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Yifei Sun

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Research Focus:differential expression· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2

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Uhrf1 loss disrupts Ctcf-associated chromatin organization during early mouse embryogenesis

Agata Kurowski, Bohan Zhu, Yifei Sun, Paul R. Sargunas, Nimisha Jain, Ashley Chan, Lahouaria Hadri, Yi Shi, Martin J. Walsh, Sai Ma

This study shows that Uhrf1 loss causes DNA methylation loss and chromatin disruption in mouse embryos, leading to developmental failure and altered lineage specification.

bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

The Long Non-coding RNA Landscape of Endurance Exercise Training

Bernardo Bonilauri, Gregory R. Smith, Archana Natarajan Raja, David Jimenez‐Morales, Abdalla Ahmed, Christopher A. Jin, Lauren Marie Sparks, Martin J. Walsh, Stephen B. Montgomery, Joshua N. Adkins, José Juan Almagro Armenteros, David Amar, Mary Anne S. Amper, Euan Angus Ashley, Marcas M. Bamman, , Xuechen Yu

This study identifies tissue-specific lncRNA responses to endurance exercise in rats, revealing sex differences and potential therapeutic implications.

Molecular Metabolism · Apr 20, 2026Peer-reviewedPhysiology

Multi-omic identification of key transcriptional regulatory programs during endurance exercise training in rats

Gregory R. Smith, Bingqing Zhao, Maléne E. Lindholm, Archana Natarajan Raja, Mark R. Viggars, Hanna Pinças, Nicole R. Gay, Yifei Sun, Sindhu Vangeti, Yongchao Ge, Venugopalan D. Nair, James A. Sanford, Mary Anne S. Amper, Mital Vasoya, Kevin S. Smith, , Ian R. Lanza

The paper identifies tissue-specific transcriptional regulatory programs in rats undergoing endurance exercise training by integrating chromatin accessibility, DNA methylation, and gene expression data.

Nature Communications · Mar 21, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Multi-omic responses to acute exercise in abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue of sedentary adults: findings from MoTrPAC

Cheehoon Ahn, Christopher A. Jin, Katie L. Whytock, Gina M. Many, Tyler J. Sagendorf, James A. Sanford, Zhenxin Hou, Mark R. Viggars, Jia Nie, Sara E Espinoza, Nicolas Musi, Yifei Sun, Maria F. Pino, Patrick Hart, Daniel H. Katz, , the MoTrPAC study group

The paper profiles multi-omic changes in abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue after acute exercise in sedentary adults, identifying distinct molecular programs and candidate exerkines.

bioRxiv · Mar 19, 2026 · PreprintSystems Biology

Soil microbial and plant responses to increasing antibiotic concentration: a case study of five antibiotics

Sarah van den Broek, Inna Nybom, Rafaela Feola Conz, Yifei Sun, Thomas Daniel Bucheli, Sebastian Döetterl, Martin Hartmann, Gina Garland

This study examines the effects of five antibiotics on soil microbial communities, antibiotic resistance genes, and plant growth in a controlled greenhouse experiment, finding significant impacts on prokaryotic diversity and plant productivity.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Feb 24, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology