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2.Zhang, R.^#, Tu, J.^#, Liu, S.*. Novel molecular regulators of breast cancer stem cell plasticity and heterogeneity. Seminars in Cancer Biology 82:11-25, 2022. PMID: 33737107

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9.Zhang, F. ^#, Liu, S.*. Mechanistic insights of adipocyte metabolism in regulating breast cancer progression. Pharmacological Research 6(155):104741, 2020. PMID:32151679

10.Qin, Y. ^#, Chen, W. ^#, Jiang, G., Zhou, L., Yang, X., Li, H., He, X., Wang, H., Zhou, Y., Huang, S., Liu, S.*. Interfering MSN-NONO complex activated CREB signaling serves a novel therapeutic strategy for triple-negative breast cancer, Science Advances 6(8), 2020.PMID:32128390.

11.Zhang, L. ^#, Qiang, J. ^#, Yang, L. ^#, Wang, D., Adeel, R., He, X., Chen, W., Sheng , D., Zhou, L., Jiang, Y. Z., Li, T., Du, Y., Feng, J., Hu, X., Zhang, J., Hu, X. C., Shao, Z. M., Liu, S.*. IL1R2 blockade suppresses breast tumorigenesis and progression by impairing USP15-dependent BMI1 stability. Advanced Science 7(1):1901728, 2020. PMID: 31921558

12.Zhou， L. ^#, Wang, D. ^#, Sheng, D. ^#, Xu, J., Chen, W., Qin, Y., Du, R., Yang, X., He, X., Xie, N.*, Liu, S.*, Zhang, L.*. NOTCH4 maintains quiescent mesenchymal-like breast cancer stem cells via transcriptionally activating SLUG and GAS1 in triple-negative breast cancer. Theranostics 10(5): 2405-2421, 2020.PMID:32104513.

13.Zhang, J., Yang, Y., Zhou, S., He, X., Cao, X., Wu, C., Hu, H., Qin, J., Wei, G., Wang, H., Liu, S.*, Sun, L.*. Membrane-bound TNF mediates microtubule-targeting chemotherapeutics-induced cancer cytolysis via juxtacrine inter-cancer-cell death signaling. Cell Death and Differentiation 485, 2019. PMID: 31645676

14.Jiang, G.^#, Wang, X.^#, Sheng, D., Zhou, L., Liu, Y., Xu, C., Liu, S.* and Zhang, J.*. Cooperativity of co-factor NR2F2 with Pioneer Factors GATA3, FOXA1 in promoting ERα function. Theranostics 9(22): 6501-6516, 2019. PMID: 31588232

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21.Chen, W., Qin, Y., Wang, D., Zhou, L., Liu, Y., Chen, S., Yin, L., Xiao, Y., Yao, X-H., Yang, X., Ma, W., Chen, W., He, X., Zhang, L., Yang, Q., Bian, X., Shao, Z-M., Liu, S.^*CCL20 triggered by chemotherapy hinders the therapeutic efficacy of breast cancer. Plos Biology 16(7):e2005869, 2018. PMID: 30052635

22.Chen, F., Long, Q., Fu, D., Zhu, D., Ji, Y., Han, L., Zhang, B., Xu, Q., Liu, B., Li, Y., Wu, S., Yang, C., Qian, M., Xu, J., Liu, S., Cao, L., Chin, E.Y., Lam, E.W.F., Coppé, J-P., Sun, Y. Targeting SPINK1 in the damaged tumour microenvironment alleviates therapeutic resistance. Nature Communications 9:4315, 2018.

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24.Du, R., Liu, B., Zhou, L., Wang, D., He, X., Xu, X., Zhang, L., Niu, C.*, Liu, S.*. Downregulation of annexin A3 inhibits tumor metastasis and decreases drug resistance in breast cancer.Cell Death and Disease 9(2):126, 2018. PMID: 29374148

25.Wang, D., Xu, J., Liu, B., He, X., Zhou, L., Hu, X., Qiao, F., Zhang, A., Xu, X., Zhang, H., Wicha, MS., Zhang, L., Shao, Z., Liu, S.*. IL6 blockade potentiates the anti-tumor effects of γ-secretase inhibitors in Notch3-expressing breast cancer. Cell Death and Differentiation 25(2):330-339, 2018. PMID: 29027990

26.Zhou, L., Sheng, D., Deng, Q., Wang, D., Liu, S.*. Development of a novel method for rapid cloning of shRNA vectors, which successfully knocked down CD44 in mesenchymal-like triple negative breast cancer cells. Cancer Communications 38(1):57, 2018. PMID: 30249304

27.Zhou, L., Sheng, D., Wang, D., Ma, W., Deng, Q., Deng, L., Liu, S.*. Identification of cancer-type specific expression patterns for active aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) isoforms in ALDEFLUOR assay. Cell Biol Toxicol (online) 2018. PMID: 30220009

28.Chen, W., Qin, Y., Liu, S.*. Cytokines, breast cancer stem cells(BCSCs) and chemoresistance. Clinical and Translational Medicine 7(27), 2018.

29.Qin, Y., Chen, W., Liu, B., Zhou, L., Deng, L., Niu, W., Bao, D., Cheng, C., Li, D., Liu, S.*, Niu, C.*. MiR-200c Inhibits the Tumor Progression of Glioma via Targeting Moesin. Theranostics 7(6):1663-1673, 2017.

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32.Liu, Y., Burness, M.L.*, Martin-Trevino, R., Guy, J., Bai, S., Harouaka, R., Brooks, M.D., Shang, L., Fox, A., Luther, T.K., Davis, A., Baker, T.L., Colacino, J., Clouthier, S.G., Shao, Z-M., Wicha, M.S., and Liu, S*. RAD51 Mediates Resistance of Cancer Stem Cells to PARP Inhibition in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 23(2): 514-522, 2017.