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      2.Wu X, Wang S, Pan Y, Li M, Song M, Zhang H, Deng M, Yang X, Xu J, Zhang S, Zhang J, Wang F, Plikus MV, Lv C, Yu L, Yu Z*. m6A  Reader PRRC2A Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression via CK1ε-Mediated Activation of WNT and YAP Signaling Pathways. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2025 Jan;12(3):e2406935.

       3.Yang Xu#, Li G#, Lou P, Zhang M, Yao K, Xiao J, Chen Y, Xu J, Tian S, Deng M, Pan Y, Li M, Wu X, Liu R, Shi X, Tian Y, Yu L, Ke H, Jiao B, Cong Y, Plikus MV, Liu X, Yu Z*, Lv C*. Excessive nucleic acid R-loops induce mitochondria-dependent epithelial cell necroptosis and drive spontaneous intestinal inflammation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jan 2;121(1):e2307395120.

       4.Deng M#, Guerrero-Juarez CF#, Sheng X, Xu J, Wu X, Yao K, Li M, Yang X, Li G, Xiao J, Liu X, Wu K, Ren F, Nie Q, Plikus MV, Yu Z*, Lv C*. Lepr+ mesenchymal cells sense diet to modulate intestinal stem/progenitor cells via Leptin-Igf1 axis. Cell Res. 2022 Jul;32(7):670-686.

       5.Xu Yang#, Guilin Li#, Yuhua Tian, Xin Wang, Jiuzhi Xu, Ruiqi Liu, Min Deng, Chunlei Shao, Yuwei Pan, Xi Wu, Mengzhen Li, Chaowei Zhang, Rui Liu, Jun Qin, Chen Zhang, Zhanju Liu, Xin Wu, Maksim V. Plikus, Christopher J. Lengner, Zongheng Zheng*, Cong Lv*, Zhengquan Yu*. Identifying the E2F3-MEX3A-KLF4 signaling axis that sustains cancer cells in undifferentiated and proliferative state. Theranostics 2022 12(16): 6865-6882.

       6.Ruiqi Liu, Huan Hu, Melissa McNeil, Jiuzhi Xu, Xueyun Bi, Pengbo Lou, Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez, Xing Dai, Maksim V. Plikus, Jianwei Shuai, Zhengquan Yu*, Cong Lv*. Dormant Nfatc1 reporter-marked basal stem/progenitor cells contribute to mammary lobuloalveoli formation. iScience 2022 25(3) :103982.

       7.Min Deng#, Xi Wu#, Xiaoyue Duan, Jiuzhi Xu, Xu Yang, Xiaole Sheng, Pengbo Lou, Chunlei Shao, Cong Lv*,Zhengquan Yu*. Lactobacillus paracasei L9 improves colitis by expanding butyrate-producing bacteria that inhibit the IL 6/STAT3 signaling pathway, Food & Function 2021 12(21): 10700-10713.

       8.Xueyun Bi#, Pengbo Lou#, Yongli Song, Xiaole Sheng, Ruiqi Liu, Min Deng, Xu Yang, Guilin Li, Shukai Yuan, Bing Zhang, Lixiang Xue, Zhihua Liu, Maksim V. Plikus, Fazheng Ren, Shan Gao, Li Zhao*, Zhengquan Yu*. Msi1 promotes breast cancer metastasis by regulating invadopodia-mediated extracellular matrix degradation via the Timp3-Mmp9 pathway. Oncogene 2021 40(29): 4832-4845.

       9.Chunlei Shao, Pengbo Lou, Ruiqi Liu, Xueyun Bi, Guilin Li, Xu Yang, Xiaole Sheng, Jiuzhi Xu, Cong Lv*, Zhengquan Yu*. Hormone-Responsive BMP Signaling Expands Myoepithelial Cell Lineages and Prevents Alveolar Precocity in Mammary Gland. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 9: 691050.

       10.Pengbo Lou#, Xueyun Bi#, Yuhua Tian#, Guilin Li, Qianqian Kang, Cong Lv, Yongli Song, Jiuzhi Xu, Xiaole Sheng, Xu Yang, Ruiqi Liu, Qingyong Meng, Fazheng Ren, Maksim V Plikus, Bin Liang, Bing Zhang*, Huiyuan Guo*, Zhengquan Yu*. MiR-22 modulates brown adipocyte thermogenesis by synergistically activating the glycolytic and mTORC1 signaling pathways. Theranostics 2021 11(8): 3607-3623.

