Publications

Selected Publications

2010-Present

2024

Tan L, Yin T, Xiang H, Wang L, Mudgal P, Chen J, Ding Y, Wang G, Lim BJW, Huang Y, Huang D, Liang Y, Alexander P, Xiang K, Wang E, Yan C, Ma Z, Tan M, Li QJ, Wang XF. Aberrant cytoplasmic expression of UHRF1 restrains the MHC-I-mediated anti-tumor immune response. Nature Communications. 2024

Xiang K#, Wang E#, Mantyh J, Rupprecht G, Negrete M, Sanati G, Hsu C, Randon P, Dohlman A, Kretzschmar K, Bose S, Giroux N, Ding S, Wang L, Prado J, Huang Q, Sundaramoorthy P, Xi R, McCall S, Wang Z, Jiang C, Kang Y, Kopetz S, Crawford G, Lipkin S, Wang XF, Clevers H, Hsu D, Shen X, Chromatin Remodeling in Patient-Derived Colorectal Cancer Models. Advanced Science. 2024

Yin T, Wang G, Wang L, Mudgal P, Wang E, Pan C, Alexander P, Wu H, Cao C, Liang Y, Tan L, Huang D, Chong M, Chen R, Lim BJW, Xiang K, Xue W, Wan L, Hu H, Loh YH, Wang XF, Li QJ. Breaking NGF-TrkA Immunosuppression in Melanoma Sensitizes Immunotherapy for Durable Memory T Cell Protection. Nature Immunology. 2024

2023

Liang Y, Pan C, Yin T, Wang L, Gao X, Wang E, Quang H, Huang D, Tan L, Xiang K, Wang Y, Alexander PB, Li QJ, Yao TP, Zhang Z, Wang XF. Branched-chain amino acid accumulation fuels the senescence-associated secretory phenotype. Advanced Science. 2023

Pan C, Maeso-Díaz R, Lewis RT, Xiang K, Tan L, Liang Y, Wang L, Yang F, Yin T, Wang C, Du K, Huang D, Oh SH, Wang E, Lim BJW, Chong M, Alexander PB, Yao X, Arshavsky VY, Li QJ, Diehl AM, Wang XF. Antagonizing the irreversible thrombomodulin-initiated proteolytic signaling alleviates ages-related liver fibrosis via senescent cell killing. Cell Research. 2023

2022

Wang E*, Xiang K*, Zhang Y, Wang XF. Patient derived organoids (PDOs) and PDO-derived xenografts (PDOXs): New opportunities in establishing faithful preclinical cancer models. Journal of the National Cancer Center. 2022

Huang D, Wang Y, Thompson JW, Yin T, Alexander PB, Qin D, Mudgal P, Wu H, Liang Y, Tan L, Pan C, Yuan L, Wan Y, Li QJ, Wang XF. Cancer-cell-derived GABA promotes β-catenin-mediated tumour growth and immunosuppression. Nat Cell Biol. 2022

2021

Wang G, Mudgal P, Wang L, Shuen TWH, Wu H, Alexander PB, Wang WW, Wan Y, Toh HC, Wang XF, Li QJ. TCR repertoire characteristics predict clinical response to adoptive CTL therapy against nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Oncoimmunology. 2021

Christian LS, Wang L, Lim B, Deng D, Wu H, Wang XF, Li QJ. Resident memory T cells in tumor-distant tissues fortify against metastasis formation. Cell Rep. 2021

2020

Yuan L, Alexander PB, Wang XF. Cellular senescence: from anti-cancer weapon to anti-aging target. Sci China Life Sci. 2020

2019

Yuan YM, Ma N, Zhang EB, Chen TW, Jiang H, Yin FF, Wang JJ, Zhang FK, Ni QZ, Wang X, Bao Y, Wang K, Cheng SQ, Zhang XL, Wang XF, Li JJ, Xie D. BMP10 suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma progression via PTPRS-STAT3 axis. Oncogene. 2019

Chen TW, Yin FF, Yuan YM, Guan DX, Zhang E, Zhang FK, Jiang H, Ma N, Wang JJ, Ni QZ, Qiu L, Feng J, Zhang XL, Bao Y, Wang K, Cheng SQ, Wang XF, Wang X, Li JJ, Xie D. CHML promotes liver cancer metastasis by facilitating Rab14 recycle. Nat Commun. 2019

