1. Kai Li, Yaru Wei, and Jinfei D. Ni. A sensor for heart filling. Neuron. 2026;114:1335-1337.

2. Yaru Wei, Zongya Ma, Boyan Zhang, Lin Fu, Xiaohan Sun, Kai Li, Zhuang Wang, Yueqian Wang, Qianxian Yu, Hui Yang, Chao Tan*, Shumin Duan*, and Jinfei D. Ni*. Sympathetic functional units encoded by genetically defined postganglionic neurons. Neuron. 2026;114(3):463-478.

3. Zhuang Wang, Qihong Tang, Kai Li, Junhui Mou, Yuanyuan Chen, Wenqiong Kuang, Liting Sun, Zongya Ma, Yaru Wei, Rong Bao, Xiaohan Sun, Shaoli Wang, Wei Lu, Guang-Yin Xu, Yi-Quan Tang*, Shumin Duan*, and Jinfei D. Ni*. An enteric-DRG pathway for interoception and visceral pain in mice. Neuron. 2026;114(1):105-121.

4. Si-Wei Zhang, Han Wang, Yi Xiao*, Luo-Tian Liu, Minhong Shen, Zhuang Wang, Shen Zhao, Xiao-Hong Ding, Ying Wang, Qing-Yuan Zhuang, Jinfei Ni*, Zhi-Ming Shao*, and Yi-Zhou Jiang*. The sensory neurons remodel the stroma in triple-negative breast cancer. Cell. 2026;189(4):1039-1055.

5. Tong Sun, Yizhu Tao, Yingjie Zeng, Ran Ai, Tong Li, Xinyu Li, Xueshan Li, Ruiping He, Zhikun Jia, Xiaohan Sun, Zhuanghui Feng, Xiangyi Liu, Xingyu Kong, Linzhang Huang, Lei Chen, Jinfei Ni*, Li Chen*, and Wei Dai*. Increased Yolk Lipid Mobilization Promotes Zebrafish Post-Segmentation Growth via an Hnf4-Lipoprotein Axis. Cell Reports. Accepted.

6. Gaojie Pan, Bing Zhao, Mutian Zhang, Yanan Guo, Yuhua Yan, Dan Dai, Xiaoxi Zhang, Hui Yang, Jinfei Ni, Zhili Huang, Xia Li, and Shumin Duan. Nucleus Accumbens Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons Projecting to the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis Promote Wakefulness and Positive Affective State. Neuroscience Bulletin. 2024;40(11):1602-1620. doi:10.1007/s12264-024-01233-y.

7. Xin Yang, Ru Gong, Linwei Qin, Yifei Bao, Yi Fu, Shan Gao, Hui Yang, Jinfei Ni, Ti-Fei Yuan, and Wei Lu. Trafficking of NMDA receptors is essential for hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory consolidation. Cell Reports. 2022;40(7):111217. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111217.