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Yong Xu

Baylor College of Medicine

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Huafu CheniD· 3 shared Yun‐Shuang FaniD· 3 shared Jennifer Wootton HilliD· 2 shared Jing GuoiD· 2 shared Mengjie Wang· 2 shared Mi YangiD· 2 shared Yuting XuiD· 2 shared Alp SarisoyiD· 1 shared

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Paternal behavior is controlled by preoptic Trpc5 neurons

Yongxiang Li, Qingzhuo Liu, Fuhui Wang, Kristine M. McDermott, Mengjie Wang, Yue Deng, Yuxue Yang, Yutian Liu, Jingjing Cheng, Meixin Sun, Xinming Liu, Jinjing Jian, Jiamin Qiu, Xi Wu, Lamei Xue, , Yong Xu

The paper shows that Trpc5 in Esr1-expressing neurons of the MPOA controls paternal behavior in male mice by altering neuronal excitability and plasticity.

bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

IGF-1 and insulin receptors in LepRb neurons jointly regulate body growth, bone mass, reproduction, and metabolism

Mengjie Wang, Piotr J. Czernik, Beata Lecka‐Czernik, Yong Xu, Jennifer W. Hill

Molecular Metabolism · Mar 16, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Individual Brain Structure Deviations and its Gene Expression Signatures in Early-Onset Schizophrenia

Yun‐Shuang Fan, Yuting Xu, Yong Xu, Liju Liu, Mi Yang, Jing Guo, Huafu Chen

This study identifies individual-level brain structure deviations and their gene expression signatures in early-onset schizophrenia, revealing two distinct transcriptomic subtypes associated with different neurodevelopmental processes.

bioRxiv · Feb 9, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Neurodevelopmental deviations in schizophrenia: Evidences from multimodal connectome-based brain ages

Yun‐Shuang Fan, Pengfei Yang, Yucheng Zhu, Wenfeng Jing, Yuting Xu, Yong Xu, Jing Guo, Fengmei Lu, Mi Yang, Wei Huang, Huafu Chen

This study uses multimodal MRI data to estimate brain age in early-onset schizophrenia patients and finds increased brain age gaps correlated with symptom severity.

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry · Sep 12, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

The biomolecular profiles of extracellular vesicles from odontogenic stem cell lines depict donor-dependent differences and emphasize their therapeutic and regenerative potential

Yong Xu, Alp Sarisoy, Eva Miriam Buhl, Amanda Salviano-Silva, Julian Gonzalez‐Rubio, Anja Lena Thiebes, Sandra Fuest, Ralf Smeets, Franz Lennard Ricklefs, Christian Apel

This study compares extracellular vesicles from three odontogenic cell types, finding donor-specific differences and highlighting their therapeutic potential.

bioRxiv · May 13, 2025 · PreprintCell Biology

IGF-1 Acts through Kiss1-expressing Cells to Influence Metabolism and Reproduction

Mengjie Wang, Seamus M Pugh, Judy Daboul, David Miller, Yong Xu, Jennifer Wootton Hill

This study shows that IGF-1 receptor in Kiss1-expressing cells affects metabolism and reproduction differently in males and females.

bioRxiv · Jul 2, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience

Macroscale Thalamic Functional Organization Disturbances And Underlying Core Cytoarchitecture In Early-Onset Schizophrenia

Yun‐Shuang Fan, Yong Xu, Şeyma Bayrak, James M. Shine, Bin Wan, Haoru Li, Liang Li, Siqi Yang, Yao Meng, Sofie Louise Valk, Huafu Chen

This study investigates macroscale thalamic functional organization disturbances and their relation to core cytoarchitecture in early-onset schizophrenia using resting-state fMRI and gene expression data.

Schizophrenia Bulletin · Apr 20, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Structural brain architectures match intrinsic functional networks and vary across domains: A study from 15000+ individuals

Na Luo, Jing Sui （Beijing Normal University）， my correct affiliation is beijing normal university, not Qingdao University of Science and Technology, please correct the current affiliation. Thank you, Anees Abrol, Jiayu Chen, Jessica A. Turner, Eswar Damaraju, Zening Fu, Lingzhong Fan, Dongdong Lin, Chuanjun Zhuo, Yong Xu, David C. Glahn, Amanda Rodrigue, Marie T. Banich, Godfrey D. Pearlson, Vince D. Calhoun

This study identifies 45 structural-functional component maps across 9 functional domains using independent component analysis in two cohorts, showing varying S-F coherence in different brain regions.

Cerebral Cortex · Apr 27, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience