Keying Zhu
About me
I completed my PhD training under the supervision of Prof. Robert Harris at the Karolinska Institutet in 2023. Currently, I am a Swedish Research Council International Postdoctoral Fellow (Vetenskapsrådet) working on an independent research project at the University of California San Francisco, affiliated with Prof. Maja Jagodic at the Karolinska Institutet.
Research
My postdoctoral research investigates the complex interplay between glial cells in the CNS under both physiological and pathological conditions, with a particular focus on the role of primary cilia in mediating cellular function and signal transduction in white matter injury and repair.
Teaching
Supervised four master students for their master's projects:
Timas Shin-Yu Kung (8 months, Karolinska Institutet)
Projects: 1. Microglial reprogramming for neuroinflammatory disorders; 2. Topoisomerase 1
inhibition mitigates microglial activation and neuroinflammation.
Cindy Bay (2 months, Heidelberg University)
Project: Topoisomerase 1 inhibition attenuates neuroinflammation.
Zoë Keasberry (6 months, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Project: Improvement of microglial replacement therapy in severe neurological diseases:
understanding the depletion and repopulation pattern of microglia following CSF1R inhibition.
Yiming Xia (10 months, Karolinska Institutet)
Projection: Transcritptional coregulator in control of microglia function.
Articles
- Journal article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2025;:1-16Wang D; Zhang T; Shao Q; Wu X; Zhao X; Zhang H; Wang Y; Sun J; Chang X; Zhu K; Wu S; Cao L; Chen W; Wang J
- Article: NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY. 2024;19(9):1366-1374Wang Y; Baars I; Berzina I; Rocamonde-Lago I; Shen B; Yang Y; Lolaico M; Waldvogel J; Smyrlaki I; Zhu K; Harris RA; Hogberg B
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE. 2024;221(2):e20230675Lund H; Hunt MA; Kurtovic Z; Sandor K; Kagy PB; Fereydouni N; Julien A; Goritz C; Vazquez-Liebanas E; Andaloussi Mae M; Jurczak A; Han J; Zhu K; Harris RA; Lampa J; Graversen JH; Etzerodt A; Haglund L; Yaksh TL; Svensson CI
- Article: INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY. 2024;127:111408Wang D-J; Wang X; Li S-L; Zhang T-T; Yang Y-C; Wang Y-M; Zhao X-Q; Li K-Y; Li Y; Zhu K-Y; Wang J
- Journal article: TRANSPLANTATION. 2023;107(10):49Sarlus H; Zhu K; Guo Y; Balasingh VJ; Min J-H; Cuesta IB; Bencina S; Harris R; Gramignoli R
- Article: JCI INSIGHT. 2023;8(17):e167656Zhang J; Koolmeister C; Han J; Filograna R; Hanke L; Adori M; Sheward DJ; Teifel S; Gopalakrishna S; Shao Q; Liu Y; Zhu K; Harris RA; Mcinerney G; Murrell B; Aoun M; Baeckdahl L; Holmdahl R; Pekalski M; Wedell A; Engvall M; Wredenberg A; Hedestam GBK; Dopico XC; Rorbach J
- Article: ACTA PHARMACOLOGICA SINICA. 2023;44(4):766-779Sun J-X; Zhu K-Y; Wang Y-M; Wang D-J; Zhang M-Z; Sarlus H; Benito-Cuesta I; Zhao X-Q; Zou Z-F; Zhong Q-Y; Feng Y; Wu S; Wang Y-Q; Harris RA; Wang J
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2023;20(1):83Wang Y; Sun J; Zhu K; Wang D; Zhao X; Zhang H; Wu S; Wang Y; Wang J
- Article: EMBO REPORTS. 2022;23(7):e54499Zhu K; Wang Y; Sarlus H; Geng K; Nutma E; Sun J; Kung S-Y; Bay C; Han J; Min J-H; Benito-Cuesta I; Lund H; Amor S; Wang J; Zhang X-M; Kutter C; Guerreiro-Cacais AO; Hogberg B; Harris RA
