Name： Ma Quanhong
TeachingTitle：Professor
Phone： 0512-65880829
E-mail： maquanhong@suda.edu.cn
Speciality：
1. Pathogenesis and drug development of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorders.
2.Pathogenesis and drug development of Alzheimer’s disease.
3.Regulation of selective autophagy and its role in neurological diseases.
Prof. Ma got her master degree in Dalian Medical University and Institute of Molecular Biology (IMCB), Singapore in 2005. She got her Ph.D. degree in University of Hamburg, Germany in 2008. Prof. Ma had worked at the drug development as a senior scientist in GlaxoSmithKline, R&D (China) before joining to Soochow University. Prof. Ma joined to Soochow University as a full professor on Nov. 2010. Prof. Ma has received an international cooperation and exchange program and 6 grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). She also received one grant from each of the National Major Scientific and Technological Special Project for “Significant New Drugs Development”, National Key Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), National Innovation of Science and Technology-2030, National Key Projects and Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province. She has published more than 50 articles and obtained 4 patents. She has published her research work in internationally renowned journals such as Science Advances, Alzheimer and Dementia, Journal of Cell Biology, Neuropsychopharmacology, etc. Prof. Ma serves as the council member of Chinese Neuroscience Society, the deputy director committee member of Neural Homeostasis and Neuroendocrine Chapter, the deputy director committee member of Jiangsu Neuroscience Branch, the committee member of Children's Cognition and Brain Dysfunction, the committee member of Protein Modification and Disease Committee of Chinese Association of Pathophysiology, the deputy director-general of Jiangsu Society of Neuroscience and the council member of Jiangsu Society of Physiological Sciences. Prof. Ma also serves on the editorial board of Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Neuroscience Bulletin and Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine and reviewer for journals such as Molecular Psychiatry, Annals of Neurology, etc.
Selected Publications
1. Chen H, Sun YY, Li QF, Du YT, Hu NN, Sui AR, Luo XQ, Huang X, Zhu C, Yang G, Yao LL, Tang Y, Hu H, Liu CF, Tao J, Feng L, Kirchhoff F, Huang WH, Li S*, Ma QH*. Impaired Macroautophagy in Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells Suppresses Neuronal Plasticity via a Senescence Associated Signaling. Science Advances. 2025 Sep 26;11(39):eadq7665.
2. Pan TT, Sun YY, Shi YF, Zhao M, Khan NU, Chen HY, Ji WL, Li J, Han L* and Ma QH*. Endothelial delivery of simvastatin by LRP1-targeted nanoparticles ameliorates pathogenesis of alzheimer’s disease in a mouse model. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy. 2025 Aug 20;17(1):193.
3. Wang B, Wang ZX, Lv LM, Wang X, Lu JC, Zhao YF, Jiang R, Li QF, Kong Y, Yang XW, Luo J, Xiao ZC, Li AP, Yang G*, Ma QH*, Shao L*. Tenascin-R aggravates Abeta production in the perforant pathway by regulating Nav1.6 activity in APP/PS1 mice. Alzheimers & Dementia. 2025 Sep;21(9):e70633.
4. Liu JC, Zhao XY, Wu ML, Shi YF, Huang ZP, Fang LP, Zhu C, Peng X, Shi ZL, Lan LJ, Ji WL, Luo L, Feng L, Zhang ZL, Xu DE, Li S, Qin ZH, Sun YY, Schachner M, Ma QH*. GPR50 regulates neuronal development as a mitophagy receptor. Cell death & disease. 2024 Aug 15;15(8):591.
5. Huang R, Yuan DJ, Li S, Liang XS, Gao Y, Lan XY, Qin HM, Ma YF, Xu GY, Schachner M, Sytnyk V, Boltze J, Ma QH*, Li S*. NCAM Regulates Temporal Specification of Neural Progenitor Cells via Profilin2 during Corticogenesis. Journal of Cell Biology. 2020 Jan 6;219(1): e201902164.