
- Wang C, He Y, Xu P, Yang Y, Saito K, Xia Y, Yan X, Hinton A, Yan C, Ding H, Yu L, Shu G, Gupta R, Wu Q, Tong Q, Lagor WR, Flores ER and Xu Y "TAp63 contributes to sexual dimorphism in POMC neuron functions and energy homeostasis." Nature Communica. 2018 April 18; 9 (1): Pubmed PMID: 29670083
- Qu N, He Y, Wang C, Xu P, Yang Y, Cai X, Liu H, Yu K, Pei Z, Hyseni I, Sun Z, Fukuda M, Li Y, Tian Q, Xu Y "A POMC-originated circuit regulates stress-induced hypophagia, depression, and anhedonia." Molecular Psychiatry.. 2020 May ; 25 (5): Pubmed PMID: 31485012
- Yang He, Hailan Liu, Na Yin, Yongjie Yang, Chunmei Wang, Meng Yu, Hesong Liu, Chen Liang, Julia Wang, Longlong Tu, Nan Zhang, Lina Wang, Yanlin He, Makoto Fukuda, Qi Wu, Zheng Sun, Qingchun Tong and Yong Xu "Barbadin potentiates long-term effects of lorcaserin on POMC neurons and weight loss." J Neurosci.. 2021 May 24; : Pubmed PMID: 34031163
- Hailan Liu, Chunmei Wang, Meng Yu, Yongjie Yang, Yang He, Hesong Liu, Chen Liang, Longlong Tu, Nan Zhang, Lina Wang, Julia Wang, Feng Liu, Fang Hu, Yong Xu "TPH2 in the Dorsal Raphe Nuclei Regulates Energy Balance in a Sex-Dependent Manner." Endocrinology. 2021 January 1; 162 (1): Pubmed PMID: 33034617
- Yongjie Yang, Yong Xu "The central melanocortin system and human obesity." Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 2020 October 1; 12 (10): 785-797. Pubmed PMID: 32976556
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