Zhen
Yan, Ph.D.
Selected
Publications:
1.
Wan L,
Zhong P, Li P, Ren Y, Wang W, Yu M, Feng HY, Yan Z (2025) CRISPR-based
epigenomic editing of Gad1 expression improves synaptic inhibition and cognitive
behavior in a Tauopathy mouse model. Neurobiology
of Disease 206:106826.
[PDF file] !!!
2.
Jiang H, Xiao Z, Saleem K, Zhong
P, Li L, Chhetri G, Li P, Jiang Z, Yan Z, Feng J (2025) Generation of
human iPSC-derived cortical neurons expressing the six tau isoforms. J.
Alzheimer's Disease (epub
ahead of print). [PDF file] !!!
3.
Yan
Z
(2024) Targeting epigenetic enzymes for autism treatment. Trends in
Pharmacological Sciences (review) 45(9):764-767. [PDF file] ***
4.
Zhong
P, Cao Q, Yan Z (2024) Distinct and convergent alterations of entorhinal
cortical circuits in two mouse models for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. J.
Alzheimer's
Disease 98(3):1121-1131. [PDF file] !!!
5.
Carballo
LH, Li P, Senek R, Yan Z (2024) Systemic HDAC inhibition ameliorates the
aberrant responses to acute stress in socially isolated male mice. J.
Physiology 602(9):2047-2060. [PDF file] ***
6.
Wan L, Yang G, Yan Z (2024) Identification of
a molecular network regulated by multiple ASD high risk genes. Human
Molecular Genetics 33(13):1176-1185. [PDF file] ***
7.
Williams
JB, Cao Q, Wang W, Lee YH, Qin L, Zhong P, Ren Y, Ma K, Yan Z (2023) Inhibition
of histone methyltransferase Smyd3
rescues NMDAR and cognitive deficits in a tauopathy mouse model. Nature
Communications 14:91. [PDF file] !!!
8.
Li P and Yan Z (2023) An epigenetic mechanism
of social isolation stress in adolescent female mice. Neurobiology of
Stress 29:100601. [PDF file] ***
9.
Cao
Q, Kumar M, Frazier A, Williams JB, Zhao S, Yan Z (2023)
Longitudinal characterization of behavioral, morphological and
transcriptomic changes in a tauopathy mouse model. Aging [PDF file] !!!
10.
Patel
PJ, Ren Y, Yan Z (2023) Epigenomic analysis
of Alzheimer's disease brains reveals
diminished CTCF binding on genes involved in synaptic organization. Neurobiology
of Disease 184:106192.
[PDF file] !!!
11.
Zhu B, Fisher E, Li L, Zhong P, Yan Z, Feng J
(2023) PTBP2 attenuation facilitates fibroblast to neuron conversion by
promoting alternative splicing of neuronal genes. Stem Cell Reports
18(11):2268-2282.
[PDF file] ^^^
12.
Pu J, Lin L, Jiang H, Hu Z, Li H, Yan Z, Zhang
B, Feng J (2023) Parkin maintains robust pacemaking
in human iPSC-derived A9 dopaminergic neurons. Movement Disorder 38(7):1273-1281. [PDF file] ^^^
13.
Rapanelli M, Wang W, Hurley E, Feltri ML, Pittenger C, Frick
LR, Yan Z (2023) Cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain are involved
in behavioral abnormalities associated with Cul3 deficiency: role of prefrontal
cortex projections in cognitive deficits. Translational Psychiatry
13(1):22. [PDF file] ***
14.
Yan Z
(2023) A physiological cause to empathy deficits in a mouse model of FTD. Neuron
11(6):757-758. (preview) [PDF file] ***
15.
Conrow-Graham
M, Williams JB, Martin J, Zhong P, Cao
Q, Rein B, Yan Z (2022) A Convergent mechanism of high risk factors ADNP and POGZ in neurodevelopmental
disorders. Brain 145: 3250-3263.
[PDF file] ***
16.
Wang
ZJ, Shwani T, Liu J, Zhong P, Yang F, Schatz K, Zhang F, Pralle A, Yan Z (2022) Molecular and cellular
mechanisms for differential effects of chronic social isolation stress in males
and females. Molecular Psychiatry 27(7):3056-3068. [PDF file] ***
17.
Li H,
Jiang H, Li H, Li L, Yan Z, Feng J (2022) Generation of human A9 dopaminergic pacemakers from induced pluripotent
stem cells. Molecular Psychiatry 27(11):4407-4418. [PDF file] ^^^
18. Wang W, Tan T, Cao Q, Zhang F, Rein B, Duan WM, Yan Z (2022) Histone Deacetylase Inhibition Restores Behavioral and Synaptic Function in a Mouse Model of 16p11.2 Deletion. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 25(10):877-889. [PDF file] ***
19.
Sanacora G, Yan Z, Popoli M (2022) The stressed
synapse 2.0: Pathophysiological mechanisms in stress-related neuropsychiatric
disorders. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 23:86-103. [PDF file] ***
20.
