Archives of Clinical Rheumatology

Yue Zhang

Shenzhen Futian Rheumatology Specialist Hospital

China

Academic Editor

Biography

Zhang Yue is Deputy Director of the Research Institute at Shenzhen Futian Rheumatology Hospital and Distinguished Professor under the Futian “Three Famous Projects.” He earned a B.Sc. in Genetics from Nankai University (1992) and a Ph.D. in Cell & Developmental Biology from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland (2006), followed by post-doctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh. Subsequent faculty appointments included Instructor at Harvard Medical School and Senior Scientist at the University of Montreal. His 37 SCI papers (>5,200 citations, 5 ESI hot/highly cited) define nutrient-sensing and epigenetic pathways governing longevity and age-related diseases. He co-authored the ACE2-wide-expression paper recognized with an IDP Five-Year Excellence Award, co-formulated national osteoarthritis guidelines, and serves on editorial boards of CMJ and multiple Frontiers journals.

Research Interest

His research focuses on the "gift of God" - Vitamin D receptor DAF-12/VDR robustness and systemically important targets including LET-363/(m)TOR autophagy metabolism and immunity, heat shock factor HSF1, microRNAs, and LET-418/Mi2/NuRD epigenetic fields related to longevity and age-related diseases (such as osteoarthritis, tumors, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, etc.).