Computational Biology: The Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Disease
Publications 2023
Comparison between articular chondrocytes and mesenchymal stromal cells for the production of articular cartilage implants
Front Bioeng Biotechnol, 11, 1116513
DOI 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1116513, PubMed 36896010
Human cytomegalovirus infection perturbs neural progenitor cell fate via the expression of viral microRNAs
J Med Virol, 95 (2), e28574
DOI 10.1002/jmv.28574, PubMed 36772841
An open chat with…Simon Rayner
FEBS Open Bio, 13 (2), 214-216
DOI 10.1002/2211-5463.13543, PubMed 36562681
SOX2 downregulation of PML increases HCMV gene expression and growth of glioma cells
PLoS Pathog, 19 (4), e1011316
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011316, PubMed 37058447
Publications 2022
Globally Accessible Distributed Data Sharing (GADDS): a decentralized FAIR platform to facilitate data sharing in the life sciences
Bioinformatics, 38 (15), 3812-3817
DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btac362, PubMed 35639939
A congenital CMV infection model for follow-up studies of neurodevelopmental disorders, neuroimaging abnormalities, and treatment
JCI Insight, 7 (1)
DOI 10.1172/jci.insight.152551, PubMed 35014624
Publications 2021
Methotrexate Treatment of Newly Diagnosed RA Patients Is Associated With DNA Methylation Differences at Genes Relevant for Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacological Action
Front Immunol, 12, 713611
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.713611, PubMed 34867944
MicroRNA Expression Differences in Blood-Derived CD19+ B Cells of Methotrexate Treated Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Front Immunol, 12, 663736
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2021.663736, PubMed 33897713
Correction to: Human cytomegalovirus DNA and immediate early protein 1/2 are highly associated with glioma and prognosis
Protein Cell, 12 (4), 313
DOI 10.1007/s13238-020-00787-7, PubMed 32929699
Publications 2020
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Both Newly Diagnosed and Methotrexate Treated, Show More DNA Methylation Differences in CD4+ Memory Than in CD4+ Naïve T Cells
Front Immunol, 11, 194
DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00194, PubMed 32117312
An extension to: Systematic assessment of commercially available low-input miRNA library preparation kits
RNA Biol, 17 (9), 1284-1292
DOI 10.1080/15476286.2020.1761081, PubMed 32436772
Does SARS-CoV-2 has a longer incubation period than SARS and MERS?
J Med Virol, 92 (5), 476-478
DOI 10.1002/jmv.25708, PubMed 32056235
Human cytomegalovirus DNA and immediate early protein 1/2 are highly associated with glioma and prognosis
Protein Cell, 11 (7), 525-533
DOI 10.1007/s13238-020-00696-9, PubMed 32189197
Publications 2019
Systematic assessment of commercially available low-input miRNA library preparation kits
RNA Biol, 17 (1), 75-86
DOI 10.1080/15476286.2019.1667741, PubMed 31559901
Personalized Epigenome Remodeling Under Biochemical and Psychological Changes During Long-Term Isolation Environment
Front Physiol, 10, 932
DOI 10.3389/fphys.2019.00932, PubMed 31417412
3D cell culture models and organ-on-a-chip: Meet separation science and mass spectrometry
Electrophoresis, 41 (1-2), 56-64
DOI 10.1002/elps.201900170, PubMed 31544246
The reemergence of human rabies and emergence of an Indian subcontinent lineage in Tibet, China
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 13 (1), e0007036
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007036, PubMed 30640911
Accurate Adapter Information Is Crucial for Reproducibility and Reusability in Small RNA Seq Studies
Noncoding RNA, 5 (4)
DOI 10.3390/ncrna5040049, PubMed 31661777
miRBaseMiner, a tool for investigating miRBase content
RNA Biol, 16 (11), 1534-1546
DOI 10.1080/15476286.2019.1637680, PubMed 31251108
Jasmine: a Java pipeline for isomiR characterization in miRNA-Seq Data
Bioinformatics, 36 (6), 1933-1936
DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz806, PubMed 31681943
Publications 2018
Proteomic Analysis of Zika Virus Infected Primary Human Fetal Neural Progenitors Suggests a Role for Doublecortin in the Pathological Consequences of Infection in the Cortex
Front Microbiol, 9, 1067
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01067, PubMed 29922247
miRAW: A deep learning-based approach to predict microRNA targets by analyzing whole microRNA transcripts
PLoS Comput Biol, 14 (7), e1006185
DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006185, PubMed 30005074
WDR5 Facilitates Human Cytomegalovirus Replication by Promoting Capsid Nuclear Egress
J Virol, 92 (9)
DOI 10.1128/JVI.00207-18, PubMed 29437978
Publications 2017
Infected T98G glioblastoma cells support human cytomegalovirus reactivation from latency
Virology, 510, 205-215
DOI 10.1016/j.virol.2017.07.023, PubMed 28750324
ORF7 of Varicella-Zoster Virus Is Required for Viral Cytoplasmic Envelopment in Differentiated Neuronal Cells
J Virol, 91 (12)
DOI 10.1128/JVI.00127-17, PubMed 28356523
Human cytomegalovirus IE1 downregulates Hes1 in neural progenitor cells as a potential E3 ubiquitin ligase
PLoS Pathog, 13 (7), e1006542
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006542, PubMed 28750047
Identification of small RNAs in extracellular vesicles from the commensal yeast Malassezia sympodialis
Sci Rep, 7, 39742
DOI 10.1038/srep39742, PubMed 28051166
Publications 2016
Correction for Pan et al., Later Passages of Neural Progenitor Cells from Neonatal Brain Are More Permissive for Human Cytomegalovirus Infection
J Virol, 90 (22), 10431-10433
DOI 10.1128/JVI.01780-16, PubMed 27794070
Publications 2015
Investigation of the genotype III to genotype I shift in Japanese encephalitis virus and the impact on human cases
Virol Sin, 30 (4), 277-89
DOI 10.1007/s12250-015-3621-4, PubMed 26311492
Human Cytomegalovirus Infection Dysregulates the Localization and Stability of NICD1 and Jag1 in Neural Progenitor Cells
J Virol, 89 (13), 6792-804
DOI 10.1128/JVI.00351-15, PubMed 25903338
Identifying the pattern of molecular evolution for Zaire ebolavirus in the 2014 outbreak in West Africa
Infect Genet Evol, 32, 51-9
DOI 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.02.024, PubMed 25745889
How Ebola has been evolving in West Africa
Trends Microbiol, 23 (7), 387-8
DOI 10.1016/j.tim.2015.05.003, PubMed 25986056
Rabies Cases in the West of China Have Two Distinct Origins
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 9 (10), e0004140
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004140, PubMed 26484668
Genome comparison provides molecular insights into the phylogeny of the reassigned new genus Lysinibacillus
BMC Genomics, 16 (1), 140
DOI 10.1186/s12864-015-1359-x, PubMed 25888315
Resistant mutations and quasispecies complexity of hepatitis B virus during telbivudine treatment
J Gen Virol, 96 (11), 3302-3312
DOI 10.1099/jgv.0.000285, PubMed 26382925
Identification and BAC construction of Han, the first characterized HCMV clinical strain in China
J Med Virol, 88 (5), 859-70
DOI 10.1002/jmv.24396, PubMed 26426373
Publications 2014
MicroRNA miR-21 attenuates human cytomegalovirus replication in neural cells by targeting Cdc25a
J Virol, 89 (2), 1070-82
DOI 10.1128/JVI.01740-14, PubMed 25378484
Comparison of genotypes I and III in Japanese encephalitis virus reveals distinct differences in their genetic and host diversity
J Virol, 88 (19), 11469-79
DOI 10.1128/JVI.02050-14, PubMed 25056890
The limited number of available nucleotide and protein sequence data from the recent H7N9 cases in China impeded investigation and characterization of the outbreak
Virol Sin, 29 (2), 126-7
DOI 10.1007/s12250-014-3394-1, PubMed 24664817
Human rabies surveillance and control in China, 2005-2012
BMC Infect Dis, 14, 212
DOI 10.1186/1471-2334-14-212, PubMed 24742224
Factors influencing the number of rabies cases in children in China
Biomed Environ Sci, 27 (8), 627-32
DOI 10.3967/bes2014.095, PubMed 25189609
Comparison of complete genome sequences of dog rabies viruses isolated from China and Mexico reveals key amino acid changes that may be associated with virus replication and virulence
Arch Virol, 159 (7), 1593-601
DOI 10.1007/s00705-013-1966-2, PubMed 24395077
Predicting response to preoperative chemotherapy agents by identifying drug action on modeled microRNA regulation networks
PLoS One, 9 (5), e98140
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0098140, PubMed 24848634
Publications 2013
