Areas of Focus
- Central Nervous System Regulation of Cardiovascular Diseases
- Molecular Mechanisms of Neuroimmune Regulation of Autonomic Nervous Function in Hypertension and Target Organ Damage, Myocardial Ischemia, and Heart Failure
Work Experience
- 1997.07—2005.7 - Xinjiang Medical University - Teacher
- 2008.7—Present - Fudan University - Teacher (Postdoctoral Researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2012.02—2014.8)
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1992.09—1997.07 Bachelor in Clinical Medicine: Xinjiang Medical University
- 2000.09—2003.07 Master in Medicine: Xinjiang Medical University
- 2005.09-2008.07 PhD in Physiology: Fudan University
Publications
- PLIN2 Mediates Neuroinflammation and Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress via Downregulating Phosphatidylethanolamine in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla of Stressed Hypertensive Rats, Zhang S, Hu L, Han C, Huang R, Ooi K, Qian X, Ren X, Chu D, Zhang H, Du D, Xia C, 2021
- Sigma-1 Receptor Activation Suppresses Microglia M1 Polarization via Regulating Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondria Contact and Mitochondrial Functions in Stress-Induced Hypertension Rats, Ooi K, Hu L, Feng Y, Han C, Ren X, Qian X, Huang H, Chen S, Shi Q, Lin H, 2021
- Inhibition of MALT1 Alleviates Spinal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury-Induced Neuroinflammation by Modulating Glial Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Rats, Zhang S, Yan Y, Wang Y, Sun Z, Han C, Qian X, Ren X, Feng Y, Cai J, Xia C, 2021
- Paraventricular Nucleus P2X7 Receptors Aggravate Acute Myocardial Infarction Injury via ROS-Induced Vasopressin-V1b Activation in Rats, Cheng W, Sun Y, Wu Q, Ooi K, Feng Y, Xia C, Zhu D, 2021
- Microglia-Derived NLRP3 Activation Mediates the Pressor Effect of Prorenin in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla of Stress-Induced Hypertensive Rats, Hu L, Zhang S, Ooi K, Wu X, Wu J, Cai J, Sun Y, Wang J, Zhu D, Chen F, Xia C, 2020
- HMGB1/RAGE axis mediates stress-induced RVLM neuroinflammation in mice via impairing mitophagy flux in microglia, Zhang S, Hu L, Jiang J, Li H, Wu Q, Ooi K, Wang J, Feng Y, Zhu D, Xia C, 2020
- Melatonin decreases M1 polarization via attenuating mitochondrial oxidative damage depending on UCP2 pathway in prorenin-treated microglia, Li Hu, Shutian Zhang, Haoyu Wen, Tianfeng Liu, Jian Cai, Dongshu Du, Danian Zhu, Fuxue Chen, Chunmei Xia, 2019
- Neuroinflammation contributes to autophagy flux blockage in the neurons of rostral ventrolateral medulla in stress-induced hypertension rats, Du D, Hu L, Wu J, Wu Q, Cheng W, Guo Y, Guan R, Wang Y, Chen X, Yan X, Zhu D, Wang J, Zhang S, Guo Y, Xia C, 2017
- Colitis-induced bladder afferent neuronal activation is regulated by BDNF through PLCγ pathway, Xia C, Shen S, Hashmi F, Qiao LY, 2016
- Endogenous PI3K/Akt and NMDAR act independently in the regulation of CREB activity in lumbosacral spinal cord in cystitis, Kay JC, Xia CM, Liu M, Shen S, Yu SJ, Chung C, Qiao LY, 2013
Awards
- 2021: Fudan University Shanghai Medical College Medical Master Teacher Training Project
- 2021: Fudan University Outstanding Admissions Individual
- 2021: Fudan University Shanghai Medical College Excellent Teacher Award
- 2021: First Prize in Basic Medical College Teaching Competition (English)
- 2021: Second Prize in Basic Medical College Microlecture Competition
- 2021: Second Prize in Fudan University Innovative Teaching Competition
- 2021: Second Prize in the First Fudan University Teacher Teaching Innovation Competition
- 2020: Excellent Instructor: Guided students to win the first prize in the sixth China Regional Competition of the International Physiology Knowledge Competition
- 2020: Instructor: Second Prize in the Sixth National Undergraduate Basic Medical Innovation Forum and Experimental Design Competition
- 2019: Instructor, First Prize in the First Physiology Knowledge Competition of the Chinese Physiological Society and the Fifth China Regional Competition of the International Physiology Knowledge Competition
- 2019: Excellent Teacher Paper in the Sixth Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program Achievement Exhibition
- 2019: Excellent Instructor: First Prize in the 16th 'Challenge Cup' Shanghai University Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, National Third Prize
- 2019: Fudan University Outstanding Admissions Individual
- 2018: Second Prize in the National College Physiology Microlecture Teaching Competition of the Chinese Physiological Society
- 2017: Second Prize in the First National Young Teacher Functional Experiment Skills Competition 'Taimeng Cup'
- 2015: Shanghai Medical College 'Excellent Undergraduate Tutor'
- 2015: Shanghai Medical College 'Excellent Undergraduate Tutor'