Xingbin Ai, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine

PhD, Case Western Reserve University
BS, Fudan University



Expertise and interests include:

REGULATION OF STEM CELL FUNCTION AND AGING BY HEPARAN SULFATE AND SULFS:
Environmental signals play crucial roles in self-renewal of stem cells, tissue regeneration and aging. Ai lab investigates heparan sulfate-dependent mechanisms that regulate extracellular signaling during stem cell maintenance and regeneration of the skeletal muscle. Our study is focused on two heparan sulfate-modifying enzymes called Sulfs.

NEUROGENESIS AND NEUROPLASTICITY IN PULMONARY DISEASES:
The respiratory tract is known to be innervated by two groups of neurons. The intrinsic neurons have cell bodies located within the tissue, while the extrinsic neurons have their cell bodies located in the central and peripheral nervous system and their axons innervating airway smooth muscle and neuroendocrine cells. Ai lab investigates neurotrophic signals that regulate neurogenesis in developing lung and neuroplasticity in pulmonary diseases. Our goal is to understand physiological roles of neural innervation in respiratory function, diseases and regeneration.

AIRWAY SMOOTH MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT AND REMODELING IN ASTHMA:
Airway smooth muscle hyperplasia and hyper-reactivity are key features of asthma. Ai lab, in collaboration with Dr. Alan Fine’s lab, investigates mechanisms underlying the formation and remodeling of airway smooth muscle. We are particularly interested in the sonic hedgehog pathway in control of airway smooth muscle development.

Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research




The Fetal Lung Mesothelial Differentiation Program
08/05/2013 - 05/31/2017 (Co-Investigator of Sub-Project / SP)
PI: Alan Fine, MD
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5R01HL116163-03

Identifying the Molecular Phenotype of Normal and Asthmatic Bronchial Smooth Muscle
01/01/2012 - 12/31/2015 (Multi-PI)
PI: Xingbin Ai, PhD
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5R21HL112619-02

Linking Increased Innervation to Persistent BSM Hyper-reactivity
07/01/2012 - 06/30/2015 (PI)
American Asthma Foundation


Identification of Sulfs as Therapeutic Targets for the Treatment of Age-Impaired Skeletal Muscle Regeneration
03/15/2010 - 07/31/2014 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R01AG034939-05



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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2024 Does age matter for the development of pathogenic T helper 2 resident memory cells in the lung? 1R21AI180866-01
2023 COVID-19 imprints airway basal cells to impair epithelium regeneration 1R21AI173494-01A1
2023 Age-related mechanisms of T helper 2 memory in the early lung 5R01HL154549-03
2022 Age-related mechanisms of T helper 2 memory in the early lung 5R01HL154549-02
2021 Age-related mechanisms of T helper 2 memory in the early lung 1R01HL154549-01A1
2020 Development of PNEC innervation and neuroplasticity after early life insult 7R01HL132991-04 7
2019 Development of PNEC innervation and neuroplasticity after early life insult 5R01HL132991-03 7
2018 Development of PNEC innervation and neuroplasticity after early life insult 5R01HL132991-02 7
2017 Development of PNEC innervation and neuroplasticity after early life insult 1R01HL132991-01A1 7
2016 The Fetal Lung Mesothelial Differentiation Program 4R01HL116163-04 13
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  1. Bankoti K, Wang W, Amonkar GM, Xiong L, Shui JE, Zhao C, Van E, Mwase C, Park JA, Mou H, Fang Y, Que J, Bai Y, Lerou PH, Ai X. Airway Basal Stem Cells in COVID-19 Exhibit a Proinflammatory Signature and Impaired Mucocililary Differentiation. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2024 Jan; 70(1):26-38. PMID: 37699145; PMCID: PMC10768838; DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2023-0104OC;
     
  2. Dylong F, Riedel J, Amonkar GM, Peukert N, Lieckfeldt P, Sturm K, Höxter B, Tse WH, Miyake Y, Moormann M, Bode LM, Mayer S, Keijzer R, Lacher M, Ai X, Gosemann JH, Wagner R. Overactivated Epithelial NF-?B Disrupts Lung Development in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2023 Nov; 69(5):545-555. PMID: 37552822
     
  3. Zhao C, Wang W, Bai Y, Amonkar G, Mou H, Olejnik J, Hume AJ, Mühlberger E, Fang Y, Que J, Fearns R, Ai X, Lerou PH. Age-related STAT3 signaling regulates severity of respiratory syncytial viral infection in human bronchial epithelial cells. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 21.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37781574; PMCID: PMC10541147; DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.20.558606;
     
  4. Bai Y, Li G, Yung L, Yu PB, Ai X. Intrapulmonary arterial contraction assay reveals region-specific deregulation of vasoreactivity to lung injuries. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2023 Aug 01; 325(2):L114-L124. PMID: 37278410; PMCID: PMC10393320; DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00293.2022;
     
  5. Zhang Y, Black KE, Phung TN, Thundivalappil SR, Lin T, Wang W, Xu J, Zhang C, Hariri LP, Lapey A, Li H, Lerou PH, Ai X, Que J, Park JA, Hurley BP, Mou H. Human Airway Basal Cells Undergo Reversible Squamous Differentiation and Reshape Innate Immunity. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2023 Jun; 68(6):664-678. PMID: 36753317; PMCID: PMC10257070; DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2022-0299OC;
     
  6. Wang W, Garcia C, Shao F, Cohen JA, Bai Y, Fine A, Ai X. Lung dopaminergic nerves facilitate the establishment of TH2 resident memory cells in early life. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 Aug; 152(2):386-399.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36841266; PMCID: PMC10440294; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.02.011;
     
  7. Krishnamoorthy N, Walker KH, Brüggemann TR, Tavares LP, Smith EW, Nijmeh J, Bai Y, Ai X, Cagnina RE, Duvall MG, Lehoczky JA, Levy BD. The Maresin 1-LGR6 axis decreases respiratory syncytial virus-induced lung inflammation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Jan 10; 120(2):e2206480120. PMID: 36595677; PMCID: PMC9926266; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2206480120;
     
  8. Bai Y, Ai X. Utilizing the Precision-Cut Lung Slice to Study the Contractile Regulation of Airway and Intrapulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle. J Vis Exp. 2022 May 05; (183). PMID: 35604150
     
  9. Bai Y, Guedes AGP, Krishnan R, Ai X. CD38 plays an age-related role in cholinergic deregulation of airway smooth muscle contractility. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 May; 149(5):1643-1654.e8. PMID: 34800431; PMCID: PMC9081122; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.10.033;
     
  10. Wang W, Ai X. Primary culture of immature, naïve mouse CD4+ T cells. STAR Protoc. 2021 Sep 17; 2(3):100756. PMID: 34430922; PMCID: PMC8369069; DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100756;
     
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Bar chart showing 52 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2023

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developmental biology
heparan sulfate
neurobiology
neuroscience
skeletal muscle regeneration
stem cell biology
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