List of works by Rong Grace Zhai

Alternative splicing of Drosophila Nmnat functions as a switch to enhance neuroprotection under stress

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Attenuation of polyglutamine-induced toxicity by enhancement of mitochondrial OXPHOS in yeast and fly models of aging.

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

Author Correction: Biallelic mutations in SORD cause a common and potentially treatable hereditary neuropathy with implications for diabetes

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Biallelic mutations in SORD cause a common and potentially treatable hereditary neuropathy with implications for diabetes

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Dealing with misfolded proteins: examining the neuroprotective role of molecular chaperones in neurodegeneration.

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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel α-hederagenin derivatives with anticancer activity.

scientific article published on 7 October 2017

Discovery, synthesis of novel fusidic acid derivatives possessed amino-terminal groups at the 3-hydroxyl position with anticancer activity

scientific article published on 03 November 2018

Dysfunction of GRAP, encoding the GRB2-related adaptor protein, is linked to sensorineural hearing loss

scientific article published on 04 January 2019

Effects of rotigotine and rotigotine extended-release microsphere therapy on myocardial ischemic injury in mice

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

Exposure to Aerosolized Algal Toxins in South Florida Increases Short- and Long-Term Health Risk in <i>Drosophila</i> Model of Aging

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

H6, a novel hederagenin derivative, reverses multidrug resistance in vitro and in vivo.

scientific article published on 27 January 2018

MicroRNA miR-1002 Enhances NMNAT-Mediated Stress Response by Modulating Alternative Splicing

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

Mislocalization of neuronal mitochondria reveals regulation of Wallerian degeneration and NMNAT/WLD(S)-mediated axon protection independent of axonal mitochondria.

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NMNAT: It's an NAD+ synthase… It's a chaperone… It's a neuroprotector.

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NMNATs, evolutionarily conserved neuronal maintenance factors.

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase maintains active zone structure by stabilizing Bruchpilot.

scientific article published on 16 November 2012

Nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase uses its NAD+ substrate-binding site to chaperone phosphorylated Tau

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

Nmnat mitigates sensory dysfunction in a Drosophila model of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy.

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Nmnat restores neuronal integrity by neutralizing mutant Huntingtin aggregate-induced progressive toxicity

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Publisher Correction: Spermine synthase deficiency causes lysosomal dysfunction and oxidative stress in models of Snyder-Robinson syndrome.

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Quantitative Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration in Drosophila Through Unbiased Analysis of Fluorescently Tagged Proteins Using ImageJ

scientific article published on 03 August 2018

Severe biallelic loss-of-function mutations in nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase 2 (NMNAT2) in two fetuses with fetal akinesia deformation sequence

scientific article published on 25 May 2019

Spermine synthase deficiency causes lysosomal dysfunction and oxidative stress in models of Snyder-Robinson syndrome.

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Subcellular compartmentalization of NAD+ and its role in cancer: A sereNADe of metabolic melodies

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel H6 analogues as drug resistance reversal agents

scientific article published on 16 October 2018

The role of autophagy in Nmnat-mediated protection against hypoxia-induced dendrite degeneration.

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microRNA-92a regulates the expression of aphid bacteriocyte-specific secreted protein 1

scientific article published on 30 September 2019