2018

Xiao FH, Chen XQ, Yu Q, Ye Y, Liu YW, Yan D, Yang LQ, Chen G, Lin R, Yang L, Liao X, Zhang W, Zhang W, Tang NL, Wang XF, Zhou J, Cai WW, He YH, Kong QP. Transcriptome evidence reveals enhanced autophagy-lysosomal function in centenarians. Genome Res. 2018

Ding Y, Gong C, Huang, Chen R, Sui P, Lin KH, Liang G, Yuan L, Xiang H, Chen J, Yin T, Alexander PB, Wang QF, Song EW, Li QJ, Wood KC, Wang XF. Synthetic lethality between HER2 and transaldolase in intrinsically resistant HER2-positive breast cancers. Nat Commun. 2018

Chong M, Yin T, Chen R, Xiang H, Yuan L, Ding Y, Pan CC, Tang Z, Alexander PB, Li QJ, Wang XF. CD36 initiates the secretory phenotype during the establishment of cellular senescence. EMBO Rep. 2018

Yuan L, Zhai L, Qian L, Huang, Ding Y, Xiang H, Liu X, Thompson JW, Liu J, He YH, Chen XQ, Hu J, Kong QP, Tan M, Wang XF. Switching off IMMP2L signaling drives senescence via simultaneous metabolic alteration and blockage of cell death. Cell Res. 2018

Li JJ, Yin HK, Guan DX, Zhao JS, Feng YX, Deng YZ, Wang X, Li N, Wang XF, Cheng SQ, Bao Y, Xie D. Chemerin suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis through CMKLR1-PTEN-Akt axis. Br J Cancer. 2018

Deng YZ, Cai Z, Shi S, Jiang H, Shang YR, Ma N, Wang JJ, Guan DX, Chen TW, Rong YF, Qian ZY, Zhang EB, Feng D, Zhou QL, Du YN, Liu DP, Huang XX, Liu LM, Chin E, Li DS, Wang XF, Zhang XL, Xie D. Cilia loss sensitizes cells to transformation by activating the mevalonate pathway. J Exp Med. 2018

2017

Xiang H, Yuan L, Gao X, Alexander PB, Lopez O, Lau C, Ding Y, Chong M, Sun T, Chen R, Liu SQ, Wu H, Wan Y, Randell SH, Li QJ, Wang XF. UHRF1 is required for basal stem cell proliferation in response to airway injury. Cell Discov. 2017

Zhang Y, Alexander PB, Wang XF. TGF-β Family Signaling in the Control of Cell Proliferation and Survival. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2017

Alexander PB, Chen R, Gong C, Yuan L, Jasper JS, Ding Y, Markowitz GJ, Yang P, Xu X, McDonnell DP, Song E, Wang XF. Distinct Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Subsets Mediate Anti-HER2 Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer. J Biol Chem. 2017

2016

Liu Z, Kundu-Roy T, Matsuura I, Wang G, Lin Y, Lou YR, Barnard NJ, Wang XF, Huang MT, Suh N, Liu F. Carcinogen 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced mammary tumorigenesis is accelerated in Smad3 heterozygous mice compared to Smad3 wild type mice. Oncotarget. 2016

Hu J, Wang XF. HIF-miR-215-KDM1B promotes glioma-initiating cell adaptation to hypoxia. Cell Cycle. 2016

Bao WD, Fan Y, Deng YZ, Long LY, Wang JJ, Guan DX, Qian ZY, An P, Feng YY, He ZY, Wang XF, Phillip Koeffler H, Hu R, Wang J, Wang X, Wang F, Li JJ, Xie D. Iron overload in hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 induces liver injury through the Sp1/Tfr2/hepcidin axis. J Hepatol. 2016

Markowitz GJ, Yang P, Fu J, Michelotti GA, Chen R, Sui J, Yang B, Qin WH, Zhang Z, Wang FS, Diehl AM, Li QJ, Wang H, Wang XF. Inflammation-Dependent IL18 Signaling Restricts Hepatocellular Carcinoma Growth by Enhancing the Accumulation and Activity of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes. Cancer Res. 2016

