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Kelei Cao

Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang UniversityORCID 0000-0002-5967-702XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Huan MaiD· 2 shared Linghui ZengiD· 2 shared Zhihua GaoiD· 2 shared Cunqi YeiD· 1 shared Jingyuan Xue· 1 shared Liyao QiuiD· 1 shared Lunhao CheniD· 1 shared Shumin DuaniD· 1 shared

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Off-target effects of PLX5622 revealed: mixing microglial function in anesthesia and addiction withdrawal

Kelei Cao, Wang Cheng, Liyao Qiu, Zexi Wang, Yuqing Zhao, Ying Yuan, Weiying Wu, Jingyuan Xue, Linghui Zeng, Zhi-Ying Wu, Huan Ma, Tingjun Hou, Cunqi Ye, Zhihua Gao

This study reveals that PLX5622 affects anesthetic emergence and nicotine-withdrawal anxiety through enhanced drug metabolism, not microglial depletion.

bioRxiv · Jul 18, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience

mTOR-neuropeptide Y signaling sensitizes nociceptors to drive neuropathic pain

Lunhao Chen, Yaling Hu, Siyuan Wang, Kelei Cao, Weihao Mai, Wei‐Lin Sha, Huan Ma, Linghui Zeng, Zhen‐Zhong Xu, Yong‐Jing Gao, Shumin Duan, Yue Wang, Zhihua Gao

This study identifies mTOR and NPY/Y2R signaling as key drivers of neuropathic pain by enhancing nociceptor excitability through transcriptional induction of NPY.

JCI Insight · Oct 4, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience