Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng

University of Toronto, Canada

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2008-Present Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada

2003-2008 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Canada

1999-2002 Research Scientist, NeuroMed Technologies Inc. Vancouver/Calgary, Canada

Publications (Selected)

1. Gundi, Barbara, et al. "Therapeutic Potential of KATP Channels in the Attenuation of Parkinson’s Disease Pathogenesis and Progression–A Review." Neurochemistry International (2025): 106091.
2. Ye, Junrui, et al. "Noncanonical role of astrocytic mitochondrial Cx43: suppressing IDH3α to sustain glycolytic homeostasis against depression." Cell Death & Disease (2025).
3. Ferreira, Ana Flávia F., et al. "Microglial Activation and Inflammatory Responses in Parkinson's Disease Models Are Attenuated by TRPM2 Depletion." Glia 73.10 (2025): 2035-2056.
4. Bandura, Julia, et al. "Distinct Proteomic Brain States Underlying Long-Term Memory Formation in Aversive Operant Conditioning." Journal of Proteome Research 24.1 (2024): 27-45.
5. Koene, Joris M., et al. "The genome of the simultaneously hermaphroditic snail Lymnaea stagnalis reveals an evolutionary expansion of FMRFamide-like receptors." Scientific Reports 14.1 (2024): 29213.
6. Ferreira, Ana Flavia F., et al. "Deletion of the transient receptor potential melastatin 2 gene mitigates the 6-hydroxydopamine-induced Parkinson’s disease–like pathology." Molecular Neurobiology 62.4 (2025): 5333-5346.
7. Harracksingh, Alicia N., et al. "Functional characterization of optic photoreception in Lymnaea stagnalis." Plos one 19.11 (2024): e0313407.
8. Bandura, Julia, and Zhong‐Ping Feng. "Dynamin independent mechanism of exo‐endocytosis coupling." The Journal of Physiology 603.20 (2024): 5869.
9. Zhang, Limei, et al. "AD16 attenuates neuroinflammation induced by cerebral ischemia through down-regulating astrocytes A1 polarization." Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 178 (2024): 117209.
10. Chu, Shi-feng, et al. "Ginsenoside Rg1 protects against ischemic/reperfusion-induced neuronal injury through miR-144/Nrf2/ARE pathway." Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 40.1 (2019): 13-25.
11. Ferreira, Ana Flavia F., et al. "Neurodegeneration and glial morphological changes are both prevented by TRPM2 inhibition during the progression of a Parkinson's disease mouse model." Experimental Neurology 377 (2024): 114780.
12. Luo, Zhengwei, et al. "TRPM7 in neurodevelopment and therapeutic prospects for neurodegenerative disease." Cell Calcium 120 (2024): 102886.
13. Yao, Guangmin, et al. "Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 7 (TRPM7) Ion Channel Inhibitors: Preliminary SAR and Conformational Studies of Xenicane Diterpenoids from the Hawaiian Soft Coral Sarcothelia edmondsoni." Journal of Natural Products 87.4 (2024): 783-797.
14. Deurloo, M. H. S., et al. "Rasal1 regulates calcium dependent neuronal maturation by modifying microtubule dynamics." Cell & Bioscience 14.1 (2024): 13.
15. Huang, Mengjia, et al. "SNAP-25, but not SNAP-23, is essential for photoreceptor development, survival, and function in mice." Communications Biology 7.1 (2024): 34.