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Shuai Shao

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2014

Publications

25

Citations

698

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2014

Research summary
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This researcher's work focuses on discovering and characterizing natural and synthetic compounds—particularly diterpenoid alkaloids from plants like Aconitum carmichaelii and derivatives of triptolide—that target inflammatory and pain-related signaling pathways such as JAK-STAT, NLRP3 inflammasome, and NF-κB. The research spans applications in chronic pain, autoimmune diseases (multiple sclerosis, arthritis, colitis), and cancer immunology, combining natural product chemistry with pharmacological mechanism studies. Note: a couple of unrelated 2025 publications on wind turbine blade defect detection appear in the record but seem disconnected from the rest of this research profile.

Natural product-derived diterpenoid alkaloidsInflammatory signaling pathways (JAK-STAT, NF-κB, NLRP3 inflammasome)Chronic and neuropathic pain mechanismsAutoimmune and inflammatory disease models (arthritis, colitis, multiple sclerosis)Drug discovery from traditional medicinal plants

Publication output peaked around 2020-2021 and has since slowed, with only 1-3 papers per year in recent years (2022-2025) compared to earlier activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 2 publications17182019: 2 publications192020: 8 publications8202021: 5 publications212022: 1 publication222023: 3 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation×2
  • Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B×2
  • International Immunopharmacology×2
  • Pharmacology & Therapeutics×1
  • Science Advances×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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