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Chengyu Sheng
Basic Medical Sciences
Nanjing Medical University
Jiangsu
Language: Chinese, English
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dendritic Damage
Postsynaptic Damage
Alzheimer'S Disease
Dendrite Structure
Synaptic Function
Pathological Changes
Confocal Microscopy
Two-Photon Imaging
Quantitative Morphology
Areas of Focus
- Mechanisms of dendritic and postsynaptic damage in neurodegenerative diseases
Work Experience
- 2012.7-2013.12 - Assistant Researcher - Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2013.12-2019.6 - Postdoctoral Researcher - National Institutes of Health, USA
- 2019.7-present - Associate Professor - Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2001.9-2005.6 Bachelor: Shandong University, School of Life Sciences
- 2005.9-2012.6 Doctorate: Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai Institute of Life Sciences)
Publications
- Time-lapse Live Imaging and Quantification of Fast Dendritic Branch Dynamics in Developing Drosophila Neurons, Sheng C*, Javed, U, Rosenthal, J, Yin, J, Qin, B, Yuan, Q, 2019
- Experience-dependent structural plasticity targets dynamic filopodia in regulating dendrite maturation and synaptogenesis, Sheng C*, Javed U, Gibbs M, Long C, Jun Y, Qin B, Yuan Q, 2018
- Transcriptional Regulation of Lipophorin Receptors Supports Neuronal Adaptation to Chronic Elevations of Activity, Yin J, Gibbs M, Long C, Rosenthal J, Kim H, Kim A, Sheng C*, Ding P, Javed U, Yuan Q, 2018
- Macrophages activate iNOS signaling in adventitial fibroblasts and contribute to adventitia fibrosis, Zhang G, Li X, Sheng C*, Chen X, Chen Y, Zhu D, Gao P, 2016
