1. Fei N, Zhao LP*. An opportunistic pathogen isolated from the gut of an obese human causes obesity in germfree mice. ISME J, 2013, 7(4):880-4.
2. Shen J, Obin MS, Zhao LP*. The gut microbiota, obesity and insulin resistance. Mol Aspects Med, 2013, 34(1):39-58.
3. Zhang X, Zhao Y, Zhang M, Pang X, Xu J, Kang C, Li M, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Li X, Ning G, Zhao LP*. Structural Changes of Gut Microbiota during Berberine-mediated Prevention of Obesity and Insulin Resistance in High-Fat Diet-Fed Rats. Plos One, 2012, 7(8):e42529.
4. Zhao LP*, Nicholson JK*, Lu A, Wang Z, Tang H, Holmes E, Shen J, Zhang X, Li JV, Lindon JC.. Targeting the Human Genome−Microbiome Axis for Drug Discovery: Inspirations from Global Systems Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine. J Proteome Res, 2012, 11(7): 3509–3519.
5. Zhang C, Zhang M, Pang X, Zhao Y, Wang L and Zhao LP*. Structural resilience of the gut microbiota in adult mice under high-fat dietary perturbations.ISME J, 2012, 6(10):1848-57.
6. Wang T, Cai G, Qiu Y, Fei N, Zhang M, Pang X, Jia W, Cai S, Zhao LP*.Structural segregation of gut microbiota between colorectal cancer patients and healthy volunteers. ISME J, 2012, 6(2):320-9.
7. van Hylckama Vlieg JE, Veiga P, Zhang C, Derrien M, Zhao LP*. Impact of microbial transformation of food on health-from fermented foods to fermentation in the gastro-intestinal tract.. Curr Opin Biotech, 2011, 22(2):211-219.
8. Wei H, Dong L, Wang T, Zhang M, Hua W, Zhang C, Pang X, Chen M, Su M, Qiu Y, Zhou M, Yang S, Chen Z, Rantalainen M, Nicholson J.K., Jia W, Wu D,Zhao LP*. Structural shifts of gut microbiota as surrogate endpoints for monitoring host health changes induced by carcinogen exposure. FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 2010, 73(3):577-586.
9. Zhao LP*, Shen J. Whole-body systems approaches for gut microbiota-targeted, preventive healthcare. J Biotechnol, 2010, 149(3):183-90.
10. Zhang C, Zhang M, Wang S, Han R, Cao Y, Hua W, Mao Y, Zhang X, Pang X, Wei C, Zhao G, Chen Y, Zhao LP*.. Interactions between gut microbiota, host genetics, and diet relevant to development of metabolic syndromes in mice.ISME J, 2010, 4(2): 232-241.
11. Zhang M, Zhang M, Zhang C, Du H, Wei G, Pang X, Zhou H, Liu B, Zhao LP*.Pattern extraction of structural responses of gut microbiota to rotavirus infection via multivariate statistical analysis of clone library data. FEMS Microbiol Ecol,2009, 70(2):21-9.
12. Li M, Wang B, Zhang M, Rantalainen M, Wang S, Zhou H, Zhang Y, Shen J, Pang X, Zhang M, Wei H, Chen Y, Lu H, Zuo J, Su M, Qiu Y, Jia W, Xiao C, Smith LM,Yang S, Holmes E, Tang H, Zhao G, Nicholson JK, Li L, Zhao LP*. Symbiotic gut microbes modulate human metabolic phenotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A,2008, 105(6):2117-22.
13. Jia W,Li H, Zhao LP & Nicholson JK. Gut microbiota: a potential new territory for drug targeting. Nat Rev Drug Discov, 2008, 7(2):123-9.
14. Pang X, Hua X, Yang Q, Ding D, Che C, Cui L, Jia W, Bucheli P, Zhao LP*..Inter-species transplantation of gut microbiota from human to pigs. ISME J, 2007, 1(2):156-62.
15. Zhang M, Liu B, Zhang Y, Wei H, Lei Y, Zhao LP*. Structural shifts of mucosa-associated Lactobacilli and Clostridium leptum subgroup in patients with ulcerative colitis. J Clin Microbiol, 2007, 45(2):496-500.
16. Yan X, Xu Z, Feng X, Liu Y, Liu B, Zhang X, Zhu C, Zhao LP*. Cloning of environmental genomic fragments as physical markers for monitoring microbial populations in coking wastewater treatment system. Microb Ecol, 2007, 53(1):163-72.
17. Wei G, Lu H, Zhou Z, Xie H, Wang A, Nelson K, Zhao LP*. The microbial community in the feces of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) as determined by PCR-TGGE profiling and clone library analysis. Microb Ecol,2007, 54(1):194-202.
18. Liu B, Zhang F, Feng X, Liu Y, Yan X, Zhang X, Wang L, Zhao LP*.Thauera and Azoarcus as Functionally Important Genera in a Denitrifying Quinoline Removal Bioreactor as Revealed by Microbial Community Structure Comparison. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.,2006, 55(2):274-86.
19. Shen J, Zhang B, Wei G, Pang X, Wei H, Li M, Zhang Y, Jia W, Zhao LP*. ?Molecular Profiling of the Clostridium leptum Subgroup in Human Fecal Microflora by PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Clone Library Analysis.Appl Environ Microbiol, 2006, 72(8):5232-5238.
20. Pang X, Ding D, Wei G, Zhang M, Wang L, Zhao LP*. Molecular profiling of Bacteroides spp. in human feces by PCR-temperature gradient gel electrophoresis. J Microbiol Methods, 2005, 61(3):413-7.