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Han-Rong Weng is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States and primarily conducts research in the field of Medicine. Their work extends into several subfields including Dermatology, Oncology, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research encompasses multiple main topics, notably Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Exercise and Physiological Responses, Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases, Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances, and Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis.

Among their recent publications are several papers that explore diverse aspects of dermatological and immunological research:

  • Neuropathic Itch (2020) in Cells
  • ABCB1 in dermatology: roles in skin diseases and their treatment (2021) in Journal of Molecular Medicine
  • PD-L1 Enhanced by cis-Urocanic Acid on Langerhans Cells Inhibits Vγ4+ γδT17 Cells in Imiquimod-Induced Skin Inflammation (2023) in Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Chemometric-Guided Exploration of Marine Anti-Neurofibroma Leads (2022) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Clinical validation and utility of Chinese Eppendorf Itch Questionnaire in adults with chronic pruritus symptoms (2020) in Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Han-Rong Weng collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors including Tsen-Fang Tsai, Quoc Thao Trang Pham, W. Robert Lee, Yi-Hsien Shih, and Kuei-Hung Lai.

Their published work appears in several academic venues, some of which have featured multiple publications by the scientist:

  • Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
  • Dermatologica Sinica
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Molecular Medicine
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Best Publications

  • Taxol-induced sensory disturbance is characterized by preferential impairment of myelinated fiber function in cancer patients.

    Patrick M. Dougherty;Juan P. Cata;Joseph V. Cordella;Allen Burton

  • Clinical and experimental findings in humans and animals with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy.

    Juan P Cata;H. R. Weng;B. N. Lee;J. M. Reuben

  • Changes in sensory processing in the spinal dorsal horn accompany vincristine-induced hyperalgesia and allodynia

    H. R. Weng;J. V. Cordella;P. M. Dougherty

  • Quantitative Sensory Findings in Patients With Bortezomib-Induced Pain

    Juan P. Cata;Han Rong Weng;Allen W. Burton;Horatio Villareal

  • The effects of thalidomide and minocycline on taxol-induced hyperalgesia in rats.

    Juan P. Cata;Han Rong Weng;Patrick M. Dougherty

  • A survey of spinal dorsal horn neurones encoding the spatial organization of withdrawal reflexes in the rat

    Jens Schouenborg;H Weng;J Kalliomäki;H Holmberg

  • Functional organization of the nociceptive withdrawal reflexes. II. Changes of excitability and receptive fields after spinalization in the rat.

    Jens Schouenborg;Hans Holmberg;Han-Rong Weng

  • Plasticity in expression of the glutamate transporters GLT-1 and GLAST in spinal dorsal horn glial cells following partial sciatic nerve ligation

    Wen Jun Xin;Wen Jun Xin;Han Rong Weng;Patrick M. Dougherty

  • Inhibition of glutamate uptake in the spinal cord induces hyperalgesia and increased responses of spinal dorsal horn neurons to peripheral afferent stimulation.

    H. R. Weng;J. H. Chen;Juan P Cata

  • Dysregulation of sphingolipid metabolism contributes to bortezomib-induced neuropathic pain.

    Katherine Stockstill;Timothy M Doyle;Xisheng Yan;Zhoumou Chen

  • Altered discharges of spinal wide dynamic range neurons and down-regulation of glutamate transporter expression in rats with paclitaxel-induced hyperalgesia.

    Juan P Cata;H. R. Weng;J. H. Chen;Patrick M Dougherty

  • Functional plasticity in primate somatosensory thalamus following chronic lesion of the ventral lateral spinal cord

    H. R. Weng;J. I. Lee;F. A. Lenz;A. Schwartz

  • Dysfunction in multiple primary afferent fiber subtypes revealed by quantitative sensory testing in patients with chronic vincristine-induced pain

    Patrick M Dougherty;Juan P Cata;Allen W. Burton;Khanh D Vu

  • Sensorimotor transformation in a spinal motor system.

    Jens Schouenborg;Han-Rong Weng

  • Age-dependency of analgesia elicited by intraoral sucrose in acute and persistent pain models

    Vanessa C.Z. Anseloni;H. R. Weng;R. Terayama;David Letizia

  • Impaired Glial Glutamate Uptake Induces Extrasynaptic Glutamate Spillover in the Spinal Sensory Synapses of Neuropathic Rats

    Hui Nie;Han-Rong Weng

  • Spinal cord stimulation relieves chemotherapy-induced pain: a clinical case report.

    Juan P. Cata;Joseph V. Cordella;Joseph V. Cordella;Allen W. Burton;Samuel J. Hassenbusch

  • Spinal glial glutamate transporters downregulate in rats with taxol-induced hyperalgesia.

    Han Rong Weng;Natarajan Aravindan;Juan P. Cata;Jing Hong Chen

  • Endogenous activation of presynaptic NMDA receptors enhances glutamate release from the primary afferents in the spinal dorsal horn in a rat model of neuropathic pain

    Xisheng Yan;Xisheng Yan;Enshe Jiang;Enshe Jiang;Mei Gao;Han-Rong Weng;Han-Rong Weng

  • Glutamate Transporters Prevent Excessive Activation of NMDA Receptors and Extrasynaptic Glutamate Spillover in the Spinal Dorsal Horn

    Hui Nie;Han-Rong Weng

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick M. Dougherty
Patrick M. Dougherty The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jens Schouenborg
Jens Schouenborg Lund University
Sarah Spiegel
Sarah Spiegel Virginia Commonwealth University
Fernando Cervero
Fernando Cervero McGill University
Gary J. Bennett
Gary J. Bennett McGill University
Ke Ren
Ke Ren University of Maryland, Baltimore
Ronald Dubner
Ronald Dubner University of Maryland, Baltimore

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