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Junying Zheng

The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonORCID 0009-0001-2631-8055Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Neuroscience· 2 Cell Biology· 1

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Organism:mouse· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:scRNA-seq· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1

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Michael S. SpurgatiD· 2 shared Shao‐Jun TangiD· 2 shared Amit Jain· 1 shared Andrew S. PotteriD· 1 shared Janet Crane· 1 shared Jay R T. AdolacioniD· 1 shared Jianli DongiD· 1 shared Jiekang WangiD· 1 shared

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Cell BiologyNature AgingPeer-reviewedJul 29, 2025

Serum Amyloid P Secreted by Bone Marrow Adipocytes Drives Skeletal Amyloidosis

Surendra Kumar, Kangping Song, Jiekang Wang…·Mei Wan

This study shows that senescent bone marrow adipocytes secrete SAP/PTX2, which promotes skeletal amyloidosis and bone loss in aging mice.

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintAug 3, 2022

A novel subtype of reactive astrocytes critical for HIV associated pain pathogenesis

Junying Zheng, Michael S. Spurgat, Shao‐Jun Tang

The paper identifies a novel subtype of reactive astrocytes, HIPAs, critical for HIV-associated pain pathogenesis in mice and humans.

1 citation

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NeuroscienceiSciencePeer-reviewedJan 1, 2020

Single cell RNA-seq analysis reveals compartment-specific heterogeneity and plasticity of microglia

Junying Zheng, Wenjuan Ru, Jay R T. Adolacion…·Shao‐Jun Tang

This study uses scRNA-seq to compare microglia in adult mouse brains and spinal cords, identifying subtype differences and plasticity in response to HIV-1 gp120.

65 citations

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