1.Qiu Y, Sun L. Decoding WEEV's host adaptation. Cell Host Microbe2025, 33(5): 610-612. (Preview)

2.Xing LX, Liu ZM, Wang XL, Liu QY, Xu W, Mao QY, Zhang X, Hao AH, Xia S, Liu ZZ, Sun LJ, Zhang GX, Wang Q, Chen ZG, Jiang SB*, Sun L*, Lu L*. Early fusion intermediate of ACE2-using coronavirus spike acting as an antiviral target. Cell2025, 188(5).

3.Hu Y, Zhang Z, Mao Q, Zhang X, Hao A, Xun Y, Wang Y, Han L, Zhan W, Liu Q, Yin Y, Peng C, Moresco EMY, Chen Z*, Beutler B*, Sun L*. Dynamic molecular architecture and substrate recruitment of cullin3-RING E3 ligase CRL3(KBTBD2). Nat Struct Mol Biol2024, 31(2): 336-350.

4.Wang H, Liu X, Zhang X, Zhao Z, Lu Y, Pu D, Zhang Z, Chen J, Wang Y, Li M, Dong X, Duan Y, He Y, Mao Q, Guo H, Sun H, Zhou Y, Yang Q, Gao Y, Yang X, Cao H, Guddat L, Sun L*; Rao Z*; Yang H*. TMPRSS2 and glycan receptors synergistically facilitate coronavirus entry. Cell2024, 187(16): 4261-4271 e4217.

5.Wang Y, Hao A, Ji P, Ma Y, Zhang Z, Chen J, Mao Q, Xiong X, Rehati P, Wang Y, Wang Y, Wen Y, Lu L, Chen Z, Zhao J*; Wu F,*; Huang J,*; Sun L*. A bispecific antibody exhibits broad neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants XBB.1.16, BQ.1.1 and Sarbecoviruses. Nat Commun2024, 15(1): 5127.

6.Zhao X, Qiu T, Huang X, Mao Q, Wang Y, Qiao R, Li J, Mao T, Wang Y, Cun Y, Wang C, Luo C, Yoon C, Wang X, Li C, Cui Y, Zhao C, Li M, Chen Y, Cai G, Geng W, Hu Z, Cao J, Zhang W, Cao Z, Chu H, Sun L, Wang P. Potent and broadly neutralizing antibodies against sarbecoviruses induced by sequential COVID-19 vaccination. Cell Discov2024, 10(1): 14.

7.Hao A, Song W, Li C, Zhang X, Tu C, Wang X, Wang P, Wu Y*, Ying T*, Sun L*. Defining a highly conserved cryptic epitope for antibody recognition of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Signal Transduct Tar2023, 8(1).

8.Wu J, Chen Z, Gao Y, Wang Z, Wang J, Chiang BY, Zhou Y, Han Y, Zhan W, Xie M, Jiang W, Zhang X, Hao A, Xia A, He J, Xue S, Mayer CT, Wu F, Wang B, Zhang L*, Sun L*, Wang Q*. Fortuitous somatic mutations during antibody evolution endow broad neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants. Cell Rep2023, 42(5): 112503.

9.Wang H, Yang Q, Liu X, Xu Z, Shao M, Li D, Duan Y, Tang J, Yu X, Zhang Y, Hao A, Wang Y, Chen J, Zhu C, Guddat L, Chen H, Zhang L*, Chen X*, Jiang B*, Sun L*, Rao Z, Yang H*. Structure-based discovery of dual pathway inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 entry. Nat Commun2023, 14(1): 7574.

10.Ma Y, Mao Q, Wang Y, Zhang Z, Chen J, Hao A, Rehati P, Wang Y, Wen Y, Lu L, Chen Z, Zhao J*, Wu F*, Sun L*, Huang J*. A broadly neutralizing antibody inhibits SARS-CoV-2 variants through a novel mechanism of disrupting spike trimer integrity. Cell Res2023.

11.Liu Q, Zhang X, Huang H, Chen Y, Wang F, Hao A, Zhan W, Mao Q, Hu Y, Han L, Sun Y, Zhang M, Liu Z, Li GL, Zhang W, Shu Y*, Sun L*, Chen Z*. Asymmetric pendrin homodimer reveals its molecular mechanism as anion exchanger. Nat Commun2023, 14(1): 3012.

12.Zhan W, Tian X, Zhang X, Xing S, Song W, Liu Q, Hao A, Hu Y, Zhang M, Ying T*, Chen Z*, Lan F*, Sun L*. Structural Study of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Identifies a Broad-Spectrum Antibody That Neutralizes the Omicron Variant by Disassembling the Spike Trimer. J Virol2022, 96(16): e0048022.

13.Li C, Zhan W, Yang Z, Tu C, Hu G, Zhang X, Song W, Du S, Zhu Y, Huang K, Kong Y, Zhang M, Mao Q, Gu X, Zhang Y, Xie Y, Deng Q, Song Y, Chen Z, Lu L, Jiang S, Wu Y*, Sun L*, Ying T*. Broad neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants by an inhalable bispecific single-domain antibody. Cell2022, 185(8): 1389-1401 e1318.

14.Wang Y, Zhan W, Liu J, Wang Y, Zhang X, Zhang M, Han L, Ma Y, Lu L, Wen Y, Chen Z, Zhao J*, Wu F*, Sun L*, Huang J*. A broadly neutralizing antibody against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant infection exhibiting a novel trimer dimer conformation in spike protein binding. Cell Res2022, 32(9): 862-865.

15.Liu Z, Xu W, Chen Z, Fu W, Zhan W, Gao Y, Zhou J, Zhou Y, Wu J, Wang Q, Zhang X, Hao A, Wu W, Zhang Q, Li Y, Fan K, Chen R, Jiang Q, Mayer CT, Schoofs T, Xie Y, Jiang S, Wen Y, Yuan Z*, Wang K*, Lu L*, Sun L*, Wang Q*. An ultrapotent pan-beta-coronavirus lineage B (beta-CoV-B) neutralizing antibody locks the receptor-binding domain in closed conformation by targeting its conserved epitope. Protein Cell2022, 13(9): 655-675.

16.Hu Y, Sun L*. Systematic Analysis of Structure Similarity between Zika Virus and Other Flaviviruses. ACS Infect Dis2019, 5(7): 1070-1080.

Before 2017:

1.Chen Z, Sun L^#, Zhang Z, Fokine A, Padilla-Sanchez V, Hanein D, Jiang W, Rossmann MG*, Rao VB*. Cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T4 isometric head at 3.3-A resolution and its relevance to the assembly of icosahedral viruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A2017, 114(39): E8184-E8193.

2.Sun L^#, Zhang X, Gao S, Rao PA, Padilla-Sanchez V, Chen Z, Sun S, Xiang Y, Subramaniam S, Rao VB*, Rossmann MG*. Cryo-EM structure of the bacteriophage T4 portal protein assembly at near-atomic resolution. Nat Commun2015, 6: 7548.

3.Sun L^#, Young LN, Zhang X, Boudko SP, Fokine A, Zbornik E, Roznowski AP, Molineux IJ, Rossmann MG*, Fane BA*. Icosahedral bacteriophage PhiX174 forms a tail for DNA transport during infection. Nature2014, 505(7483): 432-435.

4.Sun L^#, Rossmann MG*, Fane BA*. High-resolution structure of a virally encoded DNA-translocating conduit and the mechanism of DNA penetration. J Virol2014, 88(18): 10276-10279.