1989.09 – 1993.07 Bachelor: Shanghai Medical University, School of Pharmacy
1998.04 – 2000.03 Master: Chiba University, School of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy
2000.04 – 2003.03 Doctorate: Chiba University, School of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy
2003.04 – 2005.03 Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Brain Function Imaging Research Division, Postdoctoral Researcher
2005.04 – 2021.03 Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Brain Function Imaging Research Division, Chief Researcher
2021.04 – Present Fudan University, School of Pharmacy, Researcher
Research
Development of PET/SPECT/MRI molecular probes for central nervous system diseases (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy), kidney diseases (diabetic nephropathy), and tumors (breast cancer) Investigation of the mechanisms of the development of the aforementioned diseases using PET/SPECT/MRI molecular probes
PET imaging of colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor: a head-to-head comparison of a novel radioligand, 11C-GW2580, and 11C-CPPC, in mouse models of acute and chronic neuroinflammation and a rhesus monkey, Zhou, X. Y., Ji, B.(Co-first author), Seki, C., Nagai, Y., Minamimoto, T., Fujinaga, M., Zhang, M. R., Saito, T., Saido, T. C., Suhara, T., Kimura, Y., and Higuchi, M., 2023
Distinct microglial response against Alzheimer’s pathologies characterized by P2Y12 receptor, Maeda, J., Minamihisamatsu, T., Shimojo, M., Ono, M., Minatohara, K., Takuwa, H., Takado, Y., Ji, B., Zhang, M. R., Suhara, T., Sahara, N., and Higuchi, M., 2023
Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease-related Neuroinflammation by a PET Ligand Selective for Glial Versus Vascular Translocator Protein, Ji, B.*, Ono, M., Yamasaki, T., Fujinaga, M., Zhang, M. R., Seki, C., Aoki, I., Kito, S., Sawada, M., Suhara, T., Sahara, N., and Higuchi, M., 2023
In vivo monitoring of remnant undifferentiated neural cells following human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem/progenitor cells transplantation, Tanimoto, Y., Yamasaki, T., Nagoshi, N., Nishiyama, Y., Nori, S., Nishimura, S., Iida, T., Ozaki, M., Tsuji, O., Ji, B., Aoki, I., Jinzaki, M., Matsumoto, M., Fujibayashi, Y., Zhang, M. R., Nakamura, M., and Okano, H., 2020
Nasal vaccine delivery attenuates brain pathology and cognitive impairment in tauopathy model mice, Takeuchi, H., Imamura, K., Ji, B., Tsukita, K., Enami, T., Takao, K., Miyakawa, T., Hasegawa, M., Sahara, N., Iwata, N., Inoue, M., Hara, H., Tabira, T., Ono, M., Trojanowski, J. Q., Lee, V. M., Takahashi, R., Suhara, T., Higuchi, M., and Inoue, H., 2020
Deschloroclozapine, a potent and selective chemogenetic actuator enables rapid neuronal and behavioral modulations in mice and monkeys, Nagai, Y., Miyakawa, N., Takuwa, H., Hori, Y., Oyama, K., Ji, B., Takahashi, M., Huang, X. P., Slocum, S. T., DiBerto, J. F., Xiong, Y., Urushihata, T., Hirabayashi, T., Fujimoto, A., Mimura, K., English, J. G., Liu, J., Inoue, K. I., Kumata, K., Seki, C., Ono, M., Shimojo, M., Zhang, M. R., Tomita, Y., Nakahara, J., Suhara, T., Takada, M., Higuchi, M., Jin, J., Roth, B. L., and Minamimoto, T., 2020
In vivo positron emission tomography imaging of mitochondrial abnormalities in a mouse model of tauopathy, Barron, A. M., Ji, B., Fujinaga, M., Zhang, M. R., Suhara, T., Sahara, N., Aoki, I., Tsukada, H., and Higuchi, M., 2020
Regulation of Anxiety and Depression by Mitochondrial Translocator Protein-Mediated Steroidogenesis: the Role of Neurons, Barron, A. M., Higuchi, M., Hattori, S., Kito, S., Suhara, T., and Ji, B., 2020
Microenvironment Remodeling Micelles for Alzheimer's Disease Therapy by Early Modulation of Activated Microglia, Lu, Y., Guo, Z., Zhang, Y., Li, C., Zhang, Y., Guo, Q., Chen, Q., Chen, X., He, X., Liu, L., Ruan, C., Sun, T., Ji, B., Lu, W., and Jiang, C., 2019
Comparative In Vitro and In Vivo Quantifications of Pathologic Tau Deposits and Their Association with Neurodegeneration in Tauopathy Mouse Models, Ni, R., Ji, B., Ono, M., Sahara, N., Zhang, M. R., Aoki, I., Nordberg, A., Suhara, T., and Higuchi, M., 2018
