Email

nal@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Medicine
Cardiovascular Research
Baylor College of Medicine

J.S. Abercrombie Chair

Medicine
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

Websites

Selected Publications

• Yao Y, ... Li N. "Enhanced Cardiomyocyte NLRP3 Inflammasome Signaling Promotes Atrial Fibrillation.." Circulation. 2018;
• 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

The Role of Gasdermin-D/Interleukin-1 Nexus in Atrial Arrhythmogenesis

Grant funding from NIH/NHLBI

Cardiac fibroblast inflammasome and atrial myopathy

Grant funding from NIH/NHLBI

Arrhythmogenesis associated with the TANGO2-deficiency

Grant funding from American Heart Association

FKBP5 AND CARDIAC ARRHYTHMOGENESIS

Grant funding from NIH/NHLBI