Xu X, Zhang Y, Jasper J, Lykken E, Alexander PB, Markowitz GJ, McDonnell DP, Li QJ, Wang XF. MiR-148a functions to suppress metastasis and serves as a prognostic indicator in triple-negative breast cancer. Oncotarget. 2016

Hu J, Sun T, Wang H, Chen Z, Wang S, Yuan L, Liu T, Li HR, Wang P, Feng Y, Wang Q, McLendon RE, Friedman AH, Keir ST, Bigner DD, Rathmell J, Fu XD, Li QJ, Wang H, Wang XF. MiR-215 Is Induced Post-transcriptionally via HIF-Drosha Complex and Mediates Glioma-Initiating Cell Adaptation to Hypoxia by Targeting KDM1B. Cancer Cell. 2016

Yang P, Zhang Y, Markowitz GJ, Guo X, Wang XF. TGF-β-Regulated MicroRNAs and Their Function in Cancer Biology. Methods Mol Biol. 2016

Hu J, Markowitz G, Wang XF. Isolation of Glioma-Initiating Cells for Biological Study. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016

2015

Biernacka A, Cavalera M, Wang J, Russo I, Shinde A, Kong P, Gonzalez-Quesada C, Rai V, Dobaczewski M, Lee DW, Wang XF, Frangogiannis NG. Smad3 Signaling Promotes Fibrosis While Preserving Cardiac and Aortic Geometry in Obese Diabetic Mice. Circ Heart Fail. 2015

Alexander PB, Wang XF. Resistance to receptor tyrosine kinase inhibition in cancer: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies. Front Med. 2015

Zhang Y, Wang XF. A niche role for cancer exosomes in metastasis. Nat Cell Biol. 2015

Markowitz GJ, Michelotti GA, Diehl AM, Wang XF. Inflammatory models drastically alter tumor growth and the immune microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma. Sci Bull (Beijing). 2015

Alexander PB, Yuan L, Yang P, Sun T, Chen R, Xiang H, Chen J, Wu H, Radiloff DR, Wang XF. EGF promotes mammalian cell growth by suppressing cellular senescence. Cell Res. 2015

2014

Wang XF, Korangy F. Intrahepatic landscape of regulatory T-cell subsets in chronically HCV-infected patients with cirrhosis and HCC. Hepatology. 2014

Wang H, Sun T, Hu J, Zhang R, Rao Y, Wang S, Chen R, McLendon RE, Friedman AH, Keir ST, Bigner DD, Li QJ, Wang H, Wang XF. miR-33a promotes glioma-initiating cell self-renewal via PKA and NOTCH pathways. J Clin Invest. 2014

Hu J, Wang XF. COUP-TFII and AKT are cancer targets pursued by SCBA award winners. Cell Biosci. 2014

Yang P, Markowitz GJ, Wang XF. The hepatitis B virus-associated tumor microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma. Natl Sci Rev. 2014

Wang Q, Goldstein M, Alexander P, Wakeman TP, Sun T, Feng J, Lou Z, Kastan MB, Wang XF. Rad17 recruits the MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex to regulate the cellular response to DNA double-strand breaks. EMBO J. 2014

Zhang Y, Yang P, Wang XF. Microenvironmental regulation of cancer metastasis by miRNAs. Trends Cell Biol. 2014

2013

Kellenberger T, Krag S, Danielsen CC, Wang XF, Nyengaard JR, Pedersen L, Yang C, Gao S, Wogensen L. Differential effects of Smad3 targeting in a murine model of chronic kidney disease. Physiol Rep. 2013

Zhang Y, Yang P, Sun T, Li D, Xu X, Rui Y, Li C, Chong M, Ibrahim T, Mercatali L, Amadori D, Lu X, Xie D, Li QJ, Wang XF. miR-126 and miR-126* repress recruitment of mesenchymal stem cells and inflammatory monocytes to inhibit breast cancer metastasis. Nat Cell Biol. 2013

Curtis VF, Wang H, Yang P, McLendon RE, Li X, Zhou QY, Wang XF. A PK2/Bv8/PROK2 antagonist suppresses tumorigenic processes by inhibiting angiogenesis in glioma and blocking myeloid cell infiltration in pancreatic cancer. PLoS One. 2013

