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2. Yang S, Roselli F, Patchev AV, Yu S, Almeida OF. Non-receptor-tyrosine kinases integrate fast glucocorticoid signaling in hippocampal neurons. J Biol Chem. 2013 Aug 16;288(33):23725-39. (impact factor: 4.651)
3. Zimmermann N, Zschocke J, Perisic T, Yu S, Holsboer F, Rein T. Antidepressants inhibit DNA methyltransferase 1 through reducing G9a levels. Biochem J. 2012 448:93-102. (impact factor: 4.654)
4. Yu S, Yang S, Holsboer F, Sousa N, Almeida OF. Glucocorticoid regulation of astrocytic fate and function. PLoS One. 2011;6(7):e22419 (Correspondence author). (impact factor: 3.73)
5. Yu S, Patchev AV, Wu Y, Lu J, Holsboer F, Zhang JZ, Sousa N, Almeida OF. Depletion of the neural precursor cell pool by glucocorticoids. Ann Neurol. 2010; 67(1):21-30 (Correspondence author). (impact factor: 11.193)
6. Yu S, Sousa N, Almeida OFX (2010) Apoptosis. In: Encyclopedia of Psychopharmacology. Ian P. Stolerman (ed). Springer.
7. Yu S, Holsboer F, Almeida OFX. Neuronal actions of glucocorticoids: focus on depression. Journal of Steroids Biology and Molecular Biology. 2008;108 (3-5): 300-309. (impact factor: 3.984)
8. Yu S, Zhang JZ, Xu Q. Genes associated with neuronal differentiation of precursors from human brain. Neuroscience. 2006;141(2):817-25. (impact factor: 3.122)
9. Zhang H, Zhao Y, Zhao C, Yu S, Duan D, Xu Q. Long-term expansion of human neural progenitor cells by epigenetic stimulation in vitro. Neurosci Res. 2005;51(2):157-65. (impact factor: 2.204)
10. Yu S, Zhang JZ, Zhao CL, Zhang HY, Xu Q. Isolation and characterization of the CD133+ precursors from the ventricular zone of human fetal brain by magnetic affinity cell sorting. Biotechnology letters. 2004; 26(14):1131-6. (impact factor: 1.853)