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Heping Cheng

Heping Cheng

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Biology and Biochemistry
China
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
32713
World Ranking
2097
National Ranking
51

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Heping Cheng is affiliated with Peking University in China. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Neuroscience. Within these domains, their work frequently intersects with key subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Ion Channel Regulation and Function
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques

Heping Cheng has coauthored extensively with several collaborators, including:

  • Jue Zhang
  • Aimin Wang
  • Runlong Wu
  • Xianhua Wang
  • Liangyi Chen

Their notable recent publications include:

  • "An optimized acetylcholine sensor for monitoring in vivo cholinergic activity," 2020, published in Nature Methods
  • "The mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel mediates heart mechano-chemo transduction," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Miniature two-photon microscopy for enlarged field-of-view, multi-plane and long-term brain imaging," 2021, published in Nature Methods
  • "Dynamics of a disinhibitory prefrontal microcircuit in controlling social competition," 2021, published in Neuron
  • "Miniature three-photon microscopy maximized for scattered fluorescence collection," 2023, published in Nature Methods

Their work is frequently published in prominent scientific journals. The most common venues for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Methods
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell Research
  • Neuron

Best Publications

  • Calcium sparks: elementary events underlying excitation-contraction coupling in heart muscle

    H Cheng;W J Lederer;Mark B Cannell

  • Relaxation of arterial smooth muscle by calcium sparks

    M. T. Nelson;H. Cheng;M. Rubart;Luis Fernando Santana

  • Hydrothermal Preparation of Uniform Nanosize Rutile and Anatase Particles

    Humin Cheng;Jiming Ma;Zhenguo Zhao;Limin Qi

  • Defective excitation-contraction coupling in experimental cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.

    A. M. Gómez;H. H. Valdivia;H. Cheng;Miriam R. Lederer

  • Calcium flickers steer cell migration

    Chaoliang Wei;Xianhua Wang;Min Chen;Kunfu Ouyang

  • Superoxide Flashes in Single Mitochondria

    Wang Wang;Huaqiang Fang;Linda Groom;Aiwu Cheng

  • Calcium sparks and [Ca2+]i waves in cardiac myocytes

    H. Cheng;M. R. Lederer;W. J. Lederer;M. B. Cannell

  • Linkage of β1-adrenergic stimulation to apoptotic heart cell death through protein kinase A–independent activation of Ca2+/calmodulin kinase II

    Wei-Zhong Zhu;Shi-Qiang Wang;Khalid Chakir;Dongmei Yang

  • Ca2+ signalling between single L-type Ca2+ channels and ryanodine receptors in heart cells.

    Shi Qiang Wang;Long Sheng Song;Edward G. Lakatta;Heping Cheng;Heping Cheng

  • Fast high-resolution miniature two-photon microscopy for brain imaging in freely behaving mice

    Weijian Zong;Runlong Wu;Mingli Li;Yanhui Hu

  • RyR2 mutations linked to ventricular tachycardia and sudden death reduce the threshold for store-overload-induced Ca2+ release (SOICR)

    Dawei Jiang;Bailong Xiao;Dongmei Yang;Ruiwu Wang

  • Coupling of beta2-adrenoceptor to Gi proteins and its physiological relevance in murine cardiac myocytes.

    Rui Ping Xiao;Pavel Avdonin;Ying Ying Zhou;Heping Cheng

  • Orphaned ryanodine receptors in the failing heart

    Long-Sheng Song;Eric A. Sobie;Stacey McCulle;W. J. Lederer

  • T-tubule remodeling during transition from hypertrophy to heart failure.

    Sheng Wei;Ang Guo;Biyi Chen;William J. Kutschke

  • ASF/SF2-Regulated CaMKIIδ Alternative Splicing Temporally Reprograms Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Cardiac Muscle

    Xiangdong Xu;Dongmei Yang;Jian Hua Ding;Wang Wang

  • Culture and adenoviral infection of adult mouse cardiac myocytes: methods for cellular genetic physiology.

    Ying Ying Zhou;Shi Qiang Wang;Wei Zhong Zhu;Andrej Chruscinski

  • Local Control Models of Cardiac Excitation–Contraction Coupling : A Possible Role for Allosteric Interactions between Ryanodine Receptors

    Michael D. Stern;Long Sheng Song;Heping Cheng;James S.K. Sham

  • Two mechanisms of quantized calcium release in skeletal muscle

    M. G. Klein;H. Cheng;Luis Fernando Santana;Y. H. Jiang

  • Recent Advances in Cardiac β2-Adrenergic Signal Transduction

    Rui-Ping Xiao;Heping Cheng;Ying-Ying Zhou;Meike Kuschel

  • Amplitude Distribution of Calcium Sparks in Confocal Images: Theory and Studies with an Automatic Detection Method

    Heping Cheng;Long Sheng Song;Natalia Shirokova;Adom González

Frequent Co-Authors

Rui-Ping Xiao
Rui-Ping Xiao Peking University
Edward G. Lakatta
Edward G. Lakatta National Institutes of Health
W. J. Lederer
W. J. Lederer University of Maryland, Baltimore
Yanhui Hu
Yanhui Hu Harvard University
Zhuan Zhou
Zhuan Zhou Peking University
Mark B. Cannell
Mark B. Cannell University of Bristol
Eduardo Ríos
Eduardo Ríos Rush University
Ju Chen
Ju Chen University of California, San Diego
Jianjie Ma
Jianjie Ma The Ohio State University
Shey-Shing Sheu
Shey-Shing Sheu Thomas Jefferson University

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