Publications 

PhD thesis, "The Signalling Pathways of Oestrogen-Related Receptor Gamma (ESRRG) in Human Placentas", 2022. 

Prenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders (second edition)/Guangdong Science and Technology Press; 5th Jul, 2020 (Editor: Guohui Lu) 

产前遗传病诊断（第二版）/广东科技出版社; Jul 5, 2020 (主编：陆国辉)

Chloe A Brady, Laura B Fode,  Zhiyong Zou, Ian P Crocker, Alexander E P Heazell, "Exploration of antibody-mediated immunity in chronic histiocytic intervillositis reveals no evidence of maternal anti-fetal rejection" Scientific Reports, 2023. 

Zhiyong Zou*,  Lynda K Harris, Karen Forbes, Alexander E P Heazell, "Placental expression of Estrogen Related Receptor gamma (ESRRG) is reduced in FGR pregnancies and is mediated by hypoxia." Biology of Reproduction, 2022. 

Zhiyong Zou*,  Lynda K Harris, Karen Forbes, Alexander E P Heazell,  "Sex-specific effects of bisphenol A on the signaling pathway of ESRRG in the human placenta" Biology of Reproduction, 2022.

Zhiyong Zou, Linhuan Huang, Shaobin Lin, Zhiming He, Yanmin Luo, ”Unusual twinning: Additional findings during prenatal diagnosis of twin zygosity by single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array" Prenatal Diagnosis, 2018 (The Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Young Investigator Award (4th place)(2018))

Zhiyong Zou, Linhuan Huang, Shaobin Lin, Zhiming He, Hui Zhu, Yi Zhang, Qun Fang, Yanmin Luo, ”Prenatal diagnosis of posterior fossa anomalies: Additional value of chromosomal microarray analysis in fetuses with cerebellar hypoplasia" Prenatal Diagnosis, 2017 (Cover image)

Zhiyong Zou*,  Lynda K Harris, Alexander E P Heazell, Karen Forbes, "miR-377 Alters ESRRG and Disrupts Cell Turnover in Human Placental Explants." Placenta, 2023.

Zhiyong Zou*,  Lynda K Harris, Karen Forbes, Alexander E P Heazell, "DY131 rescues abnormal trophoblast turnover and impaired oestrogen related receptor gamma signalling induced by hypoxia."  Placenta, 2022. 

Zhiyong Zou*,  Lynda K Harris, Karen Forbes, Alexander E P Heazell, "miR-377 Downregulates Placental ESRRG Expression Which is Related to Abnormal Cell Turnover." Reproductive Sciences, 2022.

Zhiyong Zou*,  Lynda K Harris, Karen Forbes, Alexander E P Heazell, "The potential role of the ESRRG pathway in placental dysfunction."  Reproduction, 2021.

Megan C Sharps, Dexter J.L. Hayes, Stacey Lee, Zhiyong Zou, Chloe A. Brady, Yousef Almoghrabi, Alan Kerby, Kajal K. Tamber, Carolyn J. Jones, Kristina M. Adams Waldorf, Alexander E.P. Heazell"A structured review of placental morphology and histopathological lesions associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection." Placenta, 2020.

Zhiyong Zou*, Alexander E P Heazell, Lynda K Harris, Karen Forbes, ”Placental expression of estrogen related receptor [gamma] (ERR[gamma]) is hypoxia-sensitive and is altered in pregnancies complicated by fetal growth restriction " Endocrine Abstract, 2019.

Zhiyong Zou, Zhiming He, Jian Cai,    Linhuan Huang, Hui Zhu, Yanmin Luo, "Potential role of microRNA-424 in regulating ERRγ to suppress trophoblast proliferation and invasion in fetal growth restriction." Placenta, 2019.

Hui Zhu, Linhuan Huang, Zhiming He, Zhiyong Zou, Yanmin Luo ”Estrogen-related receptor γ regulates expression of 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in fetal growth restriction" Placenta, 2018.

Zhiyong Zou, Yanmin Luo, ”A case with the deletion of 5p and the duplication of 17p" Chinese Journal of Prenatal Diagnosis, 2016