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Wenfeng Hu

Nanchang University · CN
Area of research
Neurology · Biological Psychiatry
Research interest
Research focused on Microglia and Neuroinflammation, with related work in Farnesoid X receptor, Hippocampal formation, Protein kinase B. Notable publications include 'The ketone body metabolite β‐hydroxybutyrate induces an antidepression‐associated ramification of microglia via HDACs inhibition‐triggered Akt‐small RhoGTPase activation', 'Identification of functional farnesoid X receptors in brain neurons', and 'Microglia Loss Contributes to the Development of Major Depression Induced by Different Types of Chronic Stresses'.
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1,029
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26
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Recent publications

Nicotine exposure in adolescence triggers the activation and subsequent damage of microglia in the dentate gyrus and promotes depression later in life
International Immunopharmacology 2025cited by 9position: middledoi
The immunoregulator β-glucan produces antidepressant effects through microglia-mobilized astrocytic P2Y1R-BDNF signaling in the dentate gyrus
International Immunopharmacology 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Stimulation of microglia in adolescence produces a long-lasting prophylactic effect on single prolonged stress-induced PTSD-like behavior in adult mice
Brain Behavior and Immunity 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Intranasal LAG3 antibody infusion induces microglia-dependent antidepressant effect by mobilizing astrocytic P2Y1R-mediated BDNF synthesis in the hippocampus
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 2025cited by 1position: firstdoi
Apoptosis-induced decline in hippocampal microglia mediates the development of depression-like behaviors in adult mice triggered by unpredictable stress during adolescence
European Journal of Pharmacology 2024cited by 21position: middledoi
Central innate immunization induces tolerance against post-traumatic stress disorder-like behavior and neuroinflammatory responses in male mice
Brain Behavior and Immunity 2024cited by 7position: middledoi
Microglia stimulation produces antidepressant-like effects in a mouse depression model induced by adolescent chronic unpredictable stress
Physiology & Behavior 2024cited by 4position: middledoi
Obligatory role of microglia-mobilized hippocampal CREB-BDNF signaling in the prophylactic effect of β-glucan on chronic stress-induced depression-like behaviors in mice
European Journal of Pharmacology 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
Microglia-Dependent Reversal of Depression-Like Behaviors in Chronically Stressed Mice by Administration of a Specific Immuno-stimulant β-Glucan
Neurochemical Research 2023cited by 5position: middledoi
[Retracted] Taurine Ameliorates Iron Overload‐Induced Hepatocyte Injury via the Bcl‐2/VDAC1‐Mediated Mitochondrial Apoptosis Pathway
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 2022cited by 17position: middledoi
Poncirin ameliorates cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury by activating PI3K/AKT/PGC-1α signaling
European Journal of Pharmacology 2022cited by 9position: middledoi
Vanillic Acid Alleviates Acute Myocardial Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Injury by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity 2020cited by 48position: middledoi
Farnesoid X Receptor-Mediated Cytoplasmic Translocation of CRTC2 Disrupts CREB-BDNF Signaling in Hippocampal CA1 and Leads to the Development of Depression-Like Behaviors in Mice
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 2020cited by 43position: firstdoi
Identification of a microglial activation-dependent antidepressant effect of amphotericin B liposome
Neuropharmacology 2019cited by 16position: middledoi
Dynamic changes in hippocampal microglia contribute to depressive-like behavior induced by early social isolation
Neuropharmacology 2018cited by 89position: middledoi
Tauroursodeoxycholic acid produces antidepressant‐like effects in a chronic unpredictable stress model of depression via attenuation of neuroinflammation, oxido‐nitrosative stress, and endoplasmic reticulum stress
Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology 2018cited by 62position: middledoi
The ketone body metabolite β‐hydroxybutyrate induces an antidepression‐associated ramification of microglia via HDACs inhibition‐triggered Akt‐small RhoGTPase activation
Glia 2017cited by 149position: middledoi
Microglia Loss Contributes to the Development of Major Depression Induced by Different Types of Chronic Stresses
Neurochemical Research 2017cited by 106position: middledoi
Sodium butyrate triggers a functional elongation of microglial process via Akt-small RhoGTPase activation and HDACs inhibition
Neurobiology of Disease 2017cited by 97position: middledoi
Current pharmacological developments in 2,3,4′,5-tetrahydroxystilbene 2-O-β-D-glucoside (TSG)
European Journal of Pharmacology 2017cited by 42position: middledoi
Z-Guggulsterone Produces Antidepressant-Like Effects in Mice through Activation of the BDNF Signaling Pathway
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 2017cited by 40position: middledoi
Methylene blue increases the amount of HSF1 through promotion of PKA-mediated increase in HSF1-p300 interaction
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 2017cited by 26position: middledoi
Mechanism of 2,3,4',5-Tetrahydroxystilbene 2-O-β-<smlcap>D</smlcap>-Glucoside-Induced Upregulation of Glutamate Transporter 1 Protein Expression in Mouse Primary Astrocytes
Pharmacology 2017cited by 16position: middledoi
Identification of functional farnesoid X receptors in brain neurons
FEBS Letters 2016cited by 108position: middledoi
WY-14643, a selective agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α, ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behaviors by preventing neuroinflammation and oxido-nitrosative stress in mice
Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 2016cited by 53position: middledoi
Z-guggulsterone negatively controls microglia-mediated neuroinflammation via blocking IκB-α–NF-κB signals
Neuroscience Letters 2016cited by 40position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Chao Huang · Qingdao University23 papers (2016–2025)Xu Lu · University of California, Davis15 papers (2016–2025)Rongrong Yang · Nantong University13 papers (2016–2025)Lijuan Tong · Nantong University10 papers (2016–2025)Yu Gong · Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center8 papers (2016–2018)Zhuo Chen · Nantong University7 papers (2017–2025)Yue Wu · Mudanjiang Medical University5 papers (2017–2019)Minhui Gao · Nantong University5 papers (2017–2019)Wei Zhang · University of Alabama at Birmingham5 papers (2016–2017)Hao‐Jie Zhu · Fujian Medical University5 papers (2023–2025)Jili Wang · Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine5 papers (2016–2017)Hanxiao Wang · Nantong University4 papers (2024–2025)Bo Jiang · Nantong University4 papers (2016–2017)Rongrong Song · Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute4 papers (2025–2025)Yibin Qin · The Ohio State University4 papers (2017–2017)Peng Wang · Nantong University4 papers (2016–2018)Jie Ren · Shanxi Agricultural University4 papers (2023–2025)Xing Xu · Ningbo University4 papers (2017–2019)Zhuo Chen · Nantong University3 papers (2016–2024)Minxiu Ye · Nantong University3 papers (2024–2025)