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PUBLICATIONS

“The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel”

2020

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(1) Hwang SS, Lim J, Yu Z, Kong P, Sefik E, Xu H, Harman CCD, Kim LK, Lee GR, Li HB, Flavell RA. (2020) mRNA destabilization by BTG1 and BTG2 maintains T cell quiescence. Science. 2020 Mar 13;367(6483):1255-1260. doi: 10.1126/science.aax0194. 

 

2019

 

(2) Zhang X, Flavell RA*, Li HB*. (2019) hnRNPA2B1: a nuclear DNA sensor in antiviral immunity. Cell Research. 2019 Aug 30. doi: 10.1038/s41422-019-0226-8. 

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(3) Wang J, Flavell RA*, Li HB*. (2019) Antiviral immunity: a link to bile acids. Cell Research, 2019 Mar;29(3):177-178. doi: 10.1038/s41422-019-0148-5.

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2018

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(4)  Liu Y, Li HB*, Flavell RA*. (2018) cGAS activation in phased droplets. Cell Research, (2018) 0:1-2; doi: 10.1038/s41422-018-0087-6. PMID: 30218060 .

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(5)  Yu X, Teng XL, Wang F, Zheng Y, Qu G, Zhou Y, Hu Z, Wu Z, Chang Y, Chen L, Li HB, Su B, Lu L, Liu Z, Sun SC, Zou Q. (2018) Metabolic control of regulatory T cell stability and function by TRAF3IP3 at the lysosome. J Exp Med. 2018 Sep 3;215(9):2463-2476. doi: 10.1084/jem.20180397. 

 

(6) Tong J, Flavell RA*, Li HB*. (2018) RNA m6A modification and its functions in diseases. Frontiers of Medicine, 2018 Aug;12(4):481-489. doi: 10.1007/s11684-018-0654-8.

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(7) Yu X, Lao Y, Teng XL, Li S, Zhou Y, Wang F, Guo X, Deng S, Chang Y, Wu X, Liu Z, Chen L, Lu LM, Cheng J, Li B, Su B, Jiang J, Li HB*, Huang C*, Yi J* Zou Q*. (2018) SENP3 maintains the stability and function of regulatory T cells via BACH2 deSUMOylation. Nat Commun. 2018 Aug 8;9(1):3157. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05676-6. 

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​​​(8) Tong J#, Cao G#, Zhang T#, Sefik E, Vesely M, Broughton J, Zhu S, Li H, Li B, Chen L, Chang HY, Su B, Flavell RA*, Li HB*. (2018) m6A mRNA methylation sustains Treg suppressive functions. Cell Research, 28(2): 253-256. doi:10.1038/cr.2018.7.

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2017

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(9) Zhu S, Ding S, Wang P, Wei Z, Pan W, Palm NW, Yang Y, Yu H, Li HB, Wang G, Lei X, de Zoete MR, Zhao J, Zheng Y, Chen H, Zhao Y, Jurado KA, Feng N, Shan L, Kluger Y, Lu J, Abraham C, Fikrig E, Greenberg HB, Flavell RA. (2017) Nlrp9b inflammasome recognizes and restricts rotavirus infection in intestinal epithelial cells. Nature, 546(7660): 667-670. doi: 10.1038/nature22967. 

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(10)  Li HB#*, Tong J#, Zhu S#, Batista PJ, Duffy EE, Zhao J, Bailis W, Cao G, Kroehling L, Chen Y, Wang G, Broughton JP, Chen YG, Kluger Y, Simon MD, Chang HY, Yin Z*, Flavell RA*. (2017) m6A mRNA methylation controls T cell homeostasis by targeting IL-7/STAT5/SOCS pathway. Nature, 548(7667): 338-342. doi: 10.1038/nature23450. 

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2016

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(11) Hu B#, Jin C#, Li HB#, Tong J, Ouyang X, Cetinbas NM, Zhu S, Strowig T, Lam FC, Zhao C, Henao-Mejia J, Yilmaz O, Fitzgerald KA, Eisenbarth SC, Elinav E, Flavell RA. (2016) The DNA Sensing Aim2 Inflammasome Controls Radiation Induced Cell death and Tissue Injury. Science, 354 (6313): 765-768. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf7532. 

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(12) Li HB. (2016) Chromosome Conformation Capture in Drosophila. Methods Mol. Biol. 1480:207-12. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6380-5_18.  

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(13) Cao G#, Li HB#, Yin Z, Flavell RA. (2016) Recent advances in dynamic m6A RNA modification. Open Biology. 6(4): 160003.   doi: 10.1098/rsob.160003.  

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2014

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(14) Li HB#, Jin C#, Chen Y#, Flavell RA. (2014) Inflammasome activation and metabolic disease progression. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 25(6):699-706. doi: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2014.07.020.   

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(15) Zhu S#, Li HB#, Flavell RA. (2014) Resemble and Inhibit: When RLR Meets TGF-β. Mol Cell. 56(6):719-20. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.12.010.  

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2013

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(16)  Li HB, Ohno K, Gui H, and Pirrotta V. (2013) Insulators target active genes to transcription factories and Polycomb-repressed genes to PcG bodies. PLoS Genet. 9(4):e1003436. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003436. PMID: 23637616 (Highlighted by Cell: 153(5), p935).  

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2012

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(17)  Schwartz YB, Linder-Basso D, Kharchenko PV, Tolstorukov MY, Kim M, Li HB, Gorchakov AA, Minoda A, Shanower G, Alekseyenko AA, Riddle NC, Jung YL, Gu T, Plachetka A, Elgin SC, Kuroda MI, Park PJ, Savitsky M, Karpen GH, Pirrotta V. (2012) Nature and function of insulator protein binding sites in the Drosophila genome. Genome Res. 22(11): 2188-98. doi: 10.1101/gr.138156.112.  

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(18) Pirrotta V, and Li HB (2012). A view of nuclear Polycomb bodies. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 22(2):101-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.11.004. PMID: 2217842.

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2011

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(19) Li HB, Muller M, Bahechar I, Kyrchanova O, Ohno K, Georgiev P, and Pirrotta V. (2011) Insulators, not Polycomb Response Elements, are required for long-range interactions between Polycomb targets in Drosophila. Mol. Cell. Biol. 31(4):616-25. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00849-10.  

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