PUBLICATIONS
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Brain G Oliver#, Qi Wang#, Rochelle A Yarak, Tharathip Hikasem, Catherine A Gorrie, Chenju Yi*, Hui Chen*. Memory under siege: the cognitive costs of smoking and vaping. Brain Behav Immun Health. (EPub date: 2025/09/15)
Yixun Su, Hui Li, Wenjie Zhang, Shi Tao, Qi Wang, Xuan Zhang, Mi Zhou, Xiaomin Huang, Chenmeng Wang, Yong Tang, Hui Chen, Alexei Verkhratsky, Zhengbao Zha*, Jianqin Niu*, Chenju Yi*. Connexin43 hemichannel blockade turns microglia neuroprotective and mitigates cognitive deficits in a mouse model of amyloidosis. Nature Communications. (EPub date: 2025/07/01)
Qi Wang, Taida Huang, Zihan Zheng, Yixun Su, Zhonghao Wu, Cong Zeng, Guangdan Yu, Yang Liu, Xiaorui Wang, Hui Li, Xiaoying Chen, Zhuoxu Jiang, Jinyu Zhang, Yuan Zhuang, Yi Tian, Qingwu Yang, Alexei Verkhratsky, Ying Wan*, Chenju Yi*, Jianqin Niu*. Oligodendroglial precursor cells modulate immune response and early demyelination in a murine model of multiple sclerosis. Science Translational Medicine. (EPub date: 2025/04/02)
Brian G Oliver#, Jingyu Wang#, Rochelle A Yarak, Tharathip Hikasem, Baoming Wang, Min Feng, Xichen Wang, Catherine A Gorrie, Chenju Yi*, Hui Chen. Exposure to third hand e-cigarette vapour impairs cognitive function in young mice. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. (EPub date: 2025/02/14)
Yiyi Zhu, Alexei Verkhratsky*, Hui Chen*, Chenju Yi*. Understanding glucose metabolism and insulin action at the blood-brain barrier: Implications for brain health and neurodegenerative diseases. Acta Physiol (Oxf). (EPub date: 2025/01/17)
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Yang Yang, Hui Chen, Shuwen Huang, Hao Chen, Alexei Verkhratsky, Jianqin Niu*, Yibo Qu*, Chenju Yi*. BOK-engaged mitophagy alleviates neuropathology in Alzheimer's disease. Brain. (EPub date: 2024/07/26)
Yang Chen#, Xiaomin Huang#, Hui Chen, Chenju Yi*. An easy-to-perform method for microvessel isolation and primary brain endothelial cell culture to study Alzheimer's disease. Heliyon. (EPub date: 2024/07/12)
Xiaomin Huang#, Junhua Qi#, Yixun Su#, Ying Zhou, Qi Wang, Taida Huang, Dongdong Xue, Yunxin Zeng, Alexei Verkhratsky, Benjie Zhou*, Hui Chen, Chenju Yi*. Endothelial DR6 in blood-brain barrier malfunction in Alzheimer's disease. Cell Death Dis. (EPub date: 2024/04/13)
Yixun Su, Alexei Verkhratsky*, Chenju Yi*. Targeting connexins: possible game changer in managing neuropathic pain? Trends Mol Med. (EPub date: 2024/04/10) (Cover Article)
Taida Huang, Xiaonan Guo, Xiaomin Huang, Chenju Yi*, Yihui Cui*, Yiyan Dong*. Input-output specific orchestration of aversive valence in lateral habenula during stress dynamics. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. (EPub date: 2024/04/03)
Dan Li, Jinning Jia, Haibo Zeng, Xiaoyan Zhong, Hui Chen, Chenju Yi*. Efficacy of exercise rehabilitation for managing patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neural Regen Res. (EPub date: 2024/03/15)
Chenju Yi*, Alexei Verkhratsky*, Jianqin Niu*. Pathological potential of oligodendrocyte precursor cells: terra incognita. Trends Neurosci. (EPub date: 2023/05/15)
Hui Chen#, Yang Yang#, Diana Odisho, Siqi Wu, Chenju Yi* , Brian G Oliver. Can biomarkers be used to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder? Front Psychiatry. (EPub date: 2023/03/28)
Xiaoyue Wei, Ruijie Li, Xiangyu Li, Boyan Wang, Jianyang Huang, Hanyiqi Mu, Qinmu Zhang, Ziyuan Zhang, Yifei Ru, Xinxiang Wu, Yuan Qiu, Yanchen Ye, Yuanyuan Feng, Shiyu Wang, Hui Chen, Chenju Yi*, Jiancheng Wang*. iPSCs-derived mesenchymal stromal cells mitigate anxiety and neuroinflammation in aging female mice. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. (EPub date: 2022/12/25)
Yixun Su, Xiaorui Wang, Yujian Yang, Liang Chen, Wenlong Xia, Kimberly K Hoi, Hui Li, Qi Wang, Guangdan Yu, Xiaoying Chen, Shouyu Wang, Yuxin Wang, Lan Xiao, Alexei Verkhratsky, Stephen P J Fancy*, Chenju Yi*, Jianqin Niu*. Astrocyte endfoot formation controls the termination of oligodendrocyte precursor cell perivascular migration during development. Neuron. (EPub date: 2022/11/18) (Cover Article)
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Hui Chen#, Yang Yang#, Hanna Miyai, Chenju Yi*, Brian G Oliver. The effects of exercise with nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation in adults: A systematic review. Front Psychiatry. (EPub date: 2022/12/13)
