Selected Publications
1. Huang J #, Hu P #, Ye L #, Shen Z, Chen X, Liu F, Xie Y, Yu J, Fan X, Xiao M, Clement K M Tsui, Wang W, Li Y, Zhang G, Koon Ho Wong, Cai L, Bai F, Xu Y*, Wang L* (2024) Pan-drug resistance and hypervirulence in a human fungal pathogen are enabled by mutagenesis induced by mammalian body temperature. Nature Microbiology. June 19. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01720-y.
2. Chen L#, Tian X#, Zhang L#, Wang W, Hu P, Ma Z, Li Y, Li S, Shen Z, Fan X, Ye L, Ke W, Wu Y, Shui G, Xiao M, He G, Yang Y, Fang W, Bai F, Liao G, Chen M, Lin X, Li C, Wang L* (2024)Brain glucose induces tolerance of Cryptococcus neoformans to amphotericin B during meningitis. Nature Microbiology. Feb. doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01561-1.
3. Tian X#, He G#, Hu P#, Chen L, Tao C, Cui YL, Shen L, Ke W, Xu H, Zhao Y, Xu Q, Bai F, Wu B, Yang E, Lin X, Wang L* (2018) Cryptococcus neoformans sexual reproduction is controlled by a quorum sensing peptide. Nature Microbiology. May 21. doi: 10.1038/s41564-018-0160-4.
4. Ke W#, Xie Y#, Chen Y#, Ding H, Ye L, Qiu H, Li H, Zhang L, Chen L, Tian X, Shen Z, Song Z, Fan X, Zong J, Guo Z, Ma X, Xiao M, Liao G, Liu CH, Yin W, Dong Z, Yang F, Jiang Y, Perlin DS, Chen Y, Fu Y*, Wang L* (2024)Fungicide-tolerant persister formation during cryptococcal pulmonary infection. Cell Host & Microbe. Feb 14. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.12.012.
5. Hu P#, Ding H#, Liu H#, Yang Y, Chen L, He G, Ke W, Ping Z, Tian X, Peng Y, Shen Z, Yao X, Tao C, Yang E, Liao G, Liu X, Wang L* (2022) Regulatory basis for reproductive flexibility in a meningitis-causing fungal pathogen. Nature Communications. Dec 24. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35549-y.
6. Fan X#, Chen L#, Chen M#, Zhang N, Chang H, He M, Shen Z, Zhang L, Ding H, Xie Y, Huang Y, Ke W, Xiao M, Zang X, Xu H, Fang W, Li S, Cao C, Xu Y, Shan S,Wu W, Chen C*, Xue X*, Wang L* (2024) Pan-omics-based characterization and prediction of highly multidrug-adapted strains from an outbreak fungal species complex. The Innovation. September 9. DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2024.100681
7. Tian X#, Ding H#, Ke W, Wang L* (2021) Quorum Sensing in Fungal Species. Annual Review of Microbiology. Aug 4. doi: 10.1146/annurev-micro-060321-045510.
8. Hu P#, Ding H#, Shen L#, He G, Liu H, Tian X, Tao C, Bai X, Liang J, Jin C, Xu X, Yang E, Wang L* (2021) A unique cell wall synthetic response evoked by glucosamine determines pathogenicity-associated fungal cellular differentiation. PLoS Genetics. Oct 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009817.
9. Hu P#, Liu L#, Ke W, Tian X, Wang L* (2021) A cyclin protein governs the infectious and sexual life cycles of Cryptococcus neoformans. Science China Life Sciences. Aug. doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1697-3.
10. Liu L#, He G#, Chen L#, Zheng J, Chen Y, Shen L, Tian X, Li E, Yang E, Liao G, Wang L* (2018) Genetic basis for coordination of meiosis and sexual structure maturation in Cryptococcus neoformans. eLife. Oct 3. doi: 10.7554/eLife.38683.
11. Ke W, Xie Y, Hu Y, Ding H, Fan X, Huang J, Tian X, Zhang B, Xu Y, Liu X, Yang Y*, Wang L* (2022) A forkhead transcription factor contributes to the regulatory differences of pathogenicity in closely related fungal pathogens. mLife. March 24. doi:10.1002/mlf2.12011
12. Chen L#, Zhang L#, Xie Y, Wang Y, Tian X, Fang W, Xue X, Wang L* (2023) Confronting antifungal resistance, tolerance, and persistence: advances in drug target discovery and delivery systems. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. Jul 10. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2023.115007.