Publications

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Skeletal muscle stem cells modulate niche function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse through YY1-CCL5 axis

Adult skeletal muscle stem cells (MuSCs) are indispensable for muscle regeneration and tightly regulated by macrophages (MPs) and fibroadipogenic progenitors (FAPs) in their niche. Deregulated MuSC/MP/FAP interactions and the ensuing inflammation and fibrosis are hallmarks of dystrophicmuscle. Here we demonstrate intrinsic deletion of transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) in MuSCs exacerbates dystrophic pathologies by altering composition and heterogeneity of MPs and FAPs. Further analysis reveals YY1 loss induces expression of immune genes in MuSCs, including C-C motif chemokine ligand 5 (Ccl5). Augmented CCL5 secretion promotes MP recruitment via CCL5/C-C chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) crosstalk, which subsequently hinders FAP clearance through elevated Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGFβ1). Maraviroc-mediated pharmacological blockade of the CCL5/CCR5 axis effectively mitigates muscle dystrophy and improves muscle performance. Lastly, we demonstrate YY1 represses Ccl5 transcription by binding to its enhancer thus facilitating promoter-enhancer looping. Altogether, our study demonstrates the critical role of MuSCs in actively shaping their niche and provides novel insight into the therapeutic intervention of muscle dystrophy.

Yang Li*, Chuhan Li, Qiang Sun, Xingyuan Liu, Fengyuan Chen, Yeelo Cheung, Yu Zhao, Ting Xie, Bénédicte Chazaud, HaoSun, Huating Wang

Nature Communications, 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56474-w

Multiomics and cellular senescence profiling of aging human skeletal muscle uncovers Maraviroc as a senotherapeutic approach for sarcopenia

Cellular senescence is a hallmark of organismal aging but how it drives aging in human tissues is not fully understood. Here we leverage single nucleus multiomics to profile senescence inmononucleated cells of human skeletalmuscle and provide the first senescence atlas. We demonstrate the intra- and interpopulational transcriptomic and epigenomic heterogeneity and dynamics of cellular senescence. We also identify commonalities and variations in senescence-associated secretory phenotypes (SASPs) among the cells and elucidate SASP mediated cellular interactions and niche deregulation. Furthermore, we identify targetable SASPs and demonstrate the possibility of using Maraviroc as a pharmacological senotherapeutic for treating ageassociated sarcopenia. Lastly, we define transcription factors that govern senescence state and SASP induction in aging muscle and elucidate the key function and mechanism of JUNB in SASP activation. Altogether, our findings demonstrate the prevalence and function of cellular senescence in skeletal muscle and identify a novel pharmacological intervention for sarcopenia.

Yang Li*, Chuhan Li, Qin Zhou, Xingyuan Liu, Yulong Qiao, Ting Xie, Hao Sun, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Huating Wang

Nature Communications, 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61403-y

 

Full List

2025

  • Nuermila Yiliyaer, Xiaocheng Li, Tianyu Guo, Haiying Zhou, Lihai Gong, Luowei Yuan, Yang Fu, Yulong Qiao, Ying Lam Lui, Nuo Chen, Pengfei Lin, Hoi Hung Cheung, Ho Ko, Linyan Meng, Xiao Chen, Yong Lei, Kin Ming Kwan, Huating Wang, Shen Gu; Pathogenicity of Mediator Complex Subunit 27 (MED27) in a Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Cerebellar Atrophy. Advanced Science, 2025, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202505535