2012

Guo X, Wang XF. A mediator lost in the war on cancer. Cell. 2012

Zhang Y, Chen J, Li F, Li D, Xiong Q, Lin Y, Zhang D, Wang XF, Yang P, Rui YC. A pentapeptide monocyte locomotion inhibitory factor protects brain ischemia injury by targeting the eEF1A1/endothelial nitric oxide synthase pathway. Stroke. 2012

Yang P, Li QJ, Feng Y, Zhang Y, Markowitz GJ, Ning S, Deng Y, Zhao J, Jiang S, Yuan Y, Wang HY, Cheng SQ, Xie D, Wang XF. TGF-β-miR-34a-CCL22 signaling-induced Treg cell recruitment promotes venous metastases of HBV-positive hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Cell. 2012

Guo X, Wang XF. New secrets behind bone metastasis. Cell Res. 2012

Xu YP, Shi Y, Cui ZZ, Jiang HH, Li L, Wang XF, Zhou L, Mi QS. TGFβ/Smad3 signal pathway is not required for epidermal Langerhans cell development. J Invest Dermatol. 2012

Yong ST, Wang XF. A novel, non-apoptotic role for Scythe/BAT3: a functional switch between the pro- and anti-proliferative roles of p21 during the cell cycle. PLoS One. 2012

Wakeman TP, Wang Q, Feng J, Wang XF. Bat3 facilitates H3K79 dimethylation by DOT1L and promotes DNA damage-induced 53BP1 foci at G1/G2 cell-cycle phases. EMBO J. 2012

Chen YG, Li Z, Wang XF. Where PI3K/Akt meets Smads: the crosstalk determines human embryonic stem cell fate. Cell Stem Cell. 2012

2011

Tapia-González S, Giráldez-Pérez RM, Cuartero MI, Casarejos MJ, Mena MÁ, Wang XF, Sánchez-Capelo A. Dopamine and α-synuclein dysfunction in Smad3 null mice. Mol Neurodegener. 2011

Zhao JS, Li WJ, Ge D, Zhang PJ, Li JJ, Lu CL, Ji XD, Guan DX, Gao H, Xu LY, Li EM, Soukiasian H, Koeffler HP, Wang XF, Xie D. Tumor initiating cells in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas express high levels of CD44. PLoS One. 2011

Radiloff DR, Wakeman TP, Feng J, Schilling S, Seto E, Wang XF. Trefoil factor 1 acts to suppress senescence induced by oncogene activation during the cellular transformation process. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011

Feng YX, Wang T, Deng YZ, Yang P, Li JJ, Guan DX, Yao F, Zhu YQ, Qin Y, Wang H, Li N, Wu MC, Wang HY, Wang XF, Cheng SQ, Xie D. Sorafenib suppresses postsurgical recurrence and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma in an orthotopic mouse model. Hepatology. 2011

2010

Dobaczewski M, Bujak M, Li N, Gonzalez-Quesada C, Mendoza LH, Wang XF, Frangogiannis NG. Smad3 signaling critically regulates fibroblast phenotype and function in healing myocardial infarction. Circ Res. 2010

Zhang L, Park CH, Wu J, Kim H, Liu W, Fujita T, Balasubramani M, Schreiber EM, Wang XF, Wan Y. Proteolysis of Rad17 by Cdh1/APC regulates checkpoint termination and recovery from genotoxic stress. EMBO J. 2010

Feng YX, Zhao JS, Li JJ, Wang T, Cheng SQ, Yuan Y, Wang F, Wang XF, Xie D. Liver cancer: EphrinA2 promotes tumorigenicity through Rac1/Akt/NF-kappaB signaling pathway. Hepatology. 2010

Wang J, Wakeman TP, Lathia JD, Hjelmeland AB, Wang XF, White RR, Rich JN, Sullenger BA. Notch promotes radioresistance of glioma stem cells. Stem Cells. 2010

Before 2010

Chen YG, Wang XF. Finale: the last minutes of Smads. Cell. 2009

Feng J, Wakeman T, Yong S, Wu X, Kornbluth S, Wang XF. Protein phosphatase 2A-dependent dephosphorylation of replication protein A is required for the repair of DNA breaks induced by replication stress. Mol Cell Biol. 2009

Feng J, Wakeman T, Yong S, Wu X, Kornbluth S, Wang XF. Protein phosphatase 2A-dependent dephosphorylation of replication protein A is required for the repair of DNA breaks induced by replication stress. Mol Cell Biol. 2009

