Yong Li

Professor
liyong@bjmu.edu.cn
Xueyuan Road 38, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Peking University

Personal profile

Yong Li, Grade II Professor/Ph.D. Supervisor of Peking University Health science center. Prof. Li is the New Century Excellent Talents in University of Ministry of Education of China, and State Department special allowance experts. He has trained 47 PhD students, 51 master’s and 8 post-doctoral students. Long-term research in nutrition and food hygiene filed (e.g. peptide nutrition, nutrition and disease, dietary formulations, population nutrition, etc.). Prof. Li has presided over two sub-projects of Key Project of Chinese National Programs for Fundamental Research and Development (973 program), two National Programs for High Technology Research and Development (863 Program), one programs of the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China during the “10th Five-Year Plan”, three Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Period, one National "Twelfth Five-Year" Plan for Science & Technology Support projects, two Key Programs and eleven General Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), two international cooperation projects, four programs supported by Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China, eleven provincial-level projects and "985" projects of the Ministry of Education, and many other horizontal projects. He won 17 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards and 7 other awards. He has published more than 400 academic papers，including 132 papers published in SCI journals. As editor in chief for 18 monographs, associate editor and co-editor of more than 10 books. Obtained a number of patents of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office.

Main research directions

Peptide nutrition

Nutrition and disease

Dietary formula

Human nutrition

Representative scientific research projects

1. National natural science foundations of China. Effect and action mechanisms of oligopeptides of sea cucumber collagen on diabetic wound healing (2016-2019). Role: PI

2. National natural science foundations of China. Effects and action mechanisms of naked oat beta-glucan on dyslipidemia based on gut microbes (2014-2016). Role: PI

3. National natural science foundations of China. The mechanism of endoplasmic reticulum stress in diabetic atherosclerosis and the effect of quercetin intervention (2012-2012). Role: PI

4. National 12th Five-Year Plan Key Project, 2011 ZX0811-005, Application of special toxicological evaluation techniques in genetically modified organisms (2012-2015) . Role: PI

5. National natural science foundations of China. The improvemental effect of procyanidins on peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus (2010-2013). Role: PI

10 representative papers

1. Naked Oat (Avena nuda L.) Oligopeptides: Immunomodulatory Effects on Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Mice via Cytokine Secretion, AntibodyProduction, and Th Cells Stimulation. Nutrients 2019, 11(4), 927;

2. Radioprotective Effect of Walnut Oligopeptides Against Gamma Radiation-Induced Splenocyte Apoptosis and Intestinal Injury in Mice. Molecules 2019, 24(8), 1582;

3. Ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer) Oligopeptides Protect Against Binge Drinking-Induced Liver Damage through Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Rats. Nutrients 2018, 10, 1665

4. Ginseng oligopeptides protect against irradiation-induced immune dysfunction and intestinal injury. Sci Rep.8.13916

5. Anti-Inflammation Effect of Small Molecule Oligopeptides Prepared from Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer in Rats. Molecules. 2019, 24, 858

6. The Effects of Intensive Nutrition Education on Late Middle-Aged Adults with Type 2 Diabetes. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 897

7. Sustaining Effect of Intensive Nutritional Intervention Combined with Health Education on Dietary Behavior and Plasma Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients. Nutrients 2016, 8, 560

8. Anti-fatigue effect of small molecule oligopeptides isolated from Panax quinquefolium L. in mice. Food Funct., 2018, 9, 4266–4273

9. Ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer) oligopeptides regulate innate and adaptive immune responses in mice. Food & Function. Food Funct. 2017 Oct 1;8(10):3523-3532.

10. Effect of Low Molecular Weight Oligopeptides Isolated from Sea Cucumber on Diabetic Wound Healing in db/db Mice. Marine Drugs. Mar Drugs. 2018 Jan 8;16(1). pii: E16