Hae-Yun Jung, Laurent Fattet, Jeff H. Tsai, Taketoshi Kajimoto, Qiang Chang, Alexandra C. Newton, and Jing Yang. (2019) Apical-basal polarity inhibits Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and tumour metastasis by PAR complex-mediated SNAI1 degradation. Nature Cell Biology. 21 (3):359–371. [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30804505]
Matthew G. Ondeck, Aditya Kumar, Jesse K. Placone, Christopher M. Plunkett, Bibiana F. Matte, Kirsten C. Wong, Laurent Fattet, Jing Yang, and Adam J. Engler. (2019) Dynamically Stiffened Matrix Promotes Malignant Transformation of Mammary Epithelial Cells via Collective Mechanical Signaling. PNAS. 116 (9) 3502-3507. [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30755531]
Mark A. Eckert, Miguel Santiago-Medina, Thinzar M. Lwin, Jihoon Kim, Sara A. Courtneidge, andJing Yang. (2017) ADAM12 induction by TWIST1 promotes tumor metastasis via regulation of invadopodia and focal adhesions. Journal of Cell Science.130(12):2036-2048. [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28468988]
Spencer C. Wei, Laurent Fattet, Jeff H. Tsai, Yurong Guo, Vincent H. Pai, Hannah E. Majeski, Albert C. Chen, Robert L. Sah, Susan S. Taylor, Adam J. Engler, and Jing Yang. (2015) Matrix stiffness drives epithelial-mesenchymal transition and tumour metastasis through a Twist1-G3BP2 mechanotransduction pathway. Nature Cell Biology. 17(5): 678-88. . [PUBMED]
Andrew T. Chang, Yuanjie Liu, Kasirajan Ayyanathan, Chris Benner, Yike Jiang, Jeremy W. Prokop, Helicia Paz, Dong Wang, Hai-Ri Li, Xiang-Dong Fu, Frank J. Rauscher III,* and Jing Yang*. (2015) An evolutionarily conserved DNA architecture determines target specificity of the Twist-family bHLH transcription factors. (* co-corresponding authors) Genes & Development. 29 (6): ePub in Advance. [PUBMED]
Haeyun Jung, Laurent Fattet, and Jing Yang. (2014) Molecular Pathways: Linking Tumor Microenvironment to Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Metastasis. Clinical Cancer research. 21(5); 1-7. [PUBMED]
Jeff H. Tsai, and Jing Yang. (2013) Epithelial-Mesenchymal plasticity in carcinoma metastasis. Genes & Development. 27:2192-2206. [PUBMED]
Helicia Paz, Navneeta Pathak, and Jing Yang. (2013) Invading one step a time: the role of invadopodia in tumor metastasis. Oncogene. Advance online publication doi: 10.1038/onc.2013.393. [PUBMED]
Janine M. Low-Marchelli, Veronica C. Ardi, Andrew T. Chang, Nico van Rooijen, James P. Quigley, and Jing Yang. (2013) Twist1 induces CCL2 and recruits macrophages to promote angiogenesis. Cancer Research. 73(2): 662-71. (Cover Highlight) [PUBMED]
Jeff H. Tsai, Joana Liu Donaher, Danielle A. Murphy, Sandra Chau, and Jing Yang. (2012) Spatiotemporal regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition is essential for squamous cell carcinoma metastasis. Cancer Cell. 22(6): 725-36. (News & Views in Nature, Previewed in Cancer Cell, Research Highlight in Nature Cancer Review and Cancer Discovery) [PUBMED]
Mark A. Eckert, Thinzar M. Lwin, Andrew T. Chang, Jihoon Kim, Etienne Danis, Lucila Ohno-Machado, and Jing Yang. (2011) Twist1-inudced invadopodia formation promotes tumor metastasis. Cancer Cell. 19(3): 372-86. (Research Highlight in Nature Cell Biology) [PUBMED]
Esmeralda Casas, Jihoon Kim, Andrés Bendesky, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Cecily J. Wolfe, and Jing Yang. (2011) Snail2 is an essential mediator of Twist1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis. Cancer Research. 71 (1): 245-54. [PUBMED]
Rhonda Brown, Lauren Reinke, Marin Damerow, Denise Perez, Lewis Chodosh, Jing Yang, Chonghui Cheng. (2011) CD44 splice isoform switching is essential for epithelial-mesenchymal transition and breast cancer progression. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(3):1064-74. [PUBMED]
Jing Yang and Robert A. Weinberg. (2008) Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition: At the crossroads of development and tumor metastasis. Developmental Cell. 14(6): 818-829. [PUBMED]