Zhong P, Cao Q, Yan
Z (2022) Selective impairment of circuits between prefrontal cortex
glutamatergic neurons and basal forebrain cholinergic neurons in a tauopathy
mouse model. Cerebral Cortex 32(24):5569-5579. [PDF file] !!!
21.
Rapanelli M, Williams JB, Ma K, Yang F, Zhong P,
Patel R, Kumar M, Qin L, Rein B, Wang ZJ, Kassim B, Javidfar
B, Couto L, Akbarian S, Yan Z (2022)
Targeting histone demethylase LSD1 for treatment of deficits in autism mouse
models. Molecular Psychiatry 27(8):3355-3366. [PDF file] ***
22.
Rein
B, Conrow-Graham M, Frazier A, Cao Q, Yan
Z (2022) Inhibition of histone deacetylase 5 ameliorates abnormalities in 16p11.2 duplication mouse model.
Neuropharmacology 204:108893. [PDF file] ***
23.
Qin
L, Ma K, Yan Z (2022) Rescue
of histone hypoacetylation and social deficits by ketogenic diet in a Shank3
mouse model of autism. Neuropsychopharmacology 47(6):1271-1279. [PDF file] ***
24.
Yan Z
and Rein B (2022) Mechanisms of synaptic transmission dysregulation in the
prefrontal cortex: pathophysiological implications. Molecular
Psychiatry (review) 27(1):445-465. [PDF file] ***
25.
Qin
L, Williams JB, Tan T, Liu T, Cao Q, Ma K, Yan Z (2021) Deficiency of autism risk factor Ash1l in prefrontal cortex induces
epigenetic aberrations and seizures. Nature Communications
12:6589. [PDF file] ***
26.
Wang W, Cao Q, Tan T, Yang F, Williams JB, Yan Z
(2021) Epigenetic treatment of
behavioral and physiological deficits in a tauopathy mouse model. Aging Cell 20(10):e13456. [PDF file]
!!!
27.
William
JB, Cao Q, Yan
Z (2021) Transcriptomic analysis of human brains with Alzheimer's
disease reveals the altered expression of synaptic genes linked to cognitive
deficits. Brain Communications 3(3):fcab123 [PDF file] !!!
28.
Tan
T, Wang W, Liu T, Zhong P, Conrow-Graham M, Tian X, Yan Z (2021) Neural circuits and activity dynamics underlying sex-specific effects of
chronic social isolation stress. Cell
Reports 34:108874. [PDF file] ***
29.
Catlin J, Marziali L, Rein B, Yan Z, Feltri LM, Schaner-Tooley
CE (2021) Age-related neurodegeneration and cognitive impairments of NRMT1
knockout mice are preceded by misregulation of RB and
abnormal neural stem cell development. Cell Death and Disease 12:1014. !!!
30.
Wang
ZJ, Rein B, Zhong P, Williams JB, Cao Q, Yang F, Zhang F, Ma K, Yan Z (2021) Autism risk gene Kmt5b deficiency in prefrontal cortex induces
synaptic dysfunction and social deficits via alterations of DNA repair and gene
transcription. Neuropsychopharmacology 46:1617-1626. [PDF file] ***
31.
Li B,
Jiang H, Li H, Zhang B, Slaughter M, Yan Z, Feng J (2021) Direct
conversion of adult human retinal pigmented epithelium cells to neurons with
photoreceptor properties. Exp Biol Med 246(2):240-248. ^^^
32.
Rein
B, Tan T, Yang F, Wang W, Williams J, Zhang F, Mills A, Yan Z (2021) Reversal of
synaptic and behavioral deficits in a 16p11.2 duplication mouse model via
restoration of the GABA synapse regulator Npas4.
Molecular Psychiatry 26:1967-1979. [PDF file] ***
33.
Zhang
F, Rein B, Zhong P, Shwani T, Conrow-Graham M, Wang ZJ, Yan Z (2021) Synergistic inhibition of histone modifiers produces
therapeutic effects in adult Shank3-deficient
mice. Translational Psychiatry 11(1):99. [PDF file] ***
34.
Wei J, Cheng J, Waddell NJ, Wang ZJ, Pang X, Cao Q,
Liu A, Chitaman JM, Abreu K, Jasrotia
RS, Duffney LJ, Zhang J, Dietz DM, Feng J, Yan
Z (2021) DNA methyltransferase 3A is involved in the sustained effects of
chronic stress on synaptic functions and behaviors. Cerebral Cortex. 31:1998-2012. [PDF file]
***
35.
Rapanelli
M, Tan T, Wang W, Wang X, Zhong P, Wang ZJ, Frick L, Qin L, Ma K, Qu J, Yan
Z (2021) Behavioral, circuitry and molecular aberrations by region-specific
deficiency of the high-risk autism gene Cul3. Molecular Psychiatry
26:1491-1504.
[PDF file]
36.
Cao
Q, Wang W, Williams J, Yang F, Wang ZJ, Yan
Z (2020) Targeting histone K4 trimethylation for treatment of cognitive and
synaptic deficits in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Science Advances 6(50):eabc8096. [PDF file] !!!
37.
