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Zhifeng Xiao is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a research focus in the fields of Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work engages deeply with subfields such as Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Developmental Neuroscience.

The scientist's main topics of research include nerve injury and regeneration, spinal cord injury research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, gut microbiota and health, mesenchymal stem cell research, and electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications.

Zhifeng Xiao has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Small molecules combined with collagen hydrogel direct neurogenesis and migration of neural stem cells after spinal cord injury (2020, Biomaterials)
  • Gut microbiota: A new target for T2DM prevention and treatment (2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology)
  • NSCs Migration Promoted and Drug Delivered Exosomes-Collagen Scaffold via a Bio-Specific Peptide for One-Step Spinal Cord Injury Repair (2021, Advanced Healthcare Materials)
  • Neurotransmitter and Intestinal Interactions: Focus on the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (2022, Frontiers in Endocrinology)
  • Advances in Biomaterial-Based Spinal Cord Injury Repair (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)

Frequent co-authors working with Zhifeng Xiao include Jianwu Dai, Yannan Zhao, Bing Chen, Yongheng Fan, and Xu Bai.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as Biomaterials Science, Science China Life Sciences, Biomaterials, Research Square, and Advanced Healthcare Materials.

Best Publications

  • The enhancement of cancer stem cell properties of MCF-7 cells in 3D collagen scaffolds for modeling of cancer and anti-cancer drugs.

    Lei Chen;Zhifeng Xiao;Yue Meng;Yannan Zhao

  • Transplantation of human mesenchymal stem cells loaded on collagen scaffolds for the treatment of traumatic brain injury in rats.

    Jian-Guo Guan;Zhaohui Zhu;Robert Chunhua Zhao;Zhifeng Xiao

  • Myocardial-Infarction-Responsive Smart Hydrogels Targeting Matrix Metalloproteinase for On-Demand Growth Factor Delivery.

    Caixia Fan;Jiajia Shi;Jiajia Shi;Yan Zhuang;Lulu Zhang

  • Alternative Translation of OCT4 by an Internal Ribosome Entry Site and its Novel Function in Stress Response

    Xia Wang;Yannan Zhao;Zhifeng Xiao;Bing Chen

  • The promotion of neural regeneration in an extreme rat spinal cord injury model using a collagen scaffold containing a collagen binding neuroprotective protein and an EGFR neutralizing antibody

    Qianqian Han;Wei Jin;Zhifeng Xiao;Hongbin Ni

  • Regeneration of uterine horns in rats by collagen scaffolds loaded with collagen-binding human basic fibroblast growth factor.

    Xin’an Li;Haixiang Sun;Nacheng Lin;Xianglin Hou

  • The use of laminin modified linear ordered collagen scaffolds loaded with laminin-binding ciliary neurotrophic factor for sciatic nerve regeneration in rats

    Jiani Cao;Changkai Sun;Hui Zhao;Zhifeng Xiao

  • The effect of collagen-binding NGF-β on the promotion of sciatic nerve regeneration in a rat sciatic nerve crush injury model

    Wenjie Sun;Changkai Sun;Hang Lin;Hui Zhao

  • Linear Ordered Collagen Scaffolds Loaded with Collagen-Binding Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Improve the Recovery of Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

    Qianqian Han;Wenjie Sun;Hang Lin;Wenxue Zhao

  • Clinical Study of NeuroRegen Scaffold Combined With Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Repair of Chronic Complete Spinal Cord Injury.

    Yannan Zhao;Fengwu Tang;Zhifeng Xiao;Guang Han

  • Significant Improvement of Acute Complete Spinal Cord Injury Patients Diagnosed by a Combined Criteria Implanted with NeuroRegen Scaffolds and Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    Zhifeng Xiao;Fengwu Tang;Yannan Zhao;Guang Han

  • Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is involved in the neuronal differentiation of neural progenitors induced by insulin.

    Jin Han;Bin Wang;Zhifeng Xiao;Yuan Gao

  • The linear-ordered collagen scaffold-BDNF complex significantly promotes functional recovery after completely transected spinal cord injury in canine.

    Sufang Han;Bin Wang;Wei Jin;Zhifeng Xiao

  • Nogo-66 Promotes the Differentiation of Neural Progenitors into Astroglial Lineage Cells through mTOR-STAT3 Pathway

    Bin Wang;Zhifeng Xiao;Bing Chen;Jin Han

  • A collagen microchannel scaffold carrying paclitaxel-liposomes induces neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells through Wnt/β-catenin signaling for spinal cord injury repair.

    Xiaoran Li;Caixia Fan;Zhifeng Xiao;Yannan Zhao

  • Stem-cell-capturing collagen scaffold promotes cardiac tissue regeneration.

    Chunying Shi;Qingguo Li;Yannan Zhao;Wei Chen

  • The effect of crosslinking heparin to demineralized bone matrix on mechanical strength and specific binding to human bone morphogenetic protein-2

    Hang Lin;Yannan Zhao;Wenjie Sun;Bing Chen

  • A modified collagen scaffold facilitates endogenous neurogenesis for acute spinal cord injury repair

    Caixia Fan;Xing Li;Zhifeng Xiao;Yannan Zhao

  • Cetuximab modified collagen scaffold directs neurogenesis of injury-activated endogenous neural stem cells for acute spinal cord injury repair.

    Xing Li;Yannan Zhao;Shixiang Cheng;Sufang Han

  • Promotion of neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells by using EGFR antibody functionalized collagen scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair

    Xiaoran Li;Zhifeng Xiao;Jin Han;Lei Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianwu Dai
Jianwu Dai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yannan Zhao
Yannan Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bing Chen
Bing Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Xiu-Jie Wang
Xiu-Jie Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qiangbin Wang
Qiangbin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wen Yang
Wen Yang Beijing Institute of Technology
Shaorong Gao
Shaorong Gao Tongji University
Robert Chunhua Zhao
Robert Chunhua Zhao Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Hang Xiao
Hang Xiao University of Massachusetts Amherst

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