Zhen
Yan, Ph.D.
Selected
Publications:
1.
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] !!!
2.
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] !!!
3.
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] !!!
4.
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] ^^^
5.
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] ***
6.
Yan Z
(2023) A physiological cause to empathy deficits in a mouse model of FTD. Neuron
11(6):757-758. (preview) [PDF file] ***
7.
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] ***
8.
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] ***
9.
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] ^^^
10. 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] ***
11.
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] ***
12.
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] !!!
13.
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] ***
14.
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] ***
15.
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] ***
16.
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] ***
17.
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] ***
18.
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] !!!
19.
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]
!!!
20.
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] ***
21.
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. !!!
22.
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] ***
23.
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. ^^^
24.
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] ***
25.
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] ***
26.
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]
***
27.
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]
28.
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] !!!
29.
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] ***
30.
Rein
B and Yan Z (2020) 16p11.2 copy number variations and
neurodevelopmental disorders. Trends
in Neuroscience 43(11):886-901. [PDF file] ***
31.
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] ***
32.
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]
***
33.
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] ***
34.
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] ***
35.
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] !!!
36.
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] ***
37.
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] ***
38.
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] ***
39.
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.
40.
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] !!!
41.
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] !!!
42.
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] !!!
43.
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] ***
44.
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] ***
45.
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] ***
46.
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] ***
47.
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] ***
48.
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] !!!
49.
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] ***
50.
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] ^^^
51.
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] ***
52.
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] ***
53.
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. !!!
54.
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. [PDF file] (review) ***
55.
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] ***
56.
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] !!!
57.
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] ***
58.
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] ***
59.
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] ^^^
60.
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] ***
61.
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. [PDF file] (review) ***
62.
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] ***
63.
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] ^^^
64.
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] ***
65.
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] ###
66.
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] ^^^
67.
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]***
68.
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] ***
69.
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] ***
70.
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]
!!!
71.
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] !!!
72.
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] ###
73.
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] ###
74.
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] ***
75.
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] ***
76.
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] !!!
77.
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] ***
78.
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] ***
79.
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. ***
80.
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] ###
81.
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] ***
82.
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] !!!
83.
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]. ***
84.
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]
***
85.
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] !!!
86.
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] ^^^
87.
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] ###
88.
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] ***
89.
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. [PDF file]
90.
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) ***
91.
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] !!!
92.
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] ###
93.
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] ###
94.
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]
95.
Liu W, Dou F, Feng
J, Yan Z (2011) RACK1 is involved in β-amyloid impairment of muscarinic regulation
of GABAergic transmission. Neurobiol.
Aging 32:1818-26.
96.
Yuen EY, Zhong P, Yan
Z (2010) Homeostatic regulation of glutamatergic transmission by dopamine
D4 receptors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107:22308-13.
97.
Wang Q, Charych EI, Pulito VL, Lee J, Graziane
NM, Crozier RA, Revilla-Sanchez R, Kelly M, Dunlop AJ, Murdoch H, Taylor N, Xie
Y, Pausch M, Hayashi-Takagi A, Bates B, Kariya K, Sawa
A, Weinberg RJ, Moss SJ, Houslay MD, Yan Z, Brandon NJ (2011) The psychiatric disease risk factors DISC1
and TNIK interact to regulate synapse composition and function. Mol. Psychiatry 16:1006-23. [PDF file]
98.
Liu W, Yuen EY, Yan Z (2010) The stress
hormone corticosterone increases synaptic AMPA receptors via SGK regulation of
the GDI-Rab4 complex. J. Biol. Chem. 285:6101-8. [PDF file] ***
99.
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.
100.
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.
[PDF file] ###
101.
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] !!!
102.
Hayashi-Takagi A,
Takaki M, Graziane NM, Seshadri S, Murdoch H, Dunlop
AJ, Makino Y, Seshadri AJ, Ishizuka K, Srivastava DP, Xie Z, Baraban JM, Houslay MD, Tomoda T, Brandon NJ,
Kamiya A, Yan Z, Penzes P, Sawa A (2010)
Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 (DISC1) regulates spines of the glutamate synapse
via Rac1. Nat. Neurosci. 13:327-32.
103.
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.
104.
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.
105.
Mandal M and Yan Z
(2009) PIP2 regulation of NMDA receptor channels in cortical
neurons. Mol. Pharm. 76:1349-59.
