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  1. DNA methylation profiles in cancer: functions, therapy, and beyond

    Article • Cancer Biology and Medicine, December 2023, Tsinghua University Press

    Rongxin Zhang

  2. Oncogenic Role of HMGB1 as An Alarming in Robust Prediction of Immunotherapy Response in Colorectal Cancer

    Article • Cancers, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Rongxin Zhang

  3. MYBL1 induces transcriptional activation of ANGPT2 to promote tumor angiogenesis and confer sorafenib resistance in human hepatocellular carcinoma

    Article • Cell Death and Disease, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  4. Cordycepin enhances anti-tumor immunity in colon cancer by inhibiting phagocytosis immune checkpoint CD47 expression

    Article • International Immunopharmacology, June 2022, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  5. Parthenolide Suppresses T Helper 17 and Alleviates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, April 2022, Frontiers

    Rongxin Zhang

  6. Cell pyroptosis in health and inflammatory diseases

    Article • Cell Death Discovery, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  7. Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Mediate Acute Liver Failure in Regulation of miR-223/Neutrophil Elastase Signaling in Mice

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, January 2022, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  8. Targeting TRIM54/Axin1/β-Catenin Axis Prohibits Proliferation and Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, December 2021, Frontiers

    Rongxin Zhang

  9. MMP12 knockout prevents weight and muscle loss in tumor-bearing mice

    Article • BMC Cancer, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  10. Erratum to Thermosensitive injectable hydrogel enhances the antitumor effect of embelin in mouse hepatocellular carcinoma [Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 103 (2014) 965–973]

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, December 2021, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  11. miR-194-5p down-regulates tumor cell PD-L1 expression and promotes anti-tumor immunity in pancreatic cancer

    Article • International Immunopharmacology, August 2021, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  12. Arctigenin Exerts Neuroprotective Effect by Ameliorating Cortical Activities in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis In Vivo

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, July 2021, Frontiers

    Rongxin Zhang

  13. Loss of fragile site-associated tumor suppressor promotes antitumor immunity via macrophage polarization

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  14. Andrographolide Suppresses the Growth and Metastasis of Luminal-Like Breast Cancer by Inhibiting the NF-κB/miR-21-5p/PDCD4 Signaling Pathway

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, June 2021, Frontiers

    Rongxin Zhang

  15. Microglial PGC-1α protects against ischemic brain injury by suppressing neuroinflammation

    Article • Genome Medicine, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  16. MMP12 Knockout Prevent Weight and Muscle Loss Induced by Cancer Cachexia

    Article • January 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Rongxin Zhang

  17. Upregulation of TNF-α and IL-6 induces preterm premature rupture of membranes by activation of ADAMTS-9 in embryonic membrane cells

    Article • Life Sciences, November 2020, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  18. Effect of AKT1 (p. E17K) Hotspot Mutation on Malignant Tumorigenesis and Prognosis

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, October 2020, Frontiers

    Rongxin Zhang

  19. Arctigenin protects mice from thioglycollate‐induced acute peritonitis

    Article • Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, September 2020, Wiley

    Rongxin Zhang

  20. A Bromodomain-Containing Protein 4 (BRD4) Inhibitor Suppresses Angiogenesis by Regulating AP-1 Expression

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, July 2020, Frontiers

    Rongxin Zhang

  21. Restoration of miR-340 controls pancreatic cancer cell CD47 expression to promote macrophage phagocytosis and enhance antitumor immunity

    Article • Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, June 2020, BMJ

    Rongxin Zhang

  22. miR-128 Regulates Tumor Cell CD47 Expression and Promotes Anti-tumor Immunity in Pancreatic Cancer

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, May 2020, Frontiers

    Rongxin Zhang

  23. Use of copper-cysteamine nanoparticles to simultaneously enable radiotherapy, oxidative therapy and immunotherapy for melanoma treatment

    Article • Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  24. Apolipoprotein A-I Mimetic Peptide L-4F Suppresses Granulocytic-Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Mouse Pancreatic Cancer

