Areas of Focus
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms
- Epithelial cell injury
- Myofibroblast activation and aging
- Lung fibrosis prevention and treatment strategies
Work Experience
- 2021-Present - Central South University - Lecturer and Master's Supervisor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2011-2016 Bachelor of Clinical Medicine: Central South University
- 2016-2018 Master of Physiology: Central South University
- 2018-2021 PhD in Physiology: Central South University
- 2019-2021 Clinical Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University
Publications
- Abnormal mitochondrial iron metabolism damages alveolar type II epithelial cells involved in bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis, Yan Zhou
- Omentin-1 induces mechanically activated fibroblasts lipogenic differentiation through pkm2/yap/pparγ pathway to promote lung fibrosis resolution, Yan Zhou
- KIF11 is a potential prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target for adrenocortical carcinoma, Yan Zhou
- Two-Pore-Domain Potassium Channel TREK-1 Mediates Pulmonary Fibrosis through Macrophage M2 Polarization and by Direct Promotion of Fibroblast Differentiation, Yan Zhou
- The Effects of Ventilation, Humidity, and Temperature on Bacterial Growth and Bacterial Genera Distribution, Yan Zhou
- Therapeutic Effects of Omentin-1 on Pulmonary Fibrosis by Attenuating Fibroblast Activation via AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway, Yan Zhou
- Regeneration-Associated Transitional State Cells in Pulmonary Fibrosis, Yan Zhou
- Myofibroblast fate plasticity in tissue repair and fibrosis: Deactivation, apoptosis, senescence and reprogramming, Yan Zhou
- Methods for Studying Myofibroblast Apoptotic Pathways.Methods in molecular biology, Yan Zhou
- Anti-aging therapy for pulmonary fibrosis.Nature aging, Yan Zhou
- 肺的血小板生成功能.生理学报, Yan Zhou
- Dihydroartemisinin attenuates renal fibrosis through regulation of fibroblast proliferation and differentiation.Life Sci, Yan Zhou
- Megakaryocytes participate in the occurrence of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.Cell Death Dis, Yan Zhou
Awards
- Second Prize in National Physiology Teaching Competition (Year not mentioned)
- Special Prize in Hunan Physiology Society Academic Conference 2023