  • The X-Age Project to construct a Chinese aging clock Nature Aging; 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s43587-025-00935-w
    • Jiaming Li, Mengmeng Jiang, Qiaoran Wang, Zikai Zheng, Jianghua Shen
    • Jingyi Li, Muzhao Xiong, Yandong Zheng, Xiaoyong Lu, Yusheng Cai
    • Yanling Fan, Lingling Geng, Qianzhao Ji, Qianqian Peng, Shuhui Sun
    • Yuanyuan Wang, Zijuan Xin, Kaowen Yan, Yuanhan Yang, Jun Yu
    • Haoteng Yan, Ding Ai, Yongping Bai, Yan Bi, Xiu-Wu Bian
    • Pengcheng Bu, Jian-Ping Cai, Chun-Mei Cao, Feng Cao, Zhongwei Cao
    • Renjie Chai, Piu Chan, Chang Chen, Cheng-Shui Chen, Chunying Chen
    • Di Chen, Hou-Zao Chen, Lin Chen, Quan Chen, Xiao Chen, Xiaochun Chen
    • Yu Chen, Zi-Jiang Chen, Weimin Ci, Zhe Dai, Qiurong Ding, Birong Dong
    • Jiahong Dong, Jian-Gao Fan, Shiqing Feng, Xin Feng, Yun Feng
    • Xiaobing Fu, Xiaolong Fu, Feng Gao, Jiangang Gao, Qiang Gao, Shaorong Gao
    • Yonghao Gu, Youfei Guan, Feifan Guo, Jing-Dong J. Han, Haiping Hao
    • Jihui Hao, Fuchu He, Jinhan He, Ming He, Mingguang He, Qiyang He
    • Zhiying He, Zuhong He, Huashan Hong, Jiaxu Hong, Shengping Hou
    • Cheng Hu, Ping Hu, Zhibin Hu, Canhua Huang, Jun Huang, Kai Huang
    • Pengyu Huang, Xunming Ji, Yong Ji, Shunji Jia, Hong Jiang, Wenjian Jiang
    • Lingjing Jin, Zi-Bing Jin, Shenghong Ju, Zhenyu Ju, Qing-Peng Kong, Wei Kong
    • Wei-Jia Kong, Xiangqing Kong, Guanghua Lei, Geng-Lin Li, Ji Li, Jian Li
    • Mengfeng Li, Rong Li, Wei Li, Wei Li, Xiao-Jun Li, Xin Li
    • Qingfeng Liang, Zhen Liang, Haotian Lin, Baohua Liu, Cai-Yue Liu, Changsheng Liu
    • Feng Liu, Jianfeng Liu, Jun-Ping Liu, Ke Liu, Lin Liu, Pingsheng Liu
    • Qiang Liu, Qiang Liu, Tiemin Liu, Wenwen Liu, Xingguo Liu, Yajun Liu
    • Yong Liu, Youhua Liu, Youshuo Liu, Zhili Liu, Xiao Long, Yao Lu
    • Jian Luo, Xianghang Luo, Chunhong Ma, Shuai Ma, Xinran Ma, Jianhua Mao
    • Zhiyong Mao, Shyh-Chang Ng, Guangjun Nie, Yuyu Niu, Yaojin Peng
    • Jun Pu, Jieyu Qi, Li Qiang, Jie Qiao, Yingying Qin, Aijuan Qu
    • Jing Qu, Jie Ren, Ruibao Ren, Xiong Z. Ruan, Anbing Shi, Haibo Shi
    • Jie Shi, Kwok-Fai So, Moshi Song, Weihong Song, Zhou Songyang, Jiacan Su
    • Aijun Sun, Liang Sun, Qiang Sun, Yi Eve Sun, Yu Sun, Peifu Tang
    • Qi-Qun Tang, Yi Tang, Jun Tao, Ling Tao, Mei Tian, Xiao-Li Tian
    • Ye Tian, Xiaolin Tong, Cong-Yi Wang, Haibo Wang, Hongmei Wang
    • Huating Wang, Jianan Wang, Jianwei Wang, Jianwei Wang, Jiqiu Wang
    • Liheng Wang, Lin Wang, Miao Wang, Qiang Wang, Si Wang, Sijia Wang
    • Songlin Wang, Wengong Wang, Xiaoming Wang, Xiaoning Wang, Yan Wang
    • Yan-Jiang Wang, Yuan Wang, Yunfang Wang, Zhenning Wang, Xiawei Wei
    • Jianping Weng, Haitao Wu, Jihong Wu, Xiaohuan Xia, Yang Xia, Andy Peng Xiang
    • Guozhi Xiao, Junjie Xiao, Yichuan Xiao, Zhi-Xiong Jim Xiao, Zhengwei Xie
    • Wei Xiong, Aimin Xu, Hua Xu, Lingyan Xu, Ming Xu, Liying Yan, Jiayin Yang
    • Jichun Yang, Liu Yang, Yun-Gui Yang, Ze Yang, Zhenglin Yang, Hongjie Yao
    • Jing Ye, Chengqi Yi, Fan Yi, Honghua Yu, Yang Yu, Zhengrong Yu, Ti-Fei Yuan
    • Jirong Yue, Rui Yue, Chen Zhang, Chunxiang Zhang, Cuntai Zhang, Feng Zhang
    • Hongbo Zhang, Hongjia Zhang, Huijie Zhang, Jie Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, Licheng Zhang
    • Lingqiang Zhang, Luoying Zhang, Qingjiong Zhang, Wei Zhang, Weiping J. Zhang, Xin Zhang
    • Xuan Zhang, Yong Zhang, Yun-Wu Zhang, Zhanjun Zhang, Zhuohua Zhang, Bing Zhao
    • Guoguang Zhao, Jiajun Zhao, Meng Zhao, Tongbiao Zhao, Jialin C. Zheng, Junke Zheng
    • Zhuozhao Zheng, Huixia Zhou, Lili Zhou, Xiangtian Zhou, Yongsheng Zhou, Zhongjun Zhou
    • Lan Zhu, Yizhun Zhu, Zhiming Zhu, Wenjuan Zhuang, Weiguo Zou, Weiqi Zhang, Gang Pei & Guang-Hui Liu

