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Wei Zhen Zhang
Basic Medical Sciences
Peking University
Beijing
Language: Chinese, English
Ghrelin
Gastric Mucosal
Endocrine Hormone
Expression Regulation
Molecular Mechanisms
Adipocyte Development
Cell Biology
Physiology
Biochemistry
Genetics
Areas of Focus
- Regulation of gastric mucosal endocrine hormone ghrelin expression
- Molecular mechanisms of adipocyte development
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
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
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