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, April 2020, Frontiers

    Rongxin Zhang

  25. miR-21 promotes NLRP3 inflammasome activation to mediate pyroptosis and endotoxic shock

    Article • Cell Death and Disease, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  26. Parthenolide regulates oxidative stress‐induced mitophagy and suppresses apoptosis through p53 signaling pathway in C2C12 myoblasts

    Article • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, May 2019, Wiley

    Rongxin Zhang

  27. Mir223 restrains autophagy and promotes CNS inflammation by targeting ATG16L1

    Article • Autophagy, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Jun Yan, Rongxin Zhang

  28. Embelin impairs the accumulation and activation of MDSCs in colitis-associated tumorigenesis

    Article • OncoImmunology, August 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Rongxin Zhang

  29. Arctigenin protects against liver injury from acute hepatitis by suppressing immune cells in mice

    Article • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, June 2018, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  30. MicroRNA-181c promotes Th17 cell differentiation and mediates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Article • Brain Behavior and Immunity, May 2018, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  31. lincRNA-Cox2 regulates NLRP3 inflammasome and autophagy mediated neuroinflammation

    Article • Cell Death and Differentiation, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  32. PD-1/PD-L1 pathway blockade works as an effective and practical therapy for cancer immunotherapy

    Article • Cancer Biology and Medicine, January 2018, Tsinghua University Press

    Rongxin Zhang

  33. Apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptide 4F suppresses tumor-associated macrophages and pancreatic cancer progression

    Article • Oncotarget, September 2017, Impact Journals, LLC

    Rongxin Zhang

  34. Activation of Adiponectin Receptor Regulates Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Expression and Inhibits Lesions in ApoE-Deficient Mice

    Article • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, July 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Rongxin Zhang

  35. Overexpression of CHD1L is associated with poor survival and aggressive tumor biology in esophageal carcinoma

    Article • Oncotarget, June 2017, Impact Journals, LLC

    Rongxin Zhang

  36. tRF/miR-1280 Suppresses Stem Cell–like Cells and Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer

    Article • Cancer Research, June 2017, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Rongxin Zhang

  37. Adiponectin modulates oxidative stress-induced mitophagy and protects C2C12 myoblasts against apoptosis

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  38. miR-142-5p regulates tumor cell PD-L1 expression and enhances anti-tumor immunity

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, June 2017, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  39. Interferon regulatory factor-1 activates autophagy to aggravate hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury via the P38/P62 pathway in mice

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  40. CAR-T cell therapy in gastrointestinal tumors and hepatic carcinoma: From bench to bedside

    Article • OncoImmunology, October 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Rongxin Zhang

  41. Plumbagin protects liver against fulminant hepatic failure and chronic liver fibrosis via inhibiting inflammation and collagen production

    Article • Oncotarget, October 2016, Impact Journals, LLC

    Rongxin Zhang

  42. Parthenolide ameliorates Concanavalin A-induced acute hepatitis in mice and modulates the macrophages to an anti-inflammatory state

    Article • International Immunopharmacology, September 2016, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  43. Vitexin suppresses autophagy to induce apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma via activation of the JNK signaling pathway

    Article • Oncotarget, August 2016, Impact Journals, LLC

    Rongxin Zhang

  44. Adiponectin Suppresses T Helper 17 Cell Differentiation and Limits Autoimmune CNS Inflammation via the SIRT1/PPARγ/RORγt Pathway

    Article • Molecular Neurobiology, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  45. mTORC1 pathway disruption ameliorates brain inflammation following stroke via a shift in microglia phenotype from M1 type to M2 type

    Article • The FASEB Journal, June 2016, Wiley

    Rongxin Zhang

  46. LncRNA HULC enhances epithelial-mesenchymal transition to promote tumorigenesis and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma via the miR-200a-3p/ZEB1 signaling pathway

    Article • Oncotarget, June 2016, Impact Journals, LLC

    Rongxin Zhang

  47. Correction: Corrigendum: Adiponectin-derived active peptide ADP355 exerts anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic activities in thioacetamide-induced liver injury

