Education

2001-2005 Chongqing Medical University,department of pharmacy,B.Sc.
2005-2008 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, department of pharmacy,M.Sc.
2008-2009 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute,visiting scholar

2009-2013 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute,biomedical, Ph.D.

Professional Experience

2013-2013 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute,Postdoctoral Scholar
2013-2014 University of California,San Diego（UCSD）,The Howard Hughes Medical Institute（HHMI）,Postdoctoral Scholar
2014-2015 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute,Postdoctoral Scholar
2015-Present, Professor of School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University.

Selected publications (* indicates corresponding author,^#indicates co-first author)

1.Gao Y, Hong Y, Huang L, Zheng S, Zhang H, Wang S, Yao Y, Zhao Y, Zhu L, Xu Q, Chai X, Zeng Y, Zeng Y, Zheng L, Zhou Y, Luo H, Zhang X, Zhang H, Zhou Y, Fu G, Sun H, Huang TY, Zheng Q, Xu H, Wang X^*. β2-microglobulin functions as an endogenous NMDAR antagonist to impair synaptic function. Cell. 2023;186(5):1026-1038.
2.Zhao Y, Zheng Q, Hong Y, Gao Y, Hu J, Lang M, Zhang H, Zhou Y, Luo H, Zhang X, Sun H, Yan XX, Huang TY, Wang YJ, Xu H, Liu C, Wang X^*. β2-microglobulin coaggregates with Aβ and contributes to amyloid pathology and cognitive deficits in Alzheimer’s disease model mice. Nat Neurosci. 2023;26(7):1170-1184.（封面论文）
3.Zhang H^#, Zheng Q^#, Guo T^#, Zhang S^#, Zheng S, Wang R, Deng Q, Yang G, Zhang S, Tang L, Qi Q, Zhu L, Zhang X-F, Luo H, Zhang X, Sun H, Gao Y, Zhang H, Zhou Y, Han A, Zhang C-S, Xu H, Wang X^*. Metabolic reprogramming in astrocytes results in neuronal dysfunction in intellectual disability. Mol Psychiatry. 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01521-x.
4.Zheng Q^#, Song B^#, Li G^#, Cai F^#, Wu M, Zhao Y, Jiang L, Guo T, Shen M, Hou H, Zhou Y, Zhao Y, Di A, Zhang L, Zeng F, Zhang X-F, Luo H, Zhang X, Zhang H, Zeng Z, Huang T, Dong C, Qing H, Zhang Y, Zhang Q, Wang X, Wu Y, Xu H^*, Song W^*, and Wang X^*. USP25 inhibition ameliorates Alzheimer’s pathology through regulating APP processing and Aβ generation. J Clin Invest. 2022;132(5): e15217
5.Zhang H^#, Hong Y^#, Yang W, Wang R, Yao T, Wang J, Liu K, Yuan H, Xu C, Zhou Y, Li G, Zhang L, Luo H, Zhang X, Du D, Sun H, Zheng Q, Zhang Y-W, Zhao Y, Zhou Y, Xu H, Wang X^*. SNX14 deficiency-induced defective axonal mitochondrial transport in Purkinje cells underlies cerebellar ataxia and can be reversed by valproate. Natl Sci Rev. 2021;8(7): nwab024.
6.Zheng Q^#, Li G^#, Wang S, Zhou Y, Liu K, Gao Y, Zhou Y, Zheng L, Zhu L, Deng Q, Wu M, Di A, Zhang L, Zhao Y, Zhang H, Sun H, Dong C, Xu H, Wang X^*. Trisomy 21-induced dysregulation of microglial homeostasis in Alzheimer’s brains is mediated by USP25. Sci Adv. 2021;7(1): eabe1340.
7.Zeng F^#, Ma X^#, Zhu L^#, Xu Q, Zeng Y, Gao Y, Li G, Guo T, Zhang H, Tang X, Wang Z, Ye Z, Zheng L, Zhang H, Zheng Q, Li K, Lu J, Qi X, Luo H, Zhang X, Wang Z, Zhou Y, Yao Y, Ke R, Zhou Y, Liu Y, Sun H, Huang T, Shao Z, Xu H, and Wang X^*. The deubiquitinase USP6 affects memory and synaptic plasticity through modulating NMDA receptor stability. PLoS Biol. 2019;17(12): e3000525.
8.Wang X, Zhao Y, Zhang X, Badie H, Zhou Y, Mu Y, Loo LS, Cai L, Thompson RC, Yang B, Chen Y, Johnson PF, Wu C, Bu G, Mobley WC, Zhang D, Gage FH, Ranscht B, Zhang YW, Lipton SA, Hong W, Xu H^*. Loss of sorting nexin 27 contributes to excitatory synaptic dysfunction via modulation of glutamate receptor recycling in Down's syndrome. Nat Med. 2013;19(4):473-80. （封面论文）