Faculty

Feng Li, MD, PhD

Feng Li, MD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213

Education & Training

MD
Shandong First Medical University, China
PhD
Endocrinology & Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, China, School of Medicine
General Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China
Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Research Interests

Translational neuroscience; Endocrinology & metabolism
Selected Research Publications & Products
  1. Feng Li, Ruya Liu, Vinny Negi, Ping Yang, Jeongkyung Lee, Mousumi Moulik, Vijay K. Yechoor. VGLL4 and MENIN function as TEAD1 corepressors to block pancreatic cell proliferation. Cell Reports. Volume 42, Issue 1, 2023, 111904, ISSN 2211-1247, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111904.
  2. Li F, Lu L, Peng Y, Zhang Y, Gao J, Zhou D, Zhou D, Sheng H, Qu S. Increased GLP2R expression in gastric chief cells of patients with severe obesity regardless of diabetes status. International Journal of Obesity (Lond). 2017 Aug;41(8):1303-1305.
  3. Li F, Peng Y, Zhang M, Yang P, Qu S. Sleeve gastrectomy activates the GLP-1 pathway in pancreatic cells and promotes GLP-1-expressing cells differentiation in the intestinal tract. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2016 Nov 15;436:33-40.