  • Zeming Wu, Jing Qu, Weiqi Zhang, Aging Biomarker Consortium, Guang-Hui Liu Biomarkers of ageing of humans and non-human primates Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology; 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41580-025-00883-8

  • Xiaona Chen, Feng Yang, Suyang Zhang, Xiaofan Guo, Jieyu Zhao, Yulong Qiao, Liangqiang He, Yang Li, Qin Zhou, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Chun Kit Kwok, Hao Sun, Huating Wang DNA G-quadruplex profiling in skeletal muscle stem cells reveals functional and mechanistic insights Genome Biology, 2025, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-025-03753-w

  • Jieyu Zhao, Feng Yang, Yuwei Zhang, Huating Wang, Chun Kit Kwok TDP-43 binds to RNA G-quadruplex structure and regulates mRNA stability and translation. Nucleic Acids Res; 2025, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf820

  • Kelly Yichen Li, Qin Cao, Savio Ho-Chit Chow, Chiara Nicoletti, Pier Lorenzo Puri, Huating Wang, Danny Leung, Kevin Y. Yip; Regulatory roles of three-dimensional structures of chromatin domains. Genome Biology; 2025, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-025-03659-7

  • Yang Li, Chuhan Li, Qin Zhou, Xingyuan Liu, Yulong Qiao, Ting Xie, Hao Sun, Michael Tim-Yun Ong, Huating Wang; Multiomics and cellular senescence profiling of aging human skeletal muscle uncovers Maraviroc as a senotherapeutic approach for sarcopenia. Nature Communications, 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61403-y

  • Kun Zhang, Qichang Nie, Maolin Li, Xiaona Chen, Liting Zhong, Tianle Dai, Xiaofan Guo, Haizhou Zhao, Terrence Chi-Kong Lau, Huating Wang, Shuo-Bin Chen, Chun Kit Kwok; RNA G-quadruplex structure-based PROTACs for targeted DHX36 protein degradation and gene activity modulation in mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Res., 2025, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf039

  • Yang Li, Chuhan Li, Qiang Sun, Xingyuan Liu, Fengyuan Chen, Yeelo Cheung, Yu Zhao, Ting Xie, Bénédicte Chazaud, HaoSun, Huating Wang; Skeletal muscle stem cells modulate niche function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse through YY1-CCL5 axis. Nature Communications, 2025, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56474-w

  • Ning Huang, Meiling Ge, Xiaolei Liu, Xu Tian, Pengbin Yin, Zhijun Bao, Feng Cao, Ng Shyh-Chang, Biao Dong, Lunzhi Dai, Zhenji Gan, Ping Hu, Jing Qu, Si Wang, Huating Wang, Qian Xiao, Rui Yue, Jirong Yue, Licheng Zhang, Yong Zhang, Hongbo Zhang, Weiqi Zhang, Guang-Hui Liu, Gang Pei, Yong Liu, Dahai Zhu, Birong Dong; A framework of biomarkers for skeletal muscle aging: a consensus statement by the Aging Biomarker Consortium. Life Medicine, lnaf001, 2025, DOI: 10.1093/lifemedi/lnaf001

  • Qiang Sun, Qin Zhou, Yulong Qiao, Xiaona Chen, Hao Sun, Huating Wang; Pervasive RNA-binding protein enrichment on TAD boundaries regulates TAD organization. Nucleic Acids Res; 2025, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae1271

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

  • Kelahmetoglu Y, Jannig PR, Cervenka I, Koch LG, Britton SL, Zhou J, Wang H, Robinson MM, Nair KS, Ruas JL; Comparative Analysis of Skeletal Muscle Transcriptional Signatures Associated With Aerobic Exercise Capacity or Response to Training in Humans and Rats. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 10.3389/fendo.2020.591476

