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  1. ILP8 serves as a mature follicle sensor to prevent excessive accumulation of mature follicles in Drosophila ovaries and oocyte aging

    Article • Development, November 2025, The Company of Biologists

    Jianjun Sun

  2. GATA factor Serpent promotes phagocytosis in non-professional phagocytes during Drosophila oogenesis

    Article • Development, April 2025, The Company of Biologists

    Jianjun Sun

  3. DILP8 serves as a mature follicle sensor to prevent excessive accumulation of mature follicles in Drosophila ovaries and oocyte aging.

    Article • April 2025, openRxiv

    Jianjun Sun

  4. Actomyosin contraction in the follicular epithelium provides the major mechanical force for follicle rupture during Drosophila ovulation

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Jianjun Sun

  5. ETS transcription factors regulate precise matrix metalloproteinase expression and follicle rupture in Drosophila

    Article • Development, February 2024, The Company of Biologists

    Jianjun Sun

  6. The bHLH-PAS transcriptional complex Sim:Tgo plays active roles in late oogenesis to promote follicle maturation and ovulation

    Article • Development, June 2023, The Company of Biologists

    Jianjun Sun

  7. The bHLH-PAS transcriptional complex Sim:Tgo plays active roles in late oogenesis to promote follicle maturation and ovulation

    Article • December 2022, openRxiv

    Jianjun Sun

  8. A platform utilizing Drosophila ovulation for nonhormonal contraceptive screening

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Jianjun Sun

  9. Nuclear receptor Ftz-f1 promotes follicle maturation and ovulation partly via bHLH/PAS transcription factor Sim

    Article • eLife, April 2020, eLife

    Jianjun Sun

  10. Different modes of Notch activation and strength regulation in the spermathecal secretory lineage

    Article • Development, February 2020, The Company of Biologists

    Jianjun Sun

  11. Downregulation of homeodomain protein Cut is essential for follicle maturation and ovulation

    Article • Development, January 2019, The Company of Biologists

    Jianjun Sun

  12. NADPH oxidase-generated reactive oxygen species in mature follicles are essential for Drosophila ovulation

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Jianjun Sun

  13. The zinc-finger transcription factor Hindsight regulates ovulation competency of Drosophila follicles

    Article • eLife, December 2017, eLife

    Jianjun Sun

  14. Dynamic Notch Signaling Specifies Each Cell Fate in Drosophila Spermathecal Lineage

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, March 2017, Genetics Society of America

    Jianjun Sun

  15. Steroid signaling in mature follicles is important for Drosophila ovulation

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Jianjun Sun

  16. A Follicle Rupture Assay Reveals an Essential Role for Follicular Adrenergic Signaling in Drosophila Ovulation

    Article • PLoS Genetics, October 2015, PLOS

    Jianjun Sun

  17. Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 Is Required for Ovulation and Corpus Luteum Formation in Drosophila

    Article • PLoS Genetics, February 2015, PLOS

    Jianjun Sun

  18. Ovulation in Drosophila is controlled by secretory cells of the female reproductive tract

    Article • eLife, April 2013, eLife

    Jianjun Sun

  19. NR5A Nuclear Receptor Hr39 Controls Three-Cell Secretory Unit Formation in Drosophila Female Reproductive Glands

    Article • Current Biology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Jianjun Sun

  20. The microRNA pathway regulates the temporal pattern of Notch signaling in Drosophila follicle cells

    Article • Development, March 2011, The Company of Biologists

    Jianjun Sun

  21. Regulation of the endocycle/gene amplification switch by Notch and ecdysone signaling

    Article • Journal of Cell Biology, September 2008, Rockefeller University Press

    Jianjun Sun

  22. Hindsight Mediates the Role of Notch in Suppressing Hedgehog Signaling and Cell Proliferation

    Article • Developmental Cell, March 2007, Elsevier

    Jianjun Sun

  23. Notch-dependent downregulation of the homeodomain gene cut is required for the mitotic cycle/endocycle switch and cell differentiation inDrosophilafollicle cells

    Article • Development, October 2005, The Company of Biologists

    Jianjun Sun