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Rong Xu

Guangzhou National Laboratory;

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Avishek DebnathiD· 1 shared Cheng ChangiD· 1 shared Chenggan Li· 1 shared Clay F. SemenkovichiD· 1 shared Delin MoiD· 1 shared Fan Xu· 1 shared Fuchu He· 1 shared Guibin Wang· 1 shared

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π-SPECFormer: A Mass Spectrometry-based Foundation Model for Decoding the Dark Proteome

Tianze Ling, Tao Liu, Fan Xu, Yiming Zhang, Jun Xia, Xiansong Huang, Shaorong Chen, Linhai Xie, Rong Xu, Tingpeng Yang, Kaixuan Li, Guibin Wang, Zhendong Liang, Jun Zhu, Stan Z. Li, , Cheng Chang

This paper introduces π-SPECFormer, a foundation model for mass spectrometry-based proteomics that decodes the dark proteome by pre-training on unannotated spectra and outperforms baselines in peptide sequencing and modification detection.

bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics

Palmitoylation calibrates mitochondrial transport of insulin across the endothelium in insulin resistance

Wei Zhang, Sangeeta Adak, Qiang Zhang, Gulinu Maimaituxun, Rong Xu, Guifang Dong, Avishek Debnath, Y. M. Wang, Srikanth Singamaneni, Xiaochao Wei, Clay F. Semenkovich

This study shows that palmitoylation regulates mitochondrial transport of insulin across the endothelium, improving insulin sensitivity in insulin resistance.

bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2026 · PreprintPhysiology

A causative SNP in the promoter of myogenin is essential for myogenic differentiation

Zhuhu Lin, Xiaoyu Wang, Ziyun Liang, Rong Xu, Meiling Chen, Xian Tong, Chenggan Li, Yanyun Xiong, Renqiang Yuan, Yaosheng Chen, Yunxiang Zhao, Xiaohong Liu, Delin Mo

The paper identifies a causative SNP in the promoter of myogenin that influences myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration in pigs.

bioRxiv · Aug 1, 2024 · PreprintGenetics