1.Cai Y#, Chen T#, Cai YL, Liu J, Yu B, Fan Y, Su J, Zeng Y, Xiao X, Ren L*, Tang Y*. Surface protein profiling and subtyping of extracellular vesicles in body fluids reveals non-CSF biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease. J Extracell Vesicles. 2024 Apr; 13(4):e12432. WOS:001199743600001. DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12432
2.Li X, Cai Y, Luo J, Ding J, Yao G, Xiao X*, Tang Y*, Liang Z*. Metformin attenuates hypothalamic inflammation via downregulation of RIPK1-independent microglial necroptosis in diet-induced obese mice. Cell Death Discovery. 2021 Nov 8; 7(1):338. WOS:000715852200003. DOI: 10.1038/s41420-021-00732-5
3.Tang, Y.#, Zuniga-Hertz, J.#, Han, C., Yu, B., & Cai, D. Multifaceted secretion of htNSC-derived hypothalamic islets induces survival and antidiabetic effect via peripheral implantation in mice. eLife. 2020 Feb 21; 9:e52580. WOS:000519711900001. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.52580
4.Tang, Y., Purkayastha, S., Cai, D. Hypothalamic Microinflammation: A Common Basis of Metabolic Syndrome and Aging. Trends in Neurosciences. 2015 Jan;38(1):36-44.
5.Zhang G#, Li J#, Purkayastha S#, Tang Y#, Zhang H#, Yin Y, Li B, Gang L, Cai D. Hypothalamic programming of systemic ageing involving IKK-β, NF-κB and GnRH. Nature. 2013 May 9; 497(7448):211-6. (Article, Highlighted by News and Views in Nature 497(7448):197-8, 2013, recognized by Faculty 1000)
6.Yu, B.#; Tang, Y.#, Cai, D. Brain is an endocrine organ through secretion and nuclear transfer of parathymosin. Life Science Alliance. 2020 Oct 21;3(12):e202000917. WOS:000605257400016. DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202000917
7.Li, J., Tang, Y., and Cai, D. IKKβ/NF-κB disrupts adult hypothalamic neural stem cells to mediate a neurodegenerative mechanism of dietary obesity and pre-diabetes. Nature Cell Biology. 2012 Oct; 14(10): 999-1012. (Highlighted by Preview and Newsin Nature Cell Biology, recognized by Faculty 1000)
8.Tang Y#, Horikawa I#, Ajiro M#, Robles AI, Fujita K, Mondal AM, Stauffer JK, Zheng ZM & Harris CC. Downregulation of splicing factor SRSF3 induces p53β, an alternatively spliced isoform of p53 that promotes cellular senescence. Oncogene. 2013 May 30; 32(22):2792-8.
9.Hyun-Gug Jung#, Bin Yu#, Yuna Choi, Gyeongyun Go, Qichao Zhang, Yizhe Tang, Min Woo Kim, Dongsheng Cai. Control of aging-associated neurodegeneration via hypothalamic extracellular vesicles containing parathymosin. Cell Reports. 2025 Nov 14;44(11):116561. WOS:000709243200030. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116561
10.Yan, J., Zhang, H., Yin, Y., Li, J., Tang, Y., Purkayastha S., Li, L., Cai, D. Obesity- and aging-induced excess of central transforming growth factor-β potentiates diabetic development via an RNA stress response. Nature Medicine. 2014 Sep; 20 (9): 1001-1008.