PUBLICATIONS

Key Research Publications

  1. Yan Zhang, Jiayi Shen, Famin Xie, Zhiwei Liu, Fangfang Yin, Mingxiu Cheng, Liang Wang, Meiting Cai, Herbert Herzog, Ping Wu, Zhi Zhang#, Cheng Zhan#, Tiemin Liu#. Feedforward inhibition of stress by brainstem neuropeptide Y neurons. Nature Comminications (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51956-9, # co-corresponding author

  2. Liang Wang, Mingxiu Cheng, Yuchen Wang, Jing Chen, Famin Xie, Lihao Huang, Cheng Zhan#. Fasting activated ventraleteral medulla neurons regulate T cell homing and suppress autoimmune disease in mice. Nature Neuroscience (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s41593-023-01543-w, # corresponding author

  3. Jing Cai, Jing Chen, Joshua OrtizGuzman,...,Yuyan Shi, Qingchun Tong#, Cheng Zhan#. AgRP neurons are not indispensable for body weight maintenance in adult mice. Cell Reports (2023). doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112789, # co-corresponding author

  4. Jing Chen, Chunli Li, Zhonghua Lu, Cheng Zhan#. Optimal Timing of a Commonly-Used Rabies Virus for Neural Recording and Manipulation. Neuroscience Bulletin (2022). doi.org/10.1007/s12264-022-00819-8, # corresponding author

  5. Jing Chen, Minxiu Cheng, Liang Wang, Lei Zhang, Dan Xu, Peng Cao, Fengchao Wang, Herbert Herzog, Sen Song, Cheng Zhan#. A vagal-NTS neural pathway that stimulates feeding. Current Biology (2020). # corresponding author

  6. L. Mei, Y.Fan , M. Wang, X. Lv , C. Zhan#, E. Zhang#. Longitudinal in vivo recording of clock gene transcription in the brains of freely-moving mice. PNAS (2018). #co-corresponding author.

  7. L. Mei , C. Zhan , E. Zhang. In Vivo Monitoring of Circadian Clock Gene Expression in the Mouse Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Using Fluorescence Reporters. JOVE (2018).

  8. Z. Zhao, L. Wang, W. Gao, F. Hu, J. Zhang, Y. Ren, R. Lin, Q. Feng, M. Cheng, D. Ju, Q. Chi, D. Wang, S. Song, M. Luo and C. Zhan# (2017). A Central Catecholaminergic Circuit Controls Blood Glucose Levels during Stress. Neuron 95, 138-152 e135. Featured Article. # corresponding author.

  9. D. Wang, X. He, Z. Zhao, Q.Feng, R.Lin, Y. Sun, T. Ding, F. Xu #, M. Luo #, C. Zhan # (2015) Whole-brain mapping of the direct inputs and axonal projections of POMC and AgRP neurons. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 9:40. # co-corresponding author.

  10. C. Zhan#, J. Zhou *, Q. Feng, J. Zhang, S. Lin, J. Bao, P. Wu, M. Luo #, Acute and long-term suppression of feeding behavior by POMC neurons in the brainstem and hypothalamus, respectively. J Neurosci 33:3624-3632, 2013. Selected for F1000Prime. # co-corresponding author, *co-first author.

  11. C. Zhan, M. Luo, Diverse patterns of odor representation by neurons in the anterior piriform cortex of awake mice. J Neurosci 30, 16662-16672, 2010.

  12. S. Zeng, X. Lv, C. Zhan, W. R. Chen, et al. Simultaneous compensation for spatial and temporal dispersion of acousto-optical deflectors for two-dimensional scanning with a single prism. Optics Letters, 2006, 31(8): 1091-1093.

Reviews and Invited book chapters

  1. Zeng, W.#, Yang, F.#, Shen, W.L.#, Zhan, C.#, Zheng, P.#, and Hu, J. (2022). Interactions between central nervous system and peripheral metabolic organs. Sci China Life Sci 65, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-2103-5，#corresponding author

  2. 占成，摄食行为的神经调控。中国科学.生命科学，2020年。

  3. Zhan C. POMC Neurons: Feeding, Energy Metabolism, and Beyond. In Neural Regulation of Metabolism. 2018 (pp. 17-29). Springer, Singapore.

