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Overview

Zhe Ying is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Materials Science. Within these broader disciplines, Ying has contributed to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Neurology, and Epidemiology.

Their scientific work covers various topics, notably:

  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • S100 Proteins and Annexins
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • GDF15 and Related Biomarkers
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Among the recent publications where Zhe Ying is listed as an author, the following are notable:

  • "Embryonic Barcoding of Equipotent Mammary Progenitors Functionally Identifies Breast Cancer Drivers" (2020) published in Cell Stem Cell

Ying frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Shuai Zhang, Fengqi Song, Fernando Gómez-Pinilla, Fucong Fei, and Guanglin Zhang. These frequent coauthors have contributed to multiple projects alongside Ying, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

The publication venues where Ying's work appears often include:

  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nano Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Stem Cell

This range of venues illustrates a blend of peer-reviewed journals and preprint repositories, reflecting activities in both established and emerging channels of scientific communication.

Best Publications

  • Hippocampal BDNF mediates the efficacy of exercise on synaptic plasticity and cognition

    Shoshanna Vaynman;Zhe Ying;Fernando Gomez-Pinilla

  • A high-fat, refined sugar diet reduces hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor, neuronal plasticity, and learning.

    R Molteni;R.J Barnard;Z Ying;C.K Roberts

  • Voluntary Exercise Induces a BDNF-Mediated Mechanism That Promotes Neuroplasticity

    Fernando Gómez-Pinilla;Zhe Ying;Roland R. Roy;Raffaella Molteni

  • Insulin-like growth factor I interfaces with brain-derived neurotrophic factor-mediated synaptic plasticity to modulate aspects of exercise-induced cognitive function.

    Q. Ding;S. Vaynman;M. Akhavan;Z. Ying

  • Dietary omega-3 fatty acids normalize BDNF levels, reduce oxidative damage, and counteract learning disability after traumatic brain injury in rats.

    Aiguo Wu;Zhe Ying;Fernando Gomez-Pinilla

  • Differential effects of acute and chronic exercise on plasticity-related genes in the rat hippocampus revealed by microarray.

    Raffaella Molteni;Zhe Ying;Fernando Gómez-Pinilla

  • Interplay between brain-derived neurotrophic factor and signal transduction modulators in the regulation of the effects of exercise on synaptic-plasticity

    S Vaynman;Z Ying;F Gomez-Pinilla

  • Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor functions as a metabotrophin to mediate the effects of exercise on cognition

    Fernando Gomez-Pinilla;Shoshanna Vaynman;Zhe Ying

  • The interplay between oxidative stress and brain‐derived neurotrophic factor modulates the outcome of a saturated fat diet on synaptic plasticity and cognition

    Aiguo Wu;Zhe Ying;Fernando Gomez-Pinilla

  • Differential regulation by exercise of BDNF and NT-3 in rat spinal cord and skeletal muscle

    F Gómez-Pinilla;Z Ying;P Opazo;R R Roy

  • Exercise impacts brain-derived neurotrophic factor plasticity by engaging mechanisms of epigenetic regulation.

    F. Gomez-Pinilla;Y. Zhuang;J. Feng;Z. Ying

  • Exercise reverses the harmful effects of consumption of a high-fat diet on synaptic and behavioral plasticity associated to the action of brain-derived neurotrophic factor

    R Molteni;A Wu;S Vaynman;Z Ying

  • Three exercise paradigms differentially improve sensory recovery after spinal cord contusion in rats

    Karen J. Hutchinson;Fernando Gómez-Pinilla;Maria J. Crowe;Zhe Ying

  • Docosahexaenoic acid dietary supplementation enhances the effects of exercise on synaptic plasticity and cognition.

    Aiguo Wu;Zhe Ying;Fernando Gomez-Pinilla

  • Exercise restores levels of neurotrophins and synaptic plasticity following spinal cord injury

    Zhe Ying;Roland R. Roy;V. Reggie Edgerton;Fernando Gómez-Pinilla

  • Dietary curcumin counteracts the outcome of traumatic brain injury on oxidative stress, synaptic plasticity, and cognition.

    Aiguo Wu;Zhe Ying;Fernando Gomez-Pinilla

  • Exercise differentially regulates synaptic proteins associated to the function of BDNF.

    Shoshanna S. Vaynman;Zhe Ying;Dali Yin;Fernando Gomez-Pinilla

  • A saturated-fat diet aggravates the outcome of traumatic brain injury on hippocampal plasticity and cognitive function by reducing brain-derived neurotrophic factor

    A Wu;R Molteni;Z Ying;F Gomez-Pinilla

  • Voluntary exercise increases axonal regeneration from sensory neurons

    Raffaella Molteni;Jun-Qi Zheng;Zhe Ying;Fernando Gómez-Pinilla

  • Exercise induces BDNF and synapsin I to specific hippocampal subfields.

    Shoshanna Vaynman;Zhe Ying;Fernando Gómez-Pinilla

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando Gomez-Pinilla
Fernando Gomez-Pinilla University of California, Los Angeles
Xia Yang
Xia Yang University of California, Los Angeles
Aldons J. Lusis
Aldons J. Lusis University of California, Los Angeles
Hui Zhong
Hui Zhong University of California, Los Angeles
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee
Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles
Neil G. Harris
Neil G. Harris University of California, Los Angeles
Grégoire Courtine
Grégoire Courtine École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Bin Zhang
Bin Zhang Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jean de Vellis
Jean de Vellis University of California, Los Angeles

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