Kong X, Yao T, Zhou P, Kazak L, Tenen D, Lyubetskaya A, Dawes BA, Tsai L, Kahn BB, Spiegelman BM, Liu T, Rosen ED. Brown Adipose Tissue Controls Skeletal Muscle Function via the Secretion of Myostatin. Cell Metab, 28(4):631-643.e3; 2018.
Yong G, Yao T, Deng Z, Sohn JW, Jia S, Huang Y, Kong X, Yu KJ, Wang RT, Chen H, Guo H, Yan J, Cunningham KA, Chang Y*, Liu T* and Williams KW*. TrpC5 mediates acute leptin and serotonin effects via Pome neurons. Cell Reports. 18(3):583-592, 2017.
Yao T, Deng Z, Gao Y, Sun J, Kong X, Huang Y, He Z, Xu Y, Chang Y, Yu KJ, Findley BG, Berglund ED, Wang RT, Guo H, Chen H, Li X, Kaufman RJ, Yan J, Liu T, Williams KW. Ire1α in Pome neurons is required for thermogenesis and glycemia. Diabetes. 66(3):663-673, 2017.
Kumari M, Wang X, Lantier L, Lyubetskaya A, Eguchi J, Kang S, Tenen D, Roh HC, Kong X, Kazak L, Ahmad R, Rosen ED. IRF3 promotes adipose inflammation and insulin resistance and represses browning. J Clin Invest. 126(8):2839-54, 2016. PMID: 27400129.
Sun J, Gao Y, Yao T, Huang Y, He Z, Kong X, Yu KJ, Wang RT, Guo H, Yan J, Chang Y, Chen H, Scherer PE, Liu T, Williams KW. Adiponectin potentiates the acute effects of leptin in arcuate Pome neurons. Molecular Metabolism, 5(10):882-91, 2016.
Chen Q, Yang X, Zhang H, Kong X, Yao L, Cui X, Zou Y, Fang F, Yang J, Chang Y. Metformin impairs systemic bile acid homeostasis through regulating SIRT1 protein levels. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1864(1 ):101-112, 2016.
Long JZ, Svensson KJ, Tsai L, Zeng X, Roh HC, Kong X, Rao RR, Lou J, Lokurkar I, Baur W, Castellot Jr. JJ, Rosen ED, Spiegelman BM. A Smooth Muscle-Like Origin for Beige Adipocytes. Cell Metabolism, 19(5):810-20, 2014.
Berglund ED*, Liu T*, Kong X*, Sohn JW, Vong L, Deng Z, Lee CE, Lee S, Williams KW, Olson DP, Scherer PE, Lowell BB, and Elmquist JK. Melanocortin-4 receptors in preganglionic parasympathetic and sympathetic neurons differentially control energy balance and glucose homeostasis. Nature Neuroscience, 17(7):911-3. 2014.
Williams KW*, Liu T*, Kong X*, Fakuda M*, Deng Y, Berglund ED, Deng Z, Gao Y, Liu T, Sohn JW, Jia L, Fujikawa T, Kohno D, Scott MM, Lee S, Lee CE, Sun K, Chang Y, Scherer PE and Elmquist JK. Xbp1s in Pome neurons connects ER stress with energy balance and glucose homeostasis. Cell Metabolism, 20(3):471-82. 2014.
Kong X, Banks AS, Liu T, Kazak L, Rao RR, Cohen P, Wang X, Yu S, Lo JC, Tseng YH, Cypess AM, Xue R, Kleiner S, Kang S, Spiegelman BM and Rosen ED. IRF4 is a key thermogenic transcriptional partner of PGC-1α. Cell, 158(1), 69-83, 2014.
Eguchi J*, Kong X*,Tenta M, Wang X, Kang S, and Rosen ED. Interferon regulatory factor 4 regulates obesity-induced inflammation through regulation of adipose tissue macrophage polarization. Diabetes. 62(10):3394-403. 2013.
Wang R, Kong X, Cui A, Liu X, Xiang R, Yang Y, Guan Y, Fang F, Chang Y. SREBP-1c Mediates the Effect of Insulin on the Expression of Cidea in Mouse Hepatocytes. Biochemical J 430(2): 245-254, 2010.
Shao D, Liu Y, Liu X, Zhu L, Cui Y, Cui A, Qiao A, Kong X, Liu Y, Chen Q, Gupta N, Fang F, Chang Y. PGC-1 ^-Regulated mitochondrial biogenesis and function in myotubes is mediated by NRF-1 and ERRα. Mitochondrion. 10(5):516-27, 2010.
Liu X, Qiao A, Ke Y, Kong X, Liang J, Wang R, Ouyang X, Zuo J, Chang Y, and Fang F. FoxO1 Represses LXRα-Mediated Transcriptional Activity of SREBP-1c Promoter. FEBS Lett. 22; 584(20):4330-4, 2010.
Kong X, Wang R, Xue Y, Liu X, Zhang H, Chen Y, Fang F,Chang Y. Sirtuin 3, a new target of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-y coactivator-1 a, plays an important role in the suppression of reactive oxygen species. PLos One. 5(7):e11707, 2010.
Kong X*, Fan H*, Liu X, Wang R, Liang J, Gupta N, Chen Y, Fang F, Chang Y. Peroxisome Proliferator- activated Receptor {gamma} Coactivator-1 alpha enhances anti-proliferative activity of 5'-Deoxy-5-Fluorouridine in cancer cells through induction of Uridine Phosphorylase. Mol Pharmacol 76:854-860, 2009.
Chapters
Kong X, Williams KW and Liu T. Genetic Mouse Models: The Powerful Tools to Study Fat Tissues. Methods Mol Biol. 1566: 99-107; 2017.
Gao W, Kong X, Yang Q. Isolation, Primary Culture, and Differentiation of Preadipocytes from Mouse Brown Adipose Tissue. Methods Mol Biol. 1566:3-8; 2017.
Kang S, Kong X, Rosen ED. Chapter One - Adipocyte-Specific Transgenic and Knockout Models. Methods Enzymol. 537:1-16; 2014.
Reviews
Shen WJ, Yao T, Kong X, Williams KW, Liu T. Melanocortin neurons: Multiple routes to regulation of metabolism. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis, 1863(10 Pt A):2477-2485; 2017.
Kong X, Williams KW, Liu T. Genetic Mouse Models: The Powerful Tools to Study Fat Tissues. Methods Mol Biol, 1566:99-107; 2017.
Kong X, Wang R, Liu X, Zhu L, Shao D, Chang Y, and Fang F. Function of SIRT1 in Physiology. Biochemistry (Moscow). 74(7): 703-708; 2009.
Editorials
Xi L, Chow CM, Kong X. Role of Tissue and Systemic Hypoxia in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes. J Diabetes Res. 2016:1527852; 2016.