In Vivo Visualization of Tau Accumulation, Microglial Activation, and Brain Atrophy in a Mouse Model of Tauopathy rTg4510, Ishikawa, A., Tokunaga, M., Maeda, J., Minamihisamatsu, T., Shimojo, M., Takuwa, H., Ono, M., Ni, R., Hirano, S., Kuwabara, S., Ji, B., Zhang, M. R., Aoki, I., Suhara, T., Higuchi, M., and Sahara, N., 2018
Steroidogenic abnormalities in translocator protein knockout mice and significance in the aging male, Barron, A. M., Ji, B., Kito, S., Suhara, T., and Higuchi, M., 2018
Distinct binding of PET ligands PBB3 and AV-1451 to tau fibril strains in neurodegenerative tauopathies, Ono, M., Sahara, N., Kumata, K., Ji, B., Ni, R., Koga, S., Dickson, D. W., Trojanowski, J. Q., Lee, V. M., Yoshida, M., Hozumi, I., Yoshiyama, Y., van Swieten, J. C., Nordberg, A., Suhara, T., Zhang, M. R., and Higuchi, M., 2017
PET imaging-guided chemogenetic silencing reveals a critical role of primate rostromedial caudate in reward evaluation, Nagai, Y., Kikuchi, E., Lerchner, W., Inoue, K. I., Ji, B., Eldridge, M. A., Kaneko, H., Kimura, Y., Oh-Nishi, A., Hori, Y., Kato, Y., Hirabayashi, T., Fujimoto, A., Kumata, K., Zhang, M. R., Aoki, I., Suhara, T., Higuchi, M., Takada, M., Richmond, B. J., and Minamimoto, T., 2016
Brain-targeted co-delivery of therapeutic gene and peptide by multifunctional nanoparticles in Alzheimer's disease mice, Liu, Y., An, S., Li, J., Kuang, Y., He, X., Guo, Y., Ma, H., Zhang, Y., Ji, B., and Jiang, C., 2016
Multimodal Imaging for DREADD-Expressing Neurons in Living Brain and Their Application to Implantation of iPSC-Derived Neural Progenitors, Ji, B., Kaneko, H., Minamimoto, T., Inoue, H., Takeuchi, H., Kumata, K., Zhang, M. R., Aoki, I., Seki, C., Ono, M., Tokunaga, M., Tsukamoto, S., Tanabe, K., Shin, R. M., Minamihisamatsu, T., Kito, S., Richmond, B. J., Suhara, T., and Higuchi, M., 2016
In vivo imaging of neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s disease, Higuchi, M., B., J., Maeda, J., Sahara, N., and Suhara, T., 2016
Chemogenetic disconnection of monkey orbitofrontal and rhinal cortex reversibly disrupts reward value, Eldridge, M. A., Lerchner, W., Saunders, R. C., Kaneko, H., Krausz, K. W., Gonzalez, F. J., Ji, B., Higuchi, M., Minamimoto, T., and Richmond, B. J., 2016
Assessment of neuroinflammation in a mouse model of obesity and beta-amyloidosis using PET, Barron, A. M., Tokunaga, M., Zhang, M. R., Ji, B., Suhara, T., and Higuchi, M., 2016
[18F]FEBMP: Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of TSPO in a Model of Neuroinflammation in Rats, and in vitro Autoradiograms of the Human Brain, Tiwari, A. K., Ji, B.(co-first author), Yui, J., Fujinaga, M., Yamasaki, T., Xie, L., Luo, R., Shimoda, Y., Kumata, K., Zhang, Y., Hatori, A., Maeda, J., Higuchi, M., Wang, F., and Zhang, M. R., 2015
Distinct binding of amyloid imaging ligands to unique amyloid-beta deposited in the presubiculum of Alzheimer's disease, Ji, B., Chen, C. J., Bando, K., Ashino, H., Shiraishi, H., Sano, H., Kasahara, H., Minamizawa, T., Yamada, K., Ono, M., Zhang, M. R., Seki, C., Farde, L., Suhara, T., and Higuchi, M., 2015
In vivo SPECT imaging of amyloid-beta deposition with radioiodinated imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivative DRM106 in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, Chen, C. J., Bando, K., Ashino, H., Taguchi, K., Shiraishi, H., Shima, K., Fujimoto, O., Kitamura, C., Matsushima, S., Uchida, K., Nakahara, Y., Kasahara, H., Minamizawa, T., Jiang, C., Zhang, M. R., Ono, M., Tokunaga, M., Suhara, T., Higuchi, M., Yamada, K., and Ji, B., 2015
Keywords
Central Nervous SystemAlzheimer'S DiseaseParkinson'S DiseaseEpilepsyKidney DiseasesDiabetic NephropathyTumorsBreast CancerPetSpect
Area of Focus
Traditional Chinese Medicine | Pharmacology | Neuropharmacology | New Drug Development | Ginsenosides | Parkinson'S Disease | Epilepsy | Cancer | Stem Cells | Neuroprotection