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Dan Wu

Zhejiang University

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In Utero MRI of Radial Glial Fibers Highlights Their Role in Modulating Fetal Cortical Folding

Ruike Chen, Xinyi Xu, Qinfeng Zhu, 郑伟增, Yao Shen, Ziyang Yu, Mingyang Li, Zhiyong Zhao, Cong Sun, Keqing Zhu, Guangbin Wang, Qiong Luo, Dan Wu

This study uses in utero MRI and computational models to show that radial glial fibers influence fetal cortical folding through biomechanical modulation.

bioRxiv · Oct 29, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Small molecule inhibitor of PPARγ acetylation promotes insulin sensitization and browning of white adipose tissue with improved safety

Dan Wu, Zhen Gong, Ying He, Sandeep Kumar, Venkateswararao Eeda, Qianfen Wan, Oana Herlea-Pana, Hui-Ying Lim, Wayne A. Hendrickson, Li Qiang, Weidong Wang

This paper identifies a small molecule inhibitor of PPARγ acetylation that improves insulin sensitivity and browning of white adipose tissue without the side effects of traditional PPARγ agonists.

bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2025 · PreprintCell Biology

Forebrain Shh overexpression improves cognitive function in a Down syndrome mouse model and euploid littermates

Feng Gao, Donna K. Klinedinst, Fabian‐Xosé Fernandez, Bei Cheng, Alena V. Savonenko, Benjamin Devenney, Yicong Li, Dan Wu, Martin G. Pomper, Roger H. Reeves

This study shows that overexpressing Shh in the forebrain of Down syndrome mice improves cognitive function, while cerebellar Shh overexpression does not.

Acta Neuropathologica Communications · Aug 16, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A non-mosaic humanized mouse model of Down syndrome, trisomy of the long arm of human chromosome 21 in mouse chromosome background

Yasuhiro Kazuki, Feng J. Gao, Yicong Li, Anna J. Moyer, Benjamin Devenney, Kei Hiramatsu, Sachiko Miyagawa-Tomita, Satoshi Abe, Kanako Kazuki, Naoyo Kajitani, Narumi Uno, Shoko Takehara, Masato Takiguchi, Miho Yamakawa, Atsushi Hasegawa, , Roger H. Reeves

This paper describes a new non-mosaic humanized mouse model of Down syndrome with a nearly complete copy of the long arm of human chromosome 21.

bioRxiv · Dec 10, 2019 · PreprintGenetics