Publications

I. Naciri, B. Lin, C.-H. Webb, S. Jiang, S. Carmona, W. Liu, A. Mortazavi, S. Sun. Linking Chromosomal Silencing with Xist Expression from Autosomal Integrated Transgenes. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (2021)

L. Abdelhamid, X. Cabana-Puig, B. Swartwout, J. Lee, S. Li, S. Sun, Y. Li, A. C. Ross, T. E. Cecere, T. LeRoith, S. R. Werre, H. Wang, C. M. Reilly, X. M. Luo. Retinoic Acid Exerts Disease Stage-Dependent Effects on Pristane-Induced Lupus. Frontiers in Immunology 11: 408 (2020)

H. Karner, C. Webb, S. Carmona, Y. Liu, B. Lin, M. Erhard, D. Chan, P. Baldi, R. C. Spitale, S. Sun. Functional conservation of lncRNA JPX despite sequence and structural divergence. Journal of Molecular Biology 432: 283-300 (2020) Featured Article & Cover.

H. Xu, Z. Tong, Q. Ye, T. Sun, Z. Hong, L. Zhang, A. Bortnick, S. Cho, P. Beuzer, J. Axelrod, Q. Hu, M. Wang, S. M. Evans, C. Murre, L. F. Lu, S. Sun, K. D. Corbett, H. Cang. Molecular organization of mammalian meiotic chromosome axis revealed by expansion STORM microscopy. PNAS 116: 18423-18428 (2019).

S. Carmona, B. Lin, T. Chou, K. Arroyo, S. Sun. LncRNA Jpx induces Xist expression in mice using both trans and cis mechanisms. PLOS Genetics 14(5): e1007378 (2018).

L. Yu, S. Sun, M. Wood, T. W. Bredy, R. C. Spitale, P. Baldi. MotifMap-RNA: A comprehensive map of RBP binding sites. Bioinformatics 33: 2029-2031 (2017).

J. F. Shaffer and S. Sun. Anencephaly in Yakima: Lots of questions, no answers. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science (2017).

C. Li, T. Hong, C.-H. Webb, H. Karner, S. Sun*, Q. Nie*. A self-enhanced transport mechanism through long noncoding RNAs for X chromosome inactivation. Scientific Reports 6: 31517 (2016). (* Co-corresponding author)

S. Sun, B. Payer, S. Namekawa, J. Y. An, W. Press, J. Catelan-Dibene, H. Sunwoo, and J. T. Lee. Xist imprinting is promoted by the hemizygous (unpaired) state in the male germline. PNAS 112:14415-22 (2015)

X. Liao, S. Li, R. E. Settlage, S. Sun, J. Ren, A. M. Reihl, H. Zhang, S. V. Karyala, C. M. Reilly, S. A. Ahmed, X. M. Luo. Cutting Edge: Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells in Late-Stage Lupus Mice Defective in Producing IFNα. Journal of Immunology 195:4578-82 (2015)

S. Sun, B. C. Del Rosario, A. Szanto, Y. Ogawa, Y. Jeon, and J. T. Lee. Jpx RNA activates Xist by evicting CTCF. Cell 153: 1537-1551 (2013)

D. Tian, S. Sun, and J. T. Lee. The long noncoding RNA, Jpx, is a molecular switch for X chromosome inactivation. Cell 143: 390-413 (2010)

S. Sun*, Y. Fukue*, L. Nolen, R. I. Sadreyev, and J. T. Lee. Characterization of Xpr (Xpct) reveals instability but no effects on X-chromosome pairing or Xist expression. Transcription 1: 46-56 (2010) (* Equal contribution.)

T. W. Cline, M. Dorsett*, S. Sun*, M. M. Harrison, J. Dines, L. Sefton, and L. Megna. Evolution of the Drosophila feminizing switch gene Sex-lethal. Genetics 186: 1321-1336 (2010) (* Equal contribution.)

S. Sun, and T.W. Cline. Effects of Wolbachia infection and ovarian tumor mutations on Sex-lethal germline functioning in Drosophila. Genetics 181: 1291-1301 (2009)

S. Sun, C.-T. Ting, and C.-I Wu. The normal function of a speciation gene, Odysseus, and its hybrid male sterility effect. Science 305: 81-83 (2004)

C.-T. Ting, S. C. Tsaur, S. Sun, W. Browne, N. H. Patel, and C.-I Wu. Gene duplication and speciation in Drosophila – Evidence from the Odysseus locus. PNAS 101: 12232-12235 (2004)