Ji publishes three research articles, has a fourth in-press

ji-li-liDr. Li Li Ji, professor and director in the School of Kinesiology, has a number of recent publications.

His co-authored article in the European Journal of Applied Physiology entitled  Avenanthramide supplementation attenuates eccentric exercise-inflicted blood inflammatory markers in women reports the finding that human subjects consuming oats containing a high level of the antioxidant avenanthramides were protected from blood inflammatory response after a rigorous bout of downhill running exercise.

He is the senior author of two published articles:
1) In the journal Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, the article entitled Exercise-induced neuroprotection of hippocampus in APP/PS1 transgenic mice via upregulation of mitochondrial 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase  shows that exercise training can mitigate brain oxidative damage in a transgenic mouse model that resembles human Alzheimer’s disease.
2) In the FASEB Journal, the article entitled PGC-1α overexpression by in vivo transfection attenuates mitochondrial deterioration of skeletal muscle caused by immobilization reports that over-expression of a natural gene product called PGC-1 can reverse muscle loss and cell deterioration caused by a period of immobilization.

Dr. Ji also has a review article in press in the American Journal of Physiology: Advances in Physiological Education entitled “Redox signaling in skeletal muscle: role of aging and exercise.”