Computational evolutionary analysis of the overlapped surface (S) and polymerase (P) region in hepatitis B virus indicates the spacer domain in P is crucial for survival
PLoS One, 8 (4), e60098
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0060098, PubMed 23577084
National borders effectively halt the spread of rabies: the current rabies epidemic in China is dislocated from cases in neighboring countries
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 7 (1), e2039
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002039, PubMed 23383359
Pathogenicity of rabies viruses isolated in China: two fixed strains and a street strain
Biomed Environ Sci, 26 (7), 552-61
DOI 10.3967/0895-3988.2013.07.006, PubMed 23895700
Genetic characterization and transmitted drug resistance of the HIV type 1 epidemic in men who have sex with men in Beijing, China
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 29 (3), 633-7
DOI 10.1089/aid.2012.0281, PubMed 23121221
Later passages of neural progenitor cells from neonatal brain are more permissive for human cytomegalovirus infection
J Virol, 87 (20), 10968-79
DOI 10.1128/JVI.01120-13, PubMed 23903847
Molecular characterization of China human rabies vaccine strains
Virol Sin, 28 (2), 116-23
DOI 10.1007/s12250-013-3314-9, PubMed 23575734
Molecular phylodynamic analysis indicates lineage displacement occurred in Chinese rabies epidemics between 1949 to 2010
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 7 (7), e2294
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002294, PubMed 23875035
Genetic and evolutionary characterization of RABVs from China using the phosphoprotein gene
Virol J, 10, 14
DOI 10.1186/1743-422X-10-14, PubMed 23294868
Genetic diversity and molecular evolution of the rabies virus matrix protein gene in China
Infect Genet Evol, 16, 248-53
DOI 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.02.009, PubMed 23453987
Natural antisense transcripts of UL123 packaged in human cytomegalovirus virions
Arch Virol, 159 (1), 147-51
DOI 10.1007/s00705-013-1793-5, PubMed 23884634
BlastGraph: a comparative genomics tool based on BLAST and graph algorithms
Bioinformatics, 29 (24), 3222-4
DOI 10.1093/bioinformatics/btt553, PubMed 24068035
Reassortment and migration analysis of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
J Gen Virol, 94 (Pt 11), 2536-2548
DOI 10.1099/vir.0.056374-0, PubMed 23939975
Publications 2012
Observation of non-principal plane neutral points in the upwelling polarized light field above a water surface
Appl Opt, 51 (22), 5387-91
DOI 10.1364/AO.51.005387, PubMed 22859026
A faster immunofluorescence assay for tracking infection progress of human cytomegalovirus
Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai), 44 (7), 597-605
DOI 10.1093/abbs/gms041, PubMed 22659494
Comparative proteomics reveal fundamental structural and functional differences between the two progeny phenotypes of a baculovirus
J Virol, 87 (2), 829-39
DOI 10.1128/JVI.02329-12, PubMed 23115289
Functional characterization of lipase in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus
Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 419 (4), 617-20
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.02.057, PubMed 22369949
Ribosomal binding site switching: an effective strategy for high-throughput cloning constructions
PLoS One, 7 (11), e50142
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0050142, PubMed 23185557
Isolation and identification of a distinct strain of Culex Flavivirus from mosquitoes collected in Mainland China
Virol J, 9, 73
DOI 10.1186/1743-422X-9-73, PubMed 22452813
Small non-coding RNA SraG regulates the operon YPK_1206-1205 in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
FEMS Microbiol Lett, 331 (1), 37-43
DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02548.x, PubMed 22428705
The amino acid substitutions rtP177G and rtF249A in the reverse transcriptase domain of hepatitis B virus polymerase reduce the susceptibility to tenofovir
Antiviral Res, 97 (2), 93-100
DOI 10.1016/j.antiviral.2012.12.007, PubMed 23261845
Genomic characterization of a novel virus of the family Tymoviridae isolated from mosquitoes
PLoS One, 7 (7), e39845
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0039845, PubMed 22848363
Analysis on factors related to rabies epidemic in China from 2007-2011
Virol Sin, 27 (2), 132-43