Rein
B, Ma K, Yan Z (2020) A standardized
social preference protocol for measuring social deficits in mouse models of
autism. Nature Protocols 15:3464-3477. [PDF file] ***
38.
Rein
B and Yan Z (2020) 16p11.2 copy number variations and
neurodevelopmental disorders. Trends
in Neuroscience 43(11):886-901. (review) [PDF file] ***
39.
Lepack AE,
Werner CT, Stewart AF, Fulton SL, Zhong P, Farrelly LA, Smith ACW, Ramakrishnan
A, Lyu Y, Bastle RM, Martin JA, Mitra S, O'Connor RM, Wang ZJ, Molina H, Turecki G, Shen L, Yan
Z, Calipari ES, Dietz DM, Kenny PJ, Maze I (2020) Dopaminylation
of histone H3 in ventral tegmental area regulates cocaine seeking. Science
368:197-201. [PDF file] ***
40.
Zhong P, Qin L, Yan
Z (2020) Dopamine differentially regulates response dynamics of PFC
principal neurons and interneurons to optogenetic stimulation of VTA inputs. Cerebral
Cortex 30:4402-4409. [PDF file]
***
41.
Jin
J, Bhatti DL, Lee KW, Medrihan L, Cheng J, Wei J,
Zhong P, Yan
Z, Kooiker C, Song C, Ahn
JH, Obermair GJ, Lee A, Gresack
J, Greengard P, Kim Y (2020) Ahnak scaffolds
p11/Anxa2 complex and L-type voltage-gated calcium channel and modulates
depressive behavior. Mol. Psychiatry 25:1035-1049. [PDF file] ***
42.
Wang ZJ, Zhong P, Ma K, Seo JS, Yang F, Hu Z, Zhang F, Lin
L, Wang J, Liu T, Matas E, Greengard P, Yan Z (2020) Amelioration of autism-like
social deficits by targeting histone methyltransferases EHMT1/2 in Shank3-deficient
mice. Mol. Psychiatry 25:2517-2533. [PDF file] ***
43.
Zheng
Y, Liu A, Wang ZJ, Cao Q, Wang W, Lin L, Ma K, Zhang F, Wei J, Matas E, Cheng
J, Chen GJ, Wang X, Yan Z (2019) Inhibition of EHMT1/2 rescues synaptic
and cognitive functions for Alzheimer's disease. Brain 142:787-807.
[PDF
file] !!!
44.
Martin JA, Werner CT, Mitra S, Zhong P, Wang ZJ, Gobira PH, Stewart AF, Zhang J, Erias K, Siemian JN,
Hagarty D, Mueller LE, Neve RL, Li JX, Chandra R, Dietz KC, Lobo MK, Gancarz
AM, Yan Z, Dietz DM (2019) A novel role for the actin-binding protein drebrin in regulating opiate addiction. Nature
Communications 10:4140. [PDF file] ***
45.
Qin L, Ma K, Yan Z (2019) Chemogenetic
activation of prefrontal cortex in Shank3-deficient mice ameliorates
social deficits, NMDAR hypofunction and Sgk2 downregulation. iScience 17:24-35. [PDF file] ***
46.
Rein B, Yan Z,
Wang ZJ (2019) Diminished social interaction incentive contributes to social
deficits in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder. Genes Brain Behav. 19(1):e12610. [PDF
file] ***
47.
Lin L, Liu A, Li HQ,
Feng J, Yan Z (2019) Inhibition of histone
methyltransferases EHMT1/2 reverses b amyloid-induced loss of AMPAR currents in
human stem cell-derived cortical neurons. J. Alzheimer's Disease 70:1175-1185.
48.
Zhu BL, Long Y, Luo
W, Yan Z, Lai YJ, Zhao LG, Zhou WH, Wang YJ, Shen LL, Liu L, Deng XJ,
Wang XF, Sun F, Chen GJ (2019) MMP13
inhibition rescues cognitive decline in Alzheimer transgenic mice via BACE1
regulation. Brain 142:176-192. [PDF file] !!!
49.
Xiang XJ, Song L,
Deng XJ, Tang Y, Min Z, Luo B, Wen QX, Li KY, Chen J, Ma YL, Zhu BL, Yan Z,
Chen GJ (2019) Mitochondrial methionine sulfoxide reductase B2 links oxidative stress
to Alzheimer's disease-like pathology. Exp Neurol. 318:145-156. [PDF
file] !!!
50.
Lai YJ, Zhu BL, Sun
F, Luo D, Ma YL, Luo B, Tang J, Xiong MJ, Liu L, Long Y, Hu XT, He L, Deng XJ,
Zhang JH, Yang J, Yan Z, Chen GJ (2019) Estrogen receptor α
promotes Cav1.2 ubiquitination and degradation in neuronal cells and in APP/PS1
mice. Aging Cell 18:e12961. [PDF file] !!!
51.
Tan T, Wang W,
Williams J, Ma K, Cao Q, Yan Z
(2019) Stress exposure in dopamine D4 receptor knockout mice induces
schizophrenia-like behaviors via disruption of GABAergic transmission. Schizophrenia
Bulletin 45:1012-1023. [PDF file] ***
52.
