Dr. Qingming Dong

Department of Pharmacology
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
Research Associate

Email: qdong4@uthsc.edu

Qualifications
2005-2008 Ph.D., Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
1998-2001 M.S., Department of Microbiology, Peking University Health Science Center, China

1993-1998 M.D., Clinical Medicine, North China Coal Medical University, China

Publications (Selected)

1. Garrett, T. J., Puchowicz, M. A., Park, E. A., Dong, Q., Farage, G., Childress, R., ... & Elam, M. B. (2023). Effect of statin treatment on metabolites, lipids and prostanoids in patients with Statin Associated Muscle Symptoms (SAMS). PLoS One, 18(12), e0294498.
2. Kuefner, M. S., Stephenson, E., Savikj, M., Smallwood, H. S., Dong, Q., Payré, C., ... & Park, E. A. (2021). Group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 (PLA2G2A) augments adipose tissue thermogenesis. The FASEB Journal, 35(10), e21881.
3. Dong, Q., Majumdar, G., O’Meally, R. N., Cole, R. N., Elam, M. B., & Raghow, R. (2020). Insulin-induced de novo lipid synthesis occurs mainly via mTOR-dependent regulation of proteostasis of SREBP-1c. Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 463, 13-31.
4. Raghow, R., Dong, Q., & Elam, M. B. (2019). Phosphorylation dependent proteostasis of sterol regulatory element binding proteins. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 1864(8), 1145-1156.
5. Dong, Q., Kuefner, M. S., Deng, X., Bridges, D., Park, E. A., Elam, M. B., & Raghow, R. (2018). Sex-specific differences in hepatic steatosis in obese spontaneously hypertensive (SHROB) rats. Biology of sex Differences, 9, 1-15.
6. Dong, Q., Giorgianni, F., Beranova-Giorgianni, S., Deng, X., O'Meally, R. N., Bridges, D., ... & Raghow, R. (2016). Glycogen synthase kinase-3-mediated phosphorylation of serine 73 targets sterol response element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) for proteasomal degradation. Bioscience reports, 36(1), e00284.
7. Deng, X., Dong, Q., Bridges, D., Raghow, R., Park, E. A., & Elam, M. B. (2015). Docosahexaenoic acid inhibits proteolytic processing of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) via activation of AMP-activated kinase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and Cell Biology of lipids, 1851(12), 1521-1529.
8. Dong, Q., Giorgianni, F., Deng, X., Beranova-Giorgianni, S., Bridges, D., Park, E. A., ... & Elam, M. B. (2014). Phosphorylation of sterol regulatory element binding protein-1a by protein kinase A (PKA) regulates transcriptional activity. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 449(4), 449-454.
9. Deng, X., Zhang, W., InSug, O., Williams, J. B., Dong, Q., Park, E. A., ... & Elam, M. B. (2012). FoxO1 inhibits sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) gene expression via transcription factors Sp1 and SREBP-1c. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287(24), 20132-20143.
10. Zhou, Z., Wang, N., Woodson, S. E., Dong, Q., Wang, J., Liang, Y., ... & Li, K. (2011). Antiviral activities of ISG20 in positive-strand RNA virus infections. Virology, 409(2), 175-188.
11. Wang, N., Dong, Q., Li, J., Jangra, R. K., Fan, M., Brasier, A. R., ... & Li, K. (2010). Viral induction of the zinc finger antiviral protein is IRF3-dependent but NF-κB-independent. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(9), 6080-6090.

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