Professor Internal medicine, Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital

Main interest: metabolic inflammation in Chronic Kidney Disease

Education

2002/9 –2005/7?Peking Union Medical College  Ph.D

1989/9 – 1997/7?Southeast University School of Medicine  M.D.

Working experience?

2007/10 – ?Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital?Professor, Consultant.

2005/9 – 2007/3?Renal Division, Emory University School of Medicine.  Visiting Scholar

1997/8?2002/9  Renal Division, Southeast University School of Medicine. Attending physician

Publication:

Xiang DM, Song XZ, Zhou ZM, Liu Y, Dai XY, Huang XL, Hou FF, Zhou QG. Chronic kidney disease promotes chronic inflammation in visceral white adipose tissue. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2017; 312(4):F689-F701.

Li C, Ding XY, Xiang DM, Xu J, Huang XL, Hou FF, Zhou QG. Enhanced M1 and Impaired M2 Macrophage Polarization and Reduced Mitochondrial Biogenesis via Inhibition of AMP Kinase in Chronic Kidney Disease. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2015; 36(1):358-72.

Zhu Y, Chen YL, Li C, Ding XY, Xu GY, Hu LL, Hou FF, Zhou QG. The effect of inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress on lipolysis in white adipose tissue in a rat model of chronic kidney disease. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2014 Mar;35(3):356-62.

Zhou QG, Jiang JP, Wu SJ, Tian JW, Chen JH, Yu XQ, Chen PY, Mei CL, Xiong F, Shi W, Zhou W, Liu XS, Sun SR, Xie D, Liu J, Xu X, Hou FF. Current pattern of Chinese dialysis units: a cohort study in a representative sample of units. Chin Med J (Engl). 2012 Oct;125(19):3434-9

Zhou QG, Fu XJ, Xu GY, Cao W, Liu HF, Nie J, Liang M, Hou FF. Vascular insulin resistance related to endoplasmic reticulum stress in aortas from a rat model of chronic kidney disease. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2012 Nov 1;303(9):H1154-65.

Wang GB, Xu ZJ, Liu HF, Zhou QG, Zhou ZM, Jia N. Changes in pathological pattern and treatment regimens based on repeat renal biopsy in lupus nephritis. Chin Med J (Engl). 2012 Aug;125(16):2890-4.

Zhou Q, Zhao C, Xie D, Xu D, Bin J, Chen P, Liang M, Zhang X, Hou F. Acute and acute-on-chronic kidney injury of patients with decompensated heart failure: impact on BMC Nephrol. 2012 Jul 2;13:51. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-13-51

Zhou Q, Wu S, Jiang J, Tian J, Chen J, Yu X, Chen P, Mei C, Xiong F, Shi W, Zhou W, Liu X, Sun S, Xie DI, Liu J, Xu X, Liang M, Hou F. Accumulation of circulating advanced oxidation protein products is an independent risk factor for ischaemic heart disease in maintenance haemodialysis patients. Nephrology (Carlton). 2012 Sep;17(7):642-9.

Cao W, Zhou QG, Nie J, Wang GB, Liu Y, Zhou ZM, Hou FF. Albumin overload activates intrarenal renin-angiotensin system through protein kinase C and NADPH oxidase-dependent pathway. J Hypertens. 2011 Jul;29(7):1411-21.

Zhou QG, Zhou M, Lou AJ, Xie D, Hou FF. Advanced oxidation protein products induce inflammatory response and insulin resistance in cultured adipocytes via induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2010;26(4-5):775-86.

Zhou QG, Peng X, Hu LL, Xie D, Zhou M, Hou FF. Advanced oxidation protein products inhibit differentiation and activate inflammation in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. J Cell Physiol. 2010 Oct;225(1):42-51.

Zhou QG, Zhou M, Hou FF, Peng X. Asymmetrical dimethylarginine triggers lipolysis and inflammatory response via induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress in cultured adipocytes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Apr;296(4):E869-78

Wei XF, Zhou QG, Hou FF, Liu BY, Liang M. Advanced oxidation protein products induce mesangial cell perturbation through PKC-dependent activation of NADPH oxidase.Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2009 Feb;296(2):F427-37.

Zhou QG, Hou FF, Guo ZJ, Liang M, Wang GB, Zhang X. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D improved the free fatty-acid-induced insulin resistance in cultured C2C12 cells. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2008 Sep;24(6):459-64.

Zhou Q, Du J, Hu Z, Walsh K, Wang XH. Evidence for adipose-muscle cross talk: opposing regulation of muscle proteolysis by adiponectin and Fatty acids. Endocrinology. 2007 Dec;148(12):5696-705.