Publications

1. He X, Hu M, Xu Y, Xia F, Tan Y, Wang Y, Xiang H, Wu H, Ji T, Xu Q, Wang L, Huang Z, Sun M, Wan Y, Cui P, Liang S, Pan Y, Xiao S, He Y, Song R, Yan J, Quan X, Wei Y, Hong C, Liao W, Li F, El-Omar E, Chen J, Qi X, Gao J, Zhou H. The gut-brain axis underlying hepatic encephalopathy in liver cirrhosis. Nature Medicine. 2025 Feb;31(2):627-638.

2. Yun Zhang, Xuejie Han, Tao Feng, Zewen Li, Hui Yu, Ye Chen, Yunlong Gao, Qianhui Gao, Linwei Zhang, Shanshan Li, Ling Shi, Xiru Zhang, Zhuang Li, Yue Li and Hongwei Zhou. Gut-microbiota-derived indole sulfate promotes heart failure in chronic kidney disease. 2025 Cell Host & Microbe. 2025 Oct 8;33(10):1715-1730.e5.

3. Muxuan Chen, Cancan Qi, Wei Qing, Zuyi Zhou, Yingxuan Zhang, Rongdan Chen, Yi Hou, Jinxia Ou, CALM2004 Consortium Investigators, Yan He & Hongwei Zhou. Vaginal microbiome and sexuallytransmitted pathogens in Chinese reproductive-age women: a multicentre cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort study. Nature Communication. 2025 Nov 14;16(1):10002.

4. Mukeng Hong, Zhuang Li, Haihua Liu, Songyuan Zheng, Fangling Zhang, Junqing Zhu, Hao Shi, Haixing Ye, Zhantu Chou, Lei Gao, Jianxin Diao, Yang Zhang, Dongxin Zhang, Shixian Chen*, Hongwei Zhou*, Juan Li*. Fusobacterium nucleatum aggravates rheumatoid arthritis through FadA-containing outer membrane vesicles. Cell Host & Microbe. 2023 May 10;31(5):798-810.e7.

5. Jie Gao, Xinmei Zhao, Shixian Hu, Zhenhe Huang, Mengyao, Hu, Shaoqin Jin, Bingyun Lu, Kai Sun, Zhang Wang, Jingyuan Fu, Rinse K. Weersma*, Xiaolong He*, Hongwei Zhou*. Gut microbial DL-endopeptidase alleviates Crohn’s disease via the NOD2 pathway. Cell Host & Microbe. 2022 Oct 12;30(10):1435-1449.e9.

6. Kaiyu Xu; Xuxuan Gao; Genghong Xia; Muxuan Chen; Nianyi Zeng; Shan Wang; Chao You; Xiaolin Tian; Huiling Di; Wenli Tang; Pan Li; Huidi Wang; Xiuli Zeng; Chuhong Tan; Fanguo Meng; Hailong Li; Yan He; Hongwei Zhou*; Jia Yin; * Rapid gut dysbiosis induced by stroke exacerbates brain infarction in turn, Gut. 2021 Feb 8: gutjnl-2020-323263.

7. He Y, Wu W, Zheng HM, Li P, McDonald D, Sheng HF, Chen MX, Chen ZH, Ji GY, Zheng ZDX, Mujagond P, Chen XJ, Rong ZH, Chen P, Lyu LY, Wang X, Wu CB, Yu N, Xu YJ, Yin J, Raes J, Knight R, Ma WJ*, Zhou HW*. Regional variation greatly limits applications of healthy gut microbiome reference ranges and disease models. Nature Medicine. 2018 Oct;24(10):1532-1535.