Qin L, Ma K, Wang ZJ,
Hu Z, Matas E, Wei J, Yan Z (2018)
Social deficits in Shank3-deficient mouse models of autism are rescued
by histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition. Nature Neurosci.
21:564-575. [PDF file] ***
53.
Ma K, Qin L, Matas M, Duffney LJ, Liu A, Yan Z (2018) Histone deacetylase
inhibitor MS-275 restores social and synaptic function in a Shank3-deficient mouse model of autism. Neuropsychopharmacology
43:1779-1788. [PDF file] ***
54.
Wang W, Rein B, Tan T, Zhang F, Qin L, Yan
Z (2018) Chemogenetic activation of prefrontal
cortex rescues synaptic and
behavioral deficits in a mouse model of 16p11.2 deletion syndrome. J. Neurosci. 38:5939-5948. [PDF file] ***
55.
Seo JS, Zhong P, Liu
A, Yan Z, Greengard P (2018) Elevation of p11 in lateral habenula mediates depression-like behavior. Molecular Psychiatry 23:1113-1119.
[PDF file] ***
56.
Tang Y, Min Z, Xiang
XJ, Liu L, Ma YL, Zhu BL, Song L, Tang J, Deng XJ, Yan Z, Chen GJ (2018) Estrogen-related
receptor alpha is involved in Alzheimer's disease-like pathology. Exp
Neurol. 305:89-96. [PDF file] !!!
57.
Wei J, Zhong P, Qin L, Tan T, Yan Z (2017) Chemicogenetic restoration of the prefrontal cortex to amygadala pathway ameliorates stress-induced deficits. Cerebral
Cortex 28:1980-1990. [PDF
file] ***
58.
Zhong P, Hu Z, Jiang
H, Yan Z, Feng J (2017) Dopamine
induces oscillatory activity in human midbrain neurons with Parkin mutations. Cell Reports 19:1033-1044. [PDF
file] ^^^
59.
Seo JS, Wei J, Qin L,
Kim Y, Yan Z, Greengard P (2017)
Molecular and cellular basis for stress-induced depression. Molecular
Psychiatry 22:1440-1447. [PDF file] ***
60.
Cheng J, Liu A, Shi
MY, Yan Z (2017) Disrupted glutamatergic transmission in prefrontal
cortex contributes to behavioral abnormality in an animal model of ADHD. Neuropsychopharmacology
42:2096-2104. [PDF file] ***
61.
Yang J, Liu AY, Tang
B, Luo D, Lai YJ, Zhu BL, Wang XF, Yan Z,
Chen GJ (2017) Chronic nicotine differentially affects murine transcriptome
profiling in isolated cortical interneurons and pyramidal neurons. BMC
Genomics 18:194. !!!
62.
Yan Z, Kim E, Datta D, Lewis D, Soderling S (2016) Synaptic actin dysregulation,
a convergent mechanism of mental disorders? J. Neuroscience
36:11411-7. (review) [PDF file] ***
63.
Qin L, Liu W, Ma K,
Wei J, Zhong P, Cho K, Yan Z (2016)
The ADHD-linked human dopamine D4 receptor variant D4.7 induces
over-suppression of NMDA receptor function in prefrontal cortex. Neurobiology
of Disease 95:194-203. [PDF file] ***
64.
Deng Y, Wei J, Cheng
J, Zhong P, Xiong Z, Liu A, Lin L, Chen SD, Yan Z (2016) Partial amelioration of synaptic and
cognitive deficits by inhibiting cofilin dephosphorylation in an animal model
of Alzheimer's disease. J. Alzheimer's Disease 53:1419-32. [PDF file] !!!
65.
Wei J, Xiong Z, Lee
JB, Cheng J, Duffney LJ, Matas E, Yan Z
(2016) Histone modification of Nedd4
ubiquitin ligase controls the loss of AMPA receptors and cognitive impairment
induced by repeated stress. J. Neurosci.
36:2119-30. [PDF file] ***
66.
Zhong P, Liu W, Yan Z (2016) Aberrant regulation of
synchronous network activity by the ADHD-associated human dopamine D4 receptor
variant D4.7 in prefrontal cortex. J. Physiol. 594:135-47. [PDF file] ***
67.
Xu Z, Jiang H, Zhong
P, Yan Z, Chen SD, Feng J (2016)
Direct conversion of human fibroblasts to induced serotonergic neurons. Molecular
Psychiatry 21:62-70. [PDF file] ^^^
68.
Zhong P and Yan Z (2016) Distinct physiological
effects of dopamine D4 receptors on prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons and
fast-spiking interneurons. Cerebral Cortex 26:180-91. [PDF file] ***
69.
Yuen EY, Wei J, Yan Z (2016) Estrogen in prefrontal
cortex blocks stress-induced cognitive impairments in female rats. J. Steroid Biochem. & Mol. Biol. 160:221-6. (review) [PDF file] ***
70.
