Personal Profile
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Director of the Department of Pathophysiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University. Bachelor of Clinical Medicine from Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medicine from Aarhus University, Denmark, and introduced talent by Sun Yat-sen University.

Research Directions
Renal pathophysiology, regulation of renal water and salt metabolism, mechanisms and interventions of acute and chronic kidney injury.

Academic Achievements
Representative Research Achievements

1、Kong Y, Zhao X, Qiu M, Lin Y, Feng P, Li S, Liang B, Zhu Q, Huang H, Li C*, Wang W*. Tubular Mas receptor mediates lipid-induced kidney injury. Cell Death Dis. 2021 Jan 21;12(1):110. doi: 10.1038/s41419-020-03375-z

2、Kong Y#, Feng W#, Zhao X, Zhang P, Li S, Li Z, Lin Y, Liang B, Li C, Wang W*, Huang H*  Statins ameliorate cholesterol-induced inflammation and improve AQP2 expression by inhibiting NLRP3 activation in the kidney Theranostics 2020; 10(23): 10415-10433. doi:10.7150/thno.49603

3、Li S, Li C, Wang W*. Bile acid signaling in renal water regulation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2019 Jul 1;317(1):F73-F76 PMID:31091123, invited review

4、Li S, Qiu M, Kong Y, Zhao X, Choi H-J, Reich M, Bunkelman BH, Liu Q, Hu S, Han M, Xie H, Rosenberg AZ, Keitel V, Kwon T-H, Levi M, Li C*, Wang W* Bile Acid G-protein Coupled Membrane Receptor TGR5 Modulates AQP2-Mediated Water Homeostasis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Nov;29(11):2658-2670

5、Lin Y, Zhang T, Feng P, Qiu M, Liu Q, Li S, Zheng P, Kong Y, Levi M, Li C, Wang W*. Aliskiren increases aquaporin-2 expression and attenuates lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 2017 Oct 1;313(4):F914-F925.

Research Projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Project, currently in progress, principal investigator.
2. General Project of Guangzhou Municipality, currently in progress, principal investigator.