Xu Jie

Biography

Xu Jie is professor of anatomy and neurobiology, Vice- chairman of the department of anatomy in Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University .In 1995, he got his medical master degree of anatomy from Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences. In 2006, He was appointed as Vice-Chief Editor of the Journal of Sun Yat-Sen University (Medical Sciences).In 2006,He was appointed as the visiting professor in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2010, He was awarded as fellow of the Royal Society. He was appointed as Vice-Chief Editor and editorial director of Journal of Anatomy Research until now..He has totally published more than 20 SCI-listed papers related to the above research work (the corresponding author or the first author).So far ,he has obtained 7 grants from various Foundations of Guangdong Province and 2 Horizontal Subjects.

Research Interest

Professor Xu’s research mainly focuses on the mitochondrial mechanism of senescence. His major academic contributions in the past years include: a) developing a research model of platelet degeneration after ovariectomy; b) finding the mechanism underlying mitochondrial degeneration of platelets and neurons after estrogen deprivation; c) investing the mechanism that estrogen and plant estrogen(such as bilobalide) have anti-aging effects on mitochondrial degeneration of platelets and neurons after ovariectomy, inferring that plant estrogen can replace estrogen to prevent and treat senile dementia; d) exploring the protective effects of estrogen on neurons and its mechanism during brain ischemia-reperfusion injury; e) investing the effects of β-Sitosterol on the release of amyloid-β induced by high cholesterol, prompting that phytosterols may have the potential to prevent Alzheimer’s disease