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Weihao Mai

Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang UniversityPrimary ORCID profile (0000-0002-2320-2276 · 1 paper)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Weihao MaiiD1 paper · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Neuroscience· 3 Cancer Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Shumin DuaniD· 3 shared Jintao WuiD· 2 shared Linghui ZengiD· 2 shared Lunhao CheniD· 2 shared Zhihua GaoiD· 2 shared Ai‐Min BaoiD· 1 shared Aimin Hui· 1 shared Anan LiiD· 1 shared

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Integrated immunopeptidomics and transcriptomics reveal a cancer-restricted non-canonical HLA class I ligandome in medulloblastoma

Ningze Zheng, Yingqi Xu, Weihao Mai, Aimin Hui

bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology

mTOR-neuropeptide Y signaling sensitizes nociceptors to drive neuropathic pain

Lunhao Chen, Yaling Hu, Siyuan Wang, Kelei Cao, Weihao Mai, Wei‐Lin Sha, Huan Ma, Linghui Zeng, Zhen‐Zhong Xu, Yong‐Jing Gao, Shumin Duan, Yue Wang, Zhihua Gao

This study identifies mTOR and NPY/Y2R signaling as key drivers of neuropathic pain by enhancing nociceptor excitability through transcriptional induction of NPY.

JCI Insight · Oct 4, 2022Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Reconstruction of the Hypothalamo-Neurohypophysial System and Functional Dissection of Magnocellular Oxytocin Neurons in the Brain

Bin Zhang, Liyao Qiu, Xiao Wei, Hong Ni, Lunhao Chen, Fan Wang, Weihao Mai, Jintao Wu, Ai‐Min Bao, Hailan Hu, Hui Gong, Shumin Duan, Anan Li, Zhihua Gao

This study reconstructs the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system's structure and function, revealing MNCs' role in both peripheral and central oxytocin actions.

Neuron · Nov 18, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

A Substantia Innominata-midbrain Circuit Controls a General Aggressive Response

Zhenggang Zhu, Qingqing Ma, Lu Miao, Hongbin Yang, Lina Pan, Kaiyuan Li, Linghui Zeng, Xiaoxing Zhang, Jintao Wu, Sijia Hao, Lin Shen, Xiulin Ma, Weihao Mai, Xiang Feng, Yizhe Hao, , Yan‐Qin Yu

The paper identifies a neural circuit in mice that drives general aggressive behaviors by encoding aggressive state and topography, and shows its activity-dependent control of aggression.

Neuron · Jan 1, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience