Areas of Focus
- Obesity and its complications: mechanisms and pharmacological prevention
- Endocrine toxicology and drug targets
Work Experience
- 2016.12 - Present: Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical College, Wuhan University
- 2012.09 - 2013.09: Visiting Scholar, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
- 2009.12 - 2016.11: Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor, Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical College, Wuhan University
- 2006.12 - 2009.11: Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical College, Wuhan University
- 2005.03 - 2006.09: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Academy of Military Medical Sciences
- 1999.07 - 2002.08: Worked at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2002-2006: PhD in Pharmacology, Wuhan University Medical School
- 1994-1999: Bachelor of Medicine, Wuhan University (formerly Hubei Medical University)
Publications
- Effects of maternal omega-3 fatty acids supplementation during pregnancy/lactation on body composition of the offspring: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Li GL, Chen HJ, Zhang WX, Tong Q, Yan YE*, 2018
- Perinatal nicotine exposure increases obesity susceptibility by peripheral leptin resistance in adult female rat offspring, Zhang WX, Li YP, Fan J, Chen HJ, Li GL, Ouyang YQ, Yan YE*, 2018
- Perinatal Nicotine Exposure Increases Obesity Susceptibility in Adult Male Rat Offspring by Altering Early Adipogenesis, Fan J, Zhang WX, Rao YS, Xue JL, Wang FF, Zhang L, Yan YE*, 2016
- Effects of prenatal and lactation nicotine exposure on glucose homeostasis, lipogenesis and lipid metabolic profiles in mothers and offspring, Fan J, Ping J, Xiang J, Rao YS, Zhang WX, Chen T, Zhang L, Yan YE*, 2016
- Selection of Suitable Reference Genes for Quantitative Real-Time PCR Normalization in Three Types of Rat Adipose Tissue, Zhang WX, Fan J, Ma J, Rao YS, Zhang L, Yan YE*, 2016
- Nicotine Suppressed Fetal Adrenal StAR Expression via YY1 Mediated-Histone Deacetylation Modification Mechanism, Liu L, Wang JF, Fan J, Rao YS, Liu F, Yan YE*, Wang H, 2016
- Prenatal and lactation nicotine exposure affects morphology and function of brown adipose tissue in male rat offspring, Fan J, Ping J, Zhang WX, Rao YS, Liu HX, Zhang J, Yan YE*, 2016
- Prenatal nicotinic exposure suppresses fetal adrenal steroidogenesis via steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) deacetylation, Yan YE, Liu L(Co-first author), Wang JF, Liu F, Li XH, Qin HQ, Wang H*, 2014
- Maternal and fetal metabonomic alterations in prenatal nicotine exposure-induced rat intrauterine growth retardation, Feng JH, Yan YE(Co-first author), Liang G, Liu YS, Li XJ, Zhang BJ, Chen LB, Yu H, He XH, Wang H, 2014
Awards
- 2016: Third Prize for Excellent Teaching Research Paper, Wuhan University