1982 Xinjiang University, BS 1987 Xinjiang Inst. of Biol, Chinese Acad. of Sciences, MS 1996 University of South Carolina, PhD
Training:
1996-2000 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Postdoctoral Scholar 2000-2004 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Research Instructor
Research interests:
The main research interests in our laboratory are to understand the cellular and molecular
mechanisms underlying aging and anti-inflammatory steroid hormone glucocorticoid-induced
bone loss and marrow fat accumulation, focusing on how aging and glucocorticoids regulate
bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) lineage commitment towards osteoblast and
adipocyte differentiation pathways. The approaches used in our studies include cell
and molecular biology, stem cell biology, and transgenic and conditional gene knockout
animal models. The ultimate goal of our research is to develop new strategies preventing
aging- and pharmacological agent-induced bone loss.
Current projects:
Inflammation and bone loss with aging. The major goal is to investigate how PPARg,
via regulating fat and fat-generated factors, controls bone homeostasis and immune
functions during aging process.
Lab members:
Yonggang Bao, PhD Yun Su, BS
Selected publications:
Su Y, Shen X, Chen J, Isales CM, Zhao J, Shi X. Differentially Expressed Genes in
PPARγ-deficient MSCs. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2018 Aug 15;471:97-104.
Cao J, Ou G, Ding K, Yang N, Kream B, Hamrick M, Isales CM, Shi X. Impact of Targeted
PPARg Disruption on Bone Remodeling. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2015 Jul 15, 410, 27–34.
Shi X, Blair HC, Yang X, McDonald JM, Cao X. Tandem repeat of C/EBP binding sites
mediates PPARg gene transcription in glucocorticoid-induced adipocyte differentiation.
J Cell Biochem. 2000 Jan;76(3):518-27.
Zhang W, Ou G, Hamrick M, Hill W, Borke J, Wenger K, Chutkan N, Yu J, Mi QS, Isales
CM, Shi X. Age-related changes in the osteogenic differentiation potential of mouse
bone marrow stromal cells. J Bone Miner Res. 23(7):1118-28, 2008.
Shi X, Shi W, Li Q, Song B, Wan M, Bai S, Cao X. A glucocorticoid-induced leucine-zipper protein, GILZ, inhibits adipogenesis of mesenchymal
cells. EMBO Rep. 2003 Apr;4(4):374-80. (#: Corresponding author).
Zhang W, Yang N, Shi X. Regulation of mesenchymal stem cell osteogenic differentiation
by glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ). J Biol Chem. 283: 4723 –4729, 2008.
Pan G, Cao J, Yang N, Ding K, Fan C, Xiong WC, Hamrick M, Isales C, and Shi X. Role
of Glucocorticoid-Induced Leucine Zipper (GILZ) in Bone Acquisition. J. Biol. Chem.
289(28):19373-82, 2014.
Yang N, Zhang W, Shi X. Glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ) mediates glucocorticoid action and inhibits
inflammatory cytokine-induced COX-2 expression. J Cell Biochem. 103, 1671-1680, 2008.
He L, Yang N, Isales CM, Shi X (2012) Glucocorticoid-Induced Leucine Zipper (GILZ)
Antagonizes TNF-α Inhibition of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenic Differentiation.
PLoS ONE 7(3): e31717.
Yang N, Baban B, Isales CM, Sh Xi. Crosstalk Between BMSCs and Regulatory T Cells
Through A GILZ/Del-1-Dependent Mechanism. FASEB J. 29(9): 3954-3963; September 2015.
Yang N, Baban B, Isales CM, Shi XM (2017) Role of glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper
(GILZ) in inflammatory bone loss. PLOS ONE 12(8): e0181133.