Duffney LJ, Zhong P,
Wei J, Matas E, Cheng J, Qin L, Ma K, Dietz DM, Kajiwara Y, Buxbaum JD, Yan Z (2015) Autism-like deficits in Shank3-deficient
mice are rescued by targeting actin
regulators. Cell Reports 11:1400-1413. [PDF
file] ***
71.
Jiang H, Xu Z, Zhong
P, Ren Y, Liang G, Schilling HA, Hu Z, Zhang Y, Wang X, Chen S, Yan Z, Feng J (2015) Cell cycle and p53
gate the direct conversion of human fibroblasts to dopaminergic neurons. Nature Communications 6:10100. [PDF
file] ^^^
72.
Wei J, Graziane NM, Gu Z, and Yan
Z (2015) DISC1 protein regulates GABAA receptor trafficking and
inhibitory synaptic transmission in cortical neurons. J. Biol. Chem. 290:
27680-7. [PDF file] ***
73.
Tang B, Luo D, Yang
J, Xu XY, Zhu BL, Wang X, Yan Z,
Chen GJ (2015) Modulation of AMPA receptor mediated current by nicotinic
acetylcholine receptor in layer I neurons of rat prefrontal cortex. Scientific
Reports 5:14099. [PDF file] ###
74.
Hu Z, Pu J, Jiang H,
Zhong P, Qiu J, Li F, Wang X, Zhang B, Yan Z, Feng J (2015) Generation of naivetropic induced pluripotent
stem cells from Parkinson's disease patients for high efficiency genetic
manipulation and disease modeling. Stem Cells Dev. 24:2591-604. [PDF file] ^^^
75.
Plattner F, Hayashi
K, Hernandez A, Benavides DR, Tassin TC, Tan C, Day J, Fina MW, Yuen EY, Yan Z, Goldberg MS, Nairn AC, Greengard
P, Nestler EJ, Taussig R, Nishi A, Houslay MD &
Bibb JA (2015) The role of ventral
striatal cAMP signaling in stress-induced behaviors. Nature
Neuroscience 18:1094-100. [PDF file]***
76.
Cheng J, Xiong Z,
Duffney LJ, Wei J, Liu AY, Liu S, Chen GJ, Yan
Z (2014) Methylphenidate
exerts dose-dependent effects on glutamate receptors and behaviors. Biol.
Psychiatry 76:953-62. [PDF file] ***
77.
Yuen EY, Qin L, Wei
J, Liu W, Liu A and Yan Z (2014)
Synergistic regulation of glutamatergic transmission by serotonin and
norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors in prefrontal cortical neurons. J.
Biol. Chem. 289:25177-85 [PDF file] ***
78.
Wang Q, Xiao B, Cui
S, Song H, Qian Y, Dong L, An H, Cui Y, Zhang W, He Y, Zhang J, Yang J, Zhang
F, Hu G, Gong X, Yan Z, Zheng Y,
Wang X (2014) Triptolide with multiple modes of action improves learning
performance in the 5XFAD Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Disease Models & Mechanisms 7:1385-95. [PDF file]
!!!
79.
Gu Z, Cheng J, Zhong
P, Qin L, Liu W, Yan Z (2014) Ab
selectively impairs mGluR7 modulation of NMDA signaling in basal forebrain
cholinergic neurons: implication in Alzheimer's disease. J. Neurosci.
34:13614-13628. [PDF file] !!!
80.
Smith KR, Davenport
EC, Wei J, Li X, Pathania M, Vaccaro V, Yan Z, Kittler JT (2014) GIT1 and βPIX link Rac1 signalling to GABAA receptor
cluster stability and inhibitory synapse strength. Cell Reports 9:298-310. [PDF file] ###
81.
Plattner F, Hernandez
A, Kistler TM, Pozo K, Zhong P, Yuen EY, Tan C, Hawasli
AH, Cooke SF, Nishi A, Guo A, Weiderhold T, Yan Z, Bibb JA (2014) Memory enhancement by targeting Cdk5
regulation of NR2B. Neuron 81:1070-83. [PDF file] ###
82.
Hayashi-Takagi A,
Araki Y, Nakamura M, Vollrath B, Duron SG, Yan
Z, Kasai H, Huganir RL, Campbell DA, Sawa A
(2014) PAKs inhibitors ameliorate schizophrenia-associated dendritic spine
deterioration in vitro and in vivo during late adolescence. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA 111:6461-6. [PDF
file] ***
83.
Wei J, Graziane NM, Wang H, Zhong P, Wang Q, Liu W, Hayashi-Takagi
A, Korth C, Sawa A, Brandon NJ, Yan Z (2014) Regulation of NMDA receptors by Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1
(DISC1). Biol. Psychiatry 75:414-24. [PDF
file] ***
84.
Deng Y, Xiong Z, Chen
P, Wei J, Chen SD, Yan Z (2014) β-Amyloid Impairs the regulation of
NMDA receptors by Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3. Neurobiol.
Aging 35:449-59. [PDF file] !!!
85.
Wei J, Yuen EY, Liu W, Li X, Zhong P, Karatsoreos
IN, McEwen BS, Yan Z (2014) Estrogen
protects against the detrimental effects of repeated stress on glutamatergic
transmission and cognition. Molecular Psychiatry 19:588-98 [PDF file] ***
86.
