Publications

Mueller-Steiner S, Zhou Y, Arai H, Roberson ED, Sun B, Chen J, Wang X, Yu G, Esposito L, Mucke L et al..  2006.  Antiamyloidogenic and neuroprotective functions of cathepsin B: implications for Alzheimer's disease.. Neuron. 51(6):703-14.

Wang C, Sun B, Zhou Y, Grubb A, Gan L.  2012.  Cathepsin B degrades amyloid-β in mice expressing wild-type human amyloid precursor protein.. J Biol Chem. 287(47):39834-41.

Cho S-H, Sun B, Zhou Y, Kauppinen TM, Halabisky B, Wes P, Ransohoff RM, Gan L.  2011.  CX3CR1 protein signaling modulates microglial activation and protects against plaque-independent cognitive deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease.. J Biol Chem. 286(37):32713-22.

Sun B, Zhou Y, Halabisky B, Lo I, Cho S-H, Mueller-Steiner S, Devidze N, Wang X, Grubb A, Gan L.  2008.  Cystatin C-cathepsin B axis regulates amyloid beta levels and associated neuronal deficits in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease.. Neuron. 60(2):247-57.

Sun B, Halabisky B, Zhou Y, Palop JJ, Yu G, Mucke L, Gan L.  2009.  Imbalance between GABAergic and Glutamatergic Transmission Impairs Adult Neurogenesis in an Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease.. Cell Stem Cell. 5(6):624-33.

Sun B, Gan L.  2011.  Manipulation of gene expression in the central nervous system with lentiviral vectors.. Methods Mol Biol. 670:155-68.

Martens LHerl, Zhang J, Barmada SJ, Zhou P, Kamiya S, Sun B, Min S-W, Gan L, Finkbeiner S, Huang EJ et al..  2012.  Progranulin deficiency promotes neuroinflammation and neuron loss following toxin-induced injury.. J Clin Invest. 122(11):3955-9.

Cissé M, Halabisky B, Harris J, Devidze N, Dubal DB, Sun B, Orr A, Lotz G, Kim DH, Hamto P et al..  2011.  Reversing EphB2 depletion rescues cognitive functions in Alzheimer model.. Nature. 469(7328):47-52.

S Minami S, Sun B, Popat K, Kauppinen T, Pleiss M, Zhou Y, Ward ME, Floreancig P, Mucke L, Desai T et al..  2012.  Selective targeting of microglia by quantum dots.. J Neuroinflammation. 9:22.