Publications:

Zhang Z, Yan J, Bowman AB, Bryan MR, Singh R, Aschner M. Dysregulation of TFEB contributes to Manganese-induced autophagic failure and mitochondrial dysfunction in astrocytes. Autophagy 019 Nov 24:1-18 (2019). PMID: 31690173.  

Yan J, Porch W. M, Brenda Court-Vazquez, Michael V.L. Bennett, and R. Suzanne Zukin. Activation of autophagy rescues synaptic and cognitive deficits in Fragile X mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 115 (41) (2018). PMID: 30242133.  

Zhang Y#, Kim MS#, Jia B#, Yan J#, et al, Cai D. Hypothalamic stem cells control ageing speed partly through exosomal miRNAs. Nature.  548 (7665): 52-57. (2017) (#, Co-first author) PMID: 28746310.

Kim MS, Yan J, Wu W, Zhang G, Zhang Y, Cai D. Rapid linkage of innate immunological signals to adaptive immunity by the brain-fat axis. Nature Immunology. 16(5): 525-33. (2015)  PMID: 25848866

Zhang Y, Liu G, Yan J, Zhang Y, Li B, Cai D. Metabolic learning and memory formation by the brain influence systemic metabolic homeostasis. Nature Communications. 6: 6704. (2015)  PMID: 25848677

Yan J, Zhang H, Yin Y, Li J, Tang Y, Purkayastha S, Cai D. Obesity- and aging-induced excess of central transforming growth factor-beta potentiates diabetic development via an RNA stress response. Nature Medicine 20: 1001-1008. (2014)  PMID: 25086906

Guo S#, Yan J#, Yang T, Yang X, Bezard E, Zhao B. Protective effects of green tea polyphenols in the 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson's disease through inhibition of ROS-NO pathway. Biological Psychiatry 62: 1353-1362 (2007). (#, Co-first author) PMID: 17624318.