Publications

Postdoc

Chen J, Stork T, Kang Y, Nardone KAM, Auer F, Farrell RJ, Jay TR, Heo D, Sheehan A, Paton C, Nagel KI, Schoppik D, Monk KR, Freeman MR. Astrocyte growth is driven by the Tre1/S1pr1 phospholipid-binding G protein-coupled receptor. Neuron. 2023 Dec 4:S0896-6273(23)00882-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.11.008. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38096817.

Chen J, Poskanzer KE, Freeman MR, Monk KR. Live-imaging of astrocyte morphogenesis and function in zebrafish neural circuits. Nat Neurosci. 2020 Oct;23(10):1297-1306. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-0703-x. Epub 2020 Sep 7. PMID: 32895565; PMCID: PMC7530038.

PhD

Chen J, Castelvecchi GD, Li-Villarreal N, Raught B, Krezel AM, McNeill H, Solnica-Krezel L. Atypical Cadherin Dachsous1b Interacts with Ttc28 and Aurora B to Control Microtubule Dynamics in Embryonic Cleavages. Dev Cell. 2018 May 7;45(3):376-391.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.04.009. PMID: 29738714; PMCID: PMC5983389.

Chen J, Xia L, Bruchas MR, Solnica-Krezel L. Imaging early embryonic calcium activity with GCaMP6s transgenic zebrafish. Dev Biol. 2017 Oct 15;430(2):385-396. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.03.010. Epub 2017 Mar 18. PMID: 28322738; PMCID: PMC5835148.

Karner CM, Esen E, Chen J, Hsu FF, Turk J, Long F. Wnt Protein Signaling Reduces Nuclear Acetyl-CoA Levels to Suppress Gene Expression during Osteoblast Differentiation. J Biol Chem. 2016 Jun 17;291(25):13028-39. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.708578. Epub 2016 Apr 20. PMID: 27129247; PMCID: PMC4933220.

Li-Villarreal N, Forbes MM, Loza AJ, Chen J, Ma T, Helde K, Moens CB, Shin J, Sawada A, Hindes AE, Dubrulle J, Schier AF, Longmore GD, Marlow FL, Solnica-Krezel L. Dachsous1b cadherin regulates actin and microtubule cytoskeleton during early zebrafish embryogenesis. Development. 2015 Aug 1;142(15):2704-18. doi: 10.1242/dev.119800. Epub 2015 Jul 9. Erratum in: Development. 2016 May 15;143(10 ):1832. PMID: 26160902; PMCID: PMC4529026.

Shin J, Chen J, Solnica-Krezel L. Efficient homologous recombination-mediated genome engineering in zebrafish using TALE nucleases. Development. 2014 Oct;141(19):3807-18. doi: 10.1242/dev.108019. Epub 2014 Sep 5. PMID: 25249466; PMCID: PMC4197590.

Before PhD

Yang M, Li SN, Anjum KM, Gui LX, Zhu SS, Liu J, Chen JK, Liu QF, Ye GD, Wang WJ, Wu JF, Cai WY, Sun GB, Liu YJ, Liu RF, Zhang ZM, Li BA. A double-negative feedback loop between Wnt-β-catenin signaling and HNF4α regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Cell Sci. 2013 Dec 15;126(Pt 24):5692-703. doi: 10.1242/jcs.135053. Epub 2013 Oct 7. PMID: 24101726.

Chen J, Luo Q, Yuan Y, Huang X, Cai W, Li C, Wei T, Zhang L, Yang M, Liu Q, Ye G, Dai X, Li B. Pygo2 associates with MLL2 histone methyltransferase and GCN5 histone acetyltransferase complexes to augment Wnt target gene expression and breast cancer stem-like cell expansion. Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Dec;30(24):5621-35. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00465-10. Epub 2010 Oct 11. PMID: 20937768; PMCID: PMC3004275.