       11.Xiaole Sheng#, Ziguang Lin#, Cong Lv#, Chunlei Shao, Xueyun Bi, Min Deng, Jiuzhi Xu, Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez, Mengzhen Li, Xi Wu, Ran Zhao, Xu Yang, Guilin Li, Xiaowei Liu, Qingyu Wang, Qing Nie, Wei Cui, Shan Gao, Hongquan Zhang, Zhihua Liu, Yingzi Cong, Maksim V. Plikus, Christopher J. Lengner, Bogi Andersen, Fazheng Ren*, Zhengquan Yu*. Cycling Stem Cells Are Radioresistant and Regenerate the Intestine. Cell Reports 2020 32(4): 107952.

       12.Yongli Song#, Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez#, Zhongjian Chen#, Yichen Tang, Xianghui Ma, Cong Lv, Xueyun Bi, Min Deng, Lina Bu, Yuhua Tian, Ruiqi Liu, Ran Zhao, Jiuzhi Xu, Xiaole Sheng, Sujuan Du, Yeqiang Liu, Yunlu Zhu, Shi-jun Shan, Hong-duo Chen, Yiqiang Zhao, Guangbiao Zhou, Jianwei Shuai, Fazheng Ren, Lixiang Xue, Zhaoxia Ying, Xing Dai, Christopher J. Lengner, Bogi Andersen, Maksim V. Plikus, Qing Nie, Zhengquan Yu*. The Msi1-mTOR pathway drives the pathogenesis of mammary and extramammary Paget’s disease. Cell Research 2020 30(10): 854-872.

       13.Xifan Wang, Songtao Yang, Shenghui Li, Liang Zhao, Yanling Hao, Junjie Qin, Lian Zhang, Chengying Zhang, Weijing Bian, Li Zuo, Xiu Gao, Baoli Zhu, Xin Gen Lei, Zhenglong Gu, Wei Cui, Xiping Xu, Zhiming Li, Benzhong Zhu, Yuan Li, Shangwu Chen, Huiyuan Guo, Hao Zhang, Jing Sun, Ming Zhang, Yan Hui, Xiaolin Zhang, Xiaoxue Liu, Bowen Sun, Longjiao Wang, Qinglu Qiu, Yuchan Zhang, Xingqi Li, Weiqian Liu, Rui Xue, Hong Wu, DongHua Shao, Junling Li, Yuanjie Zhou, Shaochuan Li, Rentao Yang, Oluf Borbye Pedersen, Zhengquan Yu*, Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich*, Fazheng Ren*.Aberrant gut microbiota alters host metabolome and impacts renal failure in humans and rodents. Gut 2020 69(12): 2131-2142.

       14.Jiuzhi Xu#, Yang Tang#, Xiaole Sheng, Yuhua Tian, Min Deng, Sujuan Du, Cong Lv, Guili Li, Yuwei Pan, Yongli Song, Pengbo Lou, Yongting Luo, Yuan Li, Bing Zhang, Yanmei Chen, Zhanju Liu, Yingzi Cong, Maksim V Plikus, Qingyong Meng, Zhaocai Zhou*, Zhengquan Yu*. Secreted Stromal Protein ISLR Promotes Intestinal Regeneration by Suppressing Epithelial Hippo Signaling. The EMBO journal 2020 39(7): e103255.

       15.Ran Zhao#, Sujuan Du#, Ying Liu, Cong Lv, Yongli Song, Xinchun Chen, Bing Zhang, Dan Li, Shan Gao, Wei Cui, Maksim V. Plikus, Xiaohua Hou, Kaichun Wu, Zhanju Liu, Zhihua Liu, Yingzi Cong, Yuan Li*, Zhengquan Yu*.Mucoadhesive-to-penetrating controllable peptosomes-in-microspheres co-loaded with anti-miR-31 oligonucleotide and Curcumin for targeted colorectal cancer therapy. Theranostics 2020 10(8): 3594-3611.