Honours and Awards
[1] 1.Jea-Hyun Baek, Rui Zeng（Co-first author）, Julia Weinmann-Menke, M Todd Valerius, Yukihiro Wada, Amrendra K Ajay, Marco Colonna, Vicki R Kelley.IL-34 mediates acute kidney injury and worsens subsequent chronic kidney disease. The Journal of clinical investigation 2015; 125(8).（2014 Impact factor：13.22）
2. Rui Zeng, Ying Yao, Min Han, Xiaoqin Zhao, Xiao-Cheng Liu, Juncheng Wei, Yun Luo, Juan Zhang, Jianfeng Zhou, Shixuan Wang, Ding Ma, Gang Xu. Biliverdin Reductase Mediates Hypoxia-Induced EMT via PI3-Kinase and Akt. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19(2):380-7, 2008. (2014 Impact factor：9.34）
3.Qiaodan Zhou, Rui Zeng（Co-first author）, Chuou Xu, Lili Liu, Lin Chen, Pei Kou, Guangchang Pei, Shoujun Bai, Yamin Zhang, Caixia Li, Min Han, and Gang Xu. Erbin inhibits TGF-β1-induced EMT in renal tubular epithelial cells through an ERK dependent pathway. Journal of Molecular Medicine (Berl). 2012, 90(5):563-74.（2014 Impact factor：5.11）
4. Guangchang Pei, Rui Zeng（Co-first author), Min Han, Panli Liao, Xuan Zhou, Yueqiang Li, Ying Zhang, Ping Liu, Chunxiu Zhang, XiaoCheng Liu, Ying Yao, and Gang Xu. Renal interstitial infiltration and tertiary lymphoid organ neogenesis in IgA nephropathy. Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology. 2014,9(2):255-64.（2014 Impact factor：4.61）
5. Shoujun Bai, Rui Zeng（Co-first author), Qiaodan Zhou, Wenhui Liao, Yamin Zhang, Chuou Xu, Min Han, Guangchang Pei, Lili Liu, Xiaocheng Liu, Ying Yao, Gang Xu. Cdc42 interacting protein-4 promotes TGF-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition and extracellular matrix deposition of renal proximal tubular epithelial cells via its interaction with β-catenin. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 2012, 8(6): 859-869.（2014 Impact factor：4.51）
6. Rui Zeng, Min Han, Yun Luo, Caixia Li, Guangchang Pei, Wenhui Liao, shoujun Bai, Shuwang Ge, Xiaocheng Liu, Gang Xu. Role of Sema4C in TGF-β1-Induced Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Activation and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Renal Tubular Epithelial Cells. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantion. 26(4):1149-56, 2011.（2014 Impact factor：3.58）
7. Rui Zeng, Yan Xiong, Fengming Zhu, Zufu Ma, Wenhui Liao, Yong He, JinSeng He, Wei Li, Juan Yang, Qian Lu, Gang Xu, and Ying Yao. Fenofibrate attenuated glucose-induced mesangial cells proliferation and extracellular matrix synthesis via PI3K/AKT and ERK1/2. PLoS One. 2013, 9;8(10):e76836.（2014 Impact factor：3.23）
8. Zhizhi Hu, Guangchang Pei, Pengge Wang, Juan Yang , Fengmin Zhu, Yujiao Guo, Meng Wang, Ying Yao, Rui Zeng（corresponding author), Wenhui Liao, Gang Xu. Biliverdin Reductase A (BVRA) Mediates Macrophage Expression of Interleukin-10 in Injured Kidney. International Journal of Molecular Sciences.2015,16(9):22621-22635.（2014 Impact factor：2.86）
9.Yan Liao, Wenhui Liao, Jianshe liu, Gang Xu, Rui Zeng（corresponding author). Assessment of CKD-EPI equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate in adults for the Chinese CKD Population. Journal of International Medical Research. 2011;39 (6):2281-2287.（2014 Impact factor：1.44）
10. Rui Zeng, Gang Xu, Min Han. Effective penetration of cell-permeable peptide mimic of tyrosine residue 654 domain of β-catenin into human renal tubular epithelial cells. Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. 27(6):630-4, 2008.（2014 Impact factor：0.83）
11. Shuwang Ge, Rui Zeng（Co-first author）, Yun Luo, Lin Liu, Honglan Wei, Juan Zhang, Huan zhou，Gang Xu. Role of protein kinase C in advanced glycation end products-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in renal proximal tubular epithelial cells. Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Science). 29(3):281-5, 2009. （2014 Impact factor：0.83）
