Publications
Horton, C.*, Liu, Y.*, Wang, J., Green, J., Tsyporin, J., Chen, B., and Wang, Z.A. (2023). Modulation of the canonical Wnt activity by androgen signaling in prostate epithelial basal stem cells. Stem Cell Reports 18(6):1355-1370. PMID: 37172587 [PDF]
Bleeker, J., and Wang, Z.A. (2022). Applications of vertebrate models in studying prostatitis and inflammation-associated prostatic diseases. Front. Mol. Biosci. 9:898871. PMID: 35865005 [PDF]
Liu, Y.*, Wang, J.*, Horton, C.*, Yu, C., Knudsen, B., Stefanson, J., Hu, K., Stefanson, O., Green, J., Guo, C., Xie, Q., and Wang, Z.A. (2022). Stromal AR inhibits prostate tumor progression by restraining secretory luminal epithelial cells. Cell Reports 39(8):110848. PMID: 35613593 [PDF]
Zhang, Y., Huo, F., Cao, Q., Jia, R., Wang, Z. A., Theodorescu, D., Lv, Q., Li, P., Yan, C. (2022). FimH confers mannose-targeting ability to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin for improved immunotherapy in bladder cancer. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 10(3):e003939. PMID: 35361729 [PDF]
Liu, Y., Wang, J., Horton, C., Katzman, S., Cai, T., and Wang, Z. A. (2020). Modulation of the canonical Wnt activity by androgen signaling in prostate epithelial basal stem cells. BioRxiv 902270. [Preprint] https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.10.902270. [Link]
Yu, C., Hu, K., Nguyen D., and Wang, Z. A. (2019). From genomics to functions: preclinical mouse models for understanding oncogenic pathways in prostate cancer. American Journal of Cancer Research 9: 2079-2102. PMID: 31720076 [PDF]
Horton, C.*, Liu, Y.*, Yu C.*, Xie, Q., and Wang, Z. A. (2019). Luminal-contact-inhibition of epithelial basal stem cell multipotency in prostate organogenesis and homeostasis. Biology Open 8: bio045724. PMID: 31540905 [PDF]
Yu, C., Stefanson, O., Liu, Y., and Wang, Z. A. (2018). Novel method of plasmid DNA delivery to mouse bladder urothelium by electroporation. Journal of Visualized Experiments 135: e57649. PMID: 29782018 [PDF]
Xie, Q., and Wang, Z. A. (2017). Transcriptional regulation of the Nkx3.1 gene in prostate luminal stem cell specification and cancer initiation via its 3′ genomic region. Journal of Biological Chemistry 292: 13521-13530. PMID: 28679531 [PDF]
Xie, Q., Liu, Y., Cai, T., Horton C., Stefanson, J., and Wang, Z. A. (2017). Dissecting cell-type-specific roles of androgen receptor in prostate homeostasis and regeneration through lineage tracing. Nature Communications 8: 14284. PMID: 28112153 [PDF]
Wang, Z. A., and Shen, M. M. (2015). Comparative lineage tracing reveals cellular preferences for prostate cancer initiation. Mol. Cell Oncology 2: 3, e985548. PMID: 27308462 [PDF]
Wang, Z. A., Toivanen, R., Bergren, S. K., Chambon, P., and Shen, M. M. (2014). Luminal cells are favored as the cell of origin for prostate cancer. Cell Reports 8: 1339-1346. PMID: 25176651 [PDF]
Wang, Z. A., Mitrofanova, A., Bergren, S. K., Abate-Shen, C., Cardiff, R. D., Califano, A., and Shen, M. M. (2013). Lineage analysis of basal epithelial cells reveals their unexpected plasticity and supports a cell of origin model for prostate cancer heterogeneity. Nature Cell Biology 15: 274-283. PMID: 23434823 [PDF]
Wang, Z. A., Huang, J., and Kalderon, D. (2012). Drosophila follicle stem cells are regulated by proliferation and niche adhesion as well as mitochondria and ROS. Nature Communications 3: 769. PMID: 22473013 [PDF]
Wang, Z. A., and Shen, M. M. (2011). Revisiting the concept of cancer stem cells in prostate cancer. Oncogene 30: 1261-1271. PMID: 21119602 [PDF]
Wang, Z. A., and Kalderon, D. (2009). Cyclin E-dependent protein kinase activity regulates niche retention of Drosophila ovarian follicle stem cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 106: 21701-21706. PMID: 19966222 [PDF]