1.Generation of a Mouse Full-length Balancer with Versatile Cassette-shuttling Selection Strategy.Zhisheng Ye, Lei Sun, Rongbo Li, Min Han, Yuan Zhuang, Xiaohui Wu*, Tian Xu*.Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2016; 12(8): 911-916. doi:10.7150/ijbs.15172.

2.Analysis of PBase Binding Profile Indicates an InsertionTarget Selection Mechanism Dependent on TTAA, ButNot Transcriptional Activity.Dong Yang, Ruiqi Liao, Yun Zheng, Ling Sun*, Tian Xu*.Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2016; 12(9): 1074-1082. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.15589.

3.Disruption of the Golgi protein Otg1 gene causes defective hormone secretion and aberrant glucose homeostasis in mice.Guangxue Wang, Rongbo Li, Ying Yang, Liang Cai, Sheng Ding, Tian Xu*, Min Han*, Xiaohui Wu*.Cell Biosci. 2016 Jun 10;6:41. doi: 10.1186/s13578-016-0108-4.

4.Lmod2 piggyBac mutant mice exhibit dilated cardiomyopathy.Shuang Li, Kaiqi Mo, Hong Tian, Chen Chu, Shuna Sun, Lei Tian, Sheng Ding, Tong-ruei Li, Xiaohui Wu, Fang Liu, Zhen Zhang, Tian Xu*,Ling V. Sun*.Cell Biosci. 2016 Jun 4;6:38. doi: 10.1186/s13578-016-0101-y.

5.Ribose Accelerates Gut Motility and Suppresses Mouse Body Weight Gaining.Yan Liu, Tong-Ruei R Li, Cong Xu, Tian Xu*.Int J Biol Sci. 2016 Apr 28;12(6):701-9. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.13635.

6. Lei Tian, Sheng Ding Yun You Tong-ruei Li Yan Liu, Xiaohui Wu, Ling Sun* and Tian Xu*(2015).Leiomodin-3-deficient mice display nemaline myopathy with fast-myofiber atrophy.Disease Models & Mechanisms. 8(6): 635–641.

7. Wu M, Pastor-Pareja JC & Xu T*(2010). Interaction between RasV12 and scribble clones induces tumor growth and invasion. Nature. 403, 676–680.

8. Chi CW, Zhu HH, Han M, Zhuang Y, Wu X*, Xu T* (2010).Disruption of Lysosome Function Promotes Tumor Growth and Metastasis in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285: 21817-21823.

9. Ding S, Wu X*, Li G, Han M, Zhuang Y, Xu T*(2005).Efficient Transposition of the piggyBac (PB) Transposon in Mammalian Cells and Mice. Cell. 122:473-483.

10. Pagliarini R, Xu T*(2003). A genetic screen in Drosophila for metastatic behavior. Science. 14:1227-31.

11. Potter CJ, Pedraza LG, Xu T*(2002). Akt regulates growth by directly phosphorylating Tsc2. Nature Cell Biology. 4:658-665.

12. Potter CJ, Huang H, Xu T*(2001).Drosophila Tsc1 functions with Tsc2 to antagonize insulin signaling in regulating cell growth, cell proliferation, and organ size. Cell. 105:357-368.

13. Xu T*, Wang W, Zhang S, Stewart RA, Yu Y(1995). Identifying tumor suppressors in genetic mosaics: the Drosophila lats gene encodes a putative protein kinase. Development. 121:1053-1063.