Keywords:  

Human microbiome, Depression, Anxiety

Research interests:

1.Understanding the role of human microbiome in Major depression 

2. Understanding the neurobiology mechanism of depression and anxiety

Professional recognition:

1. National Program for Support of Top-notch Young Professionals Award, 2015, by Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee of China

2. Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar, 2014, by Guangdong Natural Science Funds

Selected Publications (* Correspondence author):

（1）Lv, Jinyan(#)，Liang, Yemei，Zhang, Shiqing，Lan, Qunsheng，Xu, Ziwei，Wu, Xiaoyan，Kang, Lijun，Ren, Jing，Cao, Ying，Wu, Ting，Lin, KaLi，Ken Kin LamYung，Cao, Xiong(*)，Pang, Jianxin(*)，Zhou, Pingzheng(*)， DCPIB, an Inhibitor of Volume-Regulated Anion Channels, Distinctly Modulates K2P Channels，ACS chemical neuroscience， 2019，10（6）: 2786-2793.

（2）Xiong, Wenchao(#)，Cao, Xiong(#)，Zeng, Yuanning，Qin, Xihe，Zhu, Minzhen，Ren, Jing，Wu, Zhou，Huang, Qiyuan，Zhang, Yuan，Wang, Mengyao，Chen, Lianwan，Gustavo Turecki，Naguib Mechawar，Chen, Wenjun，Yi, Guoliang and Zhu, Xinhong，Astrocytic Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid Signaling in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Modulates Depressive-like Behaviors，The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience，2019，39（23），4606-4623。

（3）Cao, Xiong(#)，Li, Liang-Ping，Wang, Qian，Wu, Qiong，Hu,Hong-Hai，Zhang, Meng，Fang, Ying-Ying，Zhang, Jie，Li, Shu-Ji，Xiong,Wen-Chao，Yan, Hua-Cheng，Gao, Yu-Bo，Liu, Ji-Hong，Li, Xiao-Wen，Sun,Li-Rong，Zeng, Yuan-Ning，Zhu, Xin-Hong(*)，Gao, Tian-Ming(*)，Astrocyte-derived ATP modulates depressive-like behaviors，Nature Medicine，2013，19（6）：773-777。

（4）Cao, Xiong(#)，Li, Liang-Ping，Qin, Xi-He，Li, Shu-Ji，Zhang, Meng，Wang, Qian，Hu, Hong-Hai，Fang, Ying-Ying，Gao, Yu-Bo，Li, Xiao-Wen，Sun,Li-Rong，Xiong, Wen-Chao，Gao, Tian-Ming，Zhu, Xin-Hong(*)，Astrocytic Adenosine 5 '-Triphosphate Release Regulates the Proliferation of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Hippocampus，Stem Cells，2013，31（8）：