  • Zhang M, Lai Y, Krupalnik V, Guo P, Guo X, Zhou J, Xu Y, Yu Z, Liu L, Jiang A, Li W, Abdul MM, Ma G, Li N, Fu X, Lv Y, Jiang M, Tariq M, Kanwal S, Liu H, Xu X, Zhang H, Huang Y, Wang L, Chen S, Babarinde IA, Luo Z, Wang D, Zhou T, Ward C, He M, Ibañez DP, Li Y, Zhou J, Yuan J, Feng Y, Arumugam K, Di Vicino U, Bao X, Wu G, Schambach A, Wang H,Sun H, Gao F, Qin B, Hutchins AP, Doble BW, Hartmann C, Cosma MP, Qin Y, Xu GL, Chen R, Volpe G, Chen L, Hanna JH, Esteban MA; β-Catenin safeguards the ground state of mousepluripotency by strengthening the robustness of the transcriptional apparatus. Sci Adv, 10.1126/sciadv.aba1593

  • Fan F, Chen D, Zhao Y, Wang H, Sun H, Sun K*; Rapid preliminary purity evaluation of tumor biopsies using deep learning approach. Comput Struct Biotechnol J, 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.06.007

  • Kun Sun, Lishi Li, Li Ma, Yu Zhao, Lin Deng, Wang H, Hao Sun. Msuite: A High-Performance and Versatile DNA Methylation Data-Analysis Toolkit. Patterns,2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2020.100127.

  • Gene Chi Wai Man, Jianzhang Wang, Yi Song, Jack Ho Wong, Yu Zhao, Tat San Lau, Kam Tong Leung, Tak Hang Chan, Huating Wang, Joseph Kwong, Tzi Bun Ng & Chi Chiu Wang; Therapeutic potential of a novel prodrug of green tea extract in induction of apoptosis via ERK/JNK and Akt signaling pathway in human endometrial cancer. BMC Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbab195

  • Sun, K., Wang H & Sun, H; NAMS webserver: coding potential assessment and functional annotation of plant transcripts. Briefings in Bioinformatics, https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbaa200

  • Shen’ao Zhou, Wei Zhang, Gaihong Cai, Yingzhe Ding, Caixia Wei, Sheng Li, Yu Yang, Jie Qin, Dan Liu, Hao Zhang, Xiexiang Shao, Jianhua Wang, Hongye Wang, Wenjun Yang, Huating Wang, She Chen, Ping Hu & Liming Sun; Myofiber necroptosis promotes muscle stem cell proliferation via releasing Tenascin-C during regeneration. Cell Research, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-020-00393-6

  • Yuying Li, Jie Yuan, Fengyuan Chen, Suyang Zhang, Yu Zhao, Xiaona Chen, Leina Lu, Liang Zhou, Ching Yan Chu, Hao Sun, Huating Wang; Long noncoding RNA SAM promotes myoblast proliferation through stabilizing Sugt1 and facilitating kinetochore assembly. Nat Commun, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16553-6

  • Linlin Hou, Yuanjie Wei, Yingying Lin, Xiwei Wang, Yiwei Lai, Menghui Yin, Yanpu Chen, Xiangpeng Guo, Senbin Wu, Yindi Zhu, Jie Yuan, Muqddas Tariq, Na Li, Hao Sun, Huating Wang, Xiaofei Zhang, Jiekai Chen, Xichen Bao, Ralf Jauch; Concurrent binding to DNA and RNA facilitates the pluripotency reprogramming activity of Sox2. Nucleic Acids Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa067

2019

  • Yu Zhao, Jiajian Zhou, Liangqiang He, Yuying Li, Jie Yuan, Kun Sun, Xiaona Chen, Xichen Bao, Miguel A. Esteban, Hao Sun, Wang H, MyoD induced enhancer RNA interacts with hnRNPL to activate target gene transcription during myogenic differentiation. Nat Commun 10, 5787 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13598-0

  • Malik V, Glaser LV, Zimmer D, Velychko S, Weng M, Holzner M, Arend M, Chen Y, Srivastava Y, Veerapandian V, Shah Z, Esteban MA, Wang H, Chen J, Scholer HR, Hutchins AP, Meijsing SH, Pott S, Jauch R. Pluripotency reprogramming by competent and incompetent POU factors uncovers temporal dependency for Oct4 and Sox2. Nat Commun. 2019 Aug 2;10(1):3477.

  • Zhou J, So KK, Li Y, Li Y, Yuan J, Ding Y, Chen F, Huang Y, Liu J, Lee W, Li G, Ju Z, Sun H, Wang H; Elevated H3K27ac in aged skeletal muscle leads to increase in extracellular matrix and fibrogenic conversion of muscle satellite cells. Aging Cell 2019 Jul 20:e12996.

  • Chen F, Zhou J, Li Y, Zhao Y, Yuan J, Cao Y, Wang L, Zhang Z, Zhang B, Wang CC, Cheung TH, Wu Z, Wong CC, Sun H, Wang H; YY1 regulates skeletal muscle regeneration through controlling metabolic reprogramming of satellite cells. EMBO J. 2019 May 15;38(10).

  • Yuan J, Zhou J, Wang H, Sun H; SKmDB: an integrated database of next generation sequencing information in skeletal muscle. Bioinformatics 2019 Mar 1;35(5):847-855.

  • 2018

  • Peterson JM, Wang DJ, Shettigar V, Roof SR, Canan BD, Bakkar N, Shintaku J, Gu JM, Little SC, Ratnam NM, Londhe P, Lu L, Gaw CE, Petrosino JM, Liyanarachchi S, Wang H, Janssen PML, Davis JP, Ziolo MT, Sharma SM, Guttridge DC. NF-kappaB inhibition rescues cardiac function by remodeling calcium genes in a Duchenne muscular dystrophy model. Nat Commun. 2018 Aug 24;9(1):3431.

  • Sun K, Wang J, Wang H, Sun H. GeneCT: a generalizable cancerous status and tissue origin classifier for pan-cancer biopsies. Bioinformatics 2018 Dec 1; 34(23):4129-4130.

  • Yao M, Zhou X, Zhou J, Gong S, Hu G, Li J, Huang K, Lai P, Shi G, Hutchins AP, Sun H, Wang H and Yao H. PCGF5 is required for neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells. Nat Commun. 2018 May 15;9(1):1463.

  • Zhou J, Huang Y, Ding Y, Yuan J, Wang H, Sun H. lncFunTK: A toolkit for functional annotation of long noncoding RNAs. Bioinformatics 2018 Oct 1;34(19):3415-3416.

  • Bao X, Guo X, Yin M, Tariq M, Lai Y, Kanwal S, Zhou J, Li N, Lv Y, Pulido-Quetglas C, Wang X, Ji L, Khan MJ, Zhu X, Luo Z, Shao C, Lim DH, Liu X, Li N, Wang W, He M, Liu YL, Ward C, Wang T, Zhang G, Wang D, Yang J, Chen Y, Zhang C, Jauch R, Yang YG, Wang Y, Qin B, Anko ML, Hutchins AP, Sun H, Wang H, Fu XD, Zhang B, and Esteban MA. Capturing the interactome of newly transcribed RNA. Nat Methods. 2018 Mar;15(3):213-220.

  • Li Y, Chen X, Sun H, Wang H. Long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of skeletal myogenesis and diseases. Cancer Lett. 2018 Mar 28;417:58-64.

  • So KK, Peng XL, Sun H, Wang H. Whole Genome Chromatin IP-Sequencing (ChIP-Seq) in Skeletal Muscle Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1668:15-25.

  • 2017

    • Zhang J, Jiang Y, Zhao Y, Wang W, Xie Y, Wang H, Yang Y. Downregulation of tyrosine threonine kinase inhibits tumor growth via G2/M arrest in human endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma. Tumour Biol. 2017 Jul;39(7):1010428317712444.

    • Sun K, Wang H, Sun H. mTFkb: a knowledgebase for fundamental annotation of mouse transcription factors. Sci Rep. 2017 Jun 8; 7(1):3022.

    • An Y, Wang G, Diao Y, Long Y, Fu X, Weng M, Zhou L, Sun K, Cheung TH, Ip NY, Sun H, Wang H, Wu Z. A Molecular Switch Regulating Cell Fate Choice between Muscle Progenitor Cells and Brown Adipocytes. Dev Cell. 2017 May 22;41(4):382-391.e5.

    • Peng X, So KK, He L, Zhao Y, Zhou J, Li Y, Yao M, Xu B, Zhang S, Yao H, Hu P, Sun H, Wang H. MyoD- and FoxO3-mediated hotspot interaction orchestrates super-enhancer activity during myogenic differentiation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2017 Sep 6;45(15):8785-8805.

    • Zhou J, Zhang S, Wang H, Sun H. LncFunNet: an integrated computational framework for identification of functional long noncoding RNAs in mouse skeletal muscle cells. Nucleic Acid Res. 2017 Jul 7;45(12):e108.

