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Tao Xu

Researcher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Publications -  28
Citations -  2267

Tao Xu is an academic researcher from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Genome-wide association study. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 21 publications receiving 1775 citations. Previous affiliations of Tao Xu include Helmholtz Zentrum München & Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Epigenetic Signatures of Cigarette Smoking

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TL;DR: Cigarette smoking has a broad impact on genome-wide methylation that, at many loci, persists many years aftersmoking cessation, indicating a pattern of persistent altered methylation, with attenuation, after smoking cessation.
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Effects of Metformin on Metabolite Profiles and LDL Cholesterol in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

TL;DR: The results indicate that metformin intake activates AMPK and consequently suppresses FADS, which leads to reduced levels of the three acyl-alkyl PCs and LDL-C, which suggest potential beneficial effects of met formin in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.