Coauthor Publications

  1. Yitao Zhu, Lu Yao, Ana L.Gallo-Ferraz, Bruna Bombassaro, Marcela R.Simoes, lchitaro Abe, Jing Chen, et al.Cheng ZhanAna l.Domingos. Sympathetic neuropeptide Y protects from obesity by sustaining thermogenic fat. Nature (2024).

  2. Zhiyong Xie, Xianying Zhang, Miao Zhao, Lifang Huo, Meizhu Huang, Dapeng Li, Shuangfeng Zhang, Xinyu Cheng, Huating Gu, Cheng Zhan, Fengchao Wang, Congping Shang, Peng Cao (2022). The gut-to-brain axis for toxin-induced defensive responses. Cell, 2022

  3. Z. Huang, L. Liu, J. Zhang, K. Conde, J. Phansalkar, Z. Li, L. Yao, Z. Xu, W. Wang, J. Zhou, G. Bi, F. Wu, R. J. Seeley, M. M. Scott, C. Zhan, Z. P. Pang and J. Liu (2022). Glucose-sensing glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus regulate glucose metabolism. Sci Adv, eabn5345.

  4. Zhiyong Xie, Huating Gu, Meizhu Huang, Xinyu Cheng, Congping Shang, Ting Tao, Dapeng Li, Yuan Xie, Jidong Zhao, Wei Lu, Zhibin Zhang, Cheng Zhan, Zongxiang Tang, Fan Zhang, Peng Cao. (2022). Mechanically evoked defensive attack is controlled by GABAergic neurons in the anterior hypothalamic nucleus. Nature neuroscience.

  5. Koga, K., Yamada, A., Song, Q., Li, X.H., Chen, Q.Y., Liu, R.H., Ge, J., Zhan, C., Furue, H., Zhuo, M., et al. (2020). Ascending noradrenergic excitation from the locus coeruleus to the anterior cingulate cortex. Mol Brain 13, 49.

  6. Shen, E.Z., Song, C.Q., Lin, Y., Zhang, W.H., Su, P.F., Liu, W.Y., Zhang, P., Xu, J., Lin, N., Zhan, C., Wang, X., Shyr, Y., Cheng, H., and Dong, M.Q. Mitoflash frequency in early adulthood predicts lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 508, 128-132. (Author contribution: live imaging).

  7. Tang, Z., Hu, Y., Wang, Z., Jiang, K., Zhan, C., Marshall, W.F., and Tang, N. (2018). Mechanical Forces Program the Orientation of Cell Division during Airway Tube Morphogenesis. Dev Cell (Author contribution: 2-photon imaging).

  8. Mengxiao Yu, Fuyou Li, Zhigang Chen, He Hu, C. Zhan, Hong Yang and Chunhui Huang, Laser Scanning Up-Conversion Luminescence Microscopy for Imaging Cells Labeled with Rare-Earth Nanophosphors, Anal. Chem. 2009, 81(3), 930–935. (Author contribution: 2-photon imaging).

  9. H. Zhang, C. Zhan, J. Ke, Z. Xue, A. Zhang, K. Xu, Z. Shen, L. Yu, L. Chen, EGFR Kinase domain mutation positive lung cancers are sensitive to intrapleural perfusion with hyperthermic chemotherapy (IPHC) complete treatment, Oncotarget, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.6491. Dec. 8, 2015. (Author contribution: imaging analysis).

  10. X. Lv, C. Zhan, S. Zeng, W. R. Chen, et al. Construction of multiphoton laser scanning microscope based on dual-axis acousto-optic deflector. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2006, 77(4). (Author contribution: 2-photon imaging).

  11. Shaoqun Zeng, Xiaohua Lv, Kun Bi, C. Zhan, et al. Analysis of the dispersion compensation of acousto-optic deflectors used for multiphoton imaging. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2007, 12(2). (Author contribution: 2-photon imaging).

Patent

  1. Shaoqun Zeng, Qingming Luo, C. Zhan, Xiaohua Lv. LIGHT PULSE POSITIONING WITH DISPERSION COMPENSATION. United States Patent, Patent No: US 7,821,698 B2, Published on Oct.26, 2010