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Name	Wei Zhen Zhang
Language ability	Chinese, English
Province	Beijing

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Name

Wei Zhen Zhang

Language ability

Chinese, English

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Peking University
Faculty	Basic Medical Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	1987 - Bachelor of Medicine: Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences 1990 - Master of Medicine: Capital Medical University 1994 - PhD in Medicine: Beijing Medical University Funded by American NIH, 985 Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China
Work Experience	2000 July - 2004 August - University of Michigan, Medical School, Research Fellow 2004 September - 2007 August - University of Michigan, Assistant Research Professor 2007 September - Present - Peking University, Distinguished Professor of Physiology

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Peking University

Faculty

Basic Medical Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

1987 - Bachelor of Medicine: Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences
1990 - Master of Medicine: Capital Medical University
1994 - PhD in Medicine: Beijing Medical University
Funded by American NIH, 985 Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Work Experience

2000 July - 2004 August - University of Michigan, Medical School, Research Fellow
2004 September - 2007 August - University of Michigan, Assistant Research Professor
2007 September - Present - Peking University, Distinguished Professor of Physiology

Areas of Focus	Regulation of gastric mucosal endocrine hormone ghrelin expression Molecular mechanisms of adipocyte development
Publications	Gastric mTOR signaling regulates ghrelin production and food intake, Zhang W, 2009 Regulation of food intake and body weight by recombinant proghrelin, Zhang W, 2009 Effect of des-acyl ghrelin on adiposity and glucose metabolism, Zhang W, 2008 Ghrelin stimulates myocyte development, Zhang W, 2007 Inhibition of adipogenesis by ghrelin, Zhang W, 2004 Ghrelin stimulates neurogenesis in the dorsal motor neurons of vagus, Zhang W, 2004 Intercellular calcium waves in cultured enteric glia from neonatal guinea pig, Zhang W, 2003

Areas of Focus

Regulation of gastric mucosal endocrine hormone ghrelin expression
Molecular mechanisms of adipocyte development

Publications

Gastric mTOR signaling regulates ghrelin production and food intake, Zhang W, 2009
Regulation of food intake and body weight by recombinant proghrelin, Zhang W, 2009
Effect of des-acyl ghrelin on adiposity and glucose metabolism, Zhang W, 2008
Ghrelin stimulates myocyte development, Zhang W, 2007
Inhibition of adipogenesis by ghrelin, Zhang W, 2004
Ghrelin stimulates neurogenesis in the dorsal motor neurons of vagus, Zhang W, 2004
Intercellular calcium waves in cultured enteric glia from neonatal guinea pig, Zhang W, 2003

Ghrelin Gastric Mucosal Endocrine Hormone Expression Regulation Molecular Mechanisms Adipocyte Development Cell Biology Physiology Biochemistry Genetics

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