(1)Haoyue Zhou^#, Jinmei Li^#, Song Mei^#, Meiyu Zhang, Kepeng Yan, Qunmin Zhou, Pan Zheng, Yang Liu, Peng Zhang*, Hecheng Li*, Wei Lu*, Yan Zhang*.Specific depletion of TIGIT^high CD226^- clonally expanded intratumoral Tregs defines safe and effective TIGIT targeting. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 2026 Feb 24;14(2):e013636.

(2)Yu Hu^#, Qifan Zhao^#, Yingquan Qin^#, Song Mei^#, Benyu Wang, Haoyue Zhou, Linli Han , Yi Zang, Liangjiao Yao, Zhe He, Yingyi Li, Hecheng Li*, Peng Zhang*, Yan Zhang*, Michael J Lenardo*, Wei Lu*. CARD11 signaling regulates CD8⁺ T cell tumoricidal function. Nature Immunology. 2025 Jul;26(7):1113-1126.

(3)Meiyu Zhang^#, Jinmei Li^#, Kepeng Yan^#, Haoyue Zhou, Song Mei, Benyu Wang, Dongyang Li, Xuexiang Du, Mingyue Liu, Peng Zhang, James K Fields, Lei Ye, Pan Zheng, Yang Liu, Michael J Lenardo*, Yan Zhang*. pH-dependent dissociation from CTLA-4 in early endosomes improves both safety and antitumor activity of anti-CTLA-4 antibodies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Feb 25;122(8):e2422731122.

(4)Zhenyi Niu, Ruisen Jin, Yan Zhang*, Hecheng Li*. Signaling pathways and targeted therapies in lung squamous cell car cinoma: mechanisms and clinical trials. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2022 Oct 5;7(1):353.

(5)Pan Jia, Xiang Li, Xuelei Wang, Liangjiao Yao, Yingying Xu, Yu Hu, Wenwen Xu, Zhe He, Qifan Zhao, Yicong Deng, Yi Zang, Meiyu Zhang, Yan Zhang*, Jun Qin*, Wei Lu*. ZMYND8 mediated liquid condensates spatiotemporally decommission the latent super-enhancers during macrophage polarization. Nature Communications. 2021 Nov 11;12(1):6535.

(6)Wei Zheng^#, Yan Zhang^#, Jingjing Chen^#, Yu Hu^#, Pan Jia, Xuelei Wang, Qifang Zhao, Yicong Deng, Ni Li, Yi Zhang, Jun Qin,  Xiaoming Wang*, Wei Lu*. Pathogenic CARD11 mutations affect B cell development and differentiation through a noncanonical pathway. Science Immunology. 2019 Nov 29;4(41):eaaw5618.

(7)Yan Zhang^#*, Xuexiang Du^#, Mingyue Liu^#, Fei Tang, Peng Zhang, Chunxia Ai, James K. Fields, Eric J. Sundberg, Olga S. Latinovic, Martin Devenport, Pan Zheng*, Yang Liu*. Hijacking Antibody-induced CTLA-4 Lysosomal Degradation for Safer and More Effective Cancer Immunotherapy, Cell Research. 2019 29: 609-627.

(8)Yan Zhang, Swati Choksi, Zhenggang Liu*. Butylated Hydroxyanisole Blocks the Occurrence of Tumor Associated Macrophages in Tobacco Smoke Carcinogen-Induced Lung Tumorigenesis. Cancers. 2013 5(4): 1643-1654.

(9)Yan Zhang, Swati Chokis, Kun Chen, Yelena Pobezinskaya, Ilona Linnoila, Zhenggang Liu*. ROS plays a critical role in the differentiation of alternatively activated macrophages and the occurrence of tumor associated macrophages, Cell Research. 2013 23: 898-914.

(10)Yan Zhang, Michael Morgan, Ken Chen, Swati Choksi, Zhenggang Liu*. Induction of Autophagy is Essential for Monocyte-Macrophage Differentiation. Blood. 2012 119(12): 2895-2905.