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Xi Wu

Baylor College of Medicine

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Neuroscience· 2 Developmental Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Fuhui Wang· 2 shared Hailan LiuiD· 2 shared Jiamin Qiu· 2 shared Jingjing ChengiD· 2 shared Jinjing JianiD· 2 shared Lamei Xue· 2 shared Longlong TuiD· 2 shared Meixin Sun· 2 shared

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Paternal behavior is controlled by preoptic Trpc5 neurons

Yongxiang Li, Qingzhuo Liu, Fuhui Wang, Kristine M. McDermott, Mengjie Wang, Yue Deng, Yuxue Yang, Yutian Liu, Jingjing Cheng, Meixin Sun, Xinming Liu, Jinjing Jian, Jiamin Qiu, Xi Wu, Lamei Xue, , Yong Xu

The paper shows that Trpc5 in Esr1-expressing neurons of the MPOA controls paternal behavior in male mice by altering neuronal excitability and plasticity.

bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

THIK-1 channel mediates microglial glucose sensing and modulates AgRP neurons

Qingzhuo Liu, Jonathan Carter Bean, Jinjing Jian, Tong Zhou, Yuxue Yang, Meixin Sun, Yongxiang Li, Kristie Conde, Mengjie Wang, Yue Deng, Jiamin Qiu, Fuhui Wang, X. Liu, Yutian Liu, Jingjing Cheng, , Yong Xu

This study identifies THIK-1 channel as a glucose sensor in microglia that modulates AgRP neuron activity and feeding behavior in diet-induced obesity.

bioRxiv · Jan 16, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Methylome inheritance and enhancer dememorization reset an epigenetic gate safeguarding embryonic programs

Xiaotong Wu, Hongmei Zhang, Bingjie Zhang, Yu Zhang, Qiuyan Wang, Weimin Shen, Xi Wu, Lijia Li, Weikun Xia, Ryohei Nakamura, Bofeng Liu, Feng Liu, Hiroyuki Takeda, Anming Meng, Wei Xie

The paper shows that global DNA methylation inheritance and enhancer dememorization in zebrafish embryos protect embryonic gene programs by preventing ectopic gene activation.

Science Advances · Dec 22, 2021Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology