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Qi Y, Si D, Zhu L, Qi Y, Wu Z, Chen D, Yang Y* (2020) High-fat diet-induced obesity affects alpha 7 nicotine acetylcholine receptor expressions in mouse lung myeloid cells. Scientific Reports. 10,18368. PMID:33110180.
Zhang J, Chen D, Sweeney P, Yang Y* (2020) An excitatory ventromedial hypothalamus to paraventricular thalamus circuit that suppresses food intake. Nature Communications. 11(1):6326. PMID:33303759.
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Qi Y, Wu Z, Chen D, Zhu L, Yang Y* (2023) A role of STING in obesity-induced lung inflammation. Int J Obes. (In press).
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