Education:

M.D., Henan Medical College, China, 1984.

Research Interest:

Renal mechanisms of hypertension and the related kidney damages; Transcriptional regulation of renal genes; Mechanism of renal adaptation to hypoxia; Stem cells in renal pathobilogy.

Selected Publications:

Xia M, Li PL, Li N. Telemetric signal-driven servo-control of renal perfusion pressure in acute and chronic rat experiments. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2008 Sep 24. [Epub].

Li N, Chen L, Yi F, Xia M, Li PL. Salt-Sensitive Hypertension Induced by Decoy of  Transcription Factor HIF-1aplha in the Renal Medulla. Circ Res. 102(9):1101-8, 2008.

Yi F, Santos EA, Xia M, Chen QZ, Li PL, Li N. Podocyte Injury and Glomerulosclerosis in Hyperhomocysteinemic Rats. Am J Nephrol 30;27(3):262-268, 2007

Li N, Yi F, Santos EA, Donley DK, Li PL. Role of Renal Medullary Heme Oxygenase in the Pressure Natriuresis and Long Term Control of Arterial Blood Pressure. Hypertension, 49(1):148-54. 2007

Li N, Yi FX, Spurrier JL, Bobrowitz CA, Zou AP. Production of superoxide through NADH oxidase in thick ascending limb of Henle's loop in rat kidney. Am J Physiol: Renal Physiol. 282: F1111-F1119. 2002.