Qiugen Zhou, MD, PhD

Researcher 
National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Disease
Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University

Professor Qiugen Zhou is a nephrologist who cares for adult patients with chronic kidney disease. Zhou earned his medical degree from the Southern East University (SEU), School of Medicine. He then completed a residency in internal medicine at Medical Center and a fellowship in adult nephrology at SEU. He also has a PhD degree in clinical research from Peking Union Medical College. 

Zhou's research interests include diagnosing and managing chronic kidney disease in adults. He is currently studying how chronic inflammation occurs in patients with chronic kidney disease. He also belongs to the Chinese Society of Nephrology.

Selected Research and Publications

1.Xiang DM, Song XZ, Zhou ZM, Liu Y, Dai XY, Huang XL, Hou FF, Zhou QG.   Chronic kidney disease promotes chronic inflammation in visceral white adipose tissue.Am J Physiol Renal Physiol.2017.Jan 18.

2.Li C, Ding XY, Xiang DM, Xu J, Huang XL, Hou FF, Zhou QG. Enhanced M1 and Impaired M2 Macrophage Polarization and Reduced Mitochondrial Biogenesis via Inhibition of AMP Kinase in Chronic Kidney Disease.Cell Physiol Biochem.2015.36(1):358-372. 

3.Zhu Y, Chen YL, Li C, Ding XY, Xu GY, Hu LL, Hou FF, Zhou QG.   The effect of inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress on lipolysis in white adipose tissue in a rat model of chronic kidney disease.Acta Pharmacol Sin.2014. 35(3):356-362.

4.Zhou QG, Fu XJ, Xu GY, Cao W, Liu HF, Nie J, Liang M, Hou FF.Vascular insulin resistance related to endoplasmic reticulum stress in aortas from a rat model of chronic kidney disease.Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol.2012 Nov 1;303(9):H1154-65. 

5.Zhou QG, Zhou M, Lou AJ, Xie D, Hou FF. Advanced oxidation protein products induce inflammatory response and insulin resistance in cultured adipocytes via induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress.Cell Physiol Biochem.2010;26(4-5):775-86.