Before 2024-

Rui Tang*, Emily Shuldiner*, Marcus Kelly, Christopher Murray, Jess Hebert, Laura Andrejka, Min Tsai, Nicholas Hughes, Mitchell Parker, Hongchen Cai, Yao-Cheng Li, Geoffrey Wahl, Roland Dunbrack, Peter Jackson, Dmitri Petrov, Monte Winslow. “Multiplexed screens identify RAS paralogs HRAS and NRAS as suppressors of KRAS-driven lung cancer growth.” Nature Cell Biology 25, pages159–169 (2023) *co-first author

Sarah E. Pierce, Jeffrey M. Granja, M. Ryan Corces, Jennifer J. Brady, Min K. Tsai, Aubrey B. Pierce, Rui Tang, David M. Feldser, Howard Y. Chang, Michael C. Bassik, William J. Greenleaf, and Monte M. Winslow “LKB1 inactivation remodels chromatin state to drive metastatic progression.” Nature Cell Biology, 2021, 23(8): 915-924.

Hongchen Cai, Su Kit Chew, Chuan Li, Min K Tsai, Laura Andrejka, Christopher W Murray, Nicholas W Hughes, Emily G Shuldiner, Emily L Ashkin, Rui Tang, King L Hung, Leo C Chen, Shi Ya C Lee, Maryam Yousefi, Wen-Yang Lin, Christian A Kunder, Le Cong, Christopher D McFarland, Dmitri A Petrov, Charles Swanton, Monte M Winslow. “A functional taxonomy of tumor suppression in oncogenic KRAS-driven lung cancer.Cancer Discovery, 2021 Jul;11(7):1754-1773.

Rui Tang#, Christopher W Murray, Ian L Linde, Nicholas J Kramer, Zhonglin Lyu, Min K Tsai, Leo C Chen, Hongchen Cai, Aaron D Gitler, Edgar Engleman, Wonjae Lee, and Monte M Winslow#. “A versatile system to record cell-cell interactions.” eLife 2020 Oct 7;9. #Corresponding author

Rui Tang*, Yung-Chun Wang*, Xiaohan Mei*, Ning Shi, Chenming Sun, Ran Ran, Gui Zhang, Wenjing Li, Kevin F. Staveley-O’Carroll, Guangfu Li, and Shi-You Chen. “LncRNA GAS5 attenuates fibroblast activation through inhibiting Smad3 signaling.” Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, 2020 Jul 1;319(1):C105-C115.*co-first author

Christopher Murray, Jennifer Brady, Min Tsai, Chuan Li, Ian Winters, Rui Tang, Laura Andrejka, Rosanna Ma, Christian Kunder, Pauline Chu, and Monte M Winslow. “An Lkb1-Sik axis suppresses tumor growth and controls differentiation.” Cancer Discovery, 2019 Nov;9(11):1590-1605.

Rui Tang*, Xiaohan Mei*, Yung-Chun Wang*, Xiao-bing Cui, Gui Zhang, Wenjing Li and Shi-You Chen. “LncRNA GAS5 regulates vascular smooth muscle cell cycle arrest and apoptosis via p53 pathway.Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease. 2019 Sep 1;1865(9):2516-2525. *co-first author

Rui Tang, Gui Zhang, Yung-Chun Wang, Xiaohan Mei and Shi-You Chen. “The long non-coding RNA GAS5 regulates transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)–induced smooth muscle cell differentiation via RNA Smad–binding elements.” Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2017, 292(34): 14270-14278.

Rui Tang, Gui Zhang and Shi-You Chen. “Response gene to complement 32 promotes macrophage phagocytosis via activation of protein kinase C pathway.” Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014, 289, 22715-22722.

Rui Tang*, Xiao-Bing Cui*, Jia-Ning Wang, Shi-You Chen. “CTP Synthase 1, a Smooth Muscle–Sensitive Therapeutic Target for Effective Vascular Repair.” Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 2013, 33: 2336-44. *co-first author Accompanying Editorial: ATVB 33(10):2286-7, 2013. AHA press release: New coating may reduce blood clot risk inside stents

Ting Cao, Yanye Dong, Rui Tang, Jun-Yuan Chen, Chen-Yu Zhang, Ke Zen. “Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 2 Protects Splenocytes from Oxidative Stress-Induced Apoptosis during Pathogen Activation.” Cellular immunology, 2013, Volume 286, Issues 1–2, Pages 39–44.

Rui Tang*, Limin Li*, Dihan Zhu, DongxiaHou, Ting Cao, HongweiGu, Jing Zhang, Junyuan Chen, Chen-Yu Zhang, and Ke Zen. “Mouse miRNA-709 directly regulates miRNA-15a/16-1 biogenesis at the post-transcriptional level in the nucleus: evidence for a microRNA hierarchy system.” Cell Research. 2012, 22:504–515. (>200 citations) *co-first author. Top 100 Most Cited Chinese Papers Published in International Journals in 2012

Zhen Bian*, Limin Li*, Rui Tang*, DongxiaHou, Xi Chen, Chenyu Zhang, Ke Zen. “Identification of mouse liver mitochondria-associated miRNAs and their potential biological functions.” Cell Research. 2010, 20:1076–1078. *co-first author