Duffney LJ, Wei J,
Cheng J, Liu W, Smith KR, Kittler JT, Yan
Z (2013) Shank3 deficiency induces NMDA receptor hypofunction via an actin-dependent mechanism. J. Neurosci. 33:15767-78. [PDF file] ***
87.
Vithlani M, Hines RM, Zhong P, Terunuma
M, Hines DJ, Revilla-Sanchez R, Jurd R, Haydon P,
Rios M, Brandon N, Yan Z, Moss SJ (2013) Effects of BDNF on neurogenesis and depression depend upon phosphorylation of the
GABAAR γ2 subunit. J. Neurosci. 33:15567-77. ***
88.
Cheng J, Liu W,
Duffney LJ, Yan Z (2013) SNARE
proteins are essential in the potentiation of NMDAR currents by group II
metabotropic glutamate receptors. J. Physiol. 591:3935-47.
[PDF file] ###
89.
Yuen EY, Zhong P, Li
X, Wei J, Yan Z (2013) Restoration
of glutamatergic transmission by dopamine D4 receptors in stressed
animals. J. Biol. Chem. 288:26112-20. [PDF
file] ***
90.
Chen GJ, Xiong Z, Yan Z (2013) Ab impairs nicotinic regulation of
inhibitory synaptic transmission and interneuron excitability in prefrontal
cortex. Molecular Neurodegeneration 8:3. [PDF file] !!!
91.
Yuen EY, Wei J, Liu
W, Zhong P, Li X, Yan Z (2012)
Repeated stress causes cognitive impairment by suppressing glutamate receptor
expression and function in prefrontal cortex. Neuron 73:962-77. [PDF file]. ***
92.
Lee JB, Wei J, Liu W,
Cheng J, Feng J, Yan Z (2012)
Histone Deacetylase 6 gates the synaptic action of acute stress in prefrontal
cortex. J. Physiology 90:1535-46. [PDF
file] ***
93.
Yuen EY, Wei J, Zhong
P, Yan Z (2012) Disrupted GABAAR
trafficking and synaptic inhibition in a mouse model of Huntington's disease. Neurobiology
of Disease 46:497-502. [PDF file] !!!
94.
Jiang H, Ren Y, Yuen
EY, Zhong P, Ghaedi M, Hu Z, Azabdaftari
G, Nakaso K, Yan
Z, Feng J (2012) Parkin controls
dopamine utilization in human midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Nature Communications 3:668. [PDF file] ^^^
95.
Gu Z, Liu W, Wei J, Yan
Z (2012) Regulation of NMDA receptors by metabotropic glutamate receptor 7.
J.
Biol. Chem. 287:10265-75.
(selected as "Papers of the Week") [PDF file] ###
96.
Yuen EY, Li X, Wei J,
Horiguchi M, Meltzer HY, Yan Z
(2012) The novel antipsychotic drug lurasidone enhances NMDA receptor-mediated
synaptic responses. Mol. Pharm. 81:113-9. [PDF file] ***
97.
Popoli M, Yan Z, McEwen BS, Sanacora
G (2011) The stressed synapse: the
impact of stress and glucocorticoids on glutamate transmission. Nature
Reviews Neuroscience 13:22-37. (review) [PDF
file]
98.
Yuen EY, Liu W, Karatsoreos IN, Ren Y, Feng J, McEwen BS, Yan Z
(2011) Mechanisms for acute stress-induced enhancement of glutamatergic
transmission and working memory. Mol. Psychiatry 16:156-70. [PDF file] [supporting
information] (cover article) ***
99.
Mandal M, Wei J,
Zhong P, Chen J, Duffney LJ, Liu W, Yuen EY, Twelvetrees AE, Li S, Li XJ,
Kittler JT, Yan Z (2011) Impaired
AMPA receptor trafficking and function by mutant huntingtin. J.
Biol. Chem. 286:33719-28. [PDF file] !!!
100.
Zhong P, Yan Z (2011) Differential regulation of
the excitability of prefrontal cortical fast-spiking interneurons and pyramidal
neurons by serotonin and fluoxetine. PLoS One 6:e16970. [PDF file] ###
101.
Yuen EY, Yan Z (2011) Cellular mechanisms for
the dopamine D4 receptor-induced homeostatic regulation of AMPA receptors. J.
Biol. Chem. 286:24957-65. [PDF file] ###
102.
Wang D, Yuen EY, Zhou Y, Yan Z, Xiang
YK (2011) Amyloid {beta} peptide1-42 induces internalization and degradation of
β2 adrenergic receptor
in prefrontal cortical neurons. J Biol Chem. 286:31852-63. [PDF file]
103.
Liu W, Dou F, Feng
J, Yan Z (2011) RACK1 is involved in β-amyloid impairment of muscarinic
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104.
Yuen EY, Zhong P, Yan
Z (2010) Homeostatic regulation of glutamatergic transmission by dopamine
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105.