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  48. Bi-directional roles of IRF-1 on autophagy diminish its prognostic value as compared with Ki67 in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

    Article • Oncotarget, May 2016, Impact Journals, LLC

    Rongxin Zhang

  49. Differentially expressed lncRNAs and mRNAs identified by microarray analysis in GBS patients vs healthy controls

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  50. Mesenchymal stem cells and their secreted molecules predominantly ameliorate fulminant hepatic failure and chronic liver fibrosis in mice respectively

    Article • Journal of Translational Medicine, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  51. Expression Profile of Long Noncoding RNA s in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Multiple Sclerosis Patients

    Article • CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, February 2016, Wiley

    Rongxin Zhang

  52. Macrophage targeting contributes to the inhibitory effects of embelin on colitis-associated cancer

    Article • Oncotarget, January 2016, Impact Journals, LLC

    Rongxin Zhang

  53. Adiponectin-derived active peptide ADP355 exerts anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic activities in thioacetamide-induced liver injury

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  54. Chrysin suppresses human CD14+ monocyte-derived dendritic cells and ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Article • Journal of Neuroimmunology, November 2015, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  55. Arctigenin Suppress Th17 Cells and Ameliorates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Through AMPK and PPAR-γ/ROR-γt Signaling

    Article • Molecular Neurobiology, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  56. Epigenetics in autoimmune diseases: Pathogenesis and prospects for therapy

    Article • Autoimmunity Reviews, October 2015, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  57. T cell immunity to glatiramer acetate ameliorates cognitive deficits induced by chronic cerebral hypoperfusion by modulating the microenvironment

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  58. Impact of Immune Response on the Use of iPSCs in Disease Modeling

    Article • Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy, April 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Rongxin Zhang

  59. Structural Mediation on Polycation Nanoparticles by Sulfadiazine to Enhance DNA Transfection Efficiency and Reduce Toxicity

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Rongxin Zhang

  60. Chrysin Protects against Focal Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Mice through Attenuation of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2014, MDPI AG

    Rongxin Zhang

  61. Embelin inhibits pancreatic cancer progression by directly inducing cancer cell apoptosis and indirectly restricting IL-6 associated inflammatory and immune suppressive cells11These authors contributed equally to this work.

    Article • Cancer Letters, November 2014, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  62. Plumbagin suppresses dendritic cell functions and alleviates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Article • Journal of Neuroimmunology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  63. ZSTK474, a novel PI3K inhibitor, modulates human CD14+ monocyte-derived dendritic cell functions and suppresses experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Medicine, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  64. Adiponectin promotes pancreatic cancer progression by inhibiting apoptosis via the activation of AMPK/Sirt1/PGC-1α signaling

    Article • Oncotarget, May 2014, Impact Journals, LLC

    Rongxin Zhang

  65. Embelin Reduces Colitis-Associated Tumorigenesis through Limiting IL-6/STAT3 Signaling

    Article • Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, May 2014, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Rongxin Zhang

  66. Silencing of Jagged1 inhibits cell growth and invasion in colorectal cancer

    Article • Cell Death and Disease, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  67. Thermosensitive Injectable Hydrogel Enhances the Antitumor Effect of Embelin in Mouse Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, March 2014, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  68. Chrysin attenuates experimental autoimmune neuritis by suppressing immuno-inflammatory responses

    Article • Neuroscience, March 2014, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  69. Regulatory non-coding RNAs: revolutionizing the RNA world

    Article • Molecular Biology Reports, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  70. Epigenetics: The Language of the Cell?

