研究方向

• 胶质细胞与神经元代谢偶联的分子机制

• 小胶质细胞在衰老与神经疾病中的作用

招生专业

• 神经生物学

代表论文

• Xie TX, Xiang JK, He Y, Tian M*, Zhan W, Hua LY, Deng SX, Pan R, Gao YL, Chen M, Hu RFK, Gong Y*, Xu ZX* (2025). An excitatory circuit in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray drives hypometabolic state during acute systemic inflammation. Cell Rep. 44(10):116394

• Sheng LH#*, Gao JP#, Wei QY, Gong Y*, Xu ZX*(2025). The glial UDP-glycosyltransferase Ugt35b regulates longevity by maintaining lipid homeostasis in Drosophila. Cell Rep. 44(1): 115099

• Shi ZY, Mao LL, Chen SN, Du ZY, Xiang JK, Shi MH, Wang YN, Wang YQ, Chen XD, Xu ZX*, Gao YQ*(2024). Reversing Persistent PTEN Activation after Traumatic Brain Injury Fuels Long-Term Axonal Regeneration via Akt/mTORC1 Signaling Cascade. Adv Sci. 16:e2410136

• Xu ZX, Kim GH, Tan JW, Riso AE, Sun Y, Xu EY, Liao GY, Xu HF, Lee SH, Do NY, Lee CH, Clipperton-Allen AE, Kwon S, Page DT, Lee KJ, Xu BJ* (2020). Elevated protein synthesis in microglia causes autism-like synaptic and behavioral aberrations. Nat Commun. 11(1):1797

• Xu ZX, Tan JW, Xu HF, Hill CJ, Ostrovskaya O, Martemyanow KA, Xu BJ* (2019). Caspase-2 promotes AMPA receptor internalization and cognitive flexibility via mTORC2-AKT-GSK3β signaling. Nat Commun. 10(1):3622