PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Yun-Fang Jia
Gender: Female
Title: PhD
Position: Associate professor
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: yfjia@cqmu.edu.cn
Address: #1 Yixueyuan Road, Yu Zhong District, Chongqing, 400016, China
Phone: 0086 13761016552
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE
2008.09-2015.01: PhD, Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
2004.09-2008.07: BS, Biology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2022.12-Present Associate professor, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
2021.10-2022.12 Assistant professor, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
2015.05-2020.05 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The research interests of Yun-Fang Jia, Ph.D., focus on the role and mechanisms of purinergic signaling in neurospychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, which cause a substantial socio-economic burden to society. Dr. Jia's laboratory utilizes a combination of genetics, pharmacology, proteomics, metabolomics, brain imaging and behaviors to identify clinically useful therapeutic targets of a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
PUBLICATIONS
1. YF Jia, C Vadnie, AMC H, L Peyton, M Veldic, K Wininger, A Matveyenko, DS Choi. Type 1 Equilbrative Nucleoside Transporter (ENT1) Regulates Sex-Specific Ethanol Drinking During Disruption of Circadian Rhythms. Addiction Biology. e12801, 2019.
2. YF Jia, Y Choi, JR Ayers-Ringler, JM Biernacka, JR Geske, DR Lindberg, SL McElroy, MA Frye, DS Choi, M Veldic. Differential SLC1A2 Promoter Methylation in Bipolar Disorder With or Without Addiction. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 11:217, 2017.
3. YF Jia, YC Li, YP Tang, J Cao, LP Wang, YX Yang, L Xu, RR Mao. Interference of TRPV1 Function Altered the Susceptibility of PTZ-Induced Seizures. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9:20, 2015.
4. *YF Jia, *K Wininger, AMC Ho, L Peyton, M Baker, DS Choi. Astrocytic Glutamate Transporter 1 (GLT1) Deficiency Reduces Anxiety and Depression-Like Behaviors in Mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 14:57, 2020.
5. YF Jia, S Jeeva, J Xu, CJ Heppelmann, JS Jang, MQ Slama, S Tapadar, AK Oyelere, SM Kang, AV Matveyenko, QP Peterson, CH Shin. TBK1 Regulates Regeneration of Pancreatic β-cells. Scientific Reports. 10:19374, 2020.
6. *YF Jia, *K Wininger, L Peyton, AMH Ho, DS Choi. Astrocytic Deletion of Glutamate Transporter 1 (GLT1) Promotes Repetitive Behaviors. Behavioral Brain Research. 396:112906, 2020.
7. *YF Jia, *NN Song, RR Mao, JN Li, Q Zhang, Y Huang, L Zhang, HL Han, YQ Ding, L Xu. Abnormal Anxiety-and Depression-Like Behaviors in Mice Lacking Both Central Serotonergic Neurons and Pancreatic Islet Cells. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8:325, 2014.
8. *YM Feng, *YF Jia, *LY Su, D Wang, L Lv, L Xu, YG Yao. Decreased Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number in the Hippocampus and Peripheral Blood during Opiate Addiction is Mediated by Autophagy and can be Salvaged by Melatonin. Autophagy. 9:1395-1406, 2013.
9. *J Xu, *YF Jia, S Tapadar, JD Weaver, IO Raji, DJ Pithadia, N Javeed, AJ García, DS Choi, AV Matveyenko, AK Oyelere, CH Shin. Inhibition of TBK1/IKKε Promotes Regeneration of Pancreatic β-cells. Scientific Reports. 8:15587, 2018.
10. *NN Song, *YF Jia, L Zhang, Q Zhang, Y Huang, XZ Liu, L Hu, W Lan, L Chen, KP Lesch, X Chen, L Xu, YQ Ding. Reducing Central Serotonin in Adulthood Promotes Hippocampal Neurogenesis. Scientific Reports. 6:20338, 2016.
