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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
15754
World Ranking
9605
National Ranking
294

Overview

Xi Ma is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China and has a substantial body of research primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Microbiology
  • Food Science
  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Biomaterials

Research topics prominently addressed by Xi Ma include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Research publications have appeared in a number of scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Nutrition
  • Current Protein and Peptide Science
  • Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology

Selected recent papers authored with Xi Ma's involvement illustrate the research themes:

  • Clostridium species as probiotics: potentials and challenges, 2020, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology
  • Design, optimization, and nanotechnology of antimicrobial peptides: From exploration to applications, 2021, Nano Today
  • A fiber-deprived diet causes cognitive impairment and hippocampal microglia-mediated synaptic loss through the gut microbiota and metabolites, 2021, Microbiome
  • Dietary fiber-derived short-chain fatty acids: A potential therapeutic target to alleviate obesity-related nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, 2021, Obesity Reviews
  • Physiological Functions of Threonine in Animals: Beyond Nutrition Metabolism, 2021, Nutrients

Xi Ma frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Ning Ma (17 joint publications)
  • L. J. Johnston (13 joint publications)
  • Peng Tan (13 joint publications)
  • Chenlong Zhou (12 joint publications)
  • Yucheng Zhang (11 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Antioxidants Maintain Cellular Redox Homeostasis by Elimination of Reactive Oxygen Species.

    Long He;Ting He;Shabnam Farrar;Linbao Ji

  • Butyrate: A Double-Edged Sword for Health?

    Hu Liu;Ji Wang;Ting He;Sage Becker

  • Branched Chain Amino Acids: Beyond Nutrition Metabolism

    Cunxi Nie;Ting He;Wenju Zhang;Guolong Zhang

  • Clostridium species as probiotics: potentials and challenges.

    Pingting Guo;Ke Zhang;Xi Ma;Pingli He

  • Moderate dietary protein restriction alters the composition of gut microbiota and improves ileal barrier function in adult pig model.

    Peixin Fan;Ping Liu;Peixia Song;Xiyue Chen

  • Dietary Sodium Butyrate Decreases Postweaning Diarrhea by Modulating Intestinal Permeability and Changing the Bacterial Communities in Weaned Piglets

    Chang Huang;Peixia Song;Peixin Fan;Chengli Hou

  • Tryptophan (Trp) modulates gut homeostasis via aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)

    Meige Sun;Ning Ma;Ting He;Lee J. Johnston

  • Butyrate promotes the recovering of intestinal wound healing through its positive effect on the tight junctions.

    X. Ma;P. X. Fan;L. S. Li;S. Y. Qiao

  • Nutrients Mediate Intestinal Bacteria–Mucosal Immune Crosstalk

    Ning Ma;Pingting Guo;Jie Zhang;Jie Zhang;Ting He

  • A fiber-deprived diet causes cognitive impairment and hippocampal microglia-mediated synaptic loss through the gut microbiota and metabolites.

    Hongli Shi;Xing Ge;Xi Ma;Mingxuan Zheng

  • Design, optimization, and nanotechnology of antimicrobial peptides: From exploration to applications

    Peng Tan;Huiyang Fu;Xi Ma

  • Contributions of the Interaction Between Dietary Protein and Gut Microbiota to Intestinal Health

    Ning Ma;Yanan Tian;Yi Wu;Xi Ma

  • Oral Administration of Lactobacillus fermentum I5007 Favors Intestinal Development and Alters the Intestinal Microbiota in Formula-Fed Piglets

    Hong Liu;Jiang Zhang;Shihai Zhang;Fengjuan Yang

  • Metabolites of Dietary Protein and Peptides by Intestinal Microbes and their Impacts on Gut.

    Peixin Fan;Linsen Li;Arash Rezaei;Shabnam Eslamfam

  • Dietary Amino Acids and the Gut-Microbiome-Immune Axis: Physiological Metabolism and Therapeutic Prospects.

    Ning Ma;Xi Ma;Xi Ma;Xi Ma

  • PDCD10 Interacts with Ste20-related Kinase MST4 to Promote Cell Growth and Transformation via Modulation of the ERK Pathway

    Xi Ma;Hongshan Zhao;Jingxuan Shan;Feng Long

  • Autophagy: The Last Defense against Cellular Nutritional Stress.

    Long He;Jie Zhang;Jinshan Zhao;Ning Ma

  • Supplementation with branched-chain amino acids to a low-protein diet regulates intestinal expression of amino acid and peptide transporters in weanling pigs

    Shihai Zhang;Shiyan Qiao;Man Ren;Xiangfang Zeng

  • Interaction between Microbes and Host Intestinal Health: Modulation by Dietary Nutrients and Gut-Brain-Endocrine-Immune Axis

    Jingshu Chen;Yuan Li;Yanan Tian;Chang Huang

  • COL6A1 polymorphisms associated with ossification of the ligamentum flavum and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.

    Qingquan Kong;Xi Ma;Feng Li;Zhaoqing Guo

Frequent Co-Authors

Shiyan Qiao
Shiyan Qiao China Agricultural University
Defa Li
Defa Li China Agricultural University
Lee J Johnston
Lee J Johnston University of Minnesota
Guolong Zhang
Guolong Zhang Oklahoma State University
Guoyao Wu
Guoyao Wu Texas A&M University
Xianhua Piao
Xianhua Piao University of California, San Francisco
Fuller W. Bazer
Fuller W. Bazer Texas A&M University
Sung Woo Kim
Sung Woo Kim North Carolina State University
Yihe Zhang
Yihe Zhang China University of Geosciences
Paul K. Chu
Paul K. Chu City University of Hong Kong

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