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Zhong-Cheng Luo

ResearcherObstetrics and GynecologyUniversity of Toronto

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Zhong-Cheng Luo

Researcher

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
28 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2017.

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Research

Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease Insulin Resistance Pregnancy Sex Difference

Latest papers

Urinary concentrations of eighteen environmental phenols and the associations with feeding pattern in infants in the first 6 months of life.
Chemosphere · 2025
Early pregnancy blood heavy metal(loid)s and low sea-fish consumption in relation to risk of gestational diabetes mellitus among Shanghai Birth cohort (SBC) women.
Environment international · 2025
Gut microbiota development, antibiotic resistome, and related perinatal factors in early infancy.
mSystems · 2025

All 56 publications

Latest funding

Understanding early life origins of sex difference in insulin sensitivity
CIHR · 2017 · Nominated PI
$150,000

All 1 grants and awards

56 publications.

Urinary concentrations of eighteen environmental phenols and the associations with feeding pattern in infants in the first 6 months of life.

Shu L, Fan P, Chen Y, Tang W, Liu Z, Luo ZC, Ouyang F

Chemosphere2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143954 PMID: 39675577

Early pregnancy blood heavy metal(loid)s and low sea-fish consumption in relation to risk of gestational diabetes mellitus among Shanghai Birth cohort (SBC) women.

Li Y, Zhang T, Ma J, Ma R, Liu J, Xu J, Rothenberg SE, Yan CH, Zhang J, Luo ZC, Wang X, Ouyang F, Shanghai Birth Cohort

Environment international2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109959 PMID: 41314136

Gut microbiota development, antibiotic resistome, and related perinatal factors in early infancy.

Fan P, Ma J, Shen Q, Ouyang Y, Zhang T, Shen J, Luo Z-C, Liu Z, Ouyang F

mSystems2025

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00502-25 PMID: 40742167

Cord Blood Fetuin-B, Fetal Growth Factors, and Lipids in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

Wang WJ, He H, Fang F, Liu X, Yang MN, Chen ZL, Wu T, Huang R, Li F, Zhang J, Ouyang F, Luo ZC

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgae520 PMID: 39073616

Sex dimorphic associations between oxidative stress and adiposity in early childhood.

Chen ZL, Liu X, Tao MY, Yang MN, He H, Fang F, Ouyang F, Zhang J, Li F, Luo ZC, Shanghai Birth Cohort

European journal of endocrinology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/ejendo/lvaf203 PMID: 41206093

Environmental antibiotics exposure and childhood obesity: A cross-sectional case-control study.

Wang YQ, Zhang Y, Tang WF, Luo ZC, Zhang YT, Yan CH, Zhang J, Chen Q

Ecotoxicology and environmental safety2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116339 PMID: 38669873

Gestational diabetes mellitus and linear growth in early childhood.

Chen ZL, Liu X, Tao MY, Yang MN, He H, Fang F, Wu T, Ouyang F, Zhang J, Li F, Luo ZC

Frontiers in endocrinology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1470678 PMID: 39665025

Fetal overgrowth and weight trajectories during infancy and adiposity in early childhood.

Tao MY, Liu X, Chen ZL, Yang MN, Xu YJ, He H, Fang F, Chen Q, Mao XX, Zhang J, Ouyang F, Shen XH, Li F, Luo ZC, Shanghai Birth Cohort, Shen X, Huang H, Sun K, Zhang J, Wang W, Xu W, Ouyang F, Li F, Huang Y, Zhang J, Yan C, Shen L, Bao Y, Tian Y, Chen W, Zhang H, Tong C, Xu J, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Jiang F, Yu X, Yu G, Chen J, Zhang Y, Li X, Cheng H, Zhang Q, Duan T, Hua J, Peng H

Pediatric research2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02991-7 PMID: 38200323

Prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus by multiple biomarkers at early gestation.

Yang MN, Zhang L, Wang WJ, Huang R, He H, Zheng T, Zhang GH, Fang F, Cheng J, Li F, Ouyang F, Li J, Zhang J, Luo ZC

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06651-4 PMID: 39285345

First-Trimester Plasmatic microRNAs Are Associated with Fasting Glucose Levels in Late Second Trimester of Pregnancy.

Légaré C, Desgagné V, Thibeault K, White F, Clément AA, Poirier C, Luo ZC, Scott MS, Jacques PÉ, Perron P, Guérin R, Hivert MF, Bouchard L

Biomedicines2024

DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12061285 PMID: 38927492

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Zhong-Cheng Luo

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Urinary concentrations of eighteen environmental phenols and the associations with feeding pattern in infants in the first 6 months of life.

Early pregnancy blood heavy metal(loid)s and low sea-fish consumption in relation to risk of gestational diabetes mellitus among Shanghai Birth cohort (SBC) women.

Gut microbiota development, antibiotic resistome, and related perinatal factors in early infancy.

Cord Blood Fetuin-B, Fetal Growth Factors, and Lipids in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

Sex dimorphic associations between oxidative stress and adiposity in early childhood.

Environmental antibiotics exposure and childhood obesity: A cross-sectional case-control study.

Gestational diabetes mellitus and linear growth in early childhood.

Fetal overgrowth and weight trajectories during infancy and adiposity in early childhood.

Prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus by multiple biomarkers at early gestation.

First-Trimester Plasmatic microRNAs Are Associated with Fasting Glucose Levels in Late Second Trimester of Pregnancy.

Understanding early life origins of sex difference in insulin sensitivity

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Zhong-Cheng Luo

Isabelle Marc

Emile Levy

Lise Dubois

Laurent Briollais

Nathalie Auger

Emmanuel Bujold

Nathalie Auger

Luigi Bouchard

William Fraser

Linda Booij

Elham Emami

Ma'n Zawati

William Fraser

William Fraser

Isabel Fortier

Linda Booij

Kellie Murphy

Jean-Patrice Baillargeon

John Kingdom

Linda Booij

Zdenka Pausova

Marie-France Hivert

Bartha Knoppers