Publications:
2025
Gao JH, Sika A, Hankin R, Zheng YC, Sterling E, Chan K and Yao Y.#, (2025). Extracellular Vesicles from Regenerating Skeletal Muscle Mitigate Muscle Atrophy in an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mouse Model, Cells, 2025, 14(6), 464; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells14060464.
Zheng YC, Streleckis A, Chen HY and Yao Y.#, (2025). Enzymatic Isolation of Skeletal Muscle Interstitial Extracellular Vesicles, JoVE, February 2025 216 e67439. doi: 10.3791/67439-v.
Gao JH, Zheng YC, Sika A, Sterling E, Hankin R and Yao Y.#, (2025). Protocol for the Isolation of Mouse Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitors using Magnetic Activated Cell Sorting, STAR Protocol, Volume 6, Issue 2, 20 June 2025, 103741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2025.103741
2024
Gao JH, Sterling E, Hankin R, Sikal A and Yao Y.#, (2024). Therapeutics Targeting Skeletal Muscle in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Biomolecules, 2024, 14(7), 878; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14070878
Zheng Y, Lunn A, Gao J, Chen H and Yao Y.#, (2024). Quantitative evaluation of hindlimb grip strength in mice as a measure of neuromuscular function. MethodsX, 2024 Dec 25:14:103118. doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.103118.
Zheng YC, Hankin R and Yao Y.#, (2024). Behavioral Paradigms in Rodent Models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Medical Research Archives, 2024, 2375-1924, https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v12i1.4995.
Harke J, Lee JR, Nguyen SC, Arab A, Rakowiecki SM, Hugelier S, Paliou C, Rauseo A, Yunker R, Xu K, Yao Y, Lakadamyali M, Andrey G, Epstein DJ, Joyce EF., (2024). Multiple allelic configurations govern long-range Shh enhancer-promoter communication in the embryonic forebrain. Mol Cell., 22024 Dec 19;84(24):4698-4710.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.10.042.
2023
Ellison, T. J., Stice, S. L., & Yao, Y.# (2023). Therapeutic and diagnostic potential of extracellular vesicles in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Extracellular Vesicle, 2, 100019.
Hu, L., Qi, P., Peper, A., Kong, F., Yao, Y., & Yang, L. (2023). Distinct function of SPL genes in age-related resistance in Arabidopsis. PLoS Pathogens, 19(3), e1011218.
Ishan, M., Wang Z., Zhao, P., Yao, Y., Stice, S.L., Well, L., Mishina, Y., Liu, H.X., Taste papilla cell differentiation requires the regulation of secretory protein production by ALK3-BMP signaling in the tongue mesenchyme. Development, 2023 Sep 15;150(18):dev201838.
Tran, S., M. Ison, N.C. Ferreira Dias, M.A. Ortega, Y.S. Chen, A. Peper, L. Hu, D. Xu, K. Mozaffari, P.M. Severns, Yao, Y., C.J. Tsai, P. Teixeira, and L. Yang*, (2023) Endogenous salicylic acid suppresses de novo root regeneration from leaf explants. PLoS Genet, 19(3): p. e1010636.
2022
Govek, K. W., Chen, S., Sgourdou, P., Yao, Y.#, Woodhouse, S., Chen, T., … & Camara, P. G. (2022). Developmental trajectories of thalamic progenitors revealed by single-cell transcriptome profiling and Shh perturbation. Cell reports, 41(10).
Govek, K. W., Chen, S., Sgourdou, P., Yao, Y.#, Woodhouse, S., Chen, T., … & Camara, P. G. (2022). Combined single-cell RNA-seq profiling and enhancer editing reveals critical spatiotemporal controls over thalamic nuclei formation in the murine embryo. bioRxiv, 2022-02.
2021
Therapeutic Potential of Nucleic Acids when Combined with Extracellular Vesicles. Aging Dis. 2021 Sep 1;12(6):1476-1493. DOI: 10.14336/AD.2021.0708.
Ellison TJ, Jurgielewicz BJ, Stice SL, Yao Y#. Quantifying Neural Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Uptake Using Imaging Flow Cytometry. J Cancer Immunol. 2021; 3(3): 143-146.
Passaro AP, Lebos AL, Yao Y, Stice SL. Immune Response in Neurological Pathology: Emerging Role of Central and Peripheral Immune Crosstalk. Front Immunol. 2021 Jun 10;12:676621. DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.676621
Jia C, Shi J, Yao Y, Han T, Yu ACH, Qin P. Plasma Membrane Blebbing Dynamics Involved in the Reversibly Perforated Cell by Ultrasound-Driven Microbubbles. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2021 Mar;47(3):733-750. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.11.029
2020
Jurgielewicz BJ, Yao Y# and Stice SL#. Kinetics and specificity of HEK293T extracellular vesicle uptake using Imaging Flow Cytometry. Nanoscale Research Letters 2020 Aug 24;15(1):170. DOI: 10.1186/s11671-020-03399-6
Yu, W., Ishan, M., Yao, Y., Stice, S. L., & Liu, H. X. (2020). SOX10-Cre-Labeled cells under the tongue epithelium serve as progenitors for taste bud cells that are mainly type III and Keratin 8-low. Stem cells and development, 29(10), 638-647.
2019
Muthu V, Rohacek A, Yao Y, Rakowiecki S, Brown AS, Zhao YT, Meyers J, Won KJ, Ramdas S, Brown CD, Peterson KA, Epstein DJ. Genomic architecture of Shh dependent cochlear morphogenesis. Development. 2019 Sep 19;146(18):dev181339. DOI: 10.1242/dev.181339
2016
Yao, Y., Minor, P. J., Zhao, Y. T., Jeong, Y., Pani, A. M., King, A. N., … & Epstein, D. J. (2016). Cis-regulatory architecture of a brain signaling center predates the origin of chordates. Nature genetics, 48(5), 575-580.
2008
Yao Y*, Ling Q*, Wang H, Huang H. Ribosomal proteins promote leaf adaxial identity. Development 2008 135: 1325-1334. DOI: 10.1242/dev.017913
Ling Q*, Yao Y*, Huang H. A model for the 26S proteasome and ribosome actions in leaf polarity formation. Plant Signaling & Behavior 2008 3:10 804-805. DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.10.5877
(# Co-corresponding author)
(* Equal contribution)