1. Shan B.*, Barker, C.*, Shao M.*, Zhang, Q., Gupta R.K.and Wu Y. (2022) Multilayered omics Reveal Sex- and Depot-Dependent Adipose Progenitor Cell Heterogeneity. Cell Metabolism. 34(5):783-799.
2. Shan B.*, Shao M.*, Zhang Q., Hepler C., Paschoal V., Barnes S., Vishvanath L., An Y., Malladi V., Strand D., Gupta O., Oh D., and Gupta R.K. (2020) Perivascular mesenchymal cells control adipose-tissue macrophage accrual in obesity. Nature Metabolism. 2(11):1332-1349. (Highlighted in Nature Review Endocrinology).
3. Shan B.*, Wang X.*, Wu Y.*, Xu C., Xia ZX., Shao M., Zhao F., Liu Y., Nan F., Li J., Rui L., Duan S. and Liu Y. (2017) The Metabolic ER stress sensor IRE1a suppresses alternative activation of macrophages and impairs energy expenditure in obesity. Nature Immunology. 18(5):519-529. (Previewed by Gökhan S. Hotamisligil in Molecular Cell and Fabio Martinon in Nature Immunology; F1000Prime Exceptional Recommendations by Michael McDermott; Highlighted in Nature Review Endocrinology and Nature Review Immunology; ESI High Cited Paper)
4. Shan B.*, Shao M.*, Zhang Q., An Y., Vishvanath L., and Gupta R.K. (2021) Cold-responsive adipocyte progenitors couple adrenergic signaling to immune cell activation to promote beige adipocyte accrual. Genes & Development. 35(19-20):1333-1338. (Cover story. Previewed by Stephen Farmer in Genes Dev.).
5. Wu Y.*, Shan B.*, Dai J., Xia Z., Cai J., Chen T., Lv S., Feng Y., Zheng L., Wang Y., Liu J., Xie D., Rui L., Liu J. and Liu Y. (2018) Dual role for Inositol-requiring Enzyme 1a in promoting the development of hepatocellular carcinoma during diet-induced obesity. Hepatology. 68(2):533-546. (*Co-first author).
6. Shao M.*, Shan B.*, Deng Y., Liu Y., Yan C., Wu Y., Mao T., Qiu Y., Zhou Y., Jiang S., Jia W., Li J., Li J., Rui L., Yang L., and Liu Y. (2014) Hepatic IRE1a regulates fasting/diet-induced metabolic adaptive programs through the XBP1-PPARa Axis. Nature communications. 27;5:3528. (*Co-first author).
7. Cai J., Zhang X., Chen P., Li Y., Liu S., Liu Q., Zhang H., Song K., Liu J., Shan B.#, and Liu Y. # (2022) Inositol-requiring enzyme 1α in Kupffer cells promotes hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Biol Chem. 298(1) (# Co-corresponding author)
8. Zhang Q., Shan B., Guo L., Shao M., Vishvanath L., Elmquist G., Xu L. and Gupta R.K. (2022) Distinct functional properties of perinatal versus adult adipose progenitor subpopulations. Nature Metabolism. 4(8):1055-1070.
9. Hepler C., Shan B., Zhang Q., Henry G.H., Shao M., Vishvanath L., Ghaben A.L., Mobley A.B., Strand D., Hon G., Gupta R.K. (2018) Identification of functionally distinct fibro-inflammatory and adipogenic stromal subpopulations in visceral adipose tissue of adult mice. Elife. 28;7. pii: e39636.
10. Shao M., Hepler C., Zhang Q., Shan B., Vishvanath L., Henry G., Zhao S., An Y., Wu Y., Strand D., Gupta R.K. (2021) Pathologic HIF1a signaling drives adipose progenitor dysfunction in obesity. Cell Stem Cell. 28(4):685-701.
11. An Y., Chen S., Deng Y., Wang Z, Funcke J., Shah M., Shan B., Gordillo R., Yoshino J., Klein S., Kusminski C., Scherer P. (2021) The mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier prevents hepatic lipotoxicity by inhibiting white adipocyte lipolysis. Journal of Hepatology. 75(2):387-399.
12. Shao M., Vishvanath L., Busbuso N., Hepler C., Shan B., Sharma A., Chen S., Yu X., An Y., Zhu Y., Holland W., Gupta R.K. (2018) De novo adipocyte differentiation from Pdgfrβ+ preadipocytes protects against pathologic visceral adipose expansion in obesity. Nature Communications. 9;1:1-16.
