Biography

Xiaoying Yao is now the associate chief physician of the Department of Neurology of Ren Ji Hospital affiliated to Medical School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She is now a member of the Neuroimmunology and Genetic Biochemistry Group of Chinese Medical Association. She was graduated from Peking Union Medical College and got the doctorate degree. She conducted her post-doc research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center affiliated to Harvard University. She is specialized at neuroimmunological diseases especially neuromyelitis optica spectrum diseases (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) and cerebrovascular diseases. She has published nearly 20 academic papers and hosted several national and provincial scientific research projects. She is dedicated in teaching and is the content expert of Ottawa-Shanghai Joint School of Medicine. She is in charge of the curriculum of Neurology, which was approved as the municipal key course of universities in Shanghai in 2022. Xiaoying Yao is now the associate chief physician of the Department of Neurology of Ren Ji Hospital affiliated to Medical School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She is now a member of the Neuroimmunology and Genetic Biochemistry Group of Chinese Medical Association. She was graduated from Peking Union Medical College and got the doctorate degree. She conducted her post-doc research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center affiliated to Harvard University. She is specialized at neuroimmunological diseases especially neuromyelitis optica spectrum diseases (NMOSD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) and cerebrovascular diseases. She has published nearly 20 academic papers and hosted several national and provincial scientific research projects. She is dedicated in teaching and is the content expert of Ottawa-Shanghai Joint School of Medicine. She is in charge of the curriculum of Neurology, which was approved as the municipal key course of universities in Shanghai in 2022.

PUBLICATIONS

• Yao XY, Xie L, Cai Y, et al. Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Treat Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (hUC-MSC-NMOSD): A Study Protocol for a Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Front Neurol. 2022 Apr 25;13:860083

• Yao X, Song Y, Wang Z, Bai S, Yu H, Wang Y, Guan Y. Proteinase-activated Receptor-1 Antagonist Attenuates Brain Injury via Regulation of FGL2 and TLR4 after Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Mice. Neuroscience. 2022 May 10;490:193-205

• Yao XY*, Wu YF*, Gao MC, Hong RH, Ding J, Hao Y, Zhang Y, Guan YT. Serum albumin level is associated with the severity of neurological dysfunction of NMOSD patients. Mult Scler Relat Disord, 2020, 43:102130.

• Li J, Wu H, Hao Y#, Yao X#. Unstable Carotid Plaque is Associated With Coagulation Function and Platelet Activity Evaluated by Thrombelastography. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis, 2019, 28(11):104336.

• Gao M*, Yao X*, Ding J, Hong R, Wu Y, Huang H, Zhuang L, Li Z, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Guan Y. Low levels of vitamin D and the relationship between vitamin D and Th2 axis-related cytokines in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. J Clin Neurosci. 2019 Mar;61:22-27

• Zhang Y* , Yao XY*, Gao MC , Ding J , Hong RH , Huang H , Zhuang L , Wang YG , Hao Y , Guan YT* , Th2 axis-related cytokines in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders, CNS Neurosci Ther, 2018, 24(1): 64-69

• Yao X, Wu B, Xu Y, Siwila-Sackman E, Selim M. Day-night variability of hematoma expansion in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. J Biol Rhythms. 2015 Jun;30(3):242-50.

• Yao X, Xu Y, Siwila-Sackman E, Wu B, Selim M. The HEP Score: A Nomogram-Derived Hematoma Expansion Prediction Scale. Neurocrit Care. 2015 Oct;23(2):179-87.

• Yao X, Dong Q, Song Y, Wang Y, Deng Y, Li Y. Thrombelastography maximal clot strength could predict one-year functional outcome in patients with ischemic stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2014;38(3):182-90.

• Huang J *, Yao X *, Zhang J, Dong B, Chen Q, Xue W, Liu D, Huang Y. Hypoxia-induced downregulation of miR-30c promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Sci. 2013;104(12):1609-17.

• Xu WH *, Yao XY *, Yu HJ, Huang JW, Cui LY. Downregulation of miR-199a may play a role in 3-nitropropionic acid induced ischemic tolerance in rat brain. Brain Res. 2012;1429:116-23.

• Yao X, Dong Q, Chen Y, Feng Z, Li Y. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following biting by a scolopendra subspinipes mutilans. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2013;51(6):519-20.