HU Cheng  

  • Doctoral Supervisor, Professor
  • Department: Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Research Area: Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism)
  • Research Interests: Pathogenesis of obesity and diabetes
  • Contact: alfredhc@sjtu.edu.cn
  • Bachelor of Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1999-2003
  • PhD from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicimne(Supervisor: Weiping Jia), 2003-2007
  • Vice President, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, July 2023
  • Vice Chairman, Youth Working Committee of Chinese Diabetes Society, 2019
  • Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Review     Editorial Board
  • Chinese Journal of Diabetes Mellitus      Editorial Board
  1. Li Y, Wang D, Ping X, Zhang Y, Zhang T, Wang L, Jin L, Zhao W, Guo M, Shen F, Meng M, Chen X, Zheng Y, Wang J, Li D, Zhang Q, Hu C#, Xu L#, Ma X#. Local hyperthermia therapy induces browning of white fat and treats obesity. Cell. 2022 Mar 17;185(6):949-966.e19.
  2. Yan J, Zhang Y, Yu H, Zong Y, Wang D, Zheng J, Jin L, Yu X, Liu C, Zhang Y, Jiang F, Zhang R, Fang X, Xu T, Li M, Di J, Lu Y, Ma X, Zhang J, Jia W, Hu C#. GPSM1 impairs metabolic homeostasis by controlling a pro-inflammatory pathway in macrophages. Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 25;13(1):7260. 
  3. Liu C,Meng M, Xu B, Xu Y, Li G, Cao Y, Wang D, Qiu J, Yu J, Xu L#, Ma X#, Hu C#. Fibroblast growth factor 6 promotes adipocyte progenitor cell proliferation for adipose tissue homeostasis. Diabetes. 2023 Apr 1;72(4):467-482.
  4. Li Y, Jin L, Jiang F, Yan J, Lu Y, Yang Q, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Yu HR, Zhang YM, He Z, Zhang R, Yang J#, Hu C#. Mutations of NRG4 contribute to the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and related metabolic disorders. Diabetes. 2021 Oct;70(10):2213-2224.
  5. Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Wang J, Jin L, Chen L, Zhang L, Li Y, Wan B, Zhang R, Jia W, Hu C#. Neuregulin4 Acts on Hypothalamic ErBb4 to Excite Oxytocin Neurons and Preserve Metabolic Homeostasis. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2023 Apr 14;e2204824.