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Fu Li

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteORCID 0000-0002-0879-8008Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Endocytosis at the mouse blood brain barrier is elevated during sleep

Fu Li, Dechun Chen, Amita Sehgal

This study shows that sleep enhances endocytosis in brain endothelial cells, aiding waste removal, and that blocking endocytosis increases sleep need.

bioRxiv · Apr 3, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Modulation of sleep by trafficking of lipids through the Drosophila blood brain barrier

Gregory Artiushin, Fu Li, Amita Sehgal

The paper identifies acylcarnitines as lipid species trafficked through the Drosophila BBB via sleep-dependent endocytosis, whose accumulation increases sleep need.

eLife · May 4, 2023Peer-reviewedNeuroscience