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·Wu Q, Guo J, Liu Y, Zheng Q, Li X, Wu C, Fang D, Chen X, Ma L, Xu P, Xu X, Liao C, Wu M, Shen L*, Song H. YAP drives fate conversion and chemoresistance of small cell lung cancer. Sci Adv. 2021;7(40):eabg1850.

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·Zhang J, Zhang YL, Zhao LW, Guo JX, Yu JL, Ji SY, Cao LR, Zhang SY, Shen L, Ou XH, Fan HY. Mammalian nucleolar protein DCAF13 is essential for ovarian follicle maintenance and oocyte growth by mediating rRNA processing. Cell Death Differ. 2019;26(7):1251-66.

·Yuan B, Liu J, Cao J, Yu Y, Zhang H, Wang F, Zhu Y, Xiao M, Liu S, Ye Y, Ma L, Xu D, Xu N, Li Y, Zhao B, Xu P, Jin J, Xu J, Chen X, Shen L, Lin X, Feng XH. PTPN3 acts as a tumor suppressor and boosts TGF-beta signaling independent of its phosphatase activity. EMBO J. 2019;38(14):e99945.

·Wu S, Zhang Q, Zhang F, Meng F, Liu S, Zhou R, Wu Q, Li X, Shen L, Huang J, Qin J, Ouyang S, Xia Z, Song H, Feng XH, Zou J, Xu P. HER2 recruits AKT1 to disrupt STING signalling and suppress antiviral defence and antitumour immunity. Nat Cell Biol. 2019;21(8):1027-40.

·Rong Y, Ji SY, Zhu YZ, Wu YW, Shen L, Fan HY. ZAR1 and ZAR2 are required for oocyte meiotic maturation by regulating the maternal transcriptome and mRNA translational activation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019;47(21):11387-402.

·Fan KQ, Li YY, Wang HL, Mao XT, Guo JX, Wang F, Huang LJ, Li YN, Ma XY, Gao ZJ, Chen W, Qian DD, Xue WJ, Cao Q, Zhang L, Shen L, Zhang L, Tong C, Zhong JY, Lu W, Lu L, Ren KM, Zhong G, Wang Y, Tang M, Feng XH, Chai RJ, Jin J. Stress-Induced Metabolic Disorder in Peripheral CD4(+) T Cells Leads to Anxiety-like Behavior. Cell. 2019;179(4):864-79 e19.

·Sha QQ, Yu JL, Guo JX, Dai XX, Jiang JC, Zhang YL, Yu C, Ji SY, Jiang Y, Zhang SY, Shen L, Ou XH, Fan HY. CNOT6L couples the selective degradation of maternal transcripts to meiotic cell cycle progression in mouse oocyte. EMBO J. 2018;37(24).

·Matoba S, Wang H, Jiang L, Lu F, Iwabuchi KA, Wu X, Inoue K, Yang L, Press W, Lee JT, Ogura A, Shen L*, Zhang Y*. Loss of H3K27me3 Imprinting in Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryos Disrupts Post-Implantation Development. Cell Stem Cell. 2018;23(3):343-54 e5.

·Diao D, Wang H, Li T, Shi Z, Jin X, Sperka T, Zhu X, Zhang M, Yang F, Cong Y, Shen L, Zhan Q, Yan J, Song Z, Ju Z. Telomeric epigenetic response mediated by Gadd45a regulates stem cell aging and lifespan. EMBO Rep. 2018;19(10).

·Yu C, Fan X, Sha QQ, Wang HH, Li BT, Dai XX, Shen L, Liu J, Wang L, Liu K, Tang F, Fan HY. CFP1 Regulates Histone H3K4 Trimethylation and Developmental Potential in Mouse Oocytes. Cell Rep. 2017;20(5):1161-72.

·Liu S, Chen S, Li X, Wu S, Zhang Q, Jin Q, Hu L, Zhou R, Yu Z, Meng F, Wang S, Huang Y, Ye S, Shen L, Xia Z, Zou J, Feng XH, Xu P. Lck/Hck/Fgr-Mediated Tyrosine Phosphorylation Negatively Regulates TBK1 to Restrain Innate Antiviral Responses. Cell Host Microbe. 2017;21(6):754-68 e5.

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·Lee CC#, Peng SH#, Shen L#, Lee CF, Du TH, Kang ML, Xu GL, Upadhyay AK, Cheng X, Yan YT, Zhang Y, Juan LJ. The Role of N-alpha-acetyltransferase 10 Protein in DNA Methylation and Genomic Imprinting. Mol Cell. 2017;68(1):89-103 e7.

·Guo A, Huang S, Yu J, Wang H, Li H, Pei G*, Shen L*. Single-Cell Dynamic Analysis of Mitosis in Haploid Embryonic Stem Cells Shows the Prolonged Metaphase and Its Association with Self-diploidization. Stem Cell Reports. 2017;8(5):1124-34.

·Gao L, Guan W, Wang M, Wang H, Yu J, Liu Q, Qiu B, Yu Y, Ping Y, Bian X, Shen L*, Pei G*. Direct Generation of Human Neuronal Cells from Adult Astrocytes by Small Molecules. Stem Cell Reports. 2017;8(3):538-47.

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·Inoue A, Shen L, Matoba S, Zhang Y. Haploinsufficiency, but not defective paternal 5mC oxidation, accounts for the developmental defects of maternal Tet3 knockouts. Cell Rep. 2015;10(4):463-70.

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·Lin FJ, Shen L, Jang CW, Falnes PO, Zhang Y. Ikbkap/Elp1 deficiency causes male infertility by disrupting meiotic progression. PLoS Genet. 2013;9(5):e1003516. 

·He J, Shen L, Wan M, Taranova O, Wu H, Zhang Y. Kdm2b maintains murine embryonic stem cell status by recruiting PRC1 complex to CpG islands of developmental genes. Nat Cell Biol. 2013;15(4):373-84.

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·Yu YX, Shen L, Xia P, Tang YW, Bao L, Pei G. Syntaxin 1A promotes the endocytic sorting of EAAC1 leading to inhibition of glutamate transport. J Cell Sci. 2006;119(Pt 18):3776-87.

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