1. Ben Ovryn,Xiang Li, Hille Chiel, Stefan Herlitze. Optical control of a rhodopsin-based switch.Proceeding of International Society of Optical Engineering, 2004, 5324, 197-207.

2. Xiang Li, Alexander Hümmer, Jing Han, Mian Xie, Katya Melnik-Martinez, Rosa L. Moreno, Matthias Buck,Melanie D. Mark, and Stefan Herlitze. G protein beta2 subunit-derived peptides for inhibiton and induction of G protein pathways. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005, 280, 23945-23959

3. Xiang Li, Davina V. Gutierrez , M. Gartz Hanson , Jing Han , Melanie D. Mark , Hillel Chiel , Peter Hegemann , Lynn T. Landmesser, and Stefan Herlitze. Fast noninvasive activation and inhibition of neural and network activity by vertebrate rhodopsin and green algae channelrhodopsin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2005, 102, 17816-17821

4. Jing Han, Melanie D. Mark,Xiang Li, Mian Xie, Sayumi Waka, Jens Rettig and Stefan Herlitze. RGS2 Determines Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal Neurons by Regulating G(i/o)- Mediated Inhibition of Presynaptic Ca(2+) Channels. Neuron, 2006, 51(5):575-586

5. Blaine N. Armbruster,Xiang Li, Mark H. Pausch, Stefan Herlitze, and Bryan L. Roth. Evolving the lock to fit the key: using directed molecular evolution to create a family of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors potently activated by an inert ligand. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 2007 Mar 20; 104(12):5163-8

6. Mian Xie,Xiang Li, Jing Han, Daniel L. Vogt, Silke Wittemann, Melanie D. Mark, and Stefan Herlitze Facilitation versus depression in cultured hippocampal neurons determined by targeting of Ca2+ channel Cav{beta}4 versus Cav{beta}2 subunits to synaptic terminals. Journal of Cell Biology 2007 Jul 30;178(3):489-502

7. Xiaobing Chen, Christine Winters, Rita Azzam,Xiang Li, James Galbraith, Richard D. Leapman, Thomas S. Reese. Organization of the core structure of the postsynaptic density. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A 2008 Mar 7

8. Yi-Ping Rong, Ademuyiwa S. Aromolaran, Geert Bultynck, Fei Zhong,Xiang Li, Karen McColl, Stefan Herlitze, Shigemi Matsuyama, H. Llewelyn Roderick, Martin D.Bootman, Gregory A. Mignery, Jan B Parys, Humbert De Smedt, Clark W Distelhorst. Targeting Bcl-2-IP3 receptor interaction to reverse Bcl-2's inhibition of apoptotic calcium signals. Molecular Cell 2008 Jul 25;31(2):255-65

9. Xiaobing Chen, Christine Winters, Rita Azzam,Xiang Li, James Galbraith, Richard D. Leapman, Thomas S. Reese. Identifying individual scaffolding molecules in the postsynaptic density. Microsc Microanal. 2008 Aug;14 Suppl 2:1068-9

10. Warren Alilain,Xiang Li, Kevin P. Horn, Rishi Dhingra, Thomas E. Dick, Stefan Herlitze, Jerry Silver. Light induced return of motor function after spinal cord injury through a new type of respiratory plasticity. Journal of Neuroscience, 2008 Nov 12;28(46):11862-7011. Xiaobing Chen, Nelson CD,Xiang Li, James Galbraith, Richard D. Leapman, Gainer H, Sheng M, Thomas S. Reese. PSD-95 Is Required to Sustain the Molecular Organization of the Postsynaptic Density Journal of Neuroscience, 2011 Apr 27; 31 (17): 6329-6338

12. Xinzhu Yu, Gordon Wang, Ada Xin Yee,Xiang Li,Tonghui Xu, Stefan Smith, Lu Chen, Yi Zuo Accelerated experience-dependent pruning of cortical synapses in ephrin-A2 knockout mice. Neuron 2013 Oct 2;80(1):64-71

13.Xiang Li, Joseph Rayman, Eric Kandel, Irina Derkatch Functional Role for Tia1/Pub1 and Sup35 Prion Domains: Directing Protein Synthesis Machinery to Tubulin Cytoskeleton. Molecular Cell 2014 June 24

14. Luana Fioriti, Cory Myers, Yan-You Huang,Xiang Li, Joseph S Stephan, Pierre Trifilieff, Luca Colnaghi, Stylianos Kosmidis, Bettina Drisaldi, Elias Pavlopoulos, Eric R Kandel Persistence of long term memory storage and its reconsolidation require CPEB3-dependent protein synthesis in the hippocampus. Neuron 2015 June 17 1433-1448

