Qian Dong

This study shows that the SLC36 transporter Pathetic in Drosophila blood-brain barrier glia regulates tumour growth under nutrient restriction by modulating mTor-S6K pathway activity.

This study shows that dedifferentiated tumour neural stem cells in Drosophila generate a glial niche that supports tumour growth through dysregulated ecdysone signalling.

This study shows that dedifferentiation-derived neural stem cells (NSCs) fail to express late temporal transcription factors, leading to impaired neuronal diversity and cell cycle progression.

This study shows that glial Hedgehog signaling and lipid metabolism regulate neural stem cell proliferation in Drosophila by modulating Hh signaling through lipid droplets and palmitoylation.