    • Chen X, He L, Zhao Y, Li Y, Zhang S, Sun K, So K, Chen F, Zhou L, Lu L, Wang L, Zhu X, Bao X, Esteban MA, Nakagawa S, Prasanth KV, Wu Z, Sun H, Wang H. Malat1 regulates myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration through modulating MyoD transcriptional activity. Cell Discov. 2017 Mar 14;3:17002.

    • Peng X, Sun K, Zhou J, Sun H, Wang H. Bioinformatics for Novel Long Intergenic Noncoding RNA (lincRNA) Identification in Skeletal Muscle Cells. Peng X, Sun K, Zhou J, Sun H, Wang H. Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1556:355-362.

    2016

  • Stunnenberg HG, International Human Epigenome Consortium., Hirst M. The International Human Epigenome Consortium: A Blueprint for Scientific Collaboration and Discovery. Cell 2016 Nov 17;167(5):1145-1149.

  • Tsang DP, Wu WK, Kang W, Lee YY, Wu F, Yu Z, Xiong L, Chan AW, Tong JH, Yang W, Li MS, Lau SS, Li X, Lee SD, Yang Y, Lai PB, Yu DY, Xu G, Lo KW, Chan MT, Wang H, Lee TL, Yu J, Wong N, Yip KY, To KF, Cheng AS. Yin Yang 1-mediated epigenetic silencing of tumour-suppressive microRNAs activates nuclear factor-?B in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Pathol. 2016 Apr;238(5):651-64.

  • Zhu H, Xiao F, Wang G, Wei X, Jiang L, Chen Y, Zhu L, Wang H, Diao Y, Wang H, Ip NY, Cheung TH, Wu Z. STAT3 Regulates Self-Renewal of Adult Muscle Satellite Cells during Injury-Induced Muscle Regeneration. Cell Rep. 2016 Aug 23;16(8):2102-15.

  • Zhao Y, Sun H, Wang H. Long noncoding RNAs in DNA methylation: new players stepping into the old game. Cell Biosci. 2016 Jul 11;6:45.

  • Sun K, Zhou L, Zhao Y, Wang H, Sun H. Genome-wide RNA-seq and ChIP-seq reveal Linc-YY1 function in regulating YY1/PRC2 activity during skeletal myogenesis. Genomics Data 2016, Mar;7:247-249.

  • 2015

  • Zhou L, Sun K, Zhao Y, Zhang S, Wang X, Li Y, Lu L, Chen X, Chen F, Bao X, Zhu X, Wang L, Tang LY, Esteban MA, Wang R, Jauch R, Sun H, Wang H. Linc-YY1, a novel functional long non-coding RNA in myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration. Nat Commun. 2015, Dec 11;6:10026. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10026.

  • Fu X, Xiao J, Wei Y, Li S, Liu Y, Yin J, Sun K, Sun H, Wang H, Zhang Z, Zhang BT, Sheng C, Wang H, Hu P. Combination of Inflammation-related Cytokines Promotes Long-term Muscle Stem Cell Expansion. Cell Res. 2015 Jun; 25(6):655-673. DOI:10.1038/cr.2015.58.

  • Wang L, Zhao Y, Bao X, Zhu X, Kwok YK, Sun K, Chen X, Huang Y, Jauch R, Esteban MA, Sun H, Wang H. LncRNA Dum Interacts with Dnmts to Regulate Dppa2 Expression during Myogenic Differentiation and Muscle Regeneration. Cell Res. 2015 Mar; 25(3):335?350. DOI:10.1038/cr.2015.21.

  • Fu X, Wang H, Hu P. Stem Cell Activation in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2015 May; 72(9):1663-1677. DOI:10.1007/s00018-014-1819-5.

  • Bao X, Wu H, Zhu X, Guo X, Hutchins AP, Luo Z, Song H, Chen Y, Lai K, Yin M, Xu L, Zhou L, Chen J, Wang D, Qin B, Frampton J, Tse HF, Pei D, Wang H, Zhang B, Esteban MA. The p53-induced LincRNA-p21 Derails Somatic cell Reprogramming by Sustaining H3K9me3 and CpG Methylation at Pluripotency Gene Promoters. Cell Res. 2015 Jan; 25(1):80?92. DOI:10.1038/cr.2014.165.

