周向梅，女，汉族，1973 年5 月出生，博士，教授、博士生导师。主要从事牛结核病、动物海绵状脑病的发病机理、临床诊断研究。兼任中国中国兽医病理学分会理事、北京市实验动物学会会员。主持科技部国际合作专项1项，国家自然科学基金项目2 项，农业部转基因专项子课题1 项，中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金项目2项，省部级重点学科、重点实验室引智项目，指导中国农业大学大学生创新性计划4 项。参加课题多项，如国家863计划，农业部专项"疯牛病、羊痒病监测和诊断技术研究"等，发表科研论文90 余篇，其中SCI 收录论文50篇。与英国诺丁汉大学的Paul Barrow 教授、美国明尼苏达大学的Srinand Sreevatsan 教授建立起良好合作关系。

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2. Jin Liu & Deming Zhao & Chunfa Liu & Tianjian Ding & Lifeng Yang & Xiaomin Yin & Xiangmei Zhou*. Prion Protein Participates in the Protection of Mice from Lipopolysaccharide Infection by Regulating the Inflammatory Process. J Mol Neurosci 2014 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]

3. Min Wang, Deming Zhao, Yang Yang, Jin Liu, Jin Wang, Xiaomin Yin, Lifeng Yang, Xiangmei Zhou*. The Cellular Prion Protein Negatively Regulates Phagocytosis and Cytokine Expression in Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages. PLOS ONE. 2014, 9(7):  e102785

4. Wang J, Zhao D, Pan B, Fu Y, Shi F, Kouadir M, Yang L, Yin X, Zhou X. Toll-Like Receptor 2 Deficiency Shifts PrP106-126-Induced Microglial Activation from a Neurotoxic to a Neuroprotective Phenotype. J Mol Neurosci. 2014 Oct 21. [Epub ahead of print] 

5. Yang Y, Zhou X, Kouadir M, Shi F, Ding T, Liu C, Liu J, Wang M, Yang L, Yin X, Zhao D.The AIM2 Inflammasome Is Involved in Macrophage Activation During Infection With Virulent Mycobacterium bovis Strain.J Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;208(11):1849-58. IF:5.914

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