Dr. Ya-Xiong Tao is currently Professor of Physiology at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in Auburn, Alabama, USA. He has been working on several G protein-coupled receptors, including gonadotropin receptors regulating reproduction, and melanocortin receptors regulating energy and glucose homeostasis. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed biomedical journals and obtained funding for his research from National Institutes of Health, American Diabetes Association and American Heart Association, among others. He has delivered numerous lectures at universities and research institutes in USA, Canada, China, India, and Mexico. He has edited ten volumes, including seven volumes in Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science. He teaches several courses, including Physiology, Receptorology, Genomics and Personalized Medicine, and Molecular Endocrinology, for veterinarian, graduate, and undergraduate Honors students.

• 1. Diseased G protein-coupled receptors: An IntroductionYa-Xiong Tao2. GPR56 and its related diseasesXianhua Piao and Ze Tian3. GnRHR mutations and hypogonadotropic hypogonadismNicholas de Roux 4. LHR mutations and reproductive disordersDeborah L. Segaloff5. FSHR mutations and reproductive disordersYa-Xiong Tao and Deborah L. Segaloff6. V2R mutations and nephrogenic diabetes insipidusDaniel G. Bichet 7. Calcium-sensing receptor mutations Geoffrey N. Hendy 8. Diseases caused by prostacyclin receptor mutationsJohn Hwa and Kathleen A Martin

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