Publications - The Wang Lab at MIT

2012

The calcium-activated chloride channel anoctamin 1 acts as a heat sensor in nociceptive neurons.

Cho Hawon, Yang Young Duk, Lee Jesun, Lee Byeongjoon, Kim Tahnbee, Jang Yongwoo, Back Seung Keun, Na Heung Sik, Harfe Brian D, Wang Fan, Raouf Ramin, Wood John N, Oh Uhtaek. Nature Neuroscience, vol. 15 pp. 1015-1021, May 2012.

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Distinct Nav1.7-dependent pain sensations require different sets of sensory and sympathetic neurons.

Minett Michael S, Nassar Mohammed A, Clark Anna K, Passmore Gayle, Dickenson Anthony H, Wang Fan, Malcangio Marzia, Wood John N. Nature Communications, vol. 3 pp. 791, Apr 2012.

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Axonally translated SMADs link up BDNF and retrograde BMP signaling.

Takatoh Jun, Wang Fan. Neuron, vol. 74 pp. 5-Mar, Apr 2012.

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Sodium channels and mammalian sensory mechanotransduction.

Raouf Ramin, Rugiero Francois, Kiesewetter Hannes, Hatch Rachel, Hummler Edith, Nassar Mohammed A, Wang Fan, Wood John N. Molecular Pain, vol. 8 pp. 21, Mar 2012.

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2011

Ectopic myelinating oligodendrocytes in the dorsal spinal cord as a consequence of altered semaphorin 6D signaling inhibit synapse formation.

Leslie Jennifer R, Imai Fumiyasu, Fukuhara Kaori, Takegahara Noriko, Rizvi Tilat A, Friedel Roland H, Wang Fan, Kumanogoh Atsushi, Yoshida Yutaka. Development, vol. 138 pp. 4085-4095, Sep 2011.

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Temporal control of gene deletion in sensory ganglia using a tamoxifen-inducible Advillin-Cre-ERT2 recombinase mouse.

Lau Joanne, Minett Michael S, Zhao Jing, Dennehy Ulla, Wang Fan, Wood John N, Bogdanov Yury D. Molecular Pain, vol. 7 pp. 100, Dec 2011.

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Activity-induced remodeling of olfactory bulb microcircuits revealed by monosynaptic tracing.

Arenkiel Benjamin R, Hasegawa Hiroshi, Yi Jason J, Larsen Rylan S, Wallace Michael L, Philpot Benjamin D, Wang Fan, Ehlers Michael D. Plos One, vol. 6 pp. e29423, Dec 2011.

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The class III kinase Vps34 promotes T lymphocyte survival through regulating IL-7R± surface expression.

McLeod Ian X, Zhou Xiang, Li Qi-Jing, Wang Fan, He You-Wen. Journal of Immunology, vol. 187 pp. 5051-5061, Nov 2011.

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Transcription factor short stature homeobox 2 is required for proper development of tropomyosin-related kinase B-expressing mechanosensory neurons.

Scott Alexandra, Hasegawa Hiroshi, Sakurai Katsuyasu, Yaron Avraham, Cobb John, Wang Fan. The Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 31 pp. 6741-6749, May 2011.

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Proper formation of whisker barrelettes requires periphery-derived Smad4-dependent TGF-beta signaling.

da Silva Susana, Hasegawa Hiroshi, Scott Alexandra, Zhou Xiang, Wagner Amanda K, Han Bao-Xia, Wang Fan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 108 pp. 3395-3400, Feb 2011.

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