Publications

You can also find my articles on Google Scholar. ORCID: 0009-0004-1467-7570.

2026

Apr 13

Proinsulin regulators identified with CRISPR screen and in vivo mouse QTL mapping

Sisi Lai, Mark P. Keller, Jinglin Zhang, Zhou Fang, Ying Xie, Chen Weng, Saixian Zhang, Shanshan Zhang, Peidong Gao, Luxin Ke, Yuntong Wang, Kelly A. Mitok, Lauren Clark, Kathryn L. Schueler, Hanxiao Liu, Betul Hatipoglu, Maria Hatzoglou, Yuanyuan Chen, Anath Shalev, Fulai Jin, Alan D. Attie, Yan Li

Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71726-z

2025

Jul 4

H3K79 methylation and H3K36 trimethylation synergistically regulate gene expression in pluripotent stem cells

Fulai Jin, Kaixiang Cao, Fei Xavier Chen, Emmalee W. Cooke, Cheng Zeng, Suza Mohammad Nur, Peidong Gao, Yunbo Jia, Aileen Huang, Jiwei Chen

Science Advances · DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt8765

Feb 28

Nmnat2 deficiency in the arcuate nucleus or paraventricular nucleus induces Sarm1-independent neuron loss and liraglutide-reversible obesity

Huimin Yu, Ning Feng, Wuling Zhong, Yumo Han, Yalan Cheng, Zhentong Zhang, Yingqi Wang, Peidong Gao, Rui Huang, Cong Zhang, Zongyang Liu, Jieya Dong, Zhishui He, Hejin Lai, Ziru Shen, Qiwei Zhai

The FASEB Journal · DOI: 10.1096/fj.202402546r

2024

Oct 30

Heterogeneous enhancer states orchestrate beta cell responses to metabolic stress

Liu Wang, Jie Wu, Madeline Sramek, S. M. Bukola Obayomi, Peidong Gao, Yan Li, Aleksey V. Matveyenko, Zong Wei

Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53717-0

2023

Dec 1

Progenitor cell isolation from mouse epididymal adipose tissue and sequencing library construction

Qianglin Liu, Chaoyang Li, Yuxia Li, Leshan Wang, Xujia Zhang, Buhao Deng, Peidong Gao, Mohammad Shiri, Fozi Alkaifi, Junxing Zhao, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Constantine A. Simintiras, Joseph Francis, Jiangwen Sun, Xing Fu

STAR Protocols · DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102703

Oct 1

A single-cell atlas of bovine skeletal muscle reveals mechanisms regulating intramuscular adipogenesis and fibrogenesis

Leshan Wang, Peidong Gao, Chaoyang Li, Qianglin Liu, Zeyang Yao, Yuxia Li, Xujia Zhang, Jiangwen Sun, Constantine Simintiras, Matthew Welborn, Kenneth McMillin, Stephanie Oprescu, Shihuan Kuang, Xing Fu

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle · DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.13292

Sep 5

Single cell multiomic analysis reveals diabetes-associated beta-cell heterogeneity driven by HNF1A

Chen Weng, Anniya Gu, Shanshan Zhang, Leina Lu, Luxin Ke, Peidong Gao, Xiaoxiao Liu, Yuntong Wang, Peinan Hu, Dylan Plummer, Elise MacDonald, Saixian Zhang, Jiajia Xi, Sisi Lai, Konstantin Leskov, Kyle Yuan, Fulai Jin, Yan Li

Nature Communications · DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41228-3

Jul 10

AAV induces hepatic necroptosis and carcinoma in diabetic and obese mice dependent on Pebp1 pathway

Yalan Cheng, Zhentong Zhang, Peidong Gao, Hejin Lai, Wuling Zhong, Ning Feng, Yale Yang, Huimin Yu, Yali Zhang, Yumo Han, Jieya Dong, Zhishui He, Rui Huang, Qiwei Zhai

EMBO Molecular Medicine · DOI: 10.15252/emmm.202217230

Mar 1

Tcf21 marks visceral adipose mesenchymal progenitors and functions as a rate-limiting factor during visceral adipose tissue development

Qianglin Liu, Chaoyang Li, Buhao Deng, Peidong Gao, Leshan Wang, Yuxia Li, Mohammad Shiri, Fozi Alkaifi, Junxing Zhao, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Constantine A. Simintiras, Joseph Francis, Jiangwen Sun, Xing Fu

Cell Reports · DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112166

2022

Oct 1

Loss of Acta2 in cardiac fibroblasts does not prevent the myofibroblast differentiation or affect the cardiac repair after myocardial infarction

Yuxia Li, Chaoyang Li, Qianglin Liu, Leshan Wang, Adam X. Bao, Jangwook P. Jung, Sanjeev Dodlapati, Jiangwen Sun, Peidong Gao, Xujia Zhang, Joseph Francis, Jeffery D. Molkentin, Xing Fu

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology · DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2022.08.003