Xuefeng Yang
Professor
School of Public Health
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
China
Biography
Xuefeng Yang is Professor of Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene , School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Research Interests include 1. The toxicological evaluation of excess iodine intake 2. The relationship between the branched chain amino acids and insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes and the underlying mechanisms with techniques of experimental biology 3. Nutrition and dietary intakes related to maternal and child health in cohort 4. The interaction between dietary factors and genetic factors, biomarkers in the development gestational diabetes in maternal-infant cohort.
Research Interest
1. The toxicological evaluation of excess iodine intake 2. The relationship between the branched chain amino acids and insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes and the underlying mechanisms with techniques of experimental biology 3. Nutrition and dietary intakes related to maternal and child health in cohort 4. The interaction between dietary factors and genetic factors, biomarkers in the development gestational diabetes in maternal-infant cohort.
Publications
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Yang X, Xu J, Guo HL, Hou XH, Hao LP, Liu LG, Sun XF. Effect of excessive iodine exposure on the placental deiodinase activities and Hoxc8 expression during mouse embryogenesis. Br J Nutr, 2007, 98(1):116-122.
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Yang X, Hou XH, Xu J,Guo HL, Ying CJ, Chen XY,Sun XF. Effect of selenium supplementation on the activity and mRNA expression of type 1 deiodinase in excessive iodine intake mice. Biomed Environ Sci, 2006, 19(4): 302-308.
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Yang X, Xu J, Hou XH,.Guo HL, Hao LP, Yao P, Liu LG, Sun XF Development toxicity and teratogenicity induced by maternal chronic excessive iodine exposure in mice. Reprod Toxicol, 2006, 22(4): 725-730.
