Yifeng Zhang

Ph.D. student
Yifeng is currently a visiting Ph.D. student from Dr. Hu Xinqun's laboratory at Central South University, China. Dr. Zhang is supported by Doctoral Scholarship Award from China Scholarship Council (CSC). His research project is to determine the effects of fumarate hydratase on the cardiovascular system.

Education
2020/09- present: Central South University, Internal Medicine M.D.
2017/09-2019/06: Wuhan University, Master's Degree in Internal Medicine
2012/09-2017/06: University of South China, Bachelor's Degree

Scholarship awards
China Scholarship Council (CSC)

Publications
1. Zhang Y, Li H, Wang M, Meng G, Wang Z, Deng J, Wang M, Zhang Q, Yang S, Jiang H. Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates acute skeletal muscle injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion in rats. Oxid med cell longev, 2019 Feb 28;2019                                                                          
2. Xin Y, Zhang Y, Deng S and Hu X. Vagus Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Acute Skeletal Muscle Injury Induced by Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats. Front. Pharmacol. 2022, 12, 3734                                                                                                                          
3. Deng S, Zhang Y, Xin Y, Hu X. Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates acute kidney injury induced by hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 15;12(1):21662.
4. Ye T, Lai Y, Wang Z, Zhang X, Meng G, Zhou L, Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Deng J, Wang M, Wang Y, Zhang Q, Zhou X, Yu L, Jiang H. Precise Modulation of Gold Nanorods for Protecting against Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias via Near-Infrared Neuromodulation. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 29, 1902128   
5. Meng G, Zhou X, Wang M, Zhou L, Wang Z, Wang M, Deng J, Wang Y, Zhou Z, Zhang Y, Lai Y, Zhang Q, Yang X, Yu L, Jiang H. Gut microbe-derived metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide activates the cardiac autonomic nervous system and facilitates ischemia-induced ventricular arrhythmia via two different pathways. EBioMedicine. 2019 Apr 3.     
6. Zhang Q, Lai Y, Deng J, Wang M, Wang Z, Wang M, Zhang Y, Yang X, Zhou X, Jiang H. Vagus Nerve Stimulation Attenuates Hepatic Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury via the Nrf2/HO-1 Pathway. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2019 May 7;2019:9549506.              
7. Deng J, Zhou X, Wang M, Wang M, Zhou L, Meng G, Wang Y, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Zhou Z, Yu L, Jiang H. The effects of interleukin 17A on left stellate ganglion remodeling are mediated by neuroimmune communication in normal structural hearts. Int J Cardiol. 2019 Mar 15;279:64-71. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.01.010
8. Wang Y, Yu L, Meng G, Wang Z, Zhou Z, Zhang Y, Xia H, Jiang H. Mast cells modulate the pathogenesis of leptin-induced left stellate ganglion activation in canines. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Oct 15;269:259-264. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.07.126. Epub 2018 Jul 25. PMID: 30072157.