106.
Arancibia-Carcamo IL,
Yuen EY, Muir J, Lumb MJ, Michels G, Smart TG, Yan Z, Kittler JT, Moss
SJ (2009) Ubiquitin-dependent targeting of GABAARs for lysosomal degradation
regulates the efficacy of neuronal inhibition. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
106:17552-7. [PDF file] ###
107.
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. ###
108.
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. Neuron. 63:40-7. [PDF file] ***
109.
Yuen EY, Yan Z
(2009) Dopamine D4 receptors regulate AMPAR trafficking and glutamatergic
transmission in GABAergic interneurons of prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci. 29:550-62. [PDF file] ###
111.
Graziane N, Yuen EY, Yan Z (2009) Dopamine D4 receptors
regulate GABAA receptor trafficking and function via an actin/cofilin/myosin-dependent mechanism. J.
Biol. Chem. 284:8329-36. [PDF file] ###
112.
Smith KR, McAinsh K, Chen G, Arancibia-Carcamo IL, Haucke V, Yan Z, Moss SJ, Kittler JT (2008)
Regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission by a conserved atypical AP2
interaction within GABAA receptor β and γ- subunits. Neuropharmacology 55:844-50. ###
113.
Yuen EY, Jiang Q,
Chen P, Feng J, Yan Z (2008) Activation of 5-HT2A/C receptors
counteracts 5-HT1A regulation of NMDAR channels in pyramidal neurons of
prefrontal cortex. J. Biol. Chem. 283:17194-204. [PDF file] ###
114.
Zhong P, Liu W, Gu Z,
Yan Z (2008) Serotonin facilitates LTD induction in prefrontal cortex
via p38 MAPK/Rab5-mediated enhancement of AMPA receptor internalization. J.
Physiol. 586:4465-79. [PDF file] ###
115.
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] ###
116.
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] ###
117.
Kittler JT, Chen G, Kukhtina V, Vahedi-Faridi A, Gu Z, Tretter V, Smith K, McAinsh K, Arancibia-Carcamo L, Saenger W,
Haucke V, Yan Z,
Moss SJ (2008) Regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission by
GABAA receptor γ2 subunit specific phospho-dependent binding of a YECL motif to the clathrin adaptor AP2. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105:3616-21.
###
118.
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.
Aging 29:1795-804. [PDF file] !!!
119.
Chen P, Gu Z, Liu W, Yan
Z (2007) Glycogen synthase kinase 3 regulates NMDA receptor channel
trafficking and function in cortical neurons. Mol. Pharm.
72:40-51. [PDF file] ###
120.
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.
[PDF file] ***
121.
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] ###
122.
Yuen EY, Gu Z, Yan
Z (2007) Calpain regulation of AMPA receptor channels in cortical pyramidal
neurons. J. Physiol. 580:241-54. [PDF file] ###
123.
Gu Z, Jiang Q, Yan
Z (2007) RGS4 modulates serotonin signaling in prefrontal cortex and links
to serotonin dysfunction in a rat model of schizophrenia. Mol. Pharmacol. 71:1030-9. [PDF file] ***
124.
Kastning K, Kukhtina V, Kittler JT, Chen G, Pechstein
A, Enders S, Lee SH, Sheng M, Yan Z, Haucke V (2007) Molecular
determinants for the interaction between AMPA receptors and the clathrin adaptor complex AP-2. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA 104:2991-6. [PDF file] ###
125.
Liu W, Yuen EY, Allen
PB, Feng J, Greengard P, Yan Z (2006) Adrenergic modulation of NMDA
receptors in prefrontal cortex is differentially regulated by RGS proteins and spinophilin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103:18338-43.
[PDF file] ###
126.
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. ###
127.
Jiang Q, Yan Z,
Feng J (2006) Neurotrophic factors protect against rotenone toxicity on
dopaminergic neurons through a microtubule-dependent mechanism. J. Biol.
Chem. 281:29231-400. [PDF file] !!!
128.
Jiang Q, Yan Z,
Feng J (2006) Activation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors
attenuates rotenone toxicity on dopaminergic neurons through a
microtubule-dependent mechanism. J. Neurosci.
26:4318-28. [PDF file] ###
129.
