Areas of Focus
- Neurobiology and Immunology
Work Experience
- 2000-2003: Doctoral research at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
- Postdoctoral research at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
- 2013-present: Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Model Animal Research Institute, Nanjing University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1993: Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Medicine, Dalian Medical University
- 1996: Master's Degree in Physiology, Dalian Medical University
- 2003: Ph.D. in Neurophysiology, Dalian Medical University
- 2000-2003: Doctoral research at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
- Postdoctoral research at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
- 2013: Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Model Animal Research Institute, Nanjing University
- Selected for Jiangsu Province Double Innovation Talent Program
Publications
- Posttranslational S-nitrosylation modification regulates HMGB1 secretion and promotes its pro-inflammatory and neurodegenerative effects, Ru Yang, Yun Gao, Hui Li, Wei Huang, Dezhen Tu, Mengnan Yang, Xingqian Liu, Jau-Shyong Hong and Hui-Ming Gao, 2022
- Persistent upregulation and activation of neuronal NADPH oxidase promotes inflammatory neurodegeneration, Dezhen Tu, Ravikanth Velagapudi, Yun Gao, Jau-Shyong Hong, Hui Zhou and Hui-Ming Gao, 2022
- Benzo(a)pyrene exposure induced neuronal loss, plaque deposition, and cognitive decline in APP/PS1 mice, Dan Liu, Yujia Zhao, Yuze Qi, Yun Gao, Dezhen Tu, Yinxi Wang, Hui-Ming Gao, Hui Zhou, 2020
- Through Reducing ROS Production, IL-10 Suppresses Caspase-1-Dependent IL-1 Maturation, thereby Preventing Chronic Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration, Yun Gao, Dezhen Tu, Ru Yang, Chun-Hsien Chu, Jau-Shyong Hong and Hui-Ming Gao, 2020
- The pentose phosphate pathway regulates chronic neuroinflammation and dopaminergic neurodegeneration, Dezhen Tu, Yun Gao, Ru Yang, Tian Guan, Jau-Shyong Hong and Hui-Ming Gao, 2019
- Inflammation-mediated Neurodegeneration: Models, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Interventions for neurodegenerative Diseases, Gao H-M, Gao Y, Tu DZ, Liu Y, Zhou H, and Hong JS, 2018
Awards
- 2014-2016: Jiangsu Province High-Level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent Introduction Plan Special Award
- 2015: Second Prize of Guizhou Province Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Place), Research on the Pathogenesis and Drug Intervention of Parkinson's Disease
- 2012: Outstanding Researcher Academic Research Award, National Institutes of Health, USA
- 2003: Outstanding Researcher Academic Research Award, National Institutes of Health, USA