Jinzeng Yang , PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Work Email: jinzeng@hawaii.edu
Research Interests
1) Myostatin gene, skeletal muscle, physical activities, diet, obesity and diabetes prevention, 2) DNA-based genetics program in livestock animal and aquatic species
Recent Publications
- Fu B, Yang J, Yang Y, Xia J, He Y, Wang Q, Zhao H, Yang H. 2022. Enhanced Muscle Fibers of Epinephelus coioides by Myostatin Autologous Nucleic Acid Vaccine. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(13):6997. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23136997
- Gu H, Zhou Y, Yang J, Li J, Peng Y, Zhang X, Miao Y, Jiang W, Bu G, Hou L, Li T, Zhang L, Xia X, Ma Z, Xiong Y, Zuo B. 2021.Targeted overexpression of PPARγ in skeletal muscle by random insertion and CRISPR/Cas9 transgenic pig cloning enhances oxidative fiber formation and intramuscular fat deposition. FASEB J. 35(2):e21308. doi: 10.1096/fj.202001812RR
- Li B, Cui W, Yang J. 2020. Enhanced skeletal muscle growth in myostatin-deficient transgenic pigs had improved glucose uptake in stretozotocin -induced diabetes. Trans-genic Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11248-020-00194-y
- Yang J, 2014. Enhanced skeletal muscle for effective glucose homeostasis. Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science 121:133-63
Recent Grants
- Target Disruption of fish PGC for enhanced growth, USDA-CTSA, 2021-Present
- Nutrient Bioavailability-Phytonutrients and Beyond, USDA-Hatch, 2019-present
- Post-harvest food technology and nutrition/ Bioactive Compound. USDA, 2019-present
Current Graduate Students
- Brock Wetzlich, MS in MBBE