Hu G, Kang Y, Wang XF. From breast to the brain: unraveling the puzzle of metastasis organotropism. J Mol Cell Biol. 2009

Schilling SH, Hjelmeland AB, Radiloff DR, Liu IM, Wakeman TP, Fielhauer JR, Foster EH, Lathia JD, Rich JN, Wang XF, Datto MB. NDRG4 is required for cell cycle progression and survival in glioblastoma cells. J Biol Chem. 2009

Jardim MJ, Wang Q, Furumai R, Wakeman T, Goodman BK, Wang XF. Reduced ATR or Chk1 expression leads to chromosome instability and chemosensitization of mismatch repair-deficient colorectal cancer cells. Mol Biol Cell. 2009

Liu IM, Schilling SH, Knouse KA, Choy L, Derynck R, Wang XF. TGFbeta-stimulated Smad1/5 phosphorylation requires the ALK5 L45 loop and mediates the pro-migratory TGFbeta switch. EMBO J. 2009

Guo X, Wang XF. Signaling cross-talk between TGF-beta/BMP and other pathways. Cell Res. 2009

Guo X, Waddell DS, Wang W, Wang Z, Liberati NT, Yong S, Liu X, Wang XF. Ligand-dependent ubiquitination of Smad3 is regulated by casein kinase 1 gamma 2, an inhibitor of TGF-beta signaling. Oncogene. 2008

Ma C, Rong Y, Radiloff DR, Datto MB, Centeno B, Bao S, Cheng AW, Lin F, Jiang S, Yeatman TJ, Wang XF. Extracellular matrix protein betaig-h3/TGFBI promotes metastasis of colon cancer by enhancing cell extravasation. Genes Dev. 2008

Guo X, Ramirez A, Waddell DS, Li Z, Liu X, Wang XF. Axin and GSK3- control Smad3 protein stability and modulate TGF- signaling. Genes Dev. 2008

Schilling SH, Datto MB, Wang XF. A phosphatase controls the fate of receptor-regulated Smads. Cell. 2006

Jian H, Shen X, Liu I, Semenov M, He X, Wang XF. Smad3-dependent nuclear translocation of beta-catenin is required for TGF-beta1-induced proliferation of bone marrow-derived adult human mesenchymal stem cells. Genes Dev. 2006

Hjelmeland AB, Hjelmeland MD, Shi Q, Hart JL, Bigner DD, Wang XF, Kontos CD, Rich JN. Loss of phosphatase and tensin homologue increases transforming growth factor beta-mediated invasion with enhanced SMAD3 transcriptional activity. Cancer Res. 2005

Hjelmeland AB, Schilling SH, Guo X, Quarles D, Wang XF. Loss of Smad3-mediated negative regulation of Runx2 activity leads to an alteration in cell fate determination. Mol Cell Biol. 2005

Zhang J, Bao S, Furumai R, Kucera KS, Ali A, Dean NM, Wang XF. Protein phosphatase 5 is required for ATR-mediated checkpoint activation. Mol Cell Biol. 2005

Howard BA, Furumai R, Campa MJ, Rabbani ZN, Vujaskovic Z, Wang XF, Patz EF Jr. Stable RNA interference-mediated suppression of cyclophilin A diminishes non-small-cell lung tumor growth in vivo. Cancer Res. 2005

Datto M, Wang XF. Ubiquitin-mediated degradation a mechanism for fine-tuning TGF-beta signaling. Cell. 2005

Dang T, Bao S, Wang XF. Human Rad9 is required for the activation of S-phase checkpoint and the maintenance of chromosomal stability. Genes Cells. 2005

Shi Q, Bao S, Maxwell JA, Reese ED, Friedman HS, Bigner DD, Wang XF, Rich JN. Secreted protein acidic, rich in cysteine (SPARC), mediates cellular survival of gliomas through AKT activation. J Biol Chem. 2004

Fang Y, Tsao CC, Goodman BK, Furumai R, Tirado CA, Abraham RT, Wang XF. ATR functions as a gene dosage-dependent tumor suppressor on a mismatch repair-deficient background. EMBO J. 2004

Waddell DS, Liberati NT, Guo X, Frederick JP, Wang XF. Casein kinase Iepsilon plays a functional role in the transforming growth factor-beta signaling pathway. J Biol Chem. 2004

