Qingchun Tong

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Also affiliated with Brown Foundation, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Neuroscience

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Driven by 26 papers. Top paper: “AgRP neurons are not indispensable for body weight maintenance in adult mice”.

AgRP neurons are not indispensable for body weight maintenance in adult mice

Cell Reports(2023)10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112789

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54 citations

Jing Chen, Joshua Ortiz‐Guzman, Jessica Huang, Benjamin R. Arenkiel, Yuchen Wang +5 more

Paraventricular hypothalamus mediates diurnal rhythm of metabolism

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-17578-7

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59 citations

Yuanzhong Xu, Ryan M. Cassidy, Yungang Lu, Yongjie Yang, Jinbin Tian +10 more

Centrally circulating α-klotho inversely correlates with human obesity and modulates arcuate cell populations in mice

Molecular Metabolism(2020)10.1016/j.molmet.2020.101136

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34 citations

Pei-Xin Li, Daniel Shookster, Zhiying Jiang, Hongli Li, Brenton T. Laing +5 more

5-HT recruits distinct neurocircuits to inhibit hunger-driven and non-hunger-driven feeding

Molecular Psychiatry(2021)10.1038/s41380-021-01220-z

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61 citations

Xing Cai, Hailan Liu, Krisitine M. Conde, Pingwen Xu, Yongxiang Li +19 more

AgRP neurons trigger long-term potentiation and facilitate food seeking

Translational Psychiatry(2021)10.1038/s41398-020-01161-1

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41 citations

Wenjun Zhou, Yang He, Tiffany Yang, Pingwen Xu, Yongjie Yang +14 more

A neural basis for brain leptin action on reducing type 1 diabetic hyperglycemia

Nature Communications(2021)10.1038/s41467-021-22940-4

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28 citations

Yuanzhong Xu, Yungang Lu, Zhiying Jiang, Hongli Li, Jessie Morrill +8 more

Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Signaling in the Bed Nuclei of the Stria Terminalis as a Link to Maladaptive Behaviors

Frontiers in Neuroscience(2021)10.3389/fnins.2021.642379

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14 citations

Qingchun Tong, Claire Emily Young

Barbadin Potentiates Long-Term Effects of Lorcaserin on POMC Neurons and Weight Loss

Journal of Neuroscience(2021)10.1523/jneurosci.3210-20.2021

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20 citations

Hailan Liu, Na Yin, Yongjie Yang, Chunmei Wang, Meng Yu +13 more

Hypothalamic steroid receptor coactivator-2 regulates adaptations to fasting and overnutrition

Cell Reports(2021)10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110075

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12 citations

Yanlin He, Hailan Liu, Wenjun Zhou, Chunmei Wang, Pingwen Xu +12 more

The ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus: watchdog of whole-body glucose homeostasis

Cell & Bioscience(2022)10.1186/s13578-022-00799-2

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48 citations

Makoto Fukuda, Qingchun Tong, Yong Xu, Longlong Tu

Activation of basal forebrain-to-lateral habenula circuitry drives reflexive aversion and suppresses feeding behavior

Scientific Reports(2022)10.1038/s41598-022-26306-8

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17 citations

Joshua Ortiz‐Guzman, Snigdha Srivastava, Pey-Shyuan Chin, Sean W. Dooling, Stephen J. Moss +7 more

Hypothalamic CRH neurons: A crossroad between stress and metabolism

Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research(2022)10.1016/j.coemr.2022.100384

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6 citations

Qingchun Tong, Zhiying Jiang

The melanocortin action is biased toward protection from weight loss in mice

Nature Communications(2023)10.1038/s41467-023-37912-z

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35 citations

Yuanzhong Xu, Yanyan Jiang, Zhiying Jiang, Joshua Otiz-Guzman, Jessie Morrill +7 more

An excitatory projection from the basal forebrain to the ventral tegmental area that underlies anorexia-like phenotypes

Neuron(2023)10.1016/j.neuron.2023.11.001

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18 citations

Yanyan Jiang, Yuanzhong Xu, Zhiying Jiang, Claire Young, Hongli Li +7 more

Anoctamin 4 channel currents activate glucose-inhibited neurons in the mouse ventromedial hypothalamus during hypoglycemia

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2023)10.1172/jci163391

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18 citations

Jonathan C. Bean, Yang He, Hailan Liu, Meng Yu, Hesong Liu +20 more

Lateral septum as a melanocortin downstream site in obesity development

Cell Reports(2023)10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112502

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13 citations

Zhiying Jiang, Hongli Li, Jing Cai, Yanyan Jiang, Joshua Ortiz‐Guzman +4 more

An Excitatory Projection from the Basal Forebrain to the Ventral Tegmental Area Underlying Anorexia-like Phenotypes

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.05.05.539422

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Yuanzhong Xu, Zhiying Jiang, Yanyan Jiang, Claire Young, Hongli Li +7 more

Serotonin neurons integrate GABA and dopamine inputs to regulate meal initiation

Metabolism(2024)10.1016/j.metabol.2024.156099

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8 citations

HueyZhong Wong, Shuzheng Fang, Yongxiang Li, Meng Yu, Yue Deng +21 more

Distinct basal forebrain-originated neural circuits promote homoeostatic feeding and suppress hedonic feeding in male mice

Nature Metabolism(2024)10.1038/s42255-024-01099-4

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8 citations

Jonathan C. Bean, Yongxiang Li, Meng Yu, Olivia Z. Ginnard, Kristie Conde +13 more

Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Connectivity to the Basolateral Amygdala Modulates Food Intake

eNeuro(2024)10.1523/eneuro.0369-23.2024

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7 citations

Jessica Swanson, Evelyne K. Tantry, Mikhail Y Kochukov, Kevin Ung, Angela P. Addison +8 more

Hunting for heroes: Brain neurons mediating GLP-1R agonists in obesity treatment

Obesity Medicine(2024)10.1016/j.obmed.2024.100569

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6 citations

Qingchun Tong, Yuhan Cao

Dopaminergic Neurons in Zona Incerta Drives Appetitive Self‐Grooming

Advanced Science(2024)10.1002/advs.202308974

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5 citations

Michelle He, Claire Young, Jing Cai, Yuanzhong Xu, Yanyan Jiang +4 more

An alternative neural basis underlying leptin resistance

Cell Reports(2025)10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115863

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8 citations

Cunjin Su, Yuanzhong Xu, Mette Q. Ludwig, Jon F. Davis, Qingchun Tong +1 more

Prolonged exposure to food odors suppresses feeding via an olfactory bulb-to-hypothalamus circuit

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-63170-2

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5 citations

Hailan Liu, Huey-Xian Kelly Wong, Niccole L. Auld, Kristine M. Conde, Yongxiang Li +22 more

Estrogen receptor-α expressing neurons in the ventrolateral VMH regulate glucose balance

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-15982-7

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81 citations

Pingwen Xu, Chunmei Wang, Yan Xia, Meng Yu, Yongjie Yang +18 more

Protein phosphatase 6 as an important downstream target of fibroblast growth 21 and its therapeutic analogues in attenuating MASH development

Obesity Medicine(2025)10.1016/j.obmed.2025.100602

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Qingchun Tong, Tianru Jin, Jia Nuo Feng