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Guangdan Yu#, Yixun Su#, Chen Guo, Chenju Yi, Bin Yu, Hui Chen, Yihui Cui, Xiaorui Wang, Yuxin Wang, Xiaoying Chen, Shouyu Wang, Qi Wang, Xianjun Chen, Xuelian Hu, Feng Mei, Alexei Verkhratsky*, Lan Xiao*, Jianqin Niu*. Pathological oligodendrocyte precursor cells revealed in human schizophrenic brains and trigger schizophrenia-like behaviors and synaptic defects in genetic animal model. Mol Psychiatry. (EPub date: 2022/09/22)
Qi Wang#, Xiaomin Huang#, Yixun Su, Guowei Yin, Shouyu Wang, Bin Yu, Hui Li, Junhua Qi, Hui Chen, Wen Zeng, Kai Zhang, Alexei Verkhratsky*, Jianqin Niu*, Chenju Yi*. Activation of Wnt/beta-catenin pathway mitigates blood-brain barrier dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease. Brain. (EPub date: 2022/07/06) (Cover Article)
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Hui Li#, Yang Chen#, Jianqin Niu*, Chenju Yi*. New insights into the immunologic role of oligodendrocyte lineage cells in demyelination diseases. J Biomed Res. (EPub date: 2022/05/18)
Chenju Yi#*, Qi Wang#, Yibo Qu, Jianqin Niu, Brian G Oliver, Hui Chen. In-utero exposure to air pollution and early-life neural development and cognition. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. (EPub date: 2022/05/08)
Taida Huang, Xiaomin Huang, Hui Li, Junhua Qi, Nan Wang, Yi Xu, Yunxin Zeng, Xuewen Xiao, Ruide Liu, Yik Lung Chan, Brian G Oliver, Chenju Yi*, Dan Li*, Hui Chen. Maternal Cigarette Smoke Exposure Exaggerates the Behavioral Defects and Neuronal Loss Caused by Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury in Female Offspring. Front Cell Neurosci. (EPub date: 2022/03/08)
Yunxin Zeng#, Taida Huang#, Nan Wang, Yi Xu, Chunhui Sun, Min Huang, Chun Chen, Brian G Oliver, Chenju Yi*, Hui Chen*. L-Leucine Improves Metabolic Disorders in Mice With in-utero Cigarette Smoke Exposure. Front Physiol. (EPub date: 2021/07/20)
Yuxin Wang#, Yixun Su#, Guangdan Yu, Xiaorui Wang, Xiaoying Chen, Bin Yu, Yijun Cheng, Rui Li, Juan C Sáez, Chenju Yi*, Lan Xiao*, Jianqin Niu*. Reduced Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cell Impairs Astrocytic Development in Early Life Stress. Adv Sci (Weinh). (EPub date: 2021/06/23)
Xiaomin Huang#, Yixun Su#, Nan Wang, Hui Li, Zhigang Li, Guowei Yin, Hui Chen, Jianqin Niu*, Chenju Yi*. Astroglial Connexins in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Front Mol Neurosci. (EPub date: 2021/06/15)
Taida Huang#, Mo Yang#, Yunxin Zeng, Xiaomin Huang, Nan Wang, Yun Chen, Peng Li, Jinqiu Yuan, Chun Chen, Brian G Oliver, Chenju Yi*. Maternal High Fat Diet Consumption Exaggerates Metabolic Disorders in Mice With Cigarette-Smoking Induced Intrauterine Undernutrition. Front Nutr.(EPub date: 2021/04/03)
Xiaorui Wang#, Yixun Su#, Tao Li, Guangdan Yu, Yuxin Wang, Xiaoying Chen, Chenrui Yin, Ziqin Tang, Chenju Yi*, Lan Xiao*, Jianqin Niu*. Quetiapine promotes oligodendroglial process outgrowth and membrane expansion by orchestrating the effects of Olig1. Glia. (EPub date: 2021/03/05)
Taida Huang, Yan Zhang, Zitian Wang, Yunxin Zeng, Nan Wang, Huaxun Fan, Zhangsen Huang, Yixun Su, Xiaomin Huang, Hui Chen, Kai Zhang*, Chenju Yi*. Optogenetically Controlled TrkA Activity Improves the Regenerative Capacity of Hair-Follicle-Derived Stem Cells to Differentiate into Neurons and Glia. Adv Biol (Weinh). (EPub date: 2020/09/15)
Chenju Yi, Ket Yin Goh, Lik-Wei Wong, Ajeena Ramanujan, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Sreedharan Sajikumar, Carlos F Ibáñez*. Inactive variants of death receptor p75(NTR) reduce Alzheimer's neuropathology by interfering with APP internalization. EMBO J. (EPub date: 2020/12/01)
Zhangsen Huang#, Lik-Wei Wong#, Yixun Su, Xiaomin Huang, Nan Wang, Hui Chen, Chenju Yi*. Blood-brain barrier integrity in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Front Neuroendocrinol. (EPub date: 2020/08/12)
Yixun Su#, Xiaomin Huang#, Zhangsen Huang, Taida Huang, Tao Li, Huaxun Fan, Kai Zhang*, Chenju Yi*. Early But Not Delayed Optogenetic RAF Activation Promotes Astrocytogenesis in Mouse Neural Progenitors. J Mol Biol. (EPub date: 2020/07/01)
Yixun Su, Wenjun Zhang, C Pawan K Patro, Jing Zhao, Tianhao Mu, Zhongnan Ma, Jianqiang Xu, Kenneth Ban*, Chenju Yi*, Yi Zhou*. STAT3 Regulates Mouse Neural Progenitor Proliferation and Differentiation by Promoting Mitochondrial Metabolism. Front Cell Dev Biol. (EPub date: 2020/06/09)
Yixun Su, Xiaomin Huang, Zhangsen Huang, Taida Huang, Yunsheng Xu, Chenju Yi*. STAT3 Localizes in Mitochondria-Associated ER Membranes Instead of in Mitochondria. Front Cell Dev Biol. (EPub date: 2020/05/12)