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Yuxiang Sun
- Professor, Chancellor EDGES fellow, AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow
- Focus Area: Nutritional immunology, chronic metabolic and inflammatory diseases, aging metabolism, inflammaging, neuroinflammation and Alzheimer’s disease.
- Office:
- 214C Cater-Mattil, College Station, Texas
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 979-321-7091
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- M.D. Beijing Medical University, China (1988)
- Graduate Education
- Ph.D. University of Manitoba, Canada Beijing Medical University (2000)
- Postdoc. Baylor College of Medicine, USA (2003)
Areas of Expertise
- Dietary interventions on glycemic regulation, energy metabolism, and immunity
- Obesity, diabetes, liver fibrosis, colitis, Alzheimer’s disease
- Immuno-metabolism, inflamm-aging, neuro-inflammation
- Aging interventions for lifespan and healthspan
Professional Summary
Our lab studies the gut hormone ghrelin, a multifaceted nutrient sensor involved in metabolism, immunity, and aging. Using advanced mouse models, we have uncovered novel roles for ghrelin in diabetes, thermogenesis, and inflammation. Our current research integrates the interdisciplinary fields of immunometabolism and inflammaging with organ systems such as the gut–brain and gut–liver axes to investigate the roles and mechanisms of ghrelin signaling in nutritional regulation, inflammatory bowel disease, liver fibrosis/cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease. Since inflammation and metabolic dysregulation are common features of many chronic diseases, our work has the potential to lead to novel strategies for disease prevention and treatment, ultimately improving quality of life.