Representative Publications

• Chen, J, Xiang, J, Zhou, M, Huang, R, Zhang, J, Cui, Y, Jiang, X, Li, Y, Zhou, R, Xin, H, Li, J, Li, L, Lam, S. M, Zhu, J, Chen, Y, Yang, Q, Xie, Z, Shui, G, Deng, F, Zhang, Z,& Li, M. D. (2025). Dietary timing enhances exercise by modulating fat-muscle crosstalk via adipocyte AMPKα2 signaling. Cell metabolism, 37(6), 1364–1380.e6.
• Li, K, Dai, H, Li, K, Qiu, S, Liu, D, Wang, C, Li, S, Yang, G, Li, L, Li, M. D,& Yang, M. (2026). Reversal of diet-induced obesity by central insulin sensitizer FSTL1. Neuron, 114(1), 122–141.e5.
• Zhang, Z, Hawley, J. A, & Li, M. D. (2026). Circadian biology and exercise: the time to move. Life Metabolism, 5(3), loag009.
• Zhang, Z, Yan, L., Treebak, J. T, & Li, M. D. (2025). Circadian nutrition: is meal timing an elixir for fatigue?. Science bulletin, 70(3), 309–312.
• Xin, H, Huang, R, Zhou, M, Chen, J, Zhang, J, Zhou, T, Ji, S, Liu, X, Tian, H, Lam, S. M, Bao, X, Li, L, Tong, S, Deng, F, Shui, G, Zhang, Z, Wong, C. C. L, & Li, M. D. (2023). Daytime-restricted feeding enhances running endurance without prior exercise in mice. Nature metabolism, 5(7), 1236–1251.
• Huang, R., Chen, J., Zhou, M., Xin, H., Lam, S. M., Jiang, X., Li, J., Deng, F., Shui, G., Zhang, Z., & Li, M. D. (2023). Multi-omics profiling reveals rhythmic liver function shaped by meal timing. Nature communications, 14(1), 6086.
• Zhang,Z, Shui,G,& Li,M.D.(2021). Time to eat reveals the hierarchy of peripheral clocks.Trends in cell biology,37(11),869-872.
• Li M.D.(2022). Clock-modulated checkpoints in time-restricted eating.Trends in molecular medicine,28(1),25-35.
• Xin,H, Deng,F, Zhou,M, Huang,R, Ma,X, Tian,H, Tan,Y, Chen,X, Deng,D, Shui,G, Zhang,Z,& Li,M.D.(2021).A multi-tissue multi-omics analysis reveals distinct kineztics in entrainment of diurnal transcriptomes by inverted feeding.iScience,24(4),102335.
• Li,M.D, Vera,N.B, Yang,Y, Zhang,B, Ni, W, Ziso-Qejvanaj,E, Ding,S, Zhang,K, Yin, R, Wang,S, Zhou,X, Fang,E.X, Xu,T, Erion, D.M,& Yang,X.(2018). Adipocyte OGT governs diet-induced hyperphagia and obesity.Nature communications,9(1),5103.
• Li,M.D, Ruan,H.B, Hughes,M.E, Lee,J.S., Singh,J.P, Jones,S.P, Nitabach,M.N,& Yang.X.(2013).O-GlcNAc signaling entrains the circadian clock by inhibiting BMAL1/CLOCK ubiquitination.Cell metabolism,17(2),303-310.