Rate My Professor Jiankun Cui

Dr. Cui's research focuses on traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, cerebral ischemia, and aging-related neurodegenerative diseases. Her expertise includes developing in vivo animal models for neurological diseases and in vitro primary cultures of brain cells to elucidate neurodegenerative mechanisms and facilitate translational research. She has contributed to numerous studies in neuroprotection, neuroinflammation, and brain injury pathology within the field of Medicine. Dr. Cui is a prolific researcher with 118 publications and over 8,900 citations. Key publications include "Inhibition of MMP-9 by a Selective Gelatinase Inhibitor Protects Neurovasculature from Embolic Focal Cerebral Ischemia" (2012), "Selective Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Attenuates Secondary Damage Resulting from Severe Traumatic Brain Injury" (2013), "Dietary Sutherlandia and Elderberry Mitigate Cerebral Ischemia-Induced Neuronal Damage" (2014), and more recent works such as "Stroke-Induced Gut Dysbiosis Increases Alzheimer's Disease Risk: Insights from Immunohistochemistry and Single-Cell Spatial Transcriptomics" (2025) and "Phenomics Study Reveals Predictable Converging Molecular Signatures in CTE, Alzheimer's and Models of Mild TBI" (2025). Her contributions have advanced understanding of neurovascular dysfunction and neuroinflammation in brain injuries.