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Tao Zhang^#, Na Zhang^#, Jing Xing^#, Shuhua Zhang^#, Yulu Chen^#, Daichao Xu^*, and Jinyang Gu^*. UDP-glucuronate metabolism controls RIPK1-driven liver damage in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.Nature Communications 14,2715,2023.

Tao Zhang^#, Yingnan Wang^#, Hiroyuki Inuzuka, Wenyi Wei^*. Necroptosis pathways in tumorigenesis.Seminars in Cancer Biology vol. 86,Pt 3 (2022): 32-40.

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Daichao Xu,Tao Zhang^#, Juan Xiao^#, Kezhou Zhu, Ran Wei, Zheming Wu, Huyan Meng, Ying Li and Junying Yuan*. DeISGylation of Beclin1 by USP18 regulates type I interferon controlled autophagy.Autophagy, 2015.11:4, 1--12.

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Hong-guang Xia, Lihong Zhang, Gang Chen^#,Tao Zhang^#, Junli Liu, Mingzhi Jin, Xiuquan Ma, Dawei Ma, and JunyingYuan*. Control of basal autophagy by calpain1 mediated cleavage of ATG5.Autophagy. 2010, 6(1): 61–66.