Presenting Author
University of Arkansas
Yan Huang, Ph.D.
AFLS B106D, University of Arkansas
1120 W Maple St. Phone: 479-575-6397
Fayetteville, AR72701 Email: yxh010@uark.edu
EDUCATION Ph.D. Animal Science
University of Wyoming, Laramie May 2012
M.S. Animal Science
Dankook University, Cheonan, South Korea August 2008
B.S. Animal Science
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China May 2005
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2015 – Present University of Arkansas, Department of Animal Science, Fayetteville, AR
Assistant Professor
2012 – 2015 Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Research Fellow
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
American Society of Animal Science (ASAS)
- Chair, Oral session: Muscle Biology and Meat Science of the 2017 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting & Trade Show
- Member, the committee for the Meat Science and Muscle Biology section of the 2017 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting & Trade Show
- Chair, ASAS Meat Science and Muscle Biology (2018-2019)
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Frontiers journals
- Guest editor, the research topic “The Role of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on the Key Gene Pathways of Skeletal Muscle Growth and Metabolism” (2019-2020)
- Guest editor for a special topic “Nutrition in the Regulation of Muscle Development and Repair” in Frontiers in Physiology (2020-2021)
- Associate Editor for Nutrigenomics section of the journals of Frontiers in Genetics and Frontiers in Nutrition. (2021-present)
Journal of Animal Science (JAS)
- Member, editorial board (2017-present)
Journal of Archives of Zoological Studies in Herald Scholarly Open Access
- Member, editorial board (2017-present)
Journal of BioMed Research
- Guest editor, the special issue “Impact of Nutritional and Environmental Factors on Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and the Microbiome” (2017-2019, 2 issues).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Nutritional skeletal muscle development. Cell signaling pathways in the regulations of myogenesis, fibrogenesis, and adipogenesis
- The role of mitochondria in muscle growth and development.
- Metabolism and obesity.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- ANSC 510V Muscle Growth and Development
- ANSC 5743L Advanced Analytical Methods in Animal Sciences Laboratory
- ANSC 3032(H) Animal Physiology I
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PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
1) J. Ge, Y. Huang, M.W. Lv, C. Zhang, M. Talukder, J.Y. Li, J.L. Li. Cadmium induced Fak-mediated anoikis activation in kidney via nuclear receptors (AHR/CAR/PXR)-mediated xenobiotic detoxification pathway. 2021. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. Volume 227, 2022, 111682. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111682
2) Y. Wang, S. Shelby, J. Apple, K. Coffey, F. Pohlman, and Y. Huang. Effects of two dietary crude protein levels on finishing performance, meat quality, and gene expression of market lambs. 2021. Animal Science Journal. 92(1) . DOI: 10.1111/asj.13641
3) S.Ghnaimawi, L. Rebello, J.I. Baum, and Y. Huang. DHA but not EPA induces the trans-differentiation of C2C12 cells into white-like adipocytes phenotype. 2021. PLOS ONE. 16(9):e0249438. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249438
4) Y. Wang, K. Thakali, P. Morse, S. Shelby, J. Chen, J. Apple, and Y. Huang. Comparison of Growth Performance and Meat Quality Traits of Commercial Cross-Bred Pigs versus the Large Black Pig Breed. 2021. Animals. 2021, 11(1), 200; DOI: 10.3390/ani11010200
5) C. Zhang, Y. Huang, M. Talukder, J. Ge, M. Lv, S. Bi, and J. Li. Selenium Sources differ in their potential to alleviate the cadmium-induced Testicular Dysfunction. 2020. Environmental Pollution. Volume 267, 2020, 115610, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115610
6) S. Ghnaimawi, J.I. Baum, R. Liyanage, and Y. Huang. Concurrent EPA and DHA Supplementation Impairs Brown Adipogenesis of C2C12 Cells. Front. Genet. 11:531. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00531
7) J.H. Pan, J. Tang, Y.J. Kim, J.H. Lee, E. Shin, J. Zhao, K. Kim, K.A. Hwang, Y. Huang, and J.K. Kim. IDH2 Deficiency Is Critical in Myogenesis and Fatty Acid Metabolism in Mice Skeletal Muscle. 2020. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(16), 5596; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21165596
8) H. Wu, S. Dridi, Y. Huang, and J.I. Baum. Leucine Decreases Intramyocellular Lipid Deposition in an mTORC1-independent Manner in Palmitate-treated C2C12 Myotubes. 2019. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Nov 26. DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00241.2019
9) S. Ghnaimawi, S.Shelby, J.I. Baum, and Y. Huang. Effects of Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid on C2C12 Cell Adipogenesis and Inhibition of Myotube Formation. 2019. Animal Cells and Systems. 23 (5), 355-364. DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2019.1661282
10) G. Liu, Y. Huang, F. S. Reis, D. Song, and H. Ni. Impact of Nutritional and Environmental Factors on Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and the Microbiome. BioMed Research International. Volume 2019. DOI: 10.1155/2019/ 5716241
11) L. Zhao, Y. Huang, and M. Du. Farm Animals are Important Biomedical Models. Animal Frontiers. 2019. Volume 9, Issue 3, July 2019, Pages 21–27. DOI: 10.1093/af/vfz015.
12) B. Alrubaye, M. Abraha, A. Almansour, M. Bansal, H. Wang, Y.M. Kwon, Y. Huang, B. Hargis, and X. Sun. Microbial metabolite deoxycholic acid shapes microbiota against Campylobacter jejuni chicken colonization. PLoS ONE. 2019. 14(7): e0214705. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214705
13) G. Liu, Y. Huang, and L. Zhang. Impact of Nutritional and Environmental Factors on Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and the Microbiome. BioMed Research International. Volume 2018, 2018:1-3. DOI: 10.1155/2018/5606845
14) Y. Huang. Red Meat and Cancer. Novel Techniques in Nutrition and Food Science. 2018: 2(4). NTNF.000545. DOI: 10.31031/NTNF.2018.02.000545
15) T. Y. Hsueh, J.I. Baum, and Y. Huang. Effect of Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid on Myogenesis and Mitochondrial Biosynthesis during Murine Skeletal Muscle Cell Differentiation. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2018. 5:15. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2018.00015
16) R.R. Chhipa, Q. Fan, J. Anderson, R. Muraleedharan, Y. Huang, G. Ciraolo, X. Chen, R. Waclaw, L.M. Chow, Z. Khuchua, M. Kofron, M.T. Weirauch, A. Kendler, C. McPherson, N. Ratner, I. Nakano, N. Dasgupta, K. Komurov, B. Dasgupta. AMP kinase promotes glioblastoma bioenergetics and tumour growth. Nat Cell Biol. 2018 Jul;20(7):823-835. DOI: 10.1038/s41556-018-0126-z. Epub 2018 Jun 18. PMID: 29915361
17) Y. Huang, C. Powers, V. Moore, C. Schafer, M. Ren, C.K.L. Phoon, J.F. James, A.V. Glukhov, S. Javadov, F.M. Vaz, J.L. Jefferies, A.W. Strauss, Z. Khuchua. The PPAR pan-agonist bezafibrate ameliorates cardiomyopathy in a mouse model of Barth syndrome. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2017. 12(1), 49