DOI 10.1007/s12250-012-3244-y, PubMed 22492004
The spatial and temporal dynamics of rabies in China
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 6 (5), e1640
DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001640, PubMed 22563518
Comparison of RFFIT tests with different standard sera and testing procedures
Virol Sin, 27 (3), 187-93
DOI 10.1007/s12250-012-3247-8, PubMed 22684473
Publications 2011
Advances of bioinformatics tools applied in virus epitopes prediction
Virol Sin, 26 (1), 1-7
DOI 10.1007/s12250-011-3159-4, PubMed 21331885
Epidemiology and mutational analysis of global strains of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus
Virol Sin, 26 (4), 229-44
DOI 10.1007/s12250-011-3211-z, PubMed 21847754
Emergence of genotype I of Japanese encephalitis virus as the dominant genotype in Asia
J Virol, 85 (19), 9847-53
DOI 10.1128/JVI.00825-11, PubMed 21697481
Novel evidence suggests Hepatitis B virus surface proteins participate in regulation of HBV genome replication
Virol Sin, 26 (2), 131-8
DOI 10.1007/s12250-011-3190-0, PubMed 21468936
Use of mutual information arrays to predict coevolving sites in the full length HIV gp120 protein for subtypes B and C
Virol Sin, 26 (2), 95-104
DOI 10.1007/s12250-011-3188-7, PubMed 21468932
MiRPara: a SVM-based software tool for prediction of most probable microRNA coding regions in genome scale sequences
BMC Bioinformatics, 12, 107
DOI 10.1186/1471-2105-12-107, PubMed 21504621
Genetic characteristics of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza a viruses isolated from Mainland China
Virol Sin, 26 (6), 418-27
DOI 10.1007/s12250-011-3228-3, PubMed 22160942
Publications 2010
Protein-protein interaction reveals synergistic discrimination of cancer phenotype
Cancer Inform, 9, 61-6
DOI 10.4137/cin.s3899, PubMed 20458363
Pre-clinical drug prioritization via prognosis-guided genetic interaction networks
PLoS One, 5 (11), e13937
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0013937, PubMed 21085674
Characterization of catabolic meta-nitrophenol nitroreductase from Cupriavidus necator JMP134
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 87 (6), 2077-85
DOI 10.1007/s00253-010-2666-4, PubMed 20508930
Duckweed (Lemna minor) as a model plant system for the study of human microbial pathogenesis
PLoS One, 5 (10), e13527
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0013527, PubMed 21049039
Publications 2009
Seroprevalence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and risk factors in Xinjiang, China
J Med Virol, 81 (8), 1422-31
DOI 10.1002/jmv.21550, PubMed 19551832
Evidence of a major role of GP64 in group I alphabaculovirus evolution
Virus Res, 142 (1-2), 85-91
DOI 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.01.015, PubMed 19428740
A history estimate and evolutionary analysis of rabies virus variants in China
J Gen Virol, 91 (Pt 3), 759-64
DOI 10.1099/vir.0.016436-0, PubMed 19889927
[Molecular characterization of full-length genome of Japanese encephalitis virus strain patient's cerebrospinal fluid in China]
Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi, 23 (1), 26-8
PubMed 19799010
Publications 2008
DHPC: a new tool to express genome structural features
Genomics, 91 (5), 476-83
DOI 10.1016/j.ygeno.2008.01.003, PubMed 18343093
The epidemic origin and molecular properties of B': a founder strain of the HIV-1 transmission in Asia
AIDS, 22 (14), 1851-8
DOI 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32830f4c62, PubMed 18753865
A continuous process to extract plasmid DNA based on alkaline lysis
Nat Protoc, 3 (2), 176-80
DOI 10.1038/nprot.2007.526, PubMed 18274518
Publications 2007
An automated process to extract plasmid DNA by alkaline lysis
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 75 (5), 1217-23
DOI 10.1007/s00253-007-0925-9, PubMed 17387470
Publications 2006
Genome wide prediction of protein function via a generic knowledge discovery approach based on evidence integration
BMC Bioinformatics, 7, 268
DOI 10.1186/1471-2105-7-268, PubMed 16725034
Publications 2002
A scalable high-throughput chemical synthesizer
Genome Res, 12 (12), 1950-60
DOI 10.1101/gr.359002, PubMed 12466300
ORF-FINDER: a vector for high-throughput gene identification
Gene, 282 (1-2), 33-41
DOI 10.1016/s0378-1119(01)00819-8, PubMed 11814675