1992年北京大学医学部（原北京医科大学）基础医学系获医学学士学位，1998年北京大学医学部免疫学系获免疫学博士学位。先后分别在美国耶鲁大学、芝加哥大学以及加州Genentech公司做博士后、研究助理教授及资深研究助理工作。2016年加入徐州医科大学，被聘为徐州医科大学基础医学院教授，江苏省特聘教授。现研究方向是肥胖及其相关的慢性代谢性疾病的免疫与代谢调控研究。关注的重点有：1）肠道微生态与机体的免疫与代谢调控；2）脂肪组织的免疫与代谢调控；3）组织损伤修复的免疫代谢调控。以通讯作者或第一作者在 “Science”、“Immunity”、“JCI Insight” 和“JI” 等发表多篇科研论文。2017 年获得国家自然科学基金面上项目资助。

近5年内发表的论著

（1） Yanbo Kou; Xingping Zheng; Liyuan Meng; Mengnan Liu; Shihong Xu; Qiyue Jing; Shenghan Zhang; Hanying Wang; Jinzhi Han; Zhuanzhuan Liu; Yanxia Wei; Yugang Wang; The HVEM-BTLA Immune Checkpoint Restrains Murine Chronic Cholestatic Liver Injury by Regulating the Gut Microbiota, Frontiers in Immunology, 2022, 13: 0-e773341 

（2） Yanbo Kou; Liyuan Meng; Shenghan Zhang; Xingping Zheng; Mengnan Liu; Shihong Xu; Qiyue Jing; Hanying Wang; Jinzhi Han; Zhuanzhuan Liu; Yanxia Wei; Yugang Wang；A murine commensal protozoan influences host glucose homeostasis by facilitating free choline generation, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2022, 88(6): e02413-21. 

（3） Wei, Yanxia; Gao, Jing; Kou, Yanbo; Liu, Mengnan; Meng, Liyuan; Zheng, Xingping; Xu, Shihong; Liang, Ming; Sun, Hongxiang; Liu, Zhuanzhuan; Wang, Yugang; The intestinal microbial metabolite desaminotyrosine is an anti-inflammatory molecule that modulates local and systemic immune homeostasis, The FASEB Journal, 2020, 34(12): 16117-16128  

（4）Wei, Yanxia; Gao, Jing; Kou, Yanbo; Meng, Liyuan; Zheng, Xingping; Liang, Ming; Sun, Hongxiang; Liu, Zhuanzhuan; Wang, Yugang; Commensal Bacteria Impact a Protozoan's Integration into the Murine Gut Microbiota in a Dietary Nutrient-Dependent Manner, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2020, 86(11): e00303-20. 

 (5）Kou Yanbo; Liu Qingya; Liu Wenli; Sun Hongxiang; Liang Ming; Kong Fanyun; Zhang Bo; Wei Yanxia; Liu Zhuanzhuan; Wang Yugang; LIGHT/TNFSF14 signaling attenuates beige fat biogenesis, The FASEB Journal, 2018, 33(2): 1595-1604    

（6）Suwal Sharmila; Wu Qiong; Liu Wenli; Liu Qingya; Sun Hongxiang; Liang Ming; Gao Jing; Zhang Bo; Kou Yanbo; Liu Zhuanzhuan; Wei Yanxia; Wang, Yugang; Zheng Kuiyang; The Probiotic Effectiveness in Preventing Experimental Colitis Is Correlated With Host Gut Microbiota, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018, 9: 0-2675. 

（7）Katewa Arna; Wang, Yugang; Hackney Jason A; Huang Tao; Suto Eric; Ramamoorthi Nandhini; Austin Cary D; Bremer Meire; Chen Jacob Zhi; Crawford James J; Currie Kevin S; Blomgren Peter; DeVoss Jason; DiPaolo Julie A; Hau Jonathan; Johnson Adam; Lesch Justin; DeForge Laura E; Lin Zhonghua; Liimatta Marya; Lubach Joseph W; McVay Sami; Modrusan Zora; Nguyen Allen; Poon Chungkee; Wang Jianyong; Liu Lichuan; Lee Wyne P; Wong Harvey; Young Wendy B; Townsend Michael J.; Reif, Karin; Btk-specific inhibition blocks pathogenic plasma cell signatures and myeloid cell-associated damage in IFNalpha-driven lupus nephritis, JCI Insight, 2017, 2(7): 0-e90111.