Introduction:

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WEIZHEN ZHANG, Professor, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center.

Professor ZHANG received the Ph. D from Peking University Health Science Center in 1994. After finishing his postdoc training at the University of Michigan, Professor ZHANG joined the faculty at the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan and was promoted to Research Assistant and Associate Professor. In 2007, Dr. ZHANG joined the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Health Science Center as a Professor. Professor ZHANG has published more than 90 research articles. His research has been continuously funded by NIH, ADA, National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Program on Key Basic Research Project. Professor ZHANG serves as the editor in chief for Open Journal of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Open Journal of Gastroenterology, as well as the ad hov. reviewer for prestigious journals including Gut, Int J Obes, Endocrinology, J Endocrinology, AJP.

2. Research of Focus：

Mechanism of energy sensing and regulation of gastrointestinal endocrine hormones on energy metabolism

3. Lab Personnel：

E-mail： weizhenzhang@bjmu.edu.cn

4、Selected Publications：

1) Mao Z, Feng M, Li Z, Zhou M, Xu L, Pan K, Wang S, Su W, Zhang W. ETV5 regulates hepatic fatty acid metabolism through PPAR signaling pathway. Diabetes. 2021 Jan;70(1):214-226.

2) Li Z, Yu R, Yin W, Qin Y, Ma L, Mulholland M, Zhang W*. mTOR Signaling in X/A-Like Cells Contributes to Lipid Homeostasis in Mice. Hepatology. 2019 : 69 (2) :860-875.

3) Mao Z, Lin H, Su W, Li J, Zhou M, Li Z, Zhou B, Yang Q, Zhou M, Pan K, He J, Zhang W*. Deficiency of ZnT8 promotes adiposity and metabolic dysfunction by increasing peripheral serotonin production. Diabetes 2019;68(6):1197-1209.

4) He R, Yin Y, Yin W, Li Y, Zhao J, Zhang W*. Prevention of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma by Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. Nature commun 2018;9(1):4183.

5) Li Z, Xu G, Qin Y, Zhang C, Tang H, Yin Y, Xiang X, Li Y, Zhao J, Mulholland M, Zhang W*. Ghrelin promotes hepatic lipogenesis by activation of mTOR-PPARγ signaling pathway. ProcNatlAcadSci USA 2014; 111(36):13163-8.