Wang Q, Charych EI, Pulito VL, Lee J, Graziane
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Y, Pausch M, Hayashi-Takagi A, Bates B, Kariya K, Sawa A, Weinberg RJ, Moss SJ,
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106.
Liu W, Yuen EY, Yan Z (2010) The stress
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107.
Wei J, Liu W, Yan Z (2010) Regulation of AMPA receptor trafficking and function by glycogen
synthase kinase 3. J. Biol. Chem. 285:26369-76.
108.
Yuen EY, Liu W, Kafri
T, van Praag H, Yan Z (2010) Regulation of
AMPA receptor channels and synaptic plasticity by cofilin phosphatase Slingshot
in cortical neurons.. J. Physiol. 588:2361-71.
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109.
Twelvetrees AE, Yuen
EY, Arancibia-Carcamo IL, Rostaing P, Lumb MJ,
Humbert S, Triller A, Saudou F, Yan Z, Kittler
JT (2010) Delivery of GABAARs to synapses is mediated by HAP1-KIF5 and
disrupted by mutant huntingtin. Neuron 65:53-65. [PDF file] !!!
110.
Hayashi-Takagi A,
Takaki M, Graziane NM, Seshadri S, Murdoch H, Dunlop
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(DISC1) regulates spines of the glutamate synapse via Rac1. Nat. Neurosci. 13:327-32.
111.
Joiner MA, Lise MF,
Yuen EY, Kam A, Hall DD, Malik ZA, Qian H, Chen Y, Ulrich JD, Burette AC, Weinberg RJ, Law PY, El-Husseini
A, Yan Z, Hell JW (2010) Assembly of a β2-adrenergic receptor- GluR1 signaling complex for localized cAMP
signaling. EMBO J 29:482-95.
112.
Yuen EY, Liu W, Karatsoreos IN, Feng J, McEwen BS, Yan Z (2009)
Acute stress enhances glutamatergic transmission in prefrontal cortex and
facilitates working memory. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
106:14075-9.
113.
Mandal M and Yan Z
(2009) PIP2 regulation of NMDA receptor channels in cortical
neurons. Mol. Pharm. 76:1349-59.
114.
Arancibia-Carcamo IL,
Yuen EY, Muir J, Lumb MJ, Michels G, Smart TG, Yan Z, Kittler JT, Moss SJ
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regulates the efficacy of neuronal inhibition. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
106:17552-7. [PDF file] ###
115.
Saliba RS, Gu Z, Yan
Z, Moss SJ (2009) Blocking L-type voltage gated Ca2+ channels with
dihydropyridines reduces gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor expression and
synaptic inhibition. J Biol Chem. 284:32544-50. ###
116.
Huang YH, Lin Y, Mu
P, Marie H, Liu W, Yan Z, Sorg BA, Schluter O, Zukin SR, Dong Y (2009) Exposure to
cocaine generates nascent synapses in the nucleus accumbens.
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117.
Yuen EY, Yan Z
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119.
Graziane N, Yuen EY, Yan Z (2009) Dopamine D4 receptors
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120.
Smith KR, McAinsh K, Chen G, Arancibia-Carcamo IL, Haucke V, Yan Z, Moss SJ, Kittler JT (2008)
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interaction within GABAA receptor β and γ- subunits. Neuropharmacology 55:844-50. ###
121.
Yuen EY, Jiang Q,
Chen P, Feng J, Yan Z (2008) Activation of 5-HT2A/C receptors
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122.
Zhong P, Liu W, Gu Z,
Yan Z (2008) Serotonin facilitates LTD induction in prefrontal cortex
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123.
Yuen EY, Ren Y, Yan
Z (2008) PSD-95 and calcineurin control the sensitivity of NMDA receptors
to calpain cleavage in cortical neurons. Mol. Pharmacol.
74:360-370. [PDF file] ###
124.
Zhong P, Yuen EY, Yan
Z (2008) Modulation of neuronal excitability by serotonin-NMDA interactions
in prefrontal cortex. Mol. and Cell. Neurosci.
38:290-9.[PDF file] ###
125.
Kittler JT, Chen G, Kukhtina V, Vahedi-Faridi A, Gu Z, Tretter V, Smith K, McAinsh K, Arancibia-Carcamo L, Saenger W,
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Moss SJ (2008) Regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission by
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126.
Chen G, Chen P, Tan
H, Ma D, Dou F, Feng J, Yan Z (2008) Regulation of the NMDA
receptor-mediated synaptic response by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and its
impairment in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol.
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127.
Chen P, Gu Z, Liu W, Yan
Z (2007) Glycogen synthase kinase 3 regulates NMDA receptor channel
trafficking and function in cortical neurons. Mol.
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128.
Benavides DR, Quinn
JJ, Zhong P, Hawasli AH, Kansy
JW, DiLeone R, Yan Z, Taylor JR, Bibb JA (2007) Cyclin-dependent protein
kinase 5 controls cocaine responses, motivation for reward, and striatal neuron
excitability. J. Neurosci. 27:12967-76.
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129.
Yuen EY, Liu W, Yan
Z (2007) The phosphorylation state of GluR1 subunits determines the
susceptibility of AMPA receptors to calpain cleavage. J. Biol. Chem.
