Zhou Yuanfei, male, PhD, Post doctor, Associate Professor, Masters’ Tutor, Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed science at College of animal science in Huazhong Agricultural University. From November 2016 to December 2017, he did his research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States as a visiting scientist. He main research directions are regulation of fat formation and metabolism, sow nutrition.

Selected Publications

1. Tan J, Wang M, Sun H, Wang C, Wei H, Jiang S, Zhou Y*, Peng J*. Optimizing feeding regimen of replacement gilts to improve their reproductive performance and retention rate of their first 2 parities. Anim Nutr. 2023,12(1):227-235.

2. Wang M, Wang Z, Miao Y, Wei H, Peng J*, Zhou Y*. Diallyl Trisulfide Promotes Placental Angiogenesis by Regulating Lipid Metabolism and Alleviating Inflammatory Responses in Obese Pregnant Mice. Nutrients. 2022 May 26;14(11):2230. doi: 10.3390/nu14112230. PMID: 35684030; PMCID: PMC9182607.

3. Zhou YF, Xia M, Cui CB, Wei HK Jiang SW Peng J*. Circulating Exosomal miR-221 from Maternal Obesity Inhibits Angiogenesis via Targeting Angptl2., Internati onal Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22(19).

4. Zhou YF, Xu T, Wu, YH, Wei HK, Peng, J*. Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Sows with Excess Backfat: Up-Regulated Cytokine Expression and Elevated Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Placenta. Animals. 9(10), 796.

5. Zhou, YF, Zhang XM, Wang C, Wei HK, Jiang SW*, Peng J*. Effects of North American and Danish feeding strategies on the reproductive performance of American Landrace-Yorkshire crossbred sows during gestation. Livest Sci. 228, 67-71.

6. Zhou YF, Zhou Z, Batistel F, Martinez-Cortés I, Pate RT, Luchini DL, Loor JJ*. Methionine and choline supply alter transmethylation, transsulfuration, and cytidine 5′-diphosphocholine pathways to different extents in isolated primary liver cells from dairy cows. J Dairy Sci. 2018. 101(12):11384-11395.

7. Zhou YF, Zhou Z*, Peng J, Loor JJ*. Methionine and valine activate the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 pathway through heterodimeric amino acid taste receptor (TAS1R1/TAS1R3) and intracellular Ca2+ in bovine mammary epithelial cells. J Dairy Sci. 2018, 101(12): 11354-11363.

8. Zhou YF, Xu T, Cai AL, Wu YH, Wei HK, Jiang SW, Peng J*. Excessive backfat of sows at 109 d of gestation induces lipotoxic placental environment and is associated with declining reproductive performance. J Anim Sci. 2018, 96(1):250~257.

9. Zhou YF, Liu YQ, Wei HK, Peng J*. Estimation of the Optimum Digestible Lysine Level for Cherry Valley Ducks. Poultry Sci. 2017, 96(4):838-843.

10.  Zhou YF, Zhou Z, Zhang W, Hu XM, Wei HK, Peng J*, Jiang SW*. SIRT1 inhibits adipogenesis and promotes myogenic differentiation in C3H10T1/2 pluripotent cells by regulating Wnt signaling. Cell Biosci. 2015, 5:61.