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National Natural Science Foundation of China (5 projects)
Jiangxi Provincial Key R&D Program
CAS Collaborative Research Fund

Undergraduate Courses:

Functional Food
Food Chemistry
Food Immunology

Graduate Courses:

Advanced Food Nutrition
Functional Food

I have published more than 140 papers, including 101 papers indexed by SCI and 41 papers (Chinese).

32 H-Index by web of science, 35 H-Index by scopus

https://webofscience.clarivate.cn/wos/author/record/IUM-7758-2023
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=17344349500
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9638-1466
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LpPfsEwAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zheng-Ruan
https://teacher.ncu.edu.cn/publish/090542/

65. Quancheng Zhou, Xijun Nan, Shucheng Zhang, Liang Zhang, Jian Chen, Jiayi Li, Honglei Wang, Zheng Ruan*. Effect of 3D Food Printing Processing on Polyphenol System of Loaded Aronia melanocarpa and Post-Processing Evaluation of 3D Printing Products. Foods. 2023, 12(10):2068.

64. Peiheng Han, Yujuan Yu, Li Zhang*, Zheng Ruan. Citrus peel ameliorates mucus barrier damage in HFD-fed mice. J Nutr Biochem. 2023 Feb;112:109206.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0955286322002741?via=ihub

63. Yixin Zou, Wenjiao Ding, You Wu, Tingting Chen, Zheng Ruan*. Puerarin alleviates inflammation and pathological damage in colitis mice by regulating metabolism and gut microbiota. Front Microbiol. 2023 Oct 16;14:1279029.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1279029/full

62. Zheng Ruan, Yujuan Yu, Peiheng Han, Li Zhang*, Zhongyi Hu. Si-Wu Water Extracts Protect against Colonic Mucus Barrier Damage by Regulating Muc2 Mucin Expression in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet. Foods. 2022 Aug 18;11(16):2499.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36010498/

61. Shiqi Li, Siyan Che, Sunni Chen, Zheng Ruan*, Li Zhang. Hesperidin partly ameliorates the decabromodiphenyl ether-induced reproductive toxicity in pubertal mice. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int.2022 Jul 23.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35871201/

60 Jin Wan, Qiong Yu, Junqiu Luo, Li Zhang, Zheng Ruan*. Effects of ferulic acid on the growth performance, antioxidant capacity, and intestinal development of piglets with intrauterine growth retardation. J Anim Sci, 2022 May 1;100(5):skac144. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35439319/

59 Rongxue Tang, Haifei Yu, Zheng Ruan*, Li Zhang, Yanwen Xue, Xiaofeng Yuan, Mingge Qi, Yanbin Yao. Effects of food matrix elements (dietary fibres) on grapefruit peel flavanone profile and on faecal microbiota during in vitro fermentation. Food Chemistry. 2022 Mar 1;371:131065. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34560336/

58 Luqing Song, Tao Wu, Li Zhang, Jin Wan, Zheng Ruan*. Chlorogenic acid improves the intestinal barrier by relieving endoplasmic reticulum stress and inhibiting ROCK/MLCK signaling pathways. Food Function, 2022 Apr 20;13(8):4562-4575. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35353100/

57 Tang, R., Yu, H., Qi, M., Yuan, X., Ruan, Z., Hu, C., Xiao, M., Xue, Y., Yao, Y., Liu, Q. Biotransformation of citrus fruits phenolic profiles by mixed probiotics in vitro anaerobic fermentation. LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 2022, 160:113087 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113087 Q1

56 Sunni Chen, Siyan Che, Shiqi Li, Jin Wan, Zheng Ruan*. High-fat diet exacerbated decabromodiphenyl ether-induced hepatocyte apoptosis via intensifying the transfer of Ca2+ from endoplasmic reticulum to mitochondria. Environmental Pollution,2022, 292, 118297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118297 Q1

54 Jin Wan, Li Zhang, Zheng Ruan. Dietary Supplementation with Epicatechin Improves Intestinal Barrier Integrity in Mice. Foods, 2022, 11(20), 3301; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11203301IF: 4.7 Q1 DOI 10.3390/foods11203301 Q1

53 Jinwen Yuan, Siyan Che, Zheng Ruan*, Luqing Song, Rongxue Tang, Li Zhang. Regulatory effects of flavonoids luteolin on BDE-209-induced intestinal epithelial barrier damage in Caco-2 cell monolayer model. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2021,150:112098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2021.112098IF: 3.9 Q1

52 Jinwen Yuan, Siyan Che, Li Zhang, Zheng Ruan*. Reparative Effects of Ethanol-Induced Intestinal Barrier Injury by Flavonoid Luteolin via MAPK/NF-κB/MLCK and Nrf2 Signaling Pathways. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021,69(14):4101-4110. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c00199IF: 5.7 Q1

50 Jiaojiao Li, Li Zhang, Tao Wu, Yafei Li, Xiaojun Zhou, Zheng Ruan*. Indole-3-propionic Acid Improved the Intestinal Barrier by Enhancing Epithelial Barrier and Mucus Barrier. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69(5):1487-1495. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.0c05205IF: 5.7 Q1

50 Siyan Che, Jinwen Yuan, Sunni Chen, Shiqi Li, Li Zhang, Zheng Ruan*, Yanbin Yao. Hesperidin prevents the combined toxicity of decabromodiphenyl ether and sodium nitrite in vitro. Food and chemical toxicology, 2021, 156, 112410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2021.112410

49 Yilin Liu, Chunyan Xie, Zhenya Zhai, Ze-Yuan Deng, Hugo R De Jonge, Xin Wu*, Zheng Ruan*. Uridine attenuates obesity, ameliorates hepatic lipid accumulation and modifies the gut microbiota composition in mice fed with a high-fat diet. Food & Function 2021, 12 (4), 1829-1840. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0FO02533J

44 Wu You, Li Jiaojiao, Ding Wenjiao, Ruan, Zheng*, Zhang, Li. Enhanced Intestinal Barriers by Puerarin in Combination with Tryptophan., Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021,69(51): 15575-15584 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05830IF: 5.7 Q1