Duan Shumin, 段树民
Duan Shumin. [Photo provided to en.nantong.gov.cn]
Duan Shumin, born in October 1957, is a Chinese neuroscientist. He was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007 and a fellow of the World Academy of Sciences in 2008.
Duan's research interests mainly focus on synapses and neuron-glia interactions. His group found that when activated by ATP astrocytes can release glutamate through pores formed from P2X7 receptors; neuronal activities can be hetero-synaptically suppressed by glia-released ATP and these ATP are released through exocytosis of lysosomes. They also clarified the mechanisms of LTP induction in neuron-glia synapses.