Chen G, Kittler JT,
Moss SJ, Yan Z (2006) Dopamine D3 receptors regulate GABA(A) receptor
function through a phospho-dependent endocytosis mechanism in nucleus accumbens. J. Neurosci.
26:2511-9. [PDF
file] ###
130.
Gu Z, Jiang Q, Yuen
EY, Yan Z (2006) Activation of dopamine D4 receptors induces synaptic
translocation of CaMKII in cultured prefrontal cortical neurons. Mol. Pharmacol. 69:813-22. [PDF file] ###
131.
Wang X, Gu Z, Zhong
P, Chen G, Feng J, Yan Z (2006) Aberrant regulation of NMDAR functions
by dopamine D4 receptors in rats after phencyclidine exposure. Mol. and
Cell. Neurosci. 31:15-25. [PDF file] ***
132.
Yuen EY, Jiang Q,
Chen P, Gu Z, Feng J, Yan Z (2005) Serotonin 5-HT1A receptors
regulate NMDA receptor channels through a microtubule-dependent mechanism. J.
Neurosci. 25: 5488-501. [PDF file] ###
133.
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 complex to GABA(A) receptors regulates the efficacy of inhibitory
synaptic transmission. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102:14871-6. [PDF file] ###
134.
Gu Z, Jiang Q, Fu
AKY, Ip NY, Yan Z (2005) Regulation of NMDA receptors by neuregulin
signaling in prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci.
25: 4974-84. [PDF file] ***
135.
Yuen EY, Jiang Q,
Feng J, Yan Z (2005) Microtubule regulation of NMDA receptor channels in
neurons. J. Biol. Chem. 280:29420-7. [PDF file] ###
136.
Wu HY, Yuen EY, Lu
YF, Matsushita M, Matsui H, Yan Z, Tomizawa K (2005) Regulation
of NMDA receptors by calpain in cortical neurons. J. Biol. Chem.
280: 21588-93. [PDF file]
137.
Chen P, Yan Z (2005)
Corticotropin-releasing factor in brain function. In: Handbook of
Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology (3rd Edition), (Editor-in-Chief: Abel
Lajtha) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
138.
Tyszkiewicz JP, Yan
Z (2005) β-Amyloid peptides impair PKC-dependent
functions of metabotropic glutamate receptors in prefrontal cortical neurons.
J. Neurophysiol. 93: 3102-11. [PDF file] !!!
139.
Gu Z and Yan Z (2004) Bi-directional regulation
of CaMKII activity by dopamine D4 receptors in prefrontal cortex. Mol. Pharmacol. 66: 948-55. [PDF file] ***
140.
Zhong P and Yan Z (2004) Chronic antidepressant
treatment alters the serotonergic regulation of GABA transmission in prefrontal
cortical pyramidal neurons. Neurosci.
129: 65-73. [PDF file]
141.
Tan H, Zhong P, Yan Z (2004) Corticotropin-releasing
factor and acute stress prolongs serotonergic regulation of GABA transmission
in prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons. J. Neurosci. 24:
5000-8. [PDF file]
142.
Yan Z and Feng J (2004) Alzheimer's disease: interactions between cholinergic
functions and β-amyloid. Current Alzheimer Research (review) 1: 241-8. [PDF file] !!!
143.
Chen G, Greengard P, Yan Z (2004) Potentiation of NMDA
receptor currents by dopamine D1 receptors in prefrontal cortex. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 2596-600. [PDF file] ***
144.
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.
Physiology (London) 554: 765-77. [PDF file] ***
145.
Wang X, Zhong P, Gu
Z, Yan Z (2003) Regulation of NMDA receptors by dopamine D4 signaling in
prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci. 23: 9852-61. [PDF
file] ***
146.
Zhong P, Gu Z, Wang
X, Jiang H, Feng J, Yan Z (2003) Impaired modulation of GABAergic
transmission by muscarinic receptors in a mouse transgenic model of Alzheimer's
disease. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 26888-96. [PDF file] !!!
147.
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.
Neurosci. 23: 5693-7. ***
148.
Gu Z, Zhong P, Yan
Z (2003) Activation of muscarinic receptors inhibits β-amyloid peptide - induced signaling
in cortical slices. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 17546-56. [PDF file]
149.