15. Jennifer L. Hodges, Xinzhu Yu, Anthony Gilmore, Hannah Bennett, Michelle Tjia, James F. Perna, Chia-Chien Chen,Xiang Li, Ju Lu, Yi Zuo Astrocytic Contributions to Synaptic and Learning Abnormalities in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome Biological Psychiatry 2016

16. Zhengjiang Qian, Yanjiao Li, Jidong Chen,Xiang Li, Deming Gou MiR-4632 mediates PDGFBB-induced proliferation and anti-apoptosis of human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells via targeting cJUN American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2017 July 12

17. Xiaotao Li,Xiang LiThe Antidepressant Effect of Light Therapy from Retinal Projections Neurosci Bull. 2018 Apr;34(2):359-368

18. Zhengjiang Qian, Yanjiao Li, Haiyang Yang, Jidong Chen,Xiang Li, Deming Gou PDGFBB promotes proliferation and migration via regulating miR-1181/STAT3 axis in human pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2018 Sep 13

19. Lei Li, Xiaolong Feng, Zheng Zhou, Huiqi Zhang, Qianqian Shi, Zhuogui Lei, Peilei Shen, Qingning Yang, Binghao Zhao, Shuran Chen, Lin Li, Yulin Zhang, Pengjie Wen, Zhonghua Lu,Xiang Li, Fuqiang Xu, Liping Wang Stress accelerates defensive responses to looming in mice and involves a locus coeruleus-superior colliculus projection Current Biology, 2018

20. Joseph B. Rayman, Joud Hijazi,Xiang Li, Nancy Kedersha, Paul J. Anderson, and Eric R. Kandel Genetic Perturbation of TIA1 Reveals a Physiological Role in Fear Memory Cell Reports 26, 2970–2983 2019

21. Wei Chen, Hai Lin, Minrui Lyu, Victoria J Wang,Xiang Li, Shixing Bao, Guoping Sun, Jun Xia, Peijun Wang, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative The potential role of leukoaraiosis in remodeling the brain network to buffer cognitive decline: a Leukoaraiosis And Disability study from Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery 2021 Jan; 11(1): 183–203

22. Zhengjiang Qian, Haiyang Yang, Hongchao Li, Chunhua Liu, Liang Yang, Zehui Qu,Xiang LiTheCholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway Attenuates the Development of Atherosclerosis in Apoe-/-Mice through Modulating Macrophage Functions Biomedicines 2021, 9(9), 1150;

23. Yan Liang, Chunhua Liu, Shuxia Yan, Pu Wang, Binbin Wu, Chengzi Jiang, Xiaoqing Li, Yanwen Liu, Xiang LiA novel polysaccharide from plant fermentation extracts and its immunomodulatory activity in macrophage RAW264. 7 cells Food and Agricultural Immunology 2021 32, Issue 1

24. Zhengjiang Qian, Hongchao Li, Haiyang Yang, Qin Yang, Zhonghua Lu, Liping Wang, Ying Chen,Xiang Li Osteocalcin attenuates oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination via GPR37 signaling in the mouse brain Science advances 2021 7 (43)

25. Zhengjiang Qian, Chunhua Liu, Hongchao Li, Haiyang Yang, Jianhao Wu, Jing Liu, Yanjiao Li, Xuhui Chen, Jianyang Xu, andXiang LiOsteocalcin Alleviates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Inflammation via Activation of GPR37 in Macrophages. Biomedicines, 2022 10(5), 1006.

26. Liang Yang, Junfeng Shen, Chunhua Liu, Zhonghua Kuang, Yong Tang, Zhengjiang Qian, Min Guan, Yongfeng Yang, Yang Zhan, Nan Li,Xiang LiNicotine rebalances NAD+ homeostasis and improves aging-related symptoms in male mice by enhancing NAMPT activity Nat Commun 14, 900 (2023)

27. Yefei Chen, Zexuan Hong, Jingyi Wang, Kunlin Liu, Jing Liu, Jianbang Lin, Shijing Feng, Tianhui Zhang, Liang Shan, Taian Liu, Pinyue Guo, Yunping Lin, Tian Li, Qian Chen, Xiaodan Jiang, Anan Li,Xiang Li, Yuantao Li, Jonathan J Wilde, Jin Bao, Ji Dai, Zhonghua Lu Circuit-specific gene therapy reverses core symptoms in a primate Parkinson’s disease model Cell 186, 5394–5410 2023

28. Danilo Correa Pinto Junior, Isabella Canal Delgado, Haiyang Yang, Alisson Clemenceau, André Corvelo, Giuseppe Narzisi, Rajeeva Musunuri, Julian Meyer Berger, Lauren E Hendricks, Kazuya Tokumura, Na Luo, Hongchao Li, Franck Oury, Patricia Ducy, Vijay K Yadav,Xiang Li, Gerard Karsenty Osteocalcin of maternal and embryonic origins synergize to establish homeostasis in offspring EMBO Rep (2024) 25: 593 - 615