**Education:**
Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees all obtained from Sun Yat-sen University
**Professional Affiliations:**
Youth Committee Member, Diabetes Branch, Guangdong Medical Association; Member, Metabolic and Endocrine Professional Committee, Guangdong Health Management Association; Member, Endocrine Professional Committee, Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine Association; Standing Committee Member, Osteoporosis Special Committee, Guangdong Geriatric Health Association
**Awards:**
Excellent Teacher, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; "Advanced Individual," Guangdong Health Management Association; First Prize, Blood Glucose Monitoring Paper Competition, Diabetes Branch, Chinese Medical Association
**Research Achievements (First/Co-first and Corresponding Author SCI Articles):**
1. Lijuan Xu#; Liangjiao Wang#; Xinwei Huang; Liehua Liu; Wejian Ke; Xiaoying He; Zhimin Huang; Juan Liu; Xuesi Wan; Xiaopei Cao; Yanbing Li. Baseline red blood cell distribution width predicts long-term glycemic remission in patients with type 2 diabetes. *Diabetes Res Clin Pract*, 2017, 131:33-41.
2. Lijuan Xu; Pengyuan Zhang#; Hongyu Guan; Zhimin Huang; Xiaoying He; Xuesi Wan; Haipeng Xiao; Yanbing Li. Vitamin D and its receptor regulate lipopolysaccharide-induced transforming growth factor-β, angiotensinogen expression and podocytes apoptosis through the nuclear factor-κB pathway. *J Diabetes Investig*, 2016, 7(5): 680-688.
3. Lijuan Xu; Pengyuan Zhang#; Zhimin Huang; Liangying Zhong; Hai Li; Liehua Liu; Juan Liu; Haipeng Xiao; Yanbing Li. Hypoglycemia during Short-Term Intensive Insulin Therapy and Its Association with Long-Term Glycemic Remission in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes. *Journal of Diabetes Research*, 2020, 2020:4097469.
4. Lijuan Xu, Wan X, Huang Z, Zeng F, Wei G, Fang D, Deng W, Li Y. Impact of vitamin D on chronic kidney diseases in non-dialysis patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. *PLoS One*, 2013, 8(4):e61387.
5. Lijuan Xu, Zhimin Huang, Xiaoying He, Xuesi Wan, Donghong Fang, Yanbing Li. Adverse effect of metformin therapy on serum vitamin B12 and folate: short-term treatment causes disadvantages? *Med Hypotheses*, 2013, 81(2):149-51.
6. Pengyuan Zhang#; Lijuan Xu#; Hongyu Guan; Liehua Liu; Juan Liu; Zhimin Huang; Xiaopei Cao; Zhihong Liao; Haipeng Xiao; Yanbing Li. Beraprost sodium, a prostacyclin analogue, reduces fructose-induced hepatocellular steatosis in mice and in vitro via the microRNA. *Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental*, 2017, 73: 9-21.
7. Ye W, Lijuan Xu#, Ye Y, Zeng F, Lu X, Li Y, Liu L. The efficacy and safety of meal replacement in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. *J Clin Endocrinol Metab*, 2023, dgad273.
8. Zjun Xu#, Lijuan Xu#, Liping Liu, Hai Li, Jiewen Jin, Miaoguan Peng, Yanrui Huang, Haipeng Xiao, Yanbing Li, and Hongyu Guan. A Glycolysis-Related Five-Gene Signature Predicts Biochemical Recurrence-Free Survival in Patients with Prostate Adenocarcinoma. *Front Oncol*, 2021, 11:625452.
9. Jin J#, Deng Z#, Lijuan Xu#, Li H, Zhang P, Liu L, Liu J, Han H, Huang Z, Cao X, Xiao H, Li Y. Prior bariatric surgery and perioperative cardiovascular outcomes following noncardiac surgery in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: hint from National Inpatient Sample Database. *Cardiovasc Diabetol*, 2020, 19(1):103.
10. Zhong L#, Wang Y#, Lin W, Yao Z, Zhang J, Xu H, Feng P*, Xu Lijuan* (Corresponding Author). Prenatal Genetic Counseling in a Chinese Pregnant Woman With Rare Thalassemia: A Case Report. *Front Genet*, 2021, 12:670168.