Research
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Latest papers
Supplementation of γ-Aminobutyric Acid as a Functional Nutrient.
Nutrients · 2026 · first author
GABA Enhances Growth Hormone Expression by Modulating Somatotroph Pit-1 Transcription via Activation of Calmodulin-Dependent Kinases.
Nutrients · 2026 · senior author
Long-Term Supplementation of GABA Regulates Growth, Food Intake, Locomotion, and Lipid Metabolism by Increasing Ghrelin and Growth Hormone in Adolescent Mice.
Nutrients · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $100,000
Nitric oxide deficiency and cerebellar Purkinje neuron aging
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
- $165,000
Regulation of Esophageal Motility by NO-producing Neurons in the Brainstem
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $677,721
nNOS regulates store-operated calcium entry in cardiomyocytes
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
33 publications.
Supplementation of γ-Aminobutyric Acid as a Functional Nutrient.
Lu WY
GABA Enhances Growth Hormone Expression by Modulating Somatotroph Pit-1 Transcription via Activation of Calmodulin-Dependent Kinases.
Begazo-Jimenez R, Lu WY
Long-Term Supplementation of GABA Regulates Growth, Food Intake, Locomotion, and Lipid Metabolism by Increasing Ghrelin and Growth Hormone in Adolescent Mice.
Begazo-Jimenez R, Yu A, Gros R, Lu WY
Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Regulates Cerebellar Parallel Fiber Slow EPSC in Purkinje Neurons by Modulating STIM1-Gated TRPC3-Containing Channels.
Gui L, Tellios V, Xiang YY, Feng Q, Inoue W, Lu WY
Increased GABA signaling in liver macrophage promotes HBV replication in HBV-carrier mice.
Chen Y, Yin Z, Zhang X, Zhao Y, Liu T, Lu WY, Wang S
Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Critically Regulates the Endocannabinoid Pathway in the Murine Cerebellum During Development.
Tellios V, Maksoud MJE, Nagra R, Jassal G, Lu WY
The hepatic GABAergic system promotes liver macrophage M2 polarization and mediates HBV replication in mice.
Bao Z, Chen X, Li Y, Jiang W, Pan D, Ma L, Wu Y, Chen Y, Chen C, Wang L, Zhao S, Wang T, Lu WY, Ma C, Wang S
The expression and function of glutamate aspartate transporters in Bergmann glia are decreased in neuronal nitric oxide synthase-knockout mice during postnatal development.
Tellios V, Maksoud MJE, Lu WY
XB130 Plays an Essential Role in Folliculogenesis Through Mediating Interactions Between Microfilament and Microtubule Systems in Thyrocytes.
Wang Y, Xiang YY, Sugihara J, Lu WY, Liao XH, Arvan P, Refetoff S, Liu M
XB130 Deficiency Causes Congenital Hypothyroidism in Mice due to Disorganized Apical Membrane Structure and Function of Thyrocytes.
Wang Y, Shimizu H, Xiang YY, Sugihara J, Lu WY, Liao XH, Cho HR, Toba H, Bai XH, Asa SL, Arvan P, Refetoff S, Liu M
Nitric oxide deficiency and cerebellar Purkinje neuron aging
Principal investigators: Lu, Wei-Yang
Keywords: Aging; Cerebellum; Motor Coordination; Nitric Oxide; Purkinje Neuron; Synaptic Degeneration
Regulation of Esophageal Motility by NO-producing Neurons in the Brainstem
Principal investigators: Lu, Wei-Yang
Keywords: visceral motor control; vagal afferent regulation; nucleus tractus solitarii; glutamatergic synaptic transmission; glutamate receptors; nitric oxide synthase; s-nitrosylation; excitatory postsynaptic current (epsc)
nNOS regulates store-operated calcium entry in cardiomyocytes
Principal investigators: Feng, Qingping
Keywords: Calcium Handling; Heart Failure; Myocardial Infarction; Nitric Oxide
Regulation of Pulmonary Inflammation by Alveolar GABAergic Signaling
Principal investigators: Lu, Wei-Yang
Keywords: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Cell Biology; Cxc Chemokines; Electrophysiology; Gamma-Aminobutyic Acid (Gaba); Immunohistology; Lung Injury; Mouse Model; Neutrophils; Type Ii Alveolar Cell
Roles of PTX3 in systemic inflammation-induced neurodegeneration
Principal investigators: Lu, Wei-Yang
Keywords: Brain Aging; Electrophysiology; Immunohistology; Neurodegeneration; Synapse Loss; Systemic Inflammation
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Mingyao Liu and Haibo Zhang: 13 shared papers
- Wei-Yang Lu and Qingping Feng: 3 shared papers
- Qingping Feng and Robert Gros: 3 shared papers
- Mingyao Liu and Wei-Yang Lu: 2 shared papers
- Wei-Yang Lu and Wataru Inoue: 2 shared papers
- Arthur Brown and Wei-Yang Lu: 1 shared paper
- Wei-Yang Lu and Haibo Zhang: 1 shared paper
- Wei-Yang Lu and Robert Gros: 1 shared paper
- Wei-Yang Lu and Donglin Bai: 1 shared paper
- Qingping Feng and Wataru Inoue: 1 shared paper
- Robert Gros and Wataru Inoue: 1 shared paper
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Department of Surgery
- Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Department of Anesthesia
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Co-authors at Western University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Qingping Feng
Physiology and Pharmacology
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Wataru Inoue
Physiology and Pharmacology
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Mingyao Liu
Department of Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Haibo Zhang
Department of Anesthesia
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Robert Gros
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Donglin Bai
Physiology and Pharmacology
1 shared papers, latest 2005
Arthur Brown
Anatomy and Cell Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2012
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