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66
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Overview

Kun Xia is affiliated with Central South University in China and focuses on research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, RNA modifications and cancer, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Kun Xia has published extensively, with significant contributions featured in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder in China: A Nationwide Multi-center Population-based Study Among Children Aged 6 to 12 Years" (2020) published in Neuroscience Bulletin
  • "The role of genetics in Parkinson's disease: a large cohort study in Chinese mainland population" (2020) published in Brain
  • "Extracellular Vesicles from Akkermansia muciniphila Elicit Antitumor Immunity Against Prostate Cancer via Modulation of CD8+ T Cells and Macrophages" (2021) published in International Journal of Nanomedicine
  • "Rare deleterious mutations of HNRNP genes result in shared neurodevelopmental disorders" (2021) published in Genome Medicine
  • "OncoVar: an integrated database and analysis platform for oncogenic driver variants in cancers" (2020) published in Nucleic Acids Research

Their collaborations include frequent coauthorship with:

  • Beisha Tang
  • Zhengmao Hu
  • Jinchen Li
  • Hui Guo
  • Bin Li

Best Publications

  • Mutations in the gene encoding gap junction protein beta-3 associated with autosomal dominant hearing impairment.

    Jia Hui Xia;Chunyu Liu;Bei Sha Tang;Qian Pan

  • Targeted sequencing identifies 91 neurodevelopmental-disorder risk genes with autism and developmental-disability biases

    Holly A.F. Stessman;Bo Xiong;Bo Xiong;Bradley P. Coe;Tianyun Wang

  • Parkin, PINK1, and DJ-1 form a ubiquitin E3 ligase complex promoting unfolded protein degradation

    Hui Xiong;Danling Wang;Linan Chen;Yeun Su Choo

  • De novo genic mutations among a Chinese autism spectrum disorder cohort

    Tianyun Wang;Hui Guo;Bo Xiong;Holly A.F. Stessman

  • TGM6 identified as a novel causative gene of spinocerebellar ataxias using exome sequencing

    Jun Ling Wang;Xu Yang;Kun Xia;Zheng Mao Hu

  • Identification of PRRT2 as the causative gene of paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesias.

    Jun-Ling Wang;Li Cao;Xun-Hua Li;Zheng-Mao Hu

  • Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder in China: A Nationwide Multi-center Population-based Study Among Children Aged 6 to 12 Years

    Hao Zhou;Xiu Xu;Weili Yan;Xiaobing Zou

  • Association of PINK1 and DJ-1 confers digenic inheritance of early-onset Parkinson's disease

    Beisha Tang;Hui Xiong;Ping Sun;Yuhu Zhang

  • Expansion of Human-Specific GGC Repeat in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusion Disease-Related Disorders.

    Yun Tian;Jun-Ling Wang;Wen Huang;Sheng Zeng

  • Small heat-shock protein 22 mutated in autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2L

    Bei-sha Tang;Guo-hua Zhao;Wei Luo;Kun Xia

  • Antioxidants protect PINK1-dependent dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila

    Danling Wang;Li Qian;Hui Xiong;Jiandong Liu

  • AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders

    Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Christine L Dixon;Hui Guo;Hui Guo;Oscar D Bello

  • Genes with de novo mutations are shared by four neuropsychiatric disorders discovered from NPdenovo database.

    Jinchen Li;Jinchen Li;Jinchen Li;Tao Cai;Yi Jiang;Huiqian Chen

  • Large-scale targeted sequencing identifies risk genes for neurodevelopmental disorders

    Tianyun Wang;Kendra Hoekzema;Davide Vecchio;Huidan Wu

  • Hotspots of missense mutation identify neurodevelopmental disorder genes and functional domains.

    Madeleine R. Geisheker;Gabriel Heymann;Tianyun Wang;Bradley P. Coe

  • Disruption of POGZ Is Associated with Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Holly A.F. Stessman;Marjolein H. Willemsen;Michaela Fenckova;Osnat Penn

  • Exome sequencing identifies MVK mutations in disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis

    Sheng-Quan Zhang;Tao Jiang;Min Li;Min Li;Xin Zhang;Xin Zhang

  • Dispensable role of Drosophila ortholog of LRRK2 kinase activity in survival of dopaminergic neurons.

    Danling Wang;Danling Wang;Beisha Tang;Guohua Zhao;Qian Pan

  • Expansion of GGC repeat in the human-specific NOTCH2NLC gene is associated with essential tremor

    Qi-Ying Sun;Qian Xu;Yun Tian;Zheng-Mao Hu

  • Inherited and multiple de novo mutations in autism/developmental delay risk genes suggest a multifactorial model

    Hui Guo;Hui Guo;Tianyun Wang;Tianyun Wang;Huidan Wu;Min Long

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong Jiang
Hong Jiang Central South University
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington
Chun-Yu Liu
Chun-Yu Liu Boston University
Jozef Gecz
Jozef Gecz University of Adelaide
Raphael Bernier
Raphael Bernier University of Washington
Tetsuo Ashizawa
Tetsuo Ashizawa Houston Methodist
Jorge Sequeiros
Jorge Sequeiros University of Porto
Magnus Nordenskjöld
Magnus Nordenskjöld Karolinska Institute
Bradley P. Coe
Bradley P. Coe University of Washington
Yong-hui Jiang
Yong-hui Jiang Yale School of Medicine

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