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  • Zhu, D., Yang, G., He, J., Chu, L., Chen, G., Gong, W., Chen, K., Eastgate, M. D., Yu, J. Q. Ligand-promoted ortho-C-H amination with Pd catalysts Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  2015 54:2497-2500  DOI:10.1002/anie.201408651  PMID:25598232
  • Yang, G., Lindovska, P., Zhu, D., Kim, J., Wang, P., Tang, R. Y., Movassaghi, M., Yu, J. Q. Pd(II)-catalyzed meta-C-H olefination, arylation, and acetoxylation of indolines using a U-shaped template Journal of the American Chemical Society  2014 136:10807-10813  DOI:10.1021/ja505737x  PMID:25007097
  • Liao, H. X., Lynch, R., Zhou, T., Gao, F., Alam, S. M., Boyd, S. D., Fire, A. Z., Roskin, K. M., Schramm, C. A., Zhang, Z., Zhu, J., Shapiro, L., et al. Co-evolution of a broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibody and founder virus Nature  2013 496:469-476  DOI:10.1038/nature12053  PMID:23552890  PMCID:PMC3637846
  • Yea, K., Zhang, H. K., Xie, J., Jones, T. M., Yang, G., Song, B. D., Lerner, R. A. Converting stem cells to dendritic cells by agonist antibodies from unbiased morphogenic selections Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  2013 110:14966-14971  DOI:10.1073/pnas.1313671110  PMID:23980154  PMCID:PMC3773771
  • Parkhurst, C. N., Yang, G., Ninan, I., Savas, J. N., Yates, J. R., Lafaille, J. J., Hempstead, B. L., Littman, D. R., Gan, W. B. Microglia promote learning-dependent synapse formation through brain-derived neurotrophic factor Cell  2013 155:1596-1609  DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2013.11.030  PMID:24360280  PMCID:PMC4033691
  • Badeanlou, L., Furlan-Freguia, C., Yang, G., Ruf, W., Samad, F. Tissue factor-protease-activated receptor 2 signaling promotes diet-induced obesity and adipose inflammation Nature Medicine  2011 17:1490-1497  DOI:10.1038/nm.2461  PMID:22019885  PMCID:PMC3210891
  • Yang, G., Badeanlou, L., Bielawski, J., Roberts, A. J., Hannun, Y. A., Samad, F. Central role of ceramide biosynthesis in body weight regulation, energy metabolism, and the metabolic syndrome American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism  2009 297:E211-E224  DOI:10.1152/ajpendo.91014.2008  PMID:19435851  PMCID:PMC2711669
  • Lad, S. P., Yang, G., Scott, D. A., Chao, T. H., da Silva Correia, J., de la Torre, J. C., Li, E. Identification of MIGI/MAVS pathway signaling Molecular Immunology  2008 45:2277-2287  DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2007.11.018  PMID:18207245
  • Lad, S. P., Yang, G., Scott, D. A., Wang, G., Nair, P., Mathison, J., Reddy, V. S., Li, E. Chlamydial CT441 is a PDZ domain-containing tail-specific protease that interferes with the NF-kappaB pathway of immune response Journal of Bacteriology  2007 189:6619-6625  DOI:10.1128/jb.00429-07  PMID:17631635  PMCID:PMC2045167
  • Li, J. L., Lad, S., Yang, G., Luo, Y. P., Lacobelli-Martinez, M., Primus, F. J., Reisfeld, R. A., Li, E. Adenovirus fiber shaft contains a trimerization element that supports peptide fusion for targeted gene delivery Journal of Virology  2006 80:12324-12331  DOI:10.1128/jvi.01331-06  PMID:17020947
  • Hagmann, W. K., Durette, P. L., Lanza, T., Kevin, N. J., de Laszlo, S. E., Kopka, H. E., Young, D., Magriotis, P. A., Li, B., Lin, L. S., Yang, G., Kamenecka, T., et al. The discovery of sulfonylated dipeptides as potent VLA-4 antagonists Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters  2001 11:2709-2713  DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(01)00544-3  PMID:11591507
  • Nicolaou, K. C., Postema, M. H. D., Miller, N. D., Yang, G. A novel approach to the cp-225,917 and cp-263,114 core Angewandte Chemie-International Edition  1997 36:2821-2823  DOI:10.1002/anie.199728211