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROINFLAMMATION. 2022;19(1):20Zhou K; Han J; Lund H; Boggavarapu NR; Lauschke VM; Goto S; Cheng H; Wang Y; Tachi A; Xie C; Zhu K; Sun Y; Osman AM; Liang D; Han W; Gemzell-Danielsson K; Betsholtz C; Zhang X-M; Zhu C; Enge M; Joseph B; Harris RA; Blomgren K
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 2021;99(3):793-805Ineichen BV; Zhu K; Carlstrom KE
- Article: CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS. 2021;254:117291Rangasami VK; Samanta S; Parihar VS; Asawa K; Zhu K; Varghese OP; Teramura Y; Nilsson B; Hilborn J; Harris RA; Oommen OP
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2020;21(22):E8603-8603Han J; Fan Y; Zhou K; Zhu K; Blomgren K; Lund H; Zhang X-M; Harris RA
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2020;21(18):E6824-6824Han J; Zhu K; Zhou K; Hakim R; Sankavaram SR; Blomgren K; Lund H; Zhang X-M; Harris RA
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2020;11(1):4071Carlstrom KE; Zhu K; Ewing E; Krabbendam IE; Harris RA; Falcao AM; Jagodic M; Castelo-Branco G; Piehl F
- Article: EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. 2020;2020:3205176Zou Z; Sun J; Kang Z; Wang Y; Zhao H; Zhu K; Wang J
- Article: GLIA. 2020;68(7):1466-1478Zhu K; Pieber M; Han J; Blomgren K; Zhang X-M; Harris RA; Lund H
- Article: SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION AND TARGETED THERAPY. 2019;4:27Chen Y; Sun J-X; Chen W-K; Wu G-C; Wang Y-P; Zhu K-Y; Wang J
- Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 2019;1710:33-42Zhu K; Sun J; Kang Z; Zou Z; Wu X; Wang Y; Wu G; Harris RA; Wang J
- Article: NATURE IMMUNOLOGY. 2018;19(5):1-7Lund H; Pieber M; Parsa R; Grommisch D; Ewing E; Kular L; Han J; Zhu K; Nijssen J; Hedlund E; Needhamsen M; Ruhrmann S; Guerreiro-Cacais AO; Berglund R; Forteza MJ; Ketelhuth DFJ; Butovsky O; Jagodic M; Zhang X-M; Harris RA
- Journal article: BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN. 2017;40(8):1306-1313Lou W; Chen Y; Zhu K-Y; Deng H; Wu T; Wang J
- Journal article: FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2017;10:613Zhu K; Sun J; Kang Z; Zou Z; Wu G; Wang J
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All other publications
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2025Sarlus H; Guo Y; Bencina S; Zhu K; Balasingh VJ; Virgilio GA; Cheng Y; Lin J; Min J-H; Benito-Cuesta I; Suerth V; Alonso PT; Thomas OG; Rykaczewska U; Cacais AOG; Jagodic M; Gramignoli R; Harris RA
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023Zhu K; Min J-H; Joshua V; Liu Y; Pieber M; Suerth V; Sarlus H; Harris R; Lund H
- Doctoral thesis: 2023Zhu K
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023Lund H; Hunt M; Kurtovic Z; Sandor K; Fereydouni N; Julien A; Göritz C; Han J; Zhu K; Harris R; Lampa J; Haglund L; Yaksh T; Svensson C
- Preprint: BIORXIV. 2019Ineichen BV; Zhu K; Carlström KE
- Review: GLIA. 2019;67(2):217-231Han J; Zhu K; Zhang X-M; Harris RA
Grants
- NEURO Sweden1 January 2024 - 31 December 2024
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2024 - 31 December 2027
- Swedish Research Council1 December 2021 - 30 November 2026
- StratNeuro1 June 2021 - 31 May 2023
- NEURO Sweden1 January 2021 - 1 January 2022
Employments
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2026
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2023