Publications
2022
GABA signaling triggered by TMC-1/Tmc delays neuronal aging by inhibiting the PKC pathway in C. elegans. Jieyu Wu, Liuyang Wang, John F Ervin, Shih-Hsiu J Wang, Erik Soderblom, Dennis Ko, Dong Yan. Science Advances. 2022 Dec 21;8(51):eadc9236. . doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adc9236. PMID: 36542715
2021
C. elegans as a model to study glial development. Albert Zhang and Dong Yan. FEBS J. 2021 Feb 11. doi: 10.1111/febs.15758.. PMID: 33570807
2020
Regulation of Glial Size by Eicosapentaenoic Acid through a Novel Golgi Apparatus Mechanism. Albert Zhang, Ziqiang Guan, Kyle Ockerman, Pengyuan Dong, Jiansheng Guo , Zhiping Wang , Dong Yan. (2020). PLOS Biology. 2020 Dec 28;18(12):e3001051. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001051.
NLR-1/CASPR anchors F-actin to promote gap junction formation. Lingfeng Meng, and Dong Yan. Developmental Cell . 2020 Nov 17;S1534-5807(20)30840-6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.10.020.
Robo functions as an attractive cue for glial migration through SYG-1/Neph. Zhongwei Qu , Albert Zhang , and Dong Yan. elife. 2020 Nov 19;9:e57921. doi: 10.7554/eLife.57921.
Regulation of Gliogenesis by lin-32/Atoh1 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Albert Zhang, Ken Noma, Dong Yan. G3 (Bethesda). 2020 Jul 14:g3.401547.2020. doi: 10.1534/g3.120.401547. PMID: 32665354
Vitamin B12 Regulates Glial Migration and Synapse Formation through Isoform-Specific Control of PTP-3/LAR PRTP Expression. Albert Zhang, Brian D. Ackley, Dong Yan. Cell Reports. 2020 March 24. 30, 3981–3988
2018
An Antimicrobial Peptide and Its Neuronal Receptor Regulate Dendrite Degeneration in Aging and Infections. E Lezi, Ting Zhou, Sehwon Koh, Marian Chuang, Ruchira Sharma, Nathalie Pujol, Andrew D Chisholm, Cagla Eroglu, Hiroaki Matsunami, Dong Yan. Neuron. 2018 Jan 3;97(1):125-138. PMID: 29301098
2017
Differential regulation of polarized synaptic vesicle trafficking and synapse stability in neural circuit rewiring in Caenorhabditis elegans. Naina Kurup, Dong Yan, Karina Kono, Yishi Jin. PLOS Genetics. 2017 Jun 21;13(6). PMID:28636662
2016
Regulation of neuronal axon specification by glia-neuron gap junctions. Lingfeng Meng, Albert Zhang, Yishi Jin, Dong Yan. Elife. 2016 Oct 21;5. pii: e19510. doi: 10.7554/eLife.19510.
Regulation of gap junction turnover by UNC-44/ankyrin and UNC-33/CRMP through VAB-8 in C. elegans neurons. Lingfeng Meng, Chia-hui Chen, and Dong Yan. PLOS Genetics. 2016 Mar 25;12(3). PMCID:PMC4807823
2015
Qiuli Wu, Xiou Cao, Dong Yan, Dayong Wang, and Alejandro Aballay. (2015).Genetic screen reveals link between maternal-effect sterile gene mes-1 and P.aeruginosa-Induced neurodegeneration in C. elegans. The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Lingfeng Meng, Ben Mulcahy, Steven J. Cook, Marianna Neubauer, Airong Wan, Yishi Jin, Dong Yan. (2015). The cell death pathway regulates synapse elimination through cleavage of gelsolin in Caenorhabditis elegans neurons. Cell Reports. 2015 Jun 23;11(11):1737-48.PMID:26074078
Naina Kurup, Dong Yan, Alexandr Goncharov, Yishi Jin. (2015) Dynamic Microtubules Drive Circuit Rewiring in the Absence of Neurite Remodeling. Current Biology. 2015 Jun 15;25(12):1594-605. PMID:26051896
Pre-2014
Dong Yan and Yishi Jin. (2012). Regulation of DLK-1 kinase activity by calcium-mediated dissociation from an inhibitory isoform. Neuron, 76(3):534-48. PMID: 23141066.
Dong Yan, Kentaro Noma, Yishi Jin. (2011). Expanding views of presynaptic terminals: new findings from C. elegans. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 22(3):431-7. PMID: 22036768.
Lizhen Chen, Zhiping Wang, Anindya Ghosh-Roy, Thomas Hubert, Dong Yan, Sean O’ Rourke, Bruce Bowerman, Zilu Wu, Yishi Jin, Andrew D. Chisholm. (2011). Axon regeneration pathways identified by systematic genetic screening in C. elegans. Neuron, 271(6): 1043-57. PMID: 21943602.
Gloriana Trujillo, Katsunori Nakata, Dong Yan, Ichi N.Maruyama and Yishi Jin. (2010). A Ubiquitin E2 Variant Protein Acts in Axon Termination and Synaptogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics, 186,135-145. PMCID:PMC2940282
Dong Yan, Zilu Wu, Andrew D. Chisholm and Yishi Jin. (2009). The DLK-1 kinase pathway promotes CEBP-1 mRNA stability and local translation in C. elegans synapse maintenance and axon regeneration. Cell, 138, 1005-1018. PMCID: PMC2772821
Hailan Yao, Kechun Zhou, Dong Yan, Mingtao Li and Yizheng Wang. (2009). The Kv2.1 channels mediate neuronal apoptosis induced by excitotoxicity. Journal of Neurochemistry, 108, 909-919.
Dong Yan†, Li Guo†, Yizheng Wang. (2006). Requirement of dendritic Akt degradation by ubiquitin proteasome system for neuronal polarity. The Journal of Cell Biology, 174(3), 415-24. PMCID: PMC2064237. †Co-first Author
Qiaoyun Yang†, Dong Yan†, Yizheng Wang. (2006). Intracellular K+ selectively regulates transcription factor DNA binding activities to control neuronal survival. Neuroreport, 17(11), 1199-204. †Co-first Author
Yanmei Tao†, Dong Yan†, Qiaoyun Yang, Rui Zeng, Yizheng Wang. (2006). Low K+ promotes NF- kB/DNA binding in neuronal apoptosis induced by K+ loss. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 26(3), 1038-50. PMCID: PMC1347023. † Co-first Author