PUBLICATIONS
2023
Song Ah Chae, Min Du, Mei-Jun Zhu, Jun Seok Son*, “Exercise enhances placental labyrinth trophoblast development by activation of PGC-1α and FNDC5/irisin” Biology of Reproduction 2023 in press.
Song Ah Chae, Min Du, Jun Seok Son* (co-corresponding), Mei-Jun Zhu*, “Exercise improves homeostasis of the intestinal epithelium by activation of APJ-AMPK signaling” Journal of Physiology-London 2023 (Jun 15), 601(12), 2371-2389. (IF = 6.228).
Xiangdong Liu, Liang Zhao, Yao Gao, Yanting Chen, Qiyu Tian, Jun Seok Son, Song Ah Chae, Jeanene M. de Avila, Mei-Jun Zhu, Min Du*, “AMP-activated protein kinase inhibition in fibro-adipogenic progenitors impairs muscle regeneration and increases fibrosis” Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle 2023 (Feb 1), 14(1), 479-492. (IF = 12.063)
Liang Zhao, Xiangdong Liu, Noe A. Gomez, Yao Gao, Jun Seok Son, Song Ah Chae, Mei-Jun Zhu, Min Du*, “Stage-specific nutritional management and developmental programming to optimize meat production” Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2023 (Jan 3), 14(1), 2. (IF = 6.175)
2022
Song Ah Chae, Jun Seok Son, Jeanene M. de Avila, Min Du, Mei-Jun Zhu*, "Maternal exercise improves epithelial development of fetal intestine by enhancing apelin signaling and oxidative metabolism" American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 2022 (Nov 1), 323(5), R728-R738. (IF = 3.210)
Soon-Gook Hong, Junchul Shin, Soo Young Choi, Jeffery C. Powers, Benjamin M. Meister, Jacqueline Sayoc, Jun Seok Son, Ryan Tierney, Fabio A. Recchia, Michael D. Brown, Xiaofeng Yang and Joon-Young Park*, “Flow pattern-dependent mitochondrial dynamics regulates metabolic profile and inflammatory state of endothelial cells” JCI Insight 2022 (Sep 22), 7(18), e159286. (IF = 9.533)
Xiangdong Liu, Liang Zhao, Yanting Chen, Yao Gao, Qiyu Tian, Jun Seok Son, Song Ah Chae, Jeanene M. de Avila, Mei-Jun Zhu and Min Du*, "Obesity induces adipose fibrosis and collagen cross-linking through suppressing AMPK and enhancing lysyl oxidase expression" Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease 2022 (Sep 1), 1868(9), 166454. (IF = 6.633)
Song Ah Chae, Jun Seok Son, Liang Zhao, Yao Gao, Xiangdong Liu, Jeanene M. de Avila, Mei-Jun Zhu and Min Du*, “Exerkine apelin reverses obesity-associated placental dysfunction by accelerating mitochondrial biogenesis in mice” American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism 2022 (Jun 1), 322(6), E467-E479. (IF = 5.960)
Song Ah Chae, Jun Seok Son and Min Du*, “Prenatal exercise in fetal development: a placental perspective” FEBS Journal 2021 (Jun), 289(11), 3058-3071. (IF = 5.622)
Yao Gao, Liang Zhao, Jun Seok Son, Xiangdong Liu, Yanting Chen, Jeanene M. de Avila, Mei-Jun Zhu, Gordon Murdoch and Min Du*, "Maternal exercise before and during pregnancy facilitates embryonic myogenesis by enhancing thyroid hormone signaling" Thyroid 2022 (May 16), 32(5), 581-593. (IF = 6.506)
Jun Seok Son* (co-corresponding),Song Ah Chae, Liang Zhao, Hongyang Wang, Jeanene M. de Avila, Mei-Jun Zhu and Min Du*, “Maternal exercise intergenerationally drives muscle-based thermogenesis via activation of apelin-AMPK signaling” eBioMedicine 2022 (Jan 23), 76, 103842 (IF = 11.205)
2021
Liang Zhao, Nate Law, Noe Gomez, Jun Seok Son, Yao Gao, Xiangdong Liu, Jeanene M. de Avila, Mei-Jun Zhu and Min Du*, “Obesity impairs embryonic myogenesis by enhancing BMP signaling within the dermomyotome” Advanced Science 2021 (Nov 17), 8(22), e2102157. (IF = 16.806)
Yan-Ting Chen, Yun Hu, Qi-Yuan Yang, Xiang-Dong Liu, Jun Seok Son, Jeanene M. de Avila, Mei-Jun Zhu and Min Du*, “Embryonic exposure to hyper glucocorticoids suppresses brown fat development and thermogenesis via REDD1” Science Bulletin 2021 (Mar 15), 66(5), 478-489 (IF = 11.780)
2020
Song Ah Chae, Jun Seok Son, Mei-Jun Zhu, Jeanene M. de Avila and Min Du*, “Treadmill running of mouse as a model for studying influence of maternal exercise on offspring” Bio-Protocol 2020 (Dec 5), 10(23), e3838.
Jun Seok Son, Song Ah Chae, Hongyang Wang, Yanting Chen, Alejandro Bravo Iniguez, Jeanene M. de Avila, Zhihua Jiang, Mei-Jun Zhu and Min Du*, “Maternal inactivity programs skeletal muscle dysfunction in offspring mice via attenuating apelin signaling and mitochondrial biogenesis” Cell Reports 2020 (Dec 1), 33(9), 108461. (IF = 9.423)
Liang Zhao, Jun Seok Son, Bo Wang, Qiyu Tian, Yanting Chen, Xiangdong Liu, Jeanene M. de Avila, Mei-Jun Zhu, Min Du*, “Retinoic acid signaling in fibro/adipogenic progenitors robustly enhances muscle regeneration” eBioMedicine 2020 (Oct 1), 60, 103020. (IF = 8.143)
Yan-Ting Chen, Yun Hu, Qi-Yuan Yang, Jun Seok Son, Xiang-Dong Liu, Jeanene M. de Avila, Mei-Jun Zhu and Min Du*, “Excessive glucocorticoids during pregnancy impair fetal brown fat development and predisposes offspring to metabolic dysfunctions” Diabetes 2020 (Aug 1), 69(8), 1662-1674. (IF = 9.461)
Jun Seok Son, Liang Zhao, Yanting Chen, Ke Chen, Song Ah Chae, Jeanene M. de Avila, Hongyang Wang, Mei-Jun Zhu, Zhihua Jiang and Min Du*, “Maternal exercise via exerkine apelin enhances brown adipogenesis and prevents metabolic dysfunction in offspring mice” Science Advances 2020 (Apr 17), 6(16), eaaz0359. (IF = 14.136) This paper was featured by NIH (https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/042320-pregnancy-exercise) and received wide news coverage.
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