主要从事先导物药代特性早期评价及新方法研究、新药临床前药代动力学研究、药物代谢酶和转运蛋白调控的分子机制和生物学效应研究等。担任中国药理学会药物代谢专业委员会委员，北京药理学会药物代谢专业委员会委员。参与完成的5个1.1类新药（抗慢性肾功能不全药硝克柳胺，抗凝血药SAR107375E，抗结核药吡法齐明和OTB-658，PD-L1抑制剂艾姆地芬）已进入临床研究。主持和参与多项科研项目，包括国家科技部重大新药创制专项、国家自然科学基金、协和青年科研基金、中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项基金、青年医学教育学者计划项目等。发表科研论文30余篇，参编论著3部，2015年获教育部自然科学二等奖。
1. 新药临床前药代动力学及PK/PD研究
2. 血脑屏障与药物转运研究
3. 药物代谢酶和转运蛋白相关的药物相互作用机制研究
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2. Wang Y#, Liu X#, Zou X, Wang S, Luo L, Liu Y, Dong K, Yao X, Li Y, Chen X*, Sheng L*. Metabolism and Interspecies Variation of IMMH-010, a Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 Inhibitor Prodrug. Pharmaceutics. 2021;13(5):598.
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5. Wen H#, Liu Y#, Wang S, Wang T, Zhang G, Chen X, Li Y, Cui H, Lai F*, Sheng L*. Design and Synthesis of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase 1 Inhibitors and Evaluation of Their Use as Anti-Tumor Agents. Molecules. 2019;24(11):2124.
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8. Wu X, Zhang Q, Guo J, Jia Y, Zhang Z, Zhao M, Yang Y, Wang B, Hu J, Sheng L*, Li Y*. Metabolism of F18, a Derivative of Calanolide A, in Human Liver Microsomes and Cytosol. Front Pharmacol. 2017;8:479.
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1. 《应用分子药理学》第2版（第十三章药物代谢酶与转运蛋白的调控及分子机制），王晓良主编，中国协和医科大学出版社，2015.
2. 《药理学研究的新技术与新方法》（第八章 CYP450高表达体系在药理学研究中的应用），陈晓光主编，中国协和医科大学出版社，2014.
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1.2015年，以微管为靶的紫杉烷类分子抗肿瘤耐药应用基础研究，教育部自然科学二等奖，排名11.