Ma X, Zhong P, Gu Z,
Feng J, Yan Z (2003) Muscarinic potentiation of GABAA receptor currents
is gated by insulin signaling in the prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci. 23: 1159-68. [PDF
file] !!!
150.
Wang X, Zhong P, Yan
Z (2002) Dopamine D4 receptors modulate GABAergic signaling in pyramidal
neurons of prefrontal cortex. J. Neurosci.22: 9185-93. [PDF file]
151.
Cai X, Gu Z, Zhong P,
Ren Y, Yan Z (2002) Serotonin 5-HT(1A) receptors regulate AMPA receptor
channels through inhibiting CaMKII in prefrontal cortical pyramidal neurons. J.
Biol. Chem. 277: 36553-62. [PDF file] ###
152.
Yan Z (2002) Regulation of GABAergic inhibition by serotonin signaling in
prefrontal cortex: molecular mechanisms and functional implications. Molecular
Neurobiology (review) 26: 203-16.
153.
Cai X,
Flores-Hernandez J, Feng J, Yan Z (2002) Activity-dependent
bi-directional regulation of GABAA receptor channels by serotonin 5-HT4
receptors in pyramidal neurons of the prefrontal cortex. J. Physiology
(London) 540: 743-59. [PDF file]
154.
Yan Z, Chi P, Bibb JA, Ryan TA, Greengard P (2002) Roscovitine:
a novel regulator of P/Q-type calcium channels and transmitter release in
central neurons. J. Physiology (London) 540: 761-70. ###
156.
Liu F, Ma X, Ule J,
Nishi A, Bibb JA, DeMaggio AJ, Yan Z, Nairn AC, Greengard P (2001)
Regulation of cyclin dependent kinase 5 and casein kinase I by metabotropic
glutamate receptors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 11062-8.
157.
Yan Z, Flores-Hernandez J, Surmeier DJ (2001) Coordinated expression of
muscarinic receptor mRNAs in striatal medium spiny neurons. Neuroscience
103: 1017-24. ###
159.
Bibb JA, Yan Z,
Svenningsson P, Snyder GL, Pieribone VA, Nairn AC,
Messer A, Greengard P (2000) Severe deficiencies in dopamine signaling in presymptomatic Huntington's disease mice. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA 97: 6809-14. [PDF file] !!!
160.
Feng J, Yan Z,
Ferreira AB, Tomizawa K, Liauw JA, Zhuo M, Allen PB,
Ouimet CC, Greengard P (2000) Regulation of the formation and function of
dendritic spines by spinophilin. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci. USA 97: 9287-92.
161.
Flores-Hernandez J,
Hernandez S, Snyder GL, Yan Z, Fienberg AA, Moss SJ, Greengard P,
Surmeier DJ (2000) D1 dopamine receptor activation reduces GABAA receptor
currents in neostriatal neurons through a
PKA/DARPP-32 /PP-1 signaling cascade. J. Neurophysiology 83:
2996-3004. ###
162.
163.
164.
Bibb JA, Snyder GL,
Nishi A, Yan Z, Meijer L, Fienberg AA et al. (1999) Phosphorylation of
DARPP-32 by Cdk5 modulates dopamine signalling in
neurons. Nature 402: 669-71.
165.
Stwart A, Yan Z,
Surmeier DJ, Foehring R (1999) Muscarine modulates
Ca2+ currents in rat sensorymotor pyramidal cells via
two distinct pathways. J. Neurophysiol.
81: 72-84. ###
166.
Mermelstein PG, Song
WJ, Tkatch T, Yan Z, Surmeier DJ (1998) Inwardly rectifying potassium
(IRK) currents are correlated with IRK subunit expression in rat nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons. J. Neurosci. 18: 6650-61. ###
168.
169.
170.
Surmeier DJ, Song WJ,
Yan Z (1996) Coordinated expression of dopamine receptors in neostriatal medium spiny neurons. J. Neurosci. 16: 6579-91.
171.
Yan Z and Surmeier DJ (1996) Muscarinic (m2/m4) receptors reduce N- and P-type
Ca2+ currents in rat neostriatal cholinergic
interneurons through a fast, membrane-delimited, G-protein pathway. J. Neurosci. 16: 2592-604.
***:
Papers related to mental disorders;
!!!:
Papers related to neurodegenerative diseases;
###:
Papers related to basic neurobiological mechanisms;
^^^:
Papers related to stem cells.