Junjun Ni

Cathepsin B plays a critical role in inducing Alzheimer’s disease-like phenotypes following chronic systemic exposure to lipopolysaccharide from Porphyromonas gingivalis in mice

Zhou Wu, Junjun Ni, Yicong Liu et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity · 2017 · 239 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

The Critical Role of Proteolytic Relay through Cathepsins B and E in the Phenotypic Change of Microglia/Macrophage

Junjun Ni, Zhou Wu, C. Peterts et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2015 · 127 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Porphyromonas gingivalis Infection Induces Amyloid-β Accumulation in Monocytes/Macrophages

Ran Nie, Zhou Wu, Junjun Ni et al. · Journal of Alzheimer s Disease · 2019 · 109 citations

Dentistry, Infectious Diseases, Oral Biology +17

Infection of microglia with Porphyromonas gingivalis promotes cell migration and an inflammatory response through the gingipain-mediated activation of protease-activated receptor-2 in mice

Yicong Liu, Zhou Wu, Y. Nakanishi et al. · Scientific Reports · 2017 · 101 citations · Full text

Dentistry, Neurobiology, Oral Biology +17

Increased expression and altered subcellular distribution of cathepsin B in microglia induce cognitive impairment through oxidative stress and inflammatory response in mice

Junjun Ni, Zhou Wu, Veronika Stoka et al. · Aging Cell · 2018 · 89 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17