Areas of Focus
- Metabolic and immune disorders in dairy cows
- Veterinary imaging technologies
- Gut microbiome studies
Work Experience
- 2022.09-Present: Associate Professor at Jilin University, College of Veterinary Medicine
- 2020.01-Present: Postdoctoral Researcher at Jilin University, College of Veterinary Medicine
- 2019.07-2022.09: Lecturer at Jilin University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2014.10-2019.02: PhD in Medicine from Université Paris-Saclay, France
- 2011.09-2014.06: Master's Degree in Clinical Veterinary Medicine from Jilin University, China
- 2007.09-2011.06: Bachelor's Degree from Hunan Agricultural University, China
Publications
- BHB impairs the directionality of migrating neutrophil through inhibiting the autophagy-dependent degradation of Cdc42 and Rac1 in ketotic cows, Y X Song, et al., 2023
- Enhanced mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in the mammary gland of cows with clinical ketosis, Y X Song, et al., 2021
- Histamine promotes adhesion of neutrophils by inhibition of autophagy in dairy cows with subacute ruminal acidosis, Y X Song, et al., 2022
- beta-Hydroxybutyrate inhibits apoptosis in bovine neutrophils through activating ERK1/2 and AKT signaling pathways, Y X Song, et al., 2022
- beta-Hydroxybutyrate impairs neutrophil migration distance through activation of a protein kinase C and myosin light chain 2 signaling pathway in ketotic cows, Y X Song, et al., 2022
- Free fatty acids promote degranulation of azurophil granules in neutrophils by inducing production of NADPH oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species in cows with subclinical ketosis, Y X Song, et al., 2022
- Disruption of endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis exacerbates liver injury in clinically ketotic cows, Y X Song, et al., 2021
- beta-hydroxybutyrate enhances bovine neutrophil adhesion by inhibiting autophagy, Y X Song, et al., 2023
- Palmitic acid hinders extracellular traps of neutrophil from postpartum dairy cow in vitro, Y X Song, et al., 2022
- beta-Hydroxybutyrate impairs the release of bovine neutrophil extracellular traps through inhibiting phosphoinositide 3-kinase-mediated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase reactive oxygen species production, Y X Song, et al., 2022
- Potential hemo-biological identification markers to the left displaced abomasum in dairy cows, Y X Song, et al., 2020
- beta-Hydroxybutyrate induces bovine hepatocyte apoptosis via an ROS-p38 signaling pathway, Y X Song, et al., 2016
- Non-esterified fatty acids activate the ROS-p38-p53/Nrf2 signaling pathway to induce bovine hepatocyte apoptosis in vitro, Y X Song, et al., 2014
Awards
- 2020: First Prize in Natural Science from Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department for research on liver damage caused by metabolic disorders in ketotic cows
- 2022: Excellent Project Award from Jilin Provincial Education Department for research on the effects of high histamine blood levels in SARA cows on neutrophil adhesion
- 2019: First Prize for High Impact Paper from the American Dairy Science Association for research on β-Hydroxybutyrate inducing bovine hepatocyte apoptosis