Areas of Focus
- Nutrition and Immunity
- Anti-inflammatory Mechanisms of Dai Medicine
- Nutritional Functions of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
- Functional Foods
Work Experience
- 2008-08--2012-05 - Duke University Medical Center - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2006-08--2008-08 - University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center - Postdoctoral Researcher
- 2005-08--2006-08 - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC - Postdoctoral Researcher
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2000-08--2005-08 PhD: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Publications
- D-Limonene protects pancreatic MIN6 cells against tunicamycin induced cellular damage, Corresponding Author, 2018
- Effect of origin of Zanthoxylum on chemical composition and anti-inflammatory effect of essential oil, Corresponding Author, 2017
- Bamboo shoot fiber prevents obesity in mice by modulating gut microbiota, Corresponding Author, 2016
- Protective effect of the essential oil of Zanthoxylum myricanthum var. pubescens against dextran sulfate sodium-induced intestinal inflammation in mice, Corresponding Author, 2016
- Chemical composition and oxidative evolution of Sacha Inchi (Plukentia volubilis L.) oil from Xishuangbanna (China), Third Author, 2014
- Limonoids from the fruits of Khaya ivorensis, Corresponding Author, 2014
- Limonoids from the leaves and twigs of Walsura yunnanensis, Second Author, 2014
- Negative control of mast cell degranulation and the anaphylactic response by the phosphatase lipin1, Second Author, 2012
- Deficiency in MyD88 signaling results in decreased antibody responses to adeno-associated virus vector containing a CMV enhancer/chicken beta-actin cassette in murine Pompe disease, First Author, 2012
- Immunodominant, liver-specific expression suppresses transgene-directed immune responses in murine Pompe disease, First Author, 2012
- The role of TSC1 in regulating innate immunity, Third Author, 2012
- Cardiac myosin activates innate immune responses through TLRs, First Author, 2009
- Echium oil reduces plasma lipids and hepatic gene expression in apoB100-LDL receptor knockout mice, First Author, 2008
- Dietary fish oil inhibits antigen-specific murine Th1 cell development by suppression of clonal expansion, First Author, 2006
- Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids modulate Th1/Th2 balance in vitro towards Th2 pole by suppression of Th1 development, First Author, 2005