Areas of Focus
- Role of microglia in maintaining central nervous system homeostasis and disease
- Regulation and mechanisms of peripheral immunity on central immunity
Academic Background & Achievements
- National Ten Thousand Talents Program Young Top-Notch Talent
- Chief Scientist of the Youth Scientist Project of the Brain Science and Brain-like Research (China Brain Project)
- Shanghai Leading Talent (Overseas)
- Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Incentive Program
- Hong Kong Government Scholarship
Publications
- Dynamics of N6-methyladenosine modification during Alzheimer’s disease development, Huai Gao, Yuqing Wang, Xiaoyu Li, Yuqing Liang, Zhihao Jin, Baozhi Yang, Ti-Fei Yuan, Hengli Tian, Bo Peng, Yanxia Rao, 2024
- Deep brain stimulation of fornix for memory improvement in Alzheimer’s disease: A critical review, Li R., Zhang C., Rao Y., Yuan TF., 2022
- Ectopic expression of NeuroD1 induces the microglial apoptosis and cannot induce the microglia-to-neuron cross-lineage reprogramming, Rao Y., Du S., Yang B., Wang Y., Li Y., Li R., Zhou T., Du X., He Y., Wang Y., Zhou X., Yuan T.-F., Mao Y., Bo Peng, 2021
- Repopulated microglia are solely derived from the proliferation of residual microglia after acute depletion, Huang Y., Xu Z., Xiong S., Sun F., Qin G., Hu G., Wang J., Zhao L., Liang Y.X., Wu T, Lu Z, Humayun M.S., So K.F., Pan Y., Li N., Yuan T.F., Rao Y., Peng B., 2018
- Efficient strategies for microglia replacement in the central nervous system, Xu Z., Rao Y., Huang Y., Zhou T., Feng R., Xiong S., Yuan T.F., Qin S., Lu Y., Zhou X., Li X., Qin B., Mao Y., Peng B., 2020
- Extra-retinal origins of microglia in the microglia-repopulated retina and glaucomatous retina, Huang Y., Xu Z., Xiong S., Qin G., Sun F., Yang J, Yuan T.F. Zhao L, Wang K, Liang Y.X., Fu L., Wu T, Lu Z, So K.F., Rao Y., Peng B., 2018
- A revisit of rod microglia in preclinical studies, Rao, Y., Liang, Y.X., and Peng, B., 2017
- Microglia replacement by bone marrow transplantation (Mr BMT) in the central nervous system of adult mice, Xu, Z., Zhou, X., Peng, B., and Rao, Y., 2021
- Microglia replacement by microglia transplantation (Mr MT) in the adult mouse brain, Xu, Z., Peng, B., and Rao, Y., 2021
- Protocol for microglia replacement by peripheral blood (Mr PB), Xu, Z., Rao, Y., and Peng, B., 2021
- Primary Microglia Isolation from Postnatal Mouse Brains, Du, S., Xiong, S., Du, X., Yuan, T.F., Peng, B., and Rao Y., 2021
