Zhi-Chun Lai

Emphasis Area Representative, Cell and Developmental Biology; Professor of Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Zhi-Chun Lai

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Signal Transduction, Growth Control, and Cancer Genetics

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Genes Drosophila Drosophila Melanogaster Growth Apoptosis Proteins Neoplasms Catenins Genome Cell Proliferation Erythropoiesis Guide Rna Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Transfer Rna Phosphotransferases Cell Death Phenotype Glycosylation Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Tumor Suppressor Genes Defect Nonesterified Fatty Acids Oncogenic Beta Catenin Gene

Most Recent Publications

Editor's note: Both TEAD-binding and WW domains are required for the growth stimulation and oncogenic transformation activity of yes-associated protein

Bin Zhao, Joungmok Kim, Xin Ye, Zhi Chun Lai, Kun Liang Guan, 2021, Cancer Research on p. 5583

Erratum: Efficient multiplexed genome engineering with a polycistronic tRNA and CRISPR guide-RNA reveals an important role of detonator in reproduction of Drosophila melanogaster (PLoS ONE (2021) 16:1 (e0245454) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245454)

Cristin Chon, Grace Chon, Yurika Matsui, Huiqing Zeng, Zhi Chun Lai, Aimin Liu, 2021, PLoS One

Efficient multiplexed genome engineering with a polycistronic tRNA and CRISPR guide-RNA reveals an important role of detonator in reproduction of Drosophila melanogaster

Cristin Chon, G Chon, Yurika Matsui, Huiqing Zeng, Zhi Chun Lai, Aimin Liu, 2021, PLoS One on p. e0245454

Erratum: LATS2 Suppresses Oncogenic Wnt Signaling by Disrupting β-Catenin/BCL9 Interaction (LATS2 Suppresses Oncogenic Wnt Signaling by Disrupting β-Catenin/BCL9 Interaction (2013) 5(6) (1650–1663), (S2211124713007213), (10.1016/j.celrep.2013.11.037))

Jiong Li, Xiaohong Chen, Xiangming Ding, Yingduan Cheng, Bin Zhao, Zhi chun Lai, Khalid Al Hezaimi, Razqallah Hakem, Kun liang Guan, Cun Yu Wang, 2020, Cell Reports

Drosophila models of pathogenic copynumber variant genes show global and nonneuronal defects during development

Tanzeen Yusuff, Matthew Jensen, Sneha Yennawar, Lucilla Pizzo, Siddharth Karthikeyan, Dagny J. Gould, Avik Sarker, Erika Gedvilaite, Yurika Matsui, Janani Iyer, Zhi Chun Lai, Santhosh Girirajan, 2020, PLoS Genetics

Yap1 promotes proliferation of transiently amplifying stress erythroid progenitors during erythroid regeneration

S Hao, Y Matsui, Zhi Chun Lai, Robert Paulson, 2019, Experimental Hematology on p. 42-54.e4

Dual role of a C-terminally truncated isoform of large tumor suppressor kinase 1 in the regulation of hippo signaling and tissue growth

Y Matsui, Y Zhang, Robert F. Paulson, Zhi Chun Lai, 2019, DNA and Cell Biology on p. 91-106

Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) in Tissue Culture and in Developing Tissues of Drosophila to Study Protein-Protein Interactions

Yurika Matsui, Zhi Chun Lai, 2019, on p. 75-85

Gdf15 regulates murine stress erythroid progenitor proliferation and the development of the stress erythropoiesis niche

Siyang Hao, Jie Xiang, Dai-Chen Wu, James Fraser, Baiye Ruan, Jingwei Cai, Andrew D. Patterson, Zhi Chun Lai, Robert Paulson, 2019, Blood advances on p. 2205-2217

The defender against apoptotic cell death 1 gene is required for tissue growth and efficient N-glycosylation in Drosophila melanogaster

Yifan Zhang, Chang Cui, Zhi Chun Lai, 2016, Developmental Biology on p. 186-195

Most-Cited Papers

Protein kinase A activates the Hippo pathway to modulate cell proliferation and differentiation

Fa Xing Yu, Yifan Zhang, Hyun Woo Park, Jenna L. Jewell, Qian Chen, Yaoting Deng, Duojia Pan, Susan S. Taylor, Zhi Chun Lai, Kun Liang Guan, 2013, Genes and Development on p. 1223-1232

LATS2 suppresses oncogenic Wnt signaling by disrupting β-Catenin/BCL9 interaction

Jiong Li, Xiaohong Chen, Xiangming Ding, Yingduan Cheng, Bin Zhao, Zhi Chun Lai, Khalid AlHezaimi, Razqallah Hakem, Kun Liang Guan, Cun Yu Wang, 2013, Cell Reports on p. 1650-1663

Mutation analysis of large tumor suppressor genes LATS1 and LATS2 supports a tumor suppressor role in human cancer

Tian Yu, John Bachman, Zhi Chun Lai, 2014, Protein and Cell on p. 6-11

Mutual regulation between Hippo signaling and actin cytoskeleton

Yurika Matsui, Zhi Chun Lai, 2013, Protein and Cell on p. 904-910

Gdf15 regulates murine stress erythroid progenitor proliferation and the development of the stress erythropoiesis niche

Siyang Hao, Jie Xiang, Dai-Chen Wu, James Fraser, Baiye Ruan, Jingwei Cai, Andrew D. Patterson, Zhi Chun Lai, Robert Paulson, 2019, Blood advances on p. 2205-2217

Evidence for a tumor suppressor role for the Large tumor suppressor genes LATS1 and LATS2 in human cancer

Tian Yu, John Bachman, Zhi Chun Lai, 2013, Genetics on p. 1193-1196

Hippo activation through homodimerization and membrane association for growth inhibition and organ size control

Yaoting Deng, Yurika Matsui, Yifan Zhang, Zhi Chun Lai, 2013, Developmental Biology on p. 152-159

Yap1 plays a protective role in suppressing free fatty acid-induced apoptosis and promoting beta-cell survival

Yaoting Deng, Yurika Matsui, Wenfei Pan, Qiu Li, Zhi Chun Lai, 2016, Protein and Cell on p. 362-372

The defender against apoptotic cell death 1 gene is required for tissue growth and efficient N-glycosylation in Drosophila melanogaster

Yifan Zhang, Chang Cui, Zhi Chun Lai, 2016, Developmental Biology on p. 186-195

Drosophila models of pathogenic copynumber variant genes show global and nonneuronal defects during development

Tanzeen Yusuff, Matthew Jensen, Sneha Yennawar, Lucilla Pizzo, Siddharth Karthikeyan, Dagny J. Gould, Avik Sarker, Erika Gedvilaite, Yurika Matsui, Janani Iyer, Zhi Chun Lai, Santhosh Girirajan, 2020, PLoS Genetics