  • 2014

  • Liu L, Xu Y, He M, Zhang M, Cui F, Lu L, Yao M, Tian W, Benda C, Zhuang Q, Huang Z, Li W, Li X, Zhao P, Fan W, Luo Z, Li Y, Wu Y, Hutchins AP, Wang D, Tse HF, Schambach A, Frampton J, Qin B, Bao X, Yao H, Zhang B, Sun H, Pei D, Wang H, Wang J, Esteban MA. Transcriptional Pause Release is a Rate-limiting Step for Somatic Cell Reprogramming. Cell Stem Cell. 2014 Nov 6; 15(5):574-88. DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2014.09.018.

  • Zhao Y, Yang Y, Trovik J, Sun K, Zhou L, Jiang P, Lau TS, Hoivik EA, Salvesen HB, Sun H, Wang H. A Novel Wnt Regulatory Axis in Endometrioid Endometrial Cancer. Cancer Res. 2014 Sep 15; 74(18):5103-17. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-0427.

  • Sun K, Yuen Y, Wang H, Sun H. Online Diagnosis System: A Webserver for Analysis of Sanger Sequencing-based Genetic Testing Data. Methods 2014 Oct 1; 69(3):230-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.07.002.

  • Jiang P, Sun K, Lun F, Guo AM, Wang H, Chan KC, Chiu RW, Lo YM, Sun H. Methy-Pipe: An Integrated Bioinformatics Pipeline for Whole Genome Bisulfite Sequencing Data Analysis. PLoS One 2014 Jun 19; 9(6):e100360. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0100360.

  • Sun K, Zhao Y, Wang H, Sun H. Sebnif: An Integrated Bioinformatics Pipeline for the Identification of Novel Large Intergenic Noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) - Application in Human Skeletal Muscle Cells. PLoS One 2014 Jan 6; 9(1):e84500. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0084500.

  • Sun K, Lu L, Wang H, Sun H. Genome-wide profiling of YY1 binding sites during skeletal myogenesis. Genomics Data 2014, 2:89-91.

  • 2013

  • Lu L, Sun K, Chen X, Zhao Y, Wang L, Zhou L, Sun H, Wang H. Genome-wide Survey Reveals YY1 Regulation of LincRNA in Skeletal Myogenesis. EMBO J. 2013 Oct 2; 32(19): 2575?2588. DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.182.

  • Song X, Wang M, Chen YP, Wang H, Han P, Sun H. Prediction of Pre-miRNA with Multiple Stem-loops Using Pruning Algorithm. Comput Biol Med. 2013 Jun; 43(5): 409?416. DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2013.02.003.

  • Sun K, Chen X, Jiang P, Song X, Wang H, Sun H. iSeeRNA: Identification of Long Intergenic Non-coding RNA Transcripts from Transcriptome Sequencing Data. BMC Genomics. 2013, 14 Suppl 2:S7 DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-14-S2-S7.

  • Guo AM, Sun K, Su X, Wang H, Sun H. YY1 TargetDB: An Integral Information Resource for Yin Yang 1 Target Loci. Database (Oxford) 2013 Feb 14; 2013:bat007. DOI: 10.1093/database/bat007.

  • Wang S, Cheng Y, Du W, Lu L, Zhou L, Wang H, Kang W, Li X, Tao Q, Sung JJ, Yu J. Zinc-finger Protein 545 is a Novel Tumour Suppressor that Acts by Inhibiting Ribosomal RNA Transcription in Gastric Cancer. Gut 2013 Jun; 62(6):833-41. DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301776.

  • Yang Y, Zhou L, Lu L, Wang L, Li X, Jiang P, Chan LK, Zhang T, Yu J, Kwong J, Cheung TH, Chung T, Mak K, Sun H, Wang H. A Novel miR-193a-5p-YY1-APC Regulatory Axis in Human Endometrioid Endometrial Adenocarcinoma. Oncogene 2013 Jul 18;32(29):3432-42. DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.360.

  • 2012

  • Diao Y, Guo X, Li Y, Sun K, Lu L, Jiang L, Fu X, Zhu H, Sun H, Wang H, Wu Z. Pax3/7BP is a Pax7- and Pax3-binding Protein that Regulates the Proliferation of Muscle Precursor Cells by an Epigenetic Mechanism. Cell Stem Cell 2012 Aug 3;11(2):231-241. DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.05.022.

  • Zhou L, Wang L, Lu L, Jiang P, Sun H, Wang H. A Novel Target of microRNA-29, Ring1 and YY1 Binding Protein (Rybp), Negatively Regulates Skeletal Myogenesis. J Biol Chem. 2012 Jul 20; 287(30):25255-65. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.357053.

