Zhigang Lu

Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine — China

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

14h-index691citations46works2.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology(14), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments(8), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(8), Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds(6), Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies(5)

Publications46 total

Curcumin Promotes Mitochondrial Apoptosis of Cancer-derived Lung Cancer Stem Cells and Cisplatin Sensitization Through BH3-only Dephosphorylation
Pharmacognosy Magazine·2025
Magnolol mitigates morphine-induced analgesic tolerance via EGFR-mediated inhibition of microglial activation and neuroinflammatory reduction
Genes & Diseases·2025Open Access
Salidroside attenuates the acquisition of morphine‐induced conditioned place preference in mice via improving neurosynaptic plasticity in the ventral tegmental area
British Journal of Pharmacology·2025Open Access
Risk factors for conversion from minimally invasive surgery to thoracotomy in patients with lung cancer: outcomes from a pooled analysis
Journal of Robotic Surgery·2024
Exoticin as a selective agonist of 6TM μ opioid receptors identifies endogenous chaperones essential for its activity
Phytomedicine·2024· 2 cited
Low-frequency electroacupuncture exerts antinociceptive effects through activation of POMC neural circuit induced endorphinergic input to the periaqueductal gray from the arcuate nucleus
Molecular Pain·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
The causal association between artificial sweeteners and the risk of cancer: a Mendelian randomization study
Food & Function·2024· 8 cited
The role of microglia in drug addiction
Asian Journal of Psychiatry·2023
Gypenosides ameliorate morphine-induced immunosuppression with an increased proportion of thymic T lymphocyte subsets and are involved in the regulation of the cAMP-CREM/CREB-IL-2 pathway
Genes & Diseases·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Synthesis and Antibacterial Evaluation of Novel Vancomycin Derivatives Containing Quaternary Ammonium Moieties
ACS Omega·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Immunosuppression by opioids: Mechanisms of action on innate and adaptive immunity
Biochemical Pharmacology·2023· 38 cited
To Investigate the Potential Mechanism of Huanglian Jiangtang Formula Lowering Blood Sugar in View of Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking Technology
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Compound 511 ameliorates MRSA-induced lung injury by attenuating morphine-induced immunosuppression in mice via PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway
Phytomedicine·2022· 25 cited
Normalization of the H3K9me2/H3K14ac-ΔFosB pathway in the nucleus accumbens underlying the reversal of morphine-induced behavioural and synaptic plasticity by Compound 511
Phytomedicine·2022· 6 cited
Preoperative electroacupuncture for postoperative nausea and vomiting in laparoscopic gynecological surgery: a randomized controlled trial
Acupuncture in Medicine·2022· 17 cited
Retraction notice to “Kuntai capsule attenuates premature ovarian failure through the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway” [J. Ethnopharmacol. 239 (2019) 111885]
Journal of Ethnopharmacology·2022· 1 cited
Effect of Electro-Acupuncture at ST36 and SP6 on the cAMP -CREB Pathway and mRNA Expression Profile in the Brainstem of Morphine Tolerant Mice
Frontiers in Neuroscience·2021· 14 citedOpen Access
Probiotics protect against RSV infection by modulating the microbiota-alveolar-macrophage axis
Acta Pharmacologica Sinica·2021· 67 citedOpen Access
Mediation of Exoticin analgesia by a truncated 6-transmembrane of the mu-opioid receptor
2020Open Access
Effects of Compound 511 on BDNF-TrkB Signaling in the Mice Ventral Tegmental Area in Morphine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology·2020· 12 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Fenfen Qin(17), Sheng-Feng Lu(12), Qian Wang(11), Qinmei Sun(10), Zhonghao Li(10), Jin Xu(9), Ying‐Xian Pan(9), Xinru Mu(9), Yongwei Jiang(9), Anlong Liu(8), Gavril W. Pasternak(8), Weixin Lin(7), Yuxuan Wang(7), Mingming Xu(6), Qian Li(6), Qisheng Wang(6), Ziting Zhou(6), Dengyun Nie(5), Grace C. Rossi(5), Qisheng Wang(5)