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Aimin Xu is currently a Chair Professor jointly appointed by the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacy, and also the director for State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (www.sklpb.hku.hk) at the University of Hong Kong.
Professor Aimin Xu and his research associates Research Interests Obesity is a major risk factor of type 2 diabetes (T2DM), insulin resistance and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).
Our primary research interest is to investigate the role of adipokines in the pathogenesis of obesity-related insulin resistance, systemic inflammation, T2DM and vascular dysfunctions in animal models and human subjects.
My major research interest is on discovery and functional characterization of novel adipokines and hepatokines involved in the pathogenesis of obesity-related cardio-metabolic complications.
Aimin Xu. Department of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, the University of Hong Kong. Verified email at hku.hk. Obesity diabetes biomarker discovery adipocyte biology adipokines. Articles Cited by Public access. Title. ... AWK Tso, A Xu, PC Sham, NMS Wat, Y Wang, CHY Fong, BMY Cheung, ... Diabetes care 30 (10), 2667-2672, 2007 ...
Curriculum Vitae-Aimin Xu. A: PERSONAL PROFILE . Telephone Number: (852) 39179754 . Fax number: (852) 28162095; Email address: amxu@hkucc.hku.hk. Contact address: Dept of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong . L8-40, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong . Personal website: http://www.pharma.hku.hk/pharma/staffweb/DrAiminXu/index.php
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