Area of research
Physiology · Cell Biology
Research interest
Research focused on Gut flora and Leucine, with related work in Lipid metabolism, Endocrinology, Obesity. Notable publications include 'Antioxidant mechanism of tea polyphenols and its impact on health benefits', 'Inflammatory Links Between High Fat Diets and Diseases', and 'The role of leucine and its metabolites in protein and energy metabolism'.
A Comprehensive Characterization of the Differences in Meat Quality, Nonvolatile and Volatile Flavor Substances Between Taoyuan Black and Duroc Pigs
Effects of Flavonoids in Fructus Aurantii Immaturus on Carcass Traits, Meat Quality and Antioxidant Capacity in Finishing Pigs
Dietary supplementation with betaine or glycine improves the carcass trait, meat quality and lipid metabolism of finishing mini-pigs
Alterations of the Muscular Fatty Acid Composition and Serum Metabolome in Bama Xiang Mini-Pigs Exposed to Dietary Beta-Hydroxy Beta-Methyl Butyrate
Antioxidant mechanism of tea polyphenols and its impact on health benefits
Leucine Supplementation: A Novel Strategy for Modulating Lipid Metabolism and Energy Homeostasis
Flavonoids from Mulberry Leaves Alleviate Lipid Dysmetabolism in High Fat Diet-Fed Mice: Involvement of Gut Microbiota
Dietary β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate improves intestinal function in weaned piglets after lipopolysaccharide challenge
Effects of dietary gamma-aminobutyric acid supplementation on amino acid profile, intestinal immunity, and microbiota in ETEC-challenged piglets
Gut microbiota mediates the protective effects of dietary β‐hydroxy‐β‐methylbutyrate (HMB) against obesity induced by high‐fat diets
Dietary Supplementation With Leucine or in Combination With Arginine Decreases Body Fat Weight and Alters Gut Microbiota Composition in Finishing Pigs
Glutamic acid supplementation reduces body fat weight in finishing pigs when provided solely or in combination with arginine and it is associated with colonic propionate and butyrate concentrations
Beta-hydroxy beta-methyl butyrate decreases muscle protein degradation <i>via</i> increased Akt/FoxO3a signaling and mitochondrial biogenesis in weanling piglets after lipopolysaccharide challenge
α‐Ketoisocaproate and β‐hydroxy‐β‐methyl butyrate regulate fatty acid composition and lipid metabolism in skeletal muscle of growing pigs
Suppression of protein degradation by leucine requires its conversion to β-hydroxy-β-methyl butyrate in C2C12 myotubes
Inflammatory Links Between High Fat Diets and Diseases
β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) improves mitochondrial function in myocytes through pathways involving PPARβ/δ and CDK4
β-hydroxy-β-methyl butyrate, but not α-ketoisocaproate and excess leucine, stimulates skeletal muscle protein metabolism in growing pigs fed low-protein diets
Leucine in Obesity: Therapeutic Prospects
Is Leucine Restriction/Deprivation an Inducer of Adipose Browning? A Response to Jens Lund
The role of leucine and its metabolites in protein and energy metabolism