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Email

yongfeng.cai@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate

Ophthalmology
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine

Education

PhD from Peking University

01/2024 - Beijing, China

BS from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

06/2017 - Guangzhou, China

Honors & Awards

Postdoctoral Fellowship Award

American Heart Associate (01/2026 - 12/2027)

Honorable Mention Award

The 39th SCBA TX Chapter Annual Symposium Committee (05/2026)

BrightFocus Foundation Travel Award

ARVO (05/2026)

MIT Outstanding Poster Competition finalist

ARVO (05/2026)

Travel Award

ACRE/CNAHA (11/2025)

Dean's Award

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine (03/2026)

Websites

Selected Publications

• Cai Y, Zhou Y, Yang Q, Xu J, Da Q, Ma Q, Zhao D, Lu T, Kim HW, Fulton D, Jiang X, Weintraub NL, Dong K, Xu S, Hong M, Liu Z, Huo Y.. " " Pharmacol Res. 2024 May ;
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• Ma Q, Yang Q, Xu J, Zhang X, Kim D, Liu Z, Da Q, Mao X, Zhou Y, Cai Y, Pareek V, Kim HW, Wu G, Dong Z, Song WL, Gan L, Zhang C, Hong M, Benkovic SJ, Weintraub NL, Fulton D Jr, Asara JM, Ben-Sahra I, Huo Y.. " " Circulation. 2022 Nov ;
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• Zhang M, Wang C, Wang R, Xu J, Wang Z, Yan J, Cai Y, Li L, Huo Y, Dong S.. " " J Mol Cell Cardiol.. 2023 Jan ;
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• Xu J, Liu Z, Yang Q, Ma Q, Zhou Y, Cai Y, Zhao D, Zhao G, Lu T, Ouyang K, Hong M, Kim HW, Shi H, Zhang J, Fulton D, Miller C, Malhotra R, Weintraub NL, Huo Y.. " " Cardiovasc Res.. 2024 Sep 2;
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• Zhou Y, Zhao D, Ma Q, Xu J, Cai Y, Yang Q, Da Q, Sheridan K, Zhang C, Miller CL, Malhotra R, Xu S, Hong M, Huo Y.. " " Pharmacol Res. 2025 Oct ;
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• Li H, Zheng J, Xu Q, Yang Y, Zhou J, Guo X, Cai Y, Cai JJ, Xie L, Awika J, Han X, Li Q, Kennedy L, Francis H, Glaser S, Huo Y, Alpini G, Wu C.. " " Gastroenterology. 2023 Jan ;
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• Yang Q, Cai Y, Ma Q, Xiong A, Xu P, Zhang Z, Xu J, Zhou Y, Liu Z, Zhao D, Asara J, Li W, Shi H, Caldwell RB, Sodhi A, Huo Y.. " " Sci Transl Med. 2024 Mar ;
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• Yang Q, Huo E, Cai Y, Zhang Z, Dong C, Asara JM, Shi H, Wei Q.. " " Front Immunol. 2023 ;
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• Da Q#, Cai Y#, Ma Q, Yang Q, Cao Y, Zhou Y, Zhao D, Liu Z, Xu J, Quan J, Zhang L, Wang R, Jiang X, Liu X, Ouyang K, Han Z, Liu J, Wang T, Zhang C, Weintraub NL, Fulton DJR, Zhao J, Hong M, Li Z, Huo Y.. " " Cell Rep. 2025 Aug ;
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• Yang Q, Huo E, Cai Y, Zhang Z, Dong C, Asara JM, Wei Q.. " " Cells. 2023 Aug ;
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• Yang Q, Cai Y, Ma Q, Huo Y.. " " Bio Protoc.. 2025 Jun ;
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• Ma Q, Cai Y, Zhang Z, Zhao D, Zhao Y, Xu P, Lu T, Zhang W, Yang Q, Zhou Y, Sudhahar V, Fukai T, Jo H, Xu Y, Huo Y.. " " Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 May ;
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• Ma Q, Yang Q, Xu J, Sellers HG, Brown ZL, Liu Z, Bordan Z, Shi X, Zhao D, Cai Y, Pareek V, Zhang C, Wu G, Dong Z, Verin AD, Gan L, Du Q, Benkovic SJ, Xu S, Asara JM, Ben-Sahra I, Barman S, Su Y, Fulton DJR, Huo Y.. " " Eur Heart J. 2023 Apr ;
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• Ma Q, Cai Y, Yang Q, Zhang W, Xu S, Huo Y.. " " Pharmacol Res. 2025 Nov ;
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• Liu Z, Shi H, Xu J, Yang Q, Ma Q, Mao X, Xu Z, Zhou Y, Da Q, Cai Y, Fulton DJ, Dong Z, Sodhi A, Caldwell RB, Huo Y.. " " JCI Insight. 2022 Dec ;
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• Liu Z, Mao X, Yang Q, Zhang X, Xu J, Ma Q, Zhou Y, Da Q, Cai Y, Sopeyin A, Dong Z, Hong M, Caldwell RB, Sodhi A, Huo Y.. " " Br J Pharmacol. 2022 Nov ;
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• Zhou Y, Zhao D, Ma Q, Lee S, Roh K, Cai Y, Xu J, Yang Q, Da Q, Liu Z, Ouyang K, Chantemele EJB, Hong M, Miller CL, Malhotra R, Zhang C, Xu S, Huo Y.. " " Pharmacol Res. 2025 Nov ;
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Memberships

ARVO

membership (01/2023 - 01/2027)

American Heart Associate

membership (01/2023 - 12/2027)

Funding

Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
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(01/01/2026 - 12/31/2027)

Grant funding from American Heart Association