Peer-Reviewed Publications

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       ​​2025

1. Wang, K., Lee, P. K., Li, W., Wu, W., Lam, C. H. I., Wong, K. Y., Wong, M. S., Tse, D. Y. Y., and Zhao, D.# (2025). Anti-inflammatory and Metabolic Regulatory Effects of Ocular-Accumulative Phenolic Compounds in Dry Eye Disease Management. Food Science and Human Wellness. (IF=7.4)

2. Liu, J., Lee, P. K., Wu, W., Huang, J., and Zhao, D.# (2025). Medicine food homology materials for promoting resilience against metabolic syndrome: Recent technology advances and challenges. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 105236. (IF=15.4)

3. Wang, J., Qin, Y., Wu, Q., Zeng, D., ..., Zhao, D., ..., Sheng. B.#, and Li. H.#  (2025). An adaptive AI-based virtual reality sports system for adolescents with excess body weight: a randomized controlled trial. Nature Medicine, 1-14. (IF=50.0)

4. Yang, Y., Wang, K., Chiou, J. C., and Zhao, D.# (2025). Metabolomic insights into the prebiotic and metabolic regulatory properties of ellagic acid and urolithins on probiotic-like bacteria in vitro. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 100425. (IF=5.8)

5. Li, Y., Zheng, R., Wang, Y., Zhao, D., Zhao, L., Wang, K., Hu, Z.#, and Liu, X.# (2025). Ultra-high pressure effectively inhibits the pro-inflammatory activity of thaumatin-like protein from Litchi chinensis: Insights from gut metabolism and theoretical investigation. Food Research International, 116011. (IF=8.0)

6. Wu, W., Wang, K., Liu, J., So, P. K., Leung, T. F., Wong, M. S., and Zhao, D.# (2025). A High-Throughput Integrated Nontargeted Metabolomics and Lipidomics Workflow Using Microelution Enhanced Matrix Removal-Lipid for Comparative Analysis of Human Maternal and Umbilical Cord Blood Metabolomes. Analytical Chemistry, 97(5)2629–2638. (IF=7.4)

7. Lee, P. K., Co, V. A., Yang, Y., Wan, M. L. Y., El-Nezami, H.#, and Zhao, D.# (2025). Bioavailability and interactions of schisandrin B with 5-fluorouracil in a xenograft mouse model of colorectal cancer. Food Chemistry, 463, 141371. (IF=8.5)

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        2024

1. Hua, Z., Wu, Q., Yang, Y., Liu, S., Jennifer, T. G., Zhao, D.#, and Fang, Y.# (2024). Essential roles of ellagic acid-to-urolithin converting bacteria in human health and health food industry: An updated review. Trends in Food Science & Technology, 104622. (IF=15.1)

2. Zhang, F., Lo, E.K.K., Chen, J., Wang, K., Felicianna, Ismaiah, M.J., Leung, H.K.M., Zhao, D.#, Lee, J.C.Y., El-Nezami, H.# (2024). Probiotic mixture ameliorates diet-induced MASLD/MASH murine model through the regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism and gut microbiome. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 72(15), 8536-8549. (IF=6.3)

3. Shi, B., Wang, H., Nawaz, A., Khan, I. A., Wang, Q., Zhao, D., and Cheng, K. W.# (2024). Dual functional roles of nutritional additives in nutritional fortification and safety of thermally processed food: Potential, limitations, and perspectives. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 23(1), 1-28. (IF= 14.8)

4. Khan, I. A., Shi, B., Shi, H., Zhu, Z., Khan, A., Zhao, D., and Cheng, K. W.# (2024). Attenuation of heterocyclic amine formation and lipid and protein oxidation in air-fried fish fillets by marination with selected legume seed extracts. Food Chemistry, 435, 137592. (IF= 8.8)

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        2023

1. Yang, Y., Lee, P.-K., Wong, H.-C., and Zhao, D.# (2023). Oral supplementation of Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens promotes ellagic acid metabolism and urolithin bioavailability in mice. Food Chemistry, 137953-. (IF= 8.8)

2. Chan, Y.-T., Huang, J., Wong, H.-C., Li, J., and Zhao, D.# (2023). Metabolic fate of black raspberry polyphenols in association with gut microbiota of different origins in vitro. Food Chemistry, 134644. (IF= 8.8)

3. Lo, E.K.K., Wang, X., Lee, P.K., Wong, H.C., Lee, J.C.Y., Gómez-Gallego, C., Zhao, D.#, El-Nezami, H. and Li, J.# (2023). Mechanistic insights into zearalenone-accelerated colorectal cancer in mice using integrative multi-omics approaches. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 21, pp.1785- 1796. (IF= 6.0)

4. Xia, X., Zhang, Y., Zhu, L., Ying, Y., Hao, W., Wang, L., He, L., Zhao, D., Chen, J.X., Gao, Y.# and Huang, J.Q.# (2023). Liquiritin Apioside Alleviates Colonic Inflammation and Accompanying Depression-like Symptoms in Colitis by Gut Metabolites and the Balance of Th17/Treg. Phytomedicine, 155039. (IF= 7.9)​

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        2022

1. Lu, Z., Chan, Y.-T., Lo, K., Wong, V. W.-S., Ng, Y.-F., Li, S.-Y., Ho, W. W., Wong, M.-S.#, and Zhao, D.# (2022). Levels of polyphenols and phenolic metabolites in breastmilk and its associations with plant-based food intake in Hong Kong lactating women. Food and Function, 12, 12683-12695. (IF= 6.3)

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        Before 2022

1. Westfall, S., Caracci F., Zhao D., Wu Q.L., Frolinger T., Simon J.E., and Pasinetti G.M.# (2021). Microbiota metabolites modulate the T helper 17 to regulatory T cell (Th17/Treg) imbalance promoting resilience to stress-induced anxiety-and depressive-like behaviors. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 91, 350-368. (IF = 19.2)

2. Yuan, B., Zhao, D., Lyu, W., Yin, Z. Kshatriya, D., Simon, J.E., Bello, N.T., and Wu, Q#. (2021). Development and validation of a micro-QuEChERS method with high-throughput enhanced matrix removal followed with UHPLC-QqQ-MS/MS for analysis of raspberry ketone-related phenolic compounds in adipose tissues. Talanta, 235, 122716. (IF= 6.5)

3. Zhao D., Yuan B., Kshatriya D., Polyak A., Simon J.E., Wu Q.L.# and Bello, N.T.# (2020). Influence of diet-induced obesity on the bioavailability and metabolism of raspberry ketone (4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2- butanone) in mice. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, 64, 1900907. (IF= 6.5)

4. Wang J., Zhao D., Tiano S., Esteban-Fernández A., Yuan B., Smith C., Brathwaite J., Jlayer Z., Wu Q., Simon J.E., Trageser K.J. and Pasinetti G.M.# (2020). Prophylactic effect of flavanol rich preparation metabolites in promoting resilience to a mouse model of social stress. Translational Psychiatry, 10, 183. (IF = 7.9)

5. Westfall S., Carracci F., Estill, M., Zhao D., Wu Q.L., Frolinger T., Simon J.E. and Pasinetti G.M.# (2020). Optimization of probiotic therapeutics using machine learning in an artificial human gastrointestinal tract. Scientific Reports, 11:1067. (IF = 4.6)

6. Ono K., Zhao D., Wu Q., Simon J.E., Wang J. and Pasinetti G.M.# (2020). Pine Bark Polyphenolic Extract Attenuates Amyloid-β and Tau Misfolding in a Model System of Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 73, 1597-1606. (IF = 4.0)