Shao R, Bao S, Bai X, Blanchette C, Anderson RM, Dang T, Gishizky ML, Marks JR, Wang XF. Acquired expression of periostin by human breast cancers promotes tumor angiogenesis through up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 expression. Mol Cell Biol. 2004

Bao S, Ouyang G, Bai X, Huang Z, Ma C, Liu M, Shao R, Anderson RM, Rich JN, Wang XF. Periostin potently promotes metastatic growth of colon cancer by augmenting cell survival via the Akt/PKB pathway. Cancer Cell. 2004

Frederick JP, Liberati NT, Waddell DS, Shi Y, Wang XF. Transforming growth factor beta-mediated transcriptional repression of c-myc is dependent on direct binding of Smad3 to a novel repressive Smad binding element. Mol Cell Biol. 2004

Ali A, Zhang J, Bao S, Liu I, Otterness D, Dean NM, Abraham RT, Wang XF. Requirement of protein phosphatase 5 in DNA-damage-induced ATM activation. Genes Dev. 2004

Chen W, Kirkbride KC, How T, Nelson CD, Mo J, Frederick JP, Wang XF, Lefkowitz RJ, Blobe GC. Beta-arrestin 2 mediates endocytosis of type III TGF-beta receptor and down-regulation of its signaling. Science. 2003

Rich JN, Shi Q, Hjelmeland M, Cummings TJ, Kuan CT, Bigner DD, Counter CM, Wang XF. Bone-related genes expressed in advanced malignancies induce invasion and metastasis in a genetically defined human cancer model. J Biol Chem. 2003

Frederick JP, Wang XF. Smads "freeze" when they ski. Structure. 2002

Hubbert C, Guardiola A, Shao R, Kawaguchi Y, Ito A, Nixon A, Yoshida M, Wang XF, Yao TP. HDAC6 is a microtubule-associated deacetylase. Nature. 2002

Liberati NT, Moniwa M, Borton AJ, Davie JR, Wang XF. An essential role for Mad homology domain 1 in the association of Smad3 with histone deacetylase activity*. J Biol Chem. 2001

Bao S, Tibbetts RS, Brumbaugh KM, Fang Y, Richardson DA, Ali A, Chen SM, Abraham RT, Wang XF. ATR/ATM-mediated phosphorylation of human Rad17 is required for genotoxic stress responses. Nature. 2001

Shen X, Li J, Hu PP, Waddell D, Zhang J, Wang XF. The activity of guanine exchange factor NET1 is essential for transforming growth factor-beta-mediated stress fiber formation. J Biol Chem

Rich JN, Guo C, McLendon RE, Bigner DD, Wang XF, Counter CM. A genetically tractable model of human glioma formation. Cancer Res. 2001

Rich J, Borton A, Wang X. Transforming growth factor-beta signaling in cancer. Microsc Res Tech. 2001

Datto M, Wang XF. The Smads: transcriptional regulation and mouse models. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2000

Hu PP, Shen X, Huang D, Liu Y, Counter C, Wang XF. The MEK pathway is required for stimulation of p21(WAF1/CIP1) by transforming growth factor-beta. J Biol Chem. 1999

Rich JN, Zhang M, Datto MB, Bigner DD, Wang XF. Transforming growth factor-beta-mediated p15(INK4B) induction and growth inhibition in astrocytes is SMAD3-dependent and a pathway prominently altered in human glioma cell lines. J Biol Chem. 1999

Liberati NT, Datto MB, Frederick JP, Shen X, Wong C, Rougier-Chapman EM, Wang XF. Smads bind directly to the Jun family of AP-1 transcription factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999

Datto MB, Frederick JP, Pan L, Borton AJ, Zhuang Y, Wang XF. Targeted disruption of Smad3 reveals an essential role in transforming growth factor beta-mediated signal transduction. Mol Cell Biol. 1999

Wong C, Rougier-Chapman EM, Frederick JP, Datto MB, Liberati NT, Li JM, Wang XF. Smad3-Smad4 and AP-1 complexes synergize in transcriptional activation of the c-Jun promoter by transforming growth factor beta. Mol Cell Biol. 1999

