Colleges & Faculties

Xiaolin Hou, Ph.D, Professor, Doctoral supervisor.

Academic leader of the Basic Veterinary Medicine. PI of the Anti-microbiology Clinical Veterinary Pharmacology, the College of Veterinary Medicine, Beijing University of Agriculture (BUA).

Standing Director of the Pharmacology Branch and the Veterinary Food Hygiene Branch at the Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine.

Innovator of an industry-academia-research integrated teaching model, guiding students to win national and provincial awards in the China International College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the "Challenge Cup."

Specialized in animal disease prevention and control technologies as well as pathogen pathogenesis research, with multiple research papers published as first or corresponding author (50 SCI papers). Holder of 4 authorized national invention patents, mentor to over 30 master’s students, and advisor to 3 recipients of the National Scholarship for Graduate Students and 5 outstanding thesis awardees.

Teaching Laboratory Animal Science, Veterinary Pharmacology, Advanced Veterinary Pharmacology. Completed the "Veterinary Pharmacology" online course on the Zhihuishu platform and contributed to the compilation of the "Laboratory Animal Science" textbook under the 14th Five-Year Plan for regular higher education.

1. Education and Work Experience

2009.6 - Present: Teacher, College of of Veterinary Medicine, Beijing University of Agriculture  

2007.1 - 2009.6: Postdoctoral Researcher in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

2000.9 - 2006.7: Master's and Ph.D. Candidate in Basic Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University  

1996.7 - 2000.8: Employee, Shijiazhuang Pharmaceutical Group

1996.7 - 2000.8: Bachelor's Degree, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University  

2. Main Research Directions

①　Viral Infection Mechanisms and Drug Control Principles  

②　Molecular Detection of Pathogens and chemical Residues

3.Presided over scientific research projects

①　Changping District Science and Technology Commission Deputy Director Project "Research and Application of Pathogen Detection Chips for Laboratory Animals" (202407003032), (2024-2026).  

②　National Key R&D Program of China during the 13th Five-Year Plan Period "Research on Detection and Control Technologies for Antimicrobial Resistance in Livestock and Poultry Pathogens" – Subproject "Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Mitigation Technologies" (2016YFD0501307), Principal Investigator (2016.1-2020).  

③　National Natural Science Foundation of China "Regulation of Forsythiaside on Toll-Like Receptor 7 Signaling Pathway in Avian Infectious Bronchitis" (31372485), Principal Investigator (2013-2017).  

④　National 863 Program Special Project "Detection Technology for Drug Contamination in Breeding and Slaughtering Environments" (2007AA06Z404), Principal Investigator (2008.1-2010).  

⑤　First-Class Postdoctoral Natural Science Foundation "Research on Detection Methods for Prohibited Pigments in Food" (20070410096), Principal Investigator (2007.9-2009).

4.Representative Paper

①　Ruiting Shen, Jinwei Guo, Xuewei Liu, Peng Yin,  Xiaolin Hou*,(2026) Forsythoside A inhibits avian infectious bronchitis virus infection by binding the S1 subunit. Virology.614:110715. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110715.

②　He Zhang, Feng Yuan, Nan Zhao, Wenqiang Tang, Pengwei Zhao, Chunfa Liu, Shan Chen, Xiaolin Hou*, Changyou Xia* and Jun Chu* (2025) Nanoparticle-mediated SIRT1 inhibition suppresses M2 macrophage polarization and hepatocarcinogenesis in chronic hepatitis B. Journal of Nanobiotechnology 23: 385 (SCI, IF=10.6). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-025-03447-2

③　Shuo Zhao, Xueting Li , Yumeng Wang, Rui Xu, Xu Li, Jiushi Liu, Xiaolin Hou,* and Haitao Liu. (2025) Comparison of the Immune Enhancing Activity and Chemical Constituents Between Imitation Wild and Cultivated Astragali Radix. Molecules. 30, 923 (SCI, IF=4.2) https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30040923

④　Jialin Zhang, Licai Ma, Kai Wen and Xiaolin Hou* (2025) Fluorescence immunochromatographic assay for deoxynivalenol using immunomagnetic bead purification. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A. 42(2), 249–258. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2024.2447042

⑤　Jiachen Shen, Qiuchi Xu, Lu Chen, Xinyu Chang, Ruiting Shen, Zhenhua Zhao, Lifei Zhu, Yifei Wu, Xiaolin Hou (2023). Andrographolide inhibits infectious bronchitis virus-induced apoptosis, pyroptosis, and inflammation. Antivir Ther.28(5):13596535231207499. doi: 10.1177/13596535231207499.

⑥　Shen, R, Yin, P, Yao, H, Chen, L, Chang, X, Li, H. Hou Xiaolin*. (2021) Punicalin Ameliorates Cell Pyroptosis Induced by LPS/ATP Through Suppression of ROS/NLRP3 Pathway. Journal of Inflammation Research. 14 711-718 (SCI，IF=6.92). DOI, 10.2147/JIR.S299163

⑦　Li, T，Lu, Y，Zhang, H，Wang, L，Beier, R C，Jin, Y，Wang, W，Li, H，Hou Xiaolin*（2021）Antibacterial Activity and Membrane-Targeting Mechanism of Aloe-Emodin Against Staphylococcus epidermidis. Frontiers in microbiology. 12，621866（SCI，IF=5.64）.10.3389/fmicb.2021.621866

⑧　Jun Xu; Hua Yao; Shichen Wang; Huanrong Li; Xiaolin Hou*. (2020) Mangiferin Inhibits Apoptosis and Autophagy Induced by Staphylococcus aureus in RAW264.7 Cells. Journal of Inflammation Research. 13 847–857(SCI，IF=6.92) DOI, 10.2147/JIR.S280091\

⑨　Shi, F, Li, Q, Liu, S, Liu, F, Wang, J, Cui, D, Xiaolin Hou, Zhou, S, Zhang, Y Li, H(2020) Porcine circovirus type 2 upregulates endothelial-derived IL-8 production in porcine iliac artery endothelial cells via the RIG-I/MDA-5/MAVS/JNK signaling pathway. BMC veterinary research. 16(1), 265-271. DOI, 10.1186/s12917-020-02486-1

⑩　Lu Y, Wen Y, Hu G, Liu Y, Beier RC, Xiaolin Hou * (2019) Genomic Sequence Analysis of the Multidrug-Resistance Region of Avian Salmonella  enterica serovar Indiana Strain MHYL. Microorganisms 7doi:10.3390/microorganisms7080248(SCI，IF=4.2)

11　Wan C, Chen Y, Yin P, Han D, Xu X, He S, Liu M, Xiaolin Hou， Liu F, Xu J (2016) Transport stress induces apoptosis in rat myocardial tissue via activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways. Heart Vessels 31: 212-221. doi:10.1007/s00380-014-0607-3

12　Tong Zhang, Deyin Li, Zhihua Jia, Jianyu Chang,and Xiaolin Hou* Cellular immune response in chickens infected with avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). European Journal of Inflammation 2017, 15(1) 35–41

Contact information

Postal address: College of Veterinary Medicine, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7, Beinong Road, Huilongguan, Changping, Beijing, 102206

Contact number: 010-87099397

Email: 20097303@bua.edu.cn