Wang, Y.C., Peng, A., Liang, F.Y., Sun, Z., Wang, K.R., Yuan, X. (1991). Discovery of the antibody to kinetochore from serum of patients with slerotic fascitis and the research on kinetochore of several organs in mice with this antibody. J. Beijing Normal Univ.(Natural Science). Vol. 27, 363-368.
Sun, Z, Means, R.L., LeMagueresse, B. and Means, A.R.(1995). Organization and analysis of the complete rat calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IV gene. J. Biol. Chem. Vol. 270, 29507-29514.
Sun, Z. and Means, A.R. (1995). An intron facilitates activation of the calspermin gene by the testis-specific transcription factor CREM???J. Biol. Chem. Vol. 270, 20962-20967.
Sun, Z., Sassone-corsi, P. and Means, A.R. (1995). Calspermin gene transcription is regulated by two cyclic AMP response elements contained in a promoter in the calmodulin kinase IV gene. Mol. Cell. Biol. Vol. 15, 561-571.
Zhou, Y., Sun, Z., Means, A.R., Sassone-corsi, P. and Bernstein, K.E. (1996). cAMP-response element modulator tau is a positive regulator of testis angiotensin converting enzyme transcription. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., Vol. 93, 12262-12266.
Sun, Z. and Means, A.R. (1996). A role for cAMP-response element motifs in transcriptional regulation of postmeiotic male germ cell specific genes. In: Signal transduction in testicular cells. Druckhaus Beltz, Hemsbach. p29-52.
Littman, D.R., Sun, Z,, Unutmaz, D., Sunshine, M.J., Petrie, H.T., Zou, Y. Role of nuclear hormone receptor ROR-gamma in transcriptional regulation, thymocyte survival, and lymphoid organgenesis. (1999). Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Signaling & Gene Expression in the Immune System. Vol. 64. 373-381.
Sun, Z., Arendt, C.W., Ellmeier, W., Schaeffer, E.M., Sunshine, M.J., Gandhi, L., Annes, J., Petrzilka, D., Kupfer, A., Schwartzberg, P.L., and Littman, D.R. (2000). PKC-theta is required for TCR-induced NF-kappaB activation in mature but not in immature T lymphocytes. Nature, 404, 402-407.
Sun, Z,, Unutmaz, D., Zou, Y., Sunshine, M.J., Pierani, A., Brenner-Morton, S., Mebius, R.E., and Littman, D.R. (2000). Requirement for ROR-gamma in thymocyte survival and lymphoid organ development . Science, 288, 2369-2373.
Guo J, Hawwari A, Li H, Sun, Z, Mahanta S, Littman D.R., Krangel M.S. and He YW (2002). Regulation of the TCR? repertoire by the survival window of CD4+CD8+ thyomcytes. Nature Immunol., 3, 469-476.
Xie H., Sadim, M. S. and Sun, Z (2005). ROR?t recruits steroid receptor coactivators (SRC) to ensure thymocyte survival. J. Immunol., 175(6): 3800-3809.
Xie, H., Huang Z, Sadim, M.S. and Sun, Z (2005). Stabilized ?-catenin extends thymocyte survival by upregulating Bcl-xL. J. Immunol., 175(12): 7981-7988.
Manicassamy, S., Sadim, M.S., Ye, R. D. and Sun, Z (2006). Differential roles of PKC-? in the regulation of intracellular calcium concentration in primary T cells. J. Mol. Biol., 355: 347-359
Gudi, R., Barking, J., Hawkins, S., Chu, F., Manicassamy, S., Sun, Z., Duke-Cohan, J. S., and Prasad, K (2006). Siva-1 negatively regulates NF-?B activity: effect on T cell receptor-mediated activation-induced cell death (AICD). Oncogene, 25: 3458-62.
Huang, Z., Xie, H., Ioannidis, V., Held, W., Clevers, H., Sadim, M., and Sun, Z (2006). Transcriptional regulation of CD4 gene expression by TCF-1/?-catenin pathway. J. Immunol., 176: 4880-4887.
Manicassamy, S., Gupta, S., Sun, Z (2006). PKC-?-mediated signals enhance CD4+ T cell survival by upregulating Bcl-xL. J. Immunol., 176: 6709-6716.
Xie, H, Huang, Z, Wang, R. and Sun, Z (2006). Function of transcriptional coactivators in T cells. Critical Reviews in Immunology (review article). 26 (6): 475-486.
Manicassamy, S., Gupta, S., Sun, Z (2006). Selective function of PKC-? in T cells. Cellular & Molecular Immunology (review article) 3: 263-270.
Manicassamy and Sun, Z (2007). The critical role of PKC-? in Fas/FasL-mediated apoptosis. J. Immunol. 178: 312-319.
Huang, Z., Xie, H., Wang, R., and Sun, Z. (2007). Retinoid-acid related orphan receptor gamma t (ROR?t) is a potential therapeutic target for controlling inflammatory autoimmunity (invited review). Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. 11 (6): 737-743.
Manicassamy, S, Gupta, S., Huang, Z., Molkentin, J. D., Shang, W., and Sun, Z. (2008). Requirement of calcineurinA? for the survival of naïve T cells. J. Immunol. 180: 106-112.
Gupta, G., Shang, W. and Sun, Z. (2008). Mechanisms regulating the development and function of natural regulatory T cells. Arch. Immunol. Therap. Exp. (review article). In press.
Huang, Z., Wang, R., Xie, H., Shang, W., Manicassamy, S., and Sun, Z. (2008). Stabilized ?-catenin potentiates Fas-mediated T cell apoptosis. J. Immunol. In press.
Manicassamy, S., Yin, D., Zhang, Z., Molinero, L. L., Alegre, M. L., and Sun, Z. (2008). A critical role for PKC-?-mediated survival in cardiac allograft rejection. J. Immunol. In press.
Giao, G., Li, Z., Molinero, L., Alegre, M.L., Ying, H., Sun, Z., Penninger, J. M., Zhang, J. (2008). T cell receptor-induced NF-?B activation is negatively regulated by E3 ubiquitin ligase Cbl-b. Mol. Cell. Biol. Vol. 28 (7): 2470-80.
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