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  1. Uncoupling hypersensitive cell death response and disease resistance activated by effector-triggered immunity

    Article • October 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  2. Engineered pattern recognition receptors enhance broad-spectrum plant resistance

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  3. Unlocking gene regulatory networks for crop resilience and sustainable agriculture

    Article • Nature Biotechnology, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  4. Cell-type-specific execution of effector-triggered immunity

    Article • July 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  5. Modular mechanisms of immune priming and growth inhibition mediated by plant effector-triggered immunity

    Article • Cell Reports, March 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  6. Enhancing plant broad-spectrum resistance through engineered pattern recognition receptors

    Article • February 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  7. ABA-induced MYB transcriptional module regulates the differentiation trajectory of chickpea exodermis

    Article • January 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  8. Modular mechanisms of immune priming and growth inhibition mediated by plant effector-triggered immunity

    Article • February 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  9. Plant HEM1 specifies a condensation domain to control immune gene translation

    Article • Nature Plants, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  10. Calcium signaling in plant immunity: a spatiotemporally controlled symphony

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  11. Transcriptional regulation of plant innate immunity

    Article • Essays in Biochemistry, September 2022, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  12. Plant immune networks

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  13. Thirty years of resistance: Zig-zag through the plant immune system

    Article • The Plant Cell, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  14. Perception of structurally distinct effectors by the integrated WRKY domain of a plant immune receptor

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

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  15. Chromatin accessibility landscapes activated by cell-surface and intracellular immune receptors

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, August 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  16. PTI-ETI crosstalk: an integrative view of plant immunity

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  17. Perception of structurally distinct effectors by the integrated WRKY domain of a plant immune receptor

    Article • July 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  18. Mutual potentiation of plant immunity by cell-surface and intracellular receptors

    Article • Nature, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  19. Induced proximity of a TIR signaling domain on a plant-mammalian NLR chimera activates defense in plants

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Jonathan Jones, Zane Duxbury, Dr Pingtao Ding

  20. Chromatin accessibility landscapes activated by cell surface and intracellular immune receptors

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  21. Stories of Salicylic Acid: A Plant Defense Hormone

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  22. Mutual Potentiation of Plant Immunity by Cell-surface and Intracellular Receptors

    Article • April 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  23. Estradiol-inducible AvrRps4 expression reveals distinct properties of TIR-NLR-mediated effector-triggered immunity

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, February 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  24. High‐resolution expression profiling of selected gene sets during plant immune activation

    Article • Plant Biotechnology Journal, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  25. High-resolution Expression Profiling of Selected Gene Sets during Plant Immune Activation

    Article • September 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  26. Estradiol-inducible AvrRps4 expression reveals distinct properties of TIR-NLR-mediated effector-triggered immunity

    Article • July 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  27. Diverse NLR immune receptors activate defence via the RPW8‐NLR NRG1

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2019, Wiley

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  28. Phosphorylation-Regulated Activation of the Arabidopsis RRS1-R/RPS4 Immune Receptor Complex Reveals Two Distinct Effector Recognition Mechanisms

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  29. Pathogens Suppress Host Transcription Factors for Rampant Proliferation

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  30. A workflow for simplified analysis of ATAC-cap-seq data in R

    Article • GigaScience, June 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  31. Deadlier than the malate

    Article • BDJ, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  32. TGACG‐BINDING FACTOR 1 (TGA1) and TGA4 regulate salicylic acid and pipecolic acid biosynthesis by modulating the expression of SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE DEFICIENT 1 (SARD1...

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  33. Protein-protein interactions in the RPS4/RRS1 immune receptor complex

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, May 2017, PLOS

    Zane Duxbury, Dr Pingtao Ding

  34. Mis-placed Congeniality: When Pathogens Ask Their Plant Hosts for Another Drink

    Article • Developmental Cell, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  35. Characterization of a Pipecolic Acid Biosynthesis Pathway Required for Systemic Acquired Resistance

    Article • The Plant Cell, October 2016, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr Pingtao Ding, Professor Ivo Feussner

  36. Arabidopsis heterotrimeric G proteins regulate immunity by directly coupling to the FLS2 receptor

    Article • eLife, April 2016, eLife

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  37. Heterotrimeric G proteins in plant defense against pathogens and ABA signaling

    Article • Environmental and Experimental Botany, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  38. Splicing of Receptor-Like Kinase-Encoding SNC4 and CERK1 is Regulated by Two Conserved Splicing Factors that Are Required for Plant Immunity

    Article • Molecular Plant, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  39. Identification of additional MAP kinases activated upon PAMP treatment

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  40. Heterotrimeric G Proteins Serve as a Converging Point in Plant Defense Signaling Activated by Multiple Receptor-Like Kinases

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, February 2013, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  41. The Ankyrin-Repeat Transmembrane Protein BDA1 Functions Downstream of the Receptor-Like Protein SNC2 to Regulate Plant Immunity

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, June 2012, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  42. MOS11: A New Component in the mRNA Export Pathway

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2010, PLOS

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  43. Control of salicylic acid synthesis and systemic acquired resistance by two members of a plant-specific family of transcription factors

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Pingtao Ding

  44. Arabidopsis snc2-1D Activates Receptor-Like Protein-Mediated Immunity Transduced through WRKY70

    Article • The Plant Cell, September 2010, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Dr Pingtao Ding