Yunfei Ma, PhD

Education

• 04/2007-03/2011, PhD in Medicine-Neuroscience, Kyoto University

• 09/2001-06/2004, MS in Veterinary Anatomy and Histoembryology, China Agricultural University

• 09/1994-07/1998, BS in Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University

Training and Professional Experience

• 01/2015-now, Associate Professor, China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine

• 10/2006-03/2007, Research student, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

• 10/2004-12/2014, Instructor, China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine

• 07/1998-09/2004, Teaching Assistant, China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine

Research Interests

• Neurobiology and veterinary histology mainly focus on the following aspects:

• the steady-state function of intestinal barrier, the regulation of intestinal nervous system-immune system, and the intervention effect of probiotics/Chinese veterinary drugs;

• Neuroendocrine/neuroimmune mechanism of environmental stress response;

• Neuronal ischemic injury and protection.

Teaching

• 2011-now, Undergraduate Course "Veterinary Histology and Embryology"

• 2012-now, Graduate Level Course "Functional Morphology"

Reviewer for

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

• PLoS One

Service

• 2016-Now, Council Member of Beijing Society for Anatomical Sciences

Selected Publications

• Deng Z#, Han D#, Wang Y#, Wang Q, Yan X, Wang S, Liu X, Song W, Ma Y*. 2021. Lactobacillus casei protects intestinal mucosa from damage in chicks caused by Salmonella pullorum via regulating immunity and the Wnt signaling pathway and maintaining the abundance of gut microbiota. Poultry Science. 100(8):101283.

• Wang S＃, Deng Z＃, Wang J, Zhang W, Liu F, Xu J, Ma Y*. 2021. Decreased GABAergic signaling, fewer parvalbumin-, somatostatin- and calretinin-positive neurons in brain of a rat model of simulated transport stress. Research in Veterinary Science. 134:86-95.

• Wang Y, Yan X, Han D, Liu Y, Song W, Tong T, Ma Y*. 2019. Lactobacillus casei DBN023 protects against jejunal mucosal injury in chicks infected with Salmonella pullorum CMCC-533. Research in Veterinary Science. 127:33-41.

• Wang J, Li J, Yu M, Wang Y, Ma Y*. 2019. An enhanced expression of hypothalamic neuronal nitric oxide synthase in a rat model of simulated transport stress. BMC Veterinary Research. 15(323):1-10.

• Wang L＃, Han D＃, Yin P, Teng K, Xu J, Ma Y*. 2019. Decreased tryptophan hydroxylase 2 mRNA and protein expression, decreased brain serotonin concentrations, and anxiety-like behavioral changes in a rat model of simulated transport stress. Stress-the International Journal on the Biology of Stress. 22(6): 707-717.

• Wang Y, Yan X, Zhang W, Liu Y, Han D, Teng K, Ma Y*. 2019. Lactobacillus casei Zhang prevents jejunal epithelial damage of early weaned piglets induced by Escherichia coli K88 via regulating intestinal mucosal integrity, tight junction protein and immune factor expression. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 29(6):863–876.

• Liu X, Liu F, Ma Y*, Li H, Ju X, Xu J*. 2019. Effect of Puerarin, Baicalin and Berberine Hydrochloride on the Regulation of IPEC-J2 Cells Infected with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2019(e7438593):1-15.

• Li J, Zhang S, Liu X, Han D, Xu J, Ma Y*. 2018. Neuroprotective effects of leonurine against oxygen–glucose deprivation by targeting Cx36/CaMKII in PC12 cells. PLoS One. 13(7): e0200705.

• Wang Q, Zhang S, Qin L, Zhang W, Liu F, Xu J, Ma Y*, Teng K*. 2017. YiMu San improves obstetric ability of pregnant mice by increasing serum oxytocin levels and connexin 43 expression in uterine smooth muscle. J Zhejiang Univ-Sci B. 18(11):986-993.

• Ma Y, Hioki H*, Konno M, Pan S, Nakamura H, Nakamura KC, Furuta T, Li JL, Kaneko T. 2011. Expression of gap junction protein connexin36 in multiple subtypes of GABAergic neurons in adult rat somatosensory cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 21 (11): 2639-2649.