  • Zhou L, Wang L, Lu L, Jiang P, Sun H, Wang H. Inhibition of miR-29 by TGF-beta-Smad3 Signaling through Dual Mechanisms Promotes Transdifferentiation of Mouse Myoblasts into Myofibroblasts. PLoS One 2012; 7(3):e33766. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033766.

  • Wang L, Zhou L, Jiang P, Lu L, Chen X, Lan H, Guttridge DC, Sun H, Wang H. Loss of miR-29 in Myoblasts Contributes to Dystrophic Muscle Pathogenesis. Mol Ther. 2012 Jun; 20(6):1222-1233. DOI: 10.1038/mt.2012.35.

  • Lu L, Zhou L, Chen EZ, Sun K, Jiang P, Wang L, Su X, Sun H, Wang H. A Novel YY1-miR-1 Regulatory Circuit in Skeletal Myogenesis Revealed by Genome-wide Prediction of YY1-miRNA Network. PLoS One 2012; 7(2):e27596. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027596.

  • Before 2010

  • Acharyya S, Sharma SM, Cheng AS, Ladner KJ, He W, Kline W, Wang H, Ostrowski MC, Huang TH, Guttridge DC. TNF Inhibits Notch-1 in Skeletal Muscle Cells by Ezh2 and DNA Methylation Mediated Repression: Implications in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. PLoS One 2010 Aug 30;5(8):e12479. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012479.

  • Raices RM; Kannan Y, Bellamkonda-Athmaram V, Seshadri S, Wang H, Guttridge DC, Wewers MD. A Novel Role for IkappaBzeta in the Regulation of IFNgamma Production. PLoS One 2009 Aug 26;4(8):e6776. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006776.

  • Wang H, Sun H and Guttridge DC. MicroRNAs: Novel Components in a Muscle Gene Regulatory Network. Cell Cycle 2009 Jun 15;8(12):1833-7. DOI:10.4161/cc.8.12.8851.

  • Wang H, Garzon R, Sun H, Ladner KJ, Singh R, Dahlman J, Cheng A, Hall BM, Qualman SJ, Chandler DS, Croce CM, Guttridge DC. NF-kappaB-YY1-miR-29 Regulatory Circuitry in Skeletal Myogenesis and Rhabdomyosarcoma. Cancer Cell 2008 Nov 4; 14(5):369-381. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2008.10.006.

  • Bakkar N, Wang J, Ladner KJ, Wang H, Dahlman JM, Carathers M, Acharyya S, Rudnicki MA, Hollenbach AD, Guttridge DC. IKK/NF-kappaB Regulates Skeletal Myogenesis Via a Signaling Switch to Inhibit Differentiation and Promote Mitochondrial Biogenesis. J Cell Biol. 2008 Feb; 25;180(4):787-802. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200707179.

  • Wang H, Hertlein E, Bakkar N, Sun H, Acharyya S, Wang J, Carathers M, Davuluri R, Guttridge DC. NF-kappaB Regulation of YY1 Inhibits Skeletal Myogenesis through Transcriptional Silencing of Myofibrillar Genes. Mol. Cell. Biol. 2007 Jun; 27(12):4374-4387. DOI: 10.1128/MCB.02020-06

  • Garzon R, Richiorri F, Palumbo T, Visentini M, Aqeilan R, Cimmino A, Wang H, Sun H, Volinia S, Alder H, Calin GA, Liu CG, Andreeff M, Croce C M. MicroRNA Gene Expression during Retinoic Acid-induced Differentiation of Human Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Oncogene 2007, 26(28), 4148-4157.

  • Dorweiler IJ, Ruone SJ, Wang H, Burry RW, Mansky, LM. Role of the Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 PTAP Motif in Gag Targeting and Particle Release. Journal of Virology 2006, 80(7), 3634?3643. doi.org/10.1128/JVI.80.7.3634-3643.2006

  • Acharyya S, Butchbach ME, Sahenk Z, Wang H, Saji M, Carathers M, Ringel MD, Skipworth RJ, Fearon KC, Hollingsworth MA, Muscarella P, Burghes AH, Rafael-Fortney JA, Guttridge DC. Dystrophin Glycoprotein Complex Dysfunction: A Regulatory Link Between Muscular Dystrophy and Cancer Cachexia. Cancer Cell 2005 Nov;8 (5):421-432. DOI:10.1016/j.ccr.2005.10.004