Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in Medicine
·
2023 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Recent Scholarly Works
Coleaf, an image recognition-driven approach facilitates the genome-wide association study with tea leaf morphology
Journal article Plant Methods · December 1, 2026 Leaf morphology in tea plants (Camellia sinensis L.) profoundly influences tea quality and agronomic value, yet its genetic basis remains elusive due to labor-intensive phenotyping, foliage architecture, and ecological sensitivity of traits. Moreover, trad ... Full text CiteDisruption of branched-chain amino acids homeostasis exacerbates MCD-induced steatohepatitis by amplifying a pro-inflammatory positive feedback loop between hepatocytes and macrophages.
Journal article J Nutr Biochem · December 2026 Accumulating evidence links branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs, including leucine, isoleucine, and valine) to obesity, diabetes, and related metabolic disorders; however, their role in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) remains unclear. ... Full text Link to item CiteHFpEF in Asia: Distinct Phenotypes, Shared Mechanisms, and Emerging Insights.
Journal article JACC Asia · August 6, 2026 Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous, comorbidity-driven syndrome of increasing global prevalence, with Asian patients displaying a distinctive and clinically relevant epidemiologic and biological profile. Compared with ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation
Baylor, College of Medicine ·
1993
Ph.D.