Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on FormS-3 of Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of our report dated March 7, 2017, with respect to our audits of the financial statements of Zeta Acquisition Corp. II for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, which appears in the Zeta Acquisition Corp. II Form10-K filed on March 7, 2017.
/s/LWBJ, LLP
West Des Moines, Iowa
February 21, 2018