Lei Tong, PhD
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Associate Research Scientist
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Neurology
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Education & Training
- PhD
- Fudan University, Biophysics/Neuroscience (2012)
- BS
- Fudan University, Biology (2006)
Research
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2025
TREM2 and APOE are dispensable for microglial clearance of dying neurons revealed by in vivo imaging
Rai A, Damisah E, Hill R, Tong L, Grutzendler J. TREM2 and APOE are dispensable for microglial clearance of dying neurons revealed by in vivo imaging. IScience 2025, 29: 114559. PMID: 41660266, PMCID: PMC12877822, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.114559.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThis study investigates whether Alzheimer's risk genes TREM2 and APOE affect microglial clearance of dying neurons, showing they are dispensable for efficient corpse removal in live mouse brains.Myelin–axon interface vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease revealed by subcellular proteomics and imaging of human and mouse brain
Cai Y, Pinheiro-de-Sousa I, Slobodyanyuk M, Chen F, Huynh T, Kanyo J, Tang P, Fuentes L, Braker A, Welch R, Huttner A, Tong L, Yuan P, Lam T, Petsalaki E, Reimand J, Nairn A, Grutzendler J. Myelin–axon interface vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease revealed by subcellular proteomics and imaging of human and mouse brain. Nature Neuroscience 2025, 28: 1418-1435. PMID: 40514588, PMCID: PMC12395420, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-01973-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubcellular proteomics and iPSC modeling uncover reversible mechanisms of axonal pathology in Alzheimer’s disease
Cai Y, Kanyo J, Wilson R, Bathla S, Cardozo P, Tong L, Qin S, Fuentes L, Pinheiro-de-Sousa I, Huynh T, Sun L, Mansuri M, Tian Z, Gan H, Braker A, Trinh H, Huttner A, Lam T, Petsalaki E, Brennand K, Nairn A, Grutzendler J. Subcellular proteomics and iPSC modeling uncover reversible mechanisms of axonal pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Aging 2025, 5: 504-527. PMID: 40065072, PMCID: PMC11922768, DOI: 10.1038/s43587-025-00823-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Single cell in vivo optogenetic stimulation by two-photon excitation fluorescence transfer
Tong L, Han S, Xue Y, Chen M, Chen F, Ke W, Shu Y, Ding N, Bewersdorf J, Zhou Z, Yuan P, Grutzendler J. Single cell in vivo optogenetic stimulation by two-photon excitation fluorescence transfer. IScience 2023, 26: 107857. PMID: 37752954, PMCID: PMC10518705, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107857.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
PLD3 affects axonal spheroids and network defects in Alzheimer’s disease
Yuan P, Zhang M, Tong L, Morse T, McDougal R, Ding H, Chan D, Cai Y, Grutzendler J. PLD3 affects axonal spheroids and network defects in Alzheimer’s disease. Nature 2022, 612: 328-337. PMID: 36450991, PMCID: PMC9729106, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05491-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchKCNJ8/ABCC9-containing K-ATP channel modulates brain vascular smooth muscle development and neurovascular coupling
Ando K, Tong L, Peng D, Vázquez-Liébanas E, Chiyoda H, He L, Liu J, Kawakami K, Mochizuki N, Fukuhara S, Grutzendler J, Betsholtz C. KCNJ8/ABCC9-containing K-ATP channel modulates brain vascular smooth muscle development and neurovascular coupling. Developmental Cell 2022, 57: 1383-1399.e7. PMID: 35588738, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.04.019.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Imaging and optogenetic modulation of vascular mural cells in the live brain
Tong L, Hill RA, Damisah EC, Murray KN, Yuan P, Bordey A, Grutzendler J. Imaging and optogenetic modulation of vascular mural cells in the live brain. Nature Protocols 2020, 16: 472-496. PMID: 33299155, DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-00425-w.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
A fluoro-Nissl dye identifies pericytes as distinct vascular mural cells during in vivo brain imaging
Damisah EC, Hill RA, Tong L, Murray KN, Grutzendler J. A fluoro-Nissl dye identifies pericytes as distinct vascular mural cells during in vivo brain imaging. Nature Neuroscience 2017, 20: 1023-1032. PMID: 28504673, PMCID: PMC5550770, DOI: 10.1038/nn.4564.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
The temporal–spatial dynamics of feature maps during monocular deprivation revealed by chronic imaging and self-organization model simulation
Tong L, Xie Y, Yu H. The temporal–spatial dynamics of feature maps during monocular deprivation revealed by chronic imaging and self-organization model simulation. Neuroscience 2016, 339: 571-586. PMID: 27746342, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.10.014.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Regional Blood Flow in the Normal and Ischemic Brain Is Controlled by Arteriolar Smooth Muscle Cell Contractility and Not by Capillary Pericytes
Hill RA, Tong L, Yuan P, Murikinati S, Gupta S, Grutzendler J. Regional Blood Flow in the Normal and Ischemic Brain Is Controlled by Arteriolar Smooth Muscle Cell Contractility and Not by Capillary Pericytes. Neuron 2015, 87: 95-110. PMID: 26119027, PMCID: PMC4487786, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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