282:16434-40. [PDF file] ###
130.
Yuen EY, Gu Z, Yan
Z (2007) Calpain regulation of AMPA receptor channels in cortical pyramidal
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131.
Gu Z, Jiang Q, Yan
Z (2007) RGS4 modulates serotonin signaling in prefrontal cortex and links to serotonin dysfunction in a rat model of
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132.
Kastning K, Kukhtina V, Kittler JT, Chen G, Pechstein
A, Enders S, Lee SH, Sheng M, Yan Z, Haucke V (2007) Molecular
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133.
Liu W, Yuen EY, Allen
PB, Feng J, Greengard P, Yan Z (2006) Adrenergic modulation of NMDA
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134.
Allen PB, Zachariou
V, Svenningsson P, Lepore AC, Centonze D, Costa C, Rossi S, Bender G, Chen G,
Feng J, Snyder GL, Bernardi G, Nestler EJ, Yan Z, Calabresi P, Greengard
P (2006) Distinct roles for spinophilin and neurabin in dopamine-mediated plasticity. Neuroscience
140:897-911. ###
135.
Jiang Q, Yan Z,
Feng J (2006) Neurotrophic factors protect against rotenone toxicity on
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136.
Jiang Q, Yan Z,
Feng J (2006) Activation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors
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137.
Chen G, Kittler JT,
Moss SJ, Yan Z (2006) Dopamine D3 receptors regulate GABA(A) receptor
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138.
Gu Z, Jiang Q, Yuen
EY, Yan Z (2006) Activation of dopamine D4 receptors induces synaptic
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139.
Wang X, Gu Z, Zhong
P, Chen G, Feng J, Yan Z (2006) Aberrant regulation of NMDAR functions
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140.
Yuen EY, Jiang Q,
Chen P, Gu Z, Feng J, Yan Z (2005) Serotonin 5-HT1A receptors
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141.
Kittler JT, Chen G,
Honing S, Bogdanov Y, McAinsh K, Arancibia-Carcamo
IL, Jovanovic JN, Pangalos MN, Haucke V, Yan Z and Moss SJ (2005)
Phospho-dependent binding of the clathrin AP2 adaptor
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142.
Gu Z, Jiang Q, Fu
AKY, Ip NY, Yan Z (2005) Regulation of NMDA receptors by neuregulin
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143.
Yuen EY, Jiang Q,
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144.
Wu HY, Yuen EY, Lu
YF, Matsushita M, Matsui H, Yan Z, Tomizawa K (2005) Regulation
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280: 21588-93. [PDF file]
145.
Chen P, Yan Z
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146.
Tyszkiewicz JP, Yan
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functions of metabotropic glutamate receptors in prefrontal cortical neurons.
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147.
Gu Z and Yan Z (2004) Bi-directional regulation
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148.
Zhong P and Yan Z (2004) Chronic
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in prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons. Neurosci.
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149.
Tan H, Zhong P, Yan Z (2004) Corticotropin-releasing
factor and acute stress prolongs serotonergic regulation of GABA transmission
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150.
Yan Z and Feng J (2004) Alzheimer's disease: interactions between cholinergic
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151.
Chen G, Greengard P, Yan Z (2004) Potentiation of NMDA
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152.
Tyszkiewicz JP, Gu Z,
Wang X, Cai X, Yan Z (2004) Group II
metabotropic glutamate receptors enhance NMDA receptor currents via a protein
kinase C-dependent mechanism in pyramidal neurons of rat prefrontal cortex. J.
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153.
Wang X, Zhong P, Gu
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154.
Zhong P, Gu Z, Wang
X, Jiang H, Feng J, Yan Z (2003) Impaired modulation of GABAergic
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155.
Davila V, Yan Z,
Craciun LC, Logothetis D, Sulzer D (2003) D3 dopamine autoreceptors
do not activate GIRK channel currents in substantia nigra dopamine neurons. J.
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156.
Gu Z, Zhong P, Yan
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157.
Ma X, Zhong P, Gu Z,
Feng J, Yan Z (2003) Muscarinic potentiation of GABAA receptor currents
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158.
Wang X, Zhong P, Yan
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159.
Cai X, Gu Z, Zhong P,
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160.
Yan Z (2002) Regulation of GABAergic inhibition by serotonin signaling in
prefrontal cortex: molecular mechanisms and functional implications. Molecular
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161.
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162.
Yan Z, Chi P, Bibb JA, Ryan TA, Greengard P (2002) Roscovitine:
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164.
Liu F, Ma X, Ule J,
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165.
Yan Z, Flores-Hernandez J, Surmeier DJ (2001) Coordinated expression of
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167.
Bibb JA, Yan Z,
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168.
Feng J, Yan Z,
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169.
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173.
Stwart A, Yan Z,
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174.
Mermelstein PG, Song
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Surmeier DJ, Song WJ,
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179.
Yan Z and Surmeier DJ (1996) Muscarinic (m2/m4) receptors reduce N- and P-type
Ca2+ currents in rat neostriatal cholinergic
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