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Ningyan Zhang

Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human DiseasesORCID 0000-0002-4348-2180Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Cancer Biology· 1 Neuroscience· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Zhiqiang AniD· 2 shared Carlo D. CristobaliD