Weikang Cai, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
2011 Biochemistry University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 
Area:
Biochemistry
Google:
"Weikang Cai"
Mean distance: (not calculated yet)
 

Parents

Sign in to add mentor
Douglas A. Andres grad student 2011 University of Kentucky
 (Rit GTPase signaling mediates oxidative stress resistance and survival of adult newborn neurons after traumatic brain injury.)
C. Ronald Kahn post-doc New York Institute of Technology (Neurotree)
BETA: Related publications

Publications

You can help our author matching system! If you notice any publications incorrectly attributed to this author, please sign in and mark matches as correct or incorrect.

Huang Q, Lee HH, Volpe B, et al. (2024) Deletion of murine astrocytic vesicular nucleotide transporter increases anxiety and depressive-like behavior and attenuates motivation for reward. Molecular Psychiatry
Wu L, Wang F, Moncman CL, et al. (2023) RIT1 regulation of CNS lipids RIT1 deficiency Alters cerebral lipid metabolism and reduces white matter tract oligodendrocytes and conduction velocities. Heliyon. 9: e20384
Moon S, Alsarkhi L, Lin TT, et al. (2023) Transcriptome and secretome profiling of sensory neurons reveals sex differences in pathways relevant to insulin sensing and insulin secretion. Faseb Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology. 37: e23185
Chen W, Huang Q, Lazdon EK, et al. (2023) Loss of insulin signaling in astrocytes exacerbates Alzheimer-like phenotypes in a 5xFAD mouse model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120: e2220684120
Nagao H, Jayavelu AK, Cai W, et al. (2023) Unique ligand and kinase-independent roles of the insulin receptor in regulation of cell cycle, senescence and apoptosis. Nature Communications. 14: 57
Nagao H, Cai W, Brasil Brandão B, et al. (2022) Leucine-973 is a crucial residue differentiating insulin and IGF-1 receptor signaling. The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Geffken SJ, Moon S, Smith CO, et al. (2022) Insulin and IGF-1 elicit robust transcriptional regulation to modulate autophagy in astrocytes. Molecular Metabolism. 66: 101647
Sakaguchi M, Okagawa S, Okubo Y, et al. (2022) Phosphatase protector alpha4 (α4) is involved in adipocyte maintenance and mitochondrial homeostasis through regulation of insulin signaling. Nature Communications. 13: 6092
Chen W, Cai W, Hoover B, et al. (2022) Insulin action in the brain: cell types, circuits, and diseases. Trends in Neurosciences
Cai W, Zhang X, Batista TM, et al. (2021) Peripheral Insulin Regulates a Broad Network of Gene Expression in the Hypothalamus, Hippocampus and Nucleus Accumbens. Diabetes
See more...