Welcome to the website of Pingwen Xu's Lab. Here, you can find information about our research, team, publications, and resources.
<aside> 💡 One of the biggest challenges in modern society is the conflict between the appetite control system shaped by evolution to survive under food scarcity and the food abundance in most of the world brought by the technological revolution. Such incompatibility led to a rapidly growing epidemic of obesity and many other metabolic diseases. We are interested in how the brain integrates homeostatic signals and regulates whole-body metabolism. Particularly, we are interested in how the brain adapts to both acute and chronic metabolic changes and how such adaptation, in turn, affects the control of energy homeostasis. Our research's long-term goal is to delineate essential neural pathways for energy balance, glucose homeostasis, binge eating/drinking, and other related behaviors. I hope my research will provide novel central targets for developing therapeutic strategies to combat obesity, eating disorders, diabetes, and alcoholism.
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Explore our latest projects and research areas. Our lab focuses on central regulation of food intake, alcohol binge drinking, and whole-body metabolism.
Meet the dedicated members of our lab. Learn about their backgrounds, roles, and contributions to our research.
Browse through our published papers and articles. Stay updated with our recent findings and scientific contributions.
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Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Department of Medicine The University of Illinois at Chicago 835 S Wolcott Ave, Suite E625 Chicago, IL 60612
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