Shen X, Hu PP, Liberati NT, Datto MB, Frederick JP, Wang XF. TGF-beta-induced phosphorylation of Smad3 regulates its interaction with coactivator p300/CREB-binding protein. Mol Biol Cell. 1998

Bao S, Shen X, Shen K, Liu Y, Wang XF. The mammalian Rad24 homologous to yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad24 and Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad17 is involved in DNA damage checkpoint. Cell Growth Differ. 1998

Hu PP, Datto MB, Wang XF. Molecular mechanisms of transforming growth factor-beta signaling. Endocr Rev. 1998

Li JM, Datto MB, Shen X, Hu PP, Yu Y, Wang XF. Sp1, but not Sp3, functions to mediate promoter activation by TGF-beta through canonical Sp1 binding sites. Nucleic Acids Res. 1998

Bassing CH, Shou W, Muir S, Heitman J, Matzuk MM, Wang XF. FKBP12 is not required for the modulation of transforming growth factor beta receptor I signaling activity in embryonic fibroblasts and thymocytes. Cell Growth Differ. 1998

Li JM, Shen X, Hu PP, Wang XF. Transforming growth factor beta stimulates the human immunodeficiency virus 1 enhancer and requires NF-kappaB activity. Mol Cell Biol. 1998

Yingling JM, Datto MB, Wong C, Frederick JP, Liberati NT, Wang XF. Tumor suppressor Smad4 is a transforming growth factor beta-inducible DNA binding protein. Mol Cell Biol. 1997

Li JM, Hu PP, Shen X, Yu Y, Wang XF. E2F4-RB and E2F4-p107 complexes suppress gene expression by transforming growth factor beta through E2F binding sites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997

Datto MB, Hu PP, Kowalik TF, Yingling J, Wang XF. The viral oncoprotein E1A blocks transforming growth factor beta-mediated induction of p21/WAF1/Cip1 and p15/INK4B. Mol Cell Biol. 1997

Derynck R, Gelbart WM, Harland RM, Heldin CH, Kern SE, Massagué J, Melton DA, Mlodzik M, Padgett RW, Roberts AB, Smith J, Thomsen GH, Vogelstein B, Wang XF. Nomenclature: vertebrate mediators of TGFbeta family signals. Cell. 1996

Yingling JM, Das P, Savage C, Zhang M, Padgett RW, Wang XF. Mammalian dwarfins are phosphorylated in response to transforming growth factor beta and are implicated in control of cell growth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996

Datto MB, Yu Y, Wang XF. Functional analysis of the transforming growth factor beta responsive elements in the WAF1/Cip1/p21 promoter. J Biol Chem. 1995

Li JM, Nichols MA, Chandrasekharan S, Xiong Y, Wang XF. Transforming growth factor beta activates the promoter of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p15INK4B through an Sp1 consensus site. J Biol Chem. 1995

Datto MB, Li Y, Panus JF, Howe DJ, Xiong Y, Wang XF. Transforming growth factor beta induces the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 through a p53-independent mechanism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995

Bassing CH, Howe DJ, Segarini PR, Donahoe PK, Wang XF. A single heteromeric receptor complex is sufficient to mediate biological effects of transforming growth factor-beta ligands. J Biol Chem. 1994

Bassing CH, Yingling JM, Howe DJ, Wang T, He WW, Gustafson ML, Shah P, Donahoe PK, Wang XF. A transforming growth factor beta type I receptor that signals to activate gene expression. Science. 1994

Wrana JL, Attisano L, Cárcamo J, Zentella A, Doody J, Laiho M, Wang XF, Massagué J. TGF beta signals through a heteromeric protein kinase receptor complex. Cell. 1992

Lin HY, Wang XF, Ng-Eaton E, Weinberg RA, Lodish HF. Expression cloning of the TGF-beta type II receptor, a functional transmembrane serine/threonine kinase. Cell. 1992

Wang XF, Lin HY, Ng-Eaton E, Downward J, Lodish HF, Weinberg RA. Expression cloning and characterization of the TGF-beta type III receptor. Cell. 1991

Wang XF, Calame K. SV40 enhancer-binding factors are required at the establishment but not the maintenance step of enhancer-dependent transcriptional activation. Cell. 1986

Wang XF, Calame K. The endogenous immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancer can activate tandem VH promoters separated by a large distance. Cell. 1985