Ying Jiang, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Center for Dementia Research
845-398-5439
Dr. Ying Jiang graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China with B.S, and obtained her Ph.D. from Binghamton University-SUNY. She joined Center for Dementia Research at NKI in 1997, and is now a research assistant professor at NYU School of Medicine and a research scientist at NKI.
Dr. Jiang’s main research interest is to understand the role of the endosomal-lysosomal system in neurodegenerative diseases. Specifically, she studies the dysfunction of the neuronal endosomal-lysosomal system seen in Alzheimer’s disease using Down syndrome and amyloid precursor protein over-expression mouse models.
Select Publications
- Jiang Y, Rigoglioso A, Peterhoff CM, Pawlik M, Sato Y, Bleiwas C, Smiley John F, Ginsberg SD, Mathews PM, Levy E, Nixon RA. (2016) Partial BACE1 Reduction in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome blocks Alzheimer-related Endosome Anomalies and Cholinergic Neurodegeneration: role of APP-CTF. Neurobiol. Aging 39:90-8
- Yang DS, Stavrides P, Mohan PS, Kaushik S, Kumar A, Ohno M, Schmidt SD, Wesson DW, Bandyopadhyay U, Jiang Y, Pawlik M, Peterhoff CM, Yang AJ, Wilson DA, St George-Hyslop P, Westaway D, Mathews PM, Levy E, Cuervo AM, Nixon RA. (2011) Therapeutic effects of remediating autophagy failure in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease by enhancing lysosomal proteolysis. Autophagy 7(7):788-9.
- Yang DS, Stavrides P, Mohan PS, Kaushik S, Kumar A, Ohno M, Schmidt SD, Wesson D, Bandyopadhyay U, Jiang Y, Pawlik M, Peterhoff CM, Yang AJ, Wilson DA, St George-Hyslop P, Westaway D, Mathews PM, Levy E, Cuervo AM, Nixon RA. (2011) Reversal of autophagy dysfunction in the TgCRND8 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease ameliorates amyloid pathologies and memory deficits. Brain 134(Pt 1):258-77.
- Jiang Y, Mullaney KA, Peterhoff CM, Che S, Schmidt SD, Boyer-Boiteau A, Ginsberg SD, Cataldo AM, Mathews PM, Nixon RA. (2010). Alzheimer’s-related endosome dysfunction in Down syndrome is Abeta-independent but requires APP and is reversed by BACE-1 inhibition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 26;107(4):1630-5
- Mathews PM, Jiang Y, Schmidt SD, Grbovic OM, Mercken M, Nixon RA. (2002) Calpain activity regulates the cell surface distribution of amyloid precursor protein: Inhibition of calpains enhances endosomal generation of -cleaved C-terminal APP fragments. J. Biol. Chem. 277:36415-36424.
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