金亮，教授，博士生导师，江苏省特聘教授。研究方向聚焦胰腺功能调节与再生，探究胰腺祖细胞增殖分化规律；解析非编码 RNA 在血糖稳态维持中的作用及机制，揭示糖脂代谢调控与稳态维持新规律。研究先后得到科技部 863 计划(2015AA020314)、国家自然科学基金(30701023, 31270985，81570696，82070801，82373925)等省部级项目资助；研究结果以通讯作者先后在 Nat Commun (2023, 2021, 2020）、PNAS (2020) 、Diabetes (2022)、Diabetologia (2020)等杂志发表。授权发明专利 10 余项。

部分代表性论著：

1、Yue Liu; Yue Yang; Chenying Xu; Jianxing Liu; Jiale Chen; Guoqing Li; Bin Huang; Yi Pan; Yanfeng Zhang; Qiong Wei; Stephen J. Pandol; Fangfang Zhang*; Ling Li*; Liang Jin* ; Circular RNA circGlis3 protects against islet β-cell dysfunction and apoptosis in obesity, Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 21;14(1):351. (IF:17.6)

2、Hu Q, Mu J, Liu Y, Yang Y, Liu Y, Pan Y, Zhang Y, Li L, Liu D, Chen J*, Zhang F*, Jin L*.  Obesity-Induced miR-455 Upregulation Promotes Adaptive Pancreatic β-Cell Proliferation Through the CPEB1/CDKN1B Pathway.Diabetes. 2022 Mar 1;71(3):394-411. (IF:9.46)

3、Fangfang Zhang#, Yue Yang#, Xi Chen, Yue Liu, Qianxing Hu, Bin Huang, Yuhong Liu, Yi Pan, Yanfeng Zhang, Dechen Liu, Rui Liang, Guoqing Li , Qiong Wei*, Ling Li*, Liang Jin*. The long non-coding RNA βFaar regulates islet β-cell function and survival during obesity in mice. Nat Commun. 2021 Jun 28;12(1):3997. (IF:14.919)

4、Shanshan Tang, Mingfeng Zhang, Samuel Zeng, Yaxun Huang, Melissa Qin, Ubaydah Nasri, Pere Santamaria, Arthur D Riggs*, Liang Jin*, Defu Zeng*. Reversal of autoimmunity by mixed chimerism enables reactivation of β cells and transdifferentiation of α cells in diabetic NOD mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A，2020 Dec 8;117(49):31219-31230. (IF:11.205)

5、Zhang F, Ma D, Zhao W, Wang D, Liu T, Liu Y, Yang Y, Liu Y, Mu J, Li B, Zhang Y, Pan Y, Guo C, Du H, Li L, Fu X, Cao Z, Jin L*. Obesity-induced overexpression of miR-802 impairs insulin transcription and secretion. Nat Commun. 2020 Apr 14;11(1):1822. (IF:12.121)