The developmental Wnt signaling pathway effector β-catenin/TCF mediates hepatic functions of the sex hormone estradiol in regulating lipid metabolism.

by Lili Tian, Weijuan Shao, Wilfred Ip, Zhuolun Song, Yasaman Badakhshi, Tianru Jin
Published 2019-10-01

Curcumin prevents high fat diet induced insulin resistance and obesity via attenuating lipogenesis in liver and inflammatory pathway in adipocytes.

by Weijuan Shao, Zhiwen Yu, Yuting Chiang, Yi Yang, Tuanyao Chai, Warren Foltz, Huogen Lu, I George Fantus, Tianru Jin
Published 2012-01-01

The expression of dominant negative TCF7L2 in pancreatic beta cells during the embryonic stage causes impaired glucose homeostasis

by Weijuan Shao, Xiaoquan Xiong, Wilfred Ip, Fenghao Xu, Zhuolun Song, Kejing Zeng, Marcela Hernandez, Tao Liang, Jianping Weng, Herbert Gaisano, M. Cristina Nostro, Tianru Jin
Published 2015-04-01