    Article • Epigenomics, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Rongxin Zhang

  71. Embelin Suppresses Dendritic Cell Functions and Limits Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Through the TGF-β/β-catenin and STAT3 Signaling Pathways

    Article • Molecular Neurobiology, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rongxin Zhang

  72. Immune microenvironment profiles of tumor immune equilibrium and immune escape states of mouse sarcoma

    Article • Cancer Letters, October 2013, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  73. Vorinostat, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, suppresses dendritic cell function and ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Article • Experimental Neurology, March 2013, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  74. Obesity-related hepatocellular carcinoma: roles of risk factors altered in obesity

    Article • Frontiers in Bioscience, January 2012, IMR Press

    Rongxin Zhang

  75. XIAP-associated factor 1 (XAF1), a novel target of p53, enhances p53-mediated apoptosis via post-translational modification

    Article • Molecular Carcinogenesis, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Hui Yao Lan, Rongxin Zhang

  76. Incorporation of CD40 ligand into SHIV virus-like particles (VLP) enhances SHIV-VLP-induced dendritic cell activation and boosts immune responses against HIV

    Article • Vaccine, July 2010, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  77. C-Reactive Protein Promotes Cardiac Fibrosis and Inflammation in Angiotensin II–Induced Hypertensive Cardiac Disease

    Article • Hypertension, April 2010, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Hui Yao Lan, Rongxin Zhang

  78. Adenovirus-mediated down-regulation of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein inhibits colon cancer

    Article • Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, September 2009, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Professor Hui Yao Lan, Rongxin Zhang

  79. Mesothelin is a malignant factor and therapeutic vaccine target for pancreatic cancer

    Article • Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, February 2008, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Rongxin Zhang

  80. IL-6 stimulates Th2 type cytokine secretion and upregulates VEGF and NRP-1 expression in pancreatic cancer cells

    Article • Cancer Biology & Therapy, July 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Rongxin Zhang

  81. Elevated Interleukin-6 and G-CSF in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cell Conditioned Medium Suppress Dendritic Cell Differentiation and Activation

    Article • Cancer Research, June 2007, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Rongxin Zhang

  82. Thymosin-α1 modulates dendritic cell differentiation and functional maturation from human peripheral blood CD14+ monocytes

    Article • Immunology Letters, June 2007, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  83. Effects of Pentoxifylline on Differentiation, Maturation, and Function of Human CD14+ Monocyte-derived Dendritic Cells

    Article • Journal of Immunotherapy, January 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Rongxin Zhang

  84. C‐reactive protein impairs human CD14+ monocyte‐derived dendritic cell differentiation, maturation and function

    Article • European Journal of Immunology, October 2006, Wiley

    Rongxin Zhang

  85. CD40 ligand increases expression of its receptor CD40 in human coronary artery endothelial cells

    Article • Surgery, August 2006, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  86. Adiponectin promotes endothelial cell differentiation from human peripheral CD14+monocytesin vitro

    Article • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, April 2006, Wiley

    Rongxin Zhang

  87. Acceleration of endothelial-like cell differentiation from CD14+ monocytes in vitro

    Article • Experimental Hematology, December 2005, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  88. Transfection of SSTR-1 and SSTR-2 Inhibits Panc-1 Cell Proliferation and Renders Panc-1 Cells Responsive to Somatostatin Analogue

    Article • Journal of the American College of Surgeons, October 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Rongxin Zhang

  89. Effects of Cyclophilin A on Myeloblastic Cell Line KG-1 Derived Dendritic Like Cells (DLC) Through p38 MAP Kinase Activation1,2

    Article • Journal of Surgical Research, July 2005, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  90. Expression and regulation of neuropilins and VEGF receptors byTNF-α in human endothelial cells

    Article • Journal of Surgical Research, December 2004, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  91. SHIV virus-like particles bind and activate human dendritic cells

    Article • Vaccine, November 2004, Elsevier

    Rongxin Zhang

  92. Th Cell-Independent Immune Responses to Chimeric Hemagglutinin/Simian Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Like Particles Vaccine

    Article • The Journal of Immunology, August 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Rongxin Zhang

  93. Homodimerization through coiled‐coil regions enhances activity of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 2003, Wiley

    Rongxin Zhang

  94. Myotonic dystrophy protein kinase phosphorylates the myosin phosphatase targeting subunit and inhibits myosin phosphatase activity

    Article • FEBS Letters, March 2001, Wiley

    Rongxin Zhang