Publications
2023¨C2026
Chenling Meng, Qianlin Gu, Yin Wang, Haoyan Li, Wei Shi, Xin Liang, Anna DeBruine, Javier Leo, Feiyu Chen, Jie Zhang, Kiersten Maldonado, Vivien Van, Yue Lu, Di Zhao. Dysregulated ASH1L-MUC1-CD133 Axis Promotes Lung Metastasis and Reprograms the Metastatic Niche in SPOP-deficient Prostate Cancer. Oncogene. e-Pub 2026.
Wei Shi, Ping Xu, Qianlin Gu, Zhen Fan, Xin Liang, Yin Wang, Yuehui Zhao, Chenling Meng, Javier Leo, Justin J. Kim, Hongqi Teng, Jie Zhang, Feiyu Chen, Yang Chen, Nicholas E. Navin, Di Zhao. Cancer Discov, 2026. e-Pub 2026.
Javier Leo, Feiyu Chen, Wei Shi, Xin Liang, Chenling Meng, Qianlin Gu,, Yaman Albittar, Zhen Fan, Jie Zhang, Boyi Gan, Sangeeta Goswami, Kendra S. Carmon, Daniel E. Frigo, Ana Aparicio, Di Zhao. Oncogene, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42509416.
Feiyu Chen, Qidong Li, Qianlin Gu, Javier Leo, Xin Liang, Naayaa Mehta, Estefania Labanca, Peter Shepherd, Iqbal Mahmud, Yin Wang, Francisco R. Saenz, Maya M. Phillips, Wei Shi, Chenling Meng, Jie Zhang, Daniel E. Frigo, Yue Lu, Boyi Gan, Di Zhao. Nat Commun, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 42380152.
Leo J, Chen F, Shi W, Liang X, Meng C, Gu Q, Albittar Y, Fan Z, Zhang J, Gan B, Goswami S, Carmon K, Frigo DE, Aparicio A, Zhao D. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2026 May 8:2026.05.05.722958. doi: 10.64898/2026.05.05.722958. PMID: 42146343; PMCID: PMC13174433.
Teng H, Hang Q, Zheng C, Yan Y, Liu S, Zhao Y, Deng Y, Nie L, Wu W, Sheldon M, Yu Z, Shi W, Gao J, Meng C, Martinez C, Zhang J, Yao F, Sun Y, Zhao D, Gan B, Meng T, Ma L. Sci Transl Med. 2025 May 21;17(799):eado7225. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.ado7225. Epub 2025 May 21. PMID: 40397713; PMCID: PMC12697304.
Chen F, Li H, Wang Y, Tang X, Lin K, Li Q, Meng C, Shi W, Leo J, Liang X, Zhang J, Van V, Mahmud I, Wei B, Lorenzi P, Raso M, Aparicio A, Lu Y, Frigo D, Gan B, Zhao D*. . Nature Cancer. 2025 May 13. doi: 10.1038/s43018-025-00952-z. PMID: 40360905n
Meng C, Lin K, Shi W, Teng H, DeBruine A, Wang Y, Chen F, Leo J, Zhang J, Van V, Maldonado K, Gan B, Ma L, Lu Y*, Zhao D*. . Nature Communications. 2025 May 20. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59381-2. PMID: 40394007. PMCID: PMC12092585.
Chan E, Chhabra Y, Dixon K, Durbin A, F?rkkil? A, Jeyasekharan A, Keckesova Z, Prensner J, Wagenblast E, Xie S, Zhao D. . Cancer Discovery. 2025 Apr 2;15(4):678-684. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-25-0239. PMID: 40170536 .
Shi W, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Kim JJ, Li H, Meng C, Chen F, Zhang J, Mak DH, Van V, Leo J, St Croix B, Aparicio A, Zhao D. . Sci Transl Med. 15(695):eadf6724, 5/2023. Epub 2023 May. PMID: 37163614. PMCID: PMC10574140.
Li H, Gigi L, Zhao D. . Frontiers in Oncology. 1/2023. 13. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1123362. Epub 2023 Jan. PMID: 36776288. PMCID: PMC9909554.
2020¨C2022
Li H, Wang Y, Lin K, Venkadakrishnan VB, Bakht M, Shi W, Meng C, Zhang J, Tremble K, Liang X, Song JH, Feng X, Van V, Deng P, Burks JK, Aparicio A, Keyomarsi K, Chen J, Lu Y, Beltran H, Zhao D. . Cancer Res. 2022 Jun 30:can.22.0631. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-0631. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35771632. PMCID: PMC9444962
Deng Y, Xia X, Zhao Y, Zhao Z, Martinez C, Yin W, Yao J, Hang Q, Wu W, Zhang J, Yu Y, Xia W, Yao F, Zhao D, Sun Y, Ying H, Hung MC, Ma L. . Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 6;12(1):7041. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27349-7. PMID: 34873175. PMCID: PMC8649069.
Zhao D#, Cai L#, Lu X#, Liang X, Li J, Chen P, Ittmann MM, Shang X, Jiang S, Li H, Meng C, Flores I, Song JH, Horner JW, Lan Z, Wu CJ, Li J, Chang Q, Chen KC, Wang G, Deng P, Spring DJ, Wang YA, DePinho RA. . Cancer Discov. 2020 May 8; CD-19-1352. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290. PMID: 32385075. PMCID: PMC7483306.
2017¨C2019
Chen P, Zhao D, Li J, Liang X, Li J, Chang A, Henry V, Lan Z, Spring DJ, Rao G, Wang Y, DePinho RA. . Cancer Cell. 2019 Jun 10;35(6):868-884.e6. PMID: 31185211. PMCID: PMC6561349.
Wang G#, Zhao D#, Spring DJ, DePinho RA. . Genes & Dev. 2018 Sep 1;32(17-18):1105-1140. PMID: 30181359 PMCID: PMC6120714.
Zhao D, DePinho RA. . BioEssays. 2017 Aug;39(8). PMID: 28675450. PMCID: PMC8610080.
Zhao D, Lu X, Wang G, Lan Z, Liao W, Li J, Liang X, Chen JR, Shah S, Shang X, Tang M, Deng P, Dey P, Chakravarti D, Chen P, Spring DJ, Navone NM, Troncoso P, Zhang J, Wang YA, DePinho RA. . Nature. 2017; 542(7642): 484-488. PMID: 28166537. PMCID: PMC5448706.
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