Positions
- Director of Research and Business Development
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Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Addresses
- 1250 MOURSUND STREET (Office)
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Room: DNRI-1370.04
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-8118
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Molecular Neuroscience
- PhD from Tulane University
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Molecular Cellular Biology
Professional Interests
- Therapeutic development for neurological diseases
Professional Statement
Support and promote the translational research and therapeutic development activities at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute
Selected Publications
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Xu W, Bao P, Jiang X, Wang H, Qin M, Wang R, Wang T, Yang Y, Lorenzini I, Liao L, Sattler R, Xu J. " Reactivation of Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Protects Against C9orf72 Dipeptide-Repeat Neurotoxicity " Brain. 2019 May 1; 142 (5) : 1349-1364.
Pubmed PMID: 30938419. -
Xu W, Xu J. " C9orf72 Dipeptide Repeats Cause Selective Neurodegeneration and Cell-Autonomous Excitotoxicity in Drosophila Glutamatergic Neurons " J Neurosci.. 2018 Aug ; 38 (35) : 7741-7752.
Pubmed PMID: 30037833. -
Xu J, Zhong N, Wang H, Elias JE, Kim CY, Woldman I, Pifl C, Gygi SP, Geula C, Yankner BA.. " The Parkinson's Disease-Associated DJ-1 Protein Is a Transcriptional Co-Activator That Protects Against Neuronal Apoptosis " Hum Mol Genet.. 2005 May ; 14 (9) : 1231-41.
Pubmed PMID: 15790595. -
Xu J, Kao SY, Lee FJ, Song W, Jin LW, Yankner BA.. " Dopamine-dependent Neurotoxicity of Alpha-Synuclein: A Mechanism for Selective Neurodegeneration in Parkinson Disease " Nat Med.. 2002 Jun ; 8 (6) : 600-6.
Pubmed PMID: 12042811.
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