Department of Nutrition
Wei Jia, Ph.D.
Professor and Co-Director of the UNCG Center for Research Excellence in Bioactive Food Components
Office: 704-250-5803
email: w_jia@uncg.edu
Education
- Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia, 1996
- M.S., University of Missouri - Columbia, 1991
- B.S., Jiangnan University, 1986
Research Interests
- Identification and evaluation of bioactive ingredients from foods and traditional Chinese medicines for the preventive treatment of metabolic disorders.
- Metabonomic study of disorders, including diabetes, obesity, and colorectal cancer, is performed to:
Selected Recent Publications
- Xie, G., Zheng, X., Qi, X., Cao, Y., Chi, Y., Su, M., Ni, Y., Qiu, Y., Liu, Y., Li, H., Zhao, A., Jia, W. ( 2009) Metabonomic evaluation of Melamine-induced acute renal toxicity in rats. J. Proteome Res. Epub ahead of print ( DOI: 10.1021/pr900333h).
- Bao, Y., Zhao, T., Wang, X., Qiu, Y., Su, M., Jia, W. ( 2009) Metabonomic variations in drug-treated type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and healthy volunteers, J. Proteome Res. 8(4), 1623-1630.
- Wang, X., Zhao, T., Qiu, Y., Su, M., Jiang, T., Zhou, M., Zhao, A., Jia, W. ( 2009) Metabonomics approach to understanding acute and chronic stress in rat models, J. Proteome Res. 8(5), 2511-2518.
- Zhao, T., Chen, T., Qiu, Y., Zou, X., Li, X., Su, M., Yan, C., Zhao, A., Jia, W. (2009) Trace element profiling using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and its application in an osteoarthritis study, Anal. Chem. 81(9), 3683-3692.
- Jia, W., Li, H., Zhao, L., Nicholson, J.K. (2008) Gut microbiota: a potential new territory for drug targeting, Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 7: 123-131.
- Li, H., Xie, Z., Lin, J., Song, H., Wang, Q., Wang, K., Su, M., Qiu, Y., Zhao, T., Song, K., Wang, Y., Zhou, M., Liu, P., Zhao, G., Zhang, Q., Jia, W. (2008) Transcriptomic and metabonomic profiling of obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats under high fat diet, J. Proteome Res. 7(11), 4775-4783.
- Shen, Q., Li, X., Qiu, Y., Su, M., Liu, Y., Li, H., Wang, X., Zou, X., Yan, C., Yu, L., Li, S., Wan, C., He, L., Jia, W. (2008) Metabonomic and Metallomic Profiling in the Amniotic Fluid of Malnourished Pregnant Rats, J. Proteome Res. 7(5): 2151-2157.
- Xie, G., Ni, Y., Su, M., Zhang, Y., Zhao, A., Gao, X., Liu, Z., Long, X., Jia, W. ( 2008) Application of ultra-performance LC-QTOF MS metabolite profiling techniques to the analysis of medicinal Panax herbs, Metabolomics 4: 248-260.
- Wang, X., Su, M., Qiu, Y., Ni, Y., Zhao, T., Zhou, M., Zhao, A., Yang, S., Jia, W. (2007) Metabolic regulatory network alterations in response to acute cold stress and ginsenoside intervention, J. Proteome Res. 6 (9): 3449-3455.
- Li, H., Ni, Y., Su, M., Qiu, Y., Zhou, M., Qiu, M., Zhao, A., Zhao, L., Jia, W. (2007) Pharmaco-metabonomic phenotying reveals different responses to xenobiotic intervention in rats, J. Proteome Res. 6 (4): 1364-1370.
- Chen, M., Su, M., Zhao, L., Cheng, J., Lai, Y., Liu, Y. Jia, W. (2006) Metabonomic study of aristolochic acid induced nephrotoxicity in Rats, J. Proteome Res. 5(4): 995-1002.
- Chen, M., Zhao, L., Jia, W. (2005) Metabonomic study on the biochemical profiles of a hydrocortisone induced animal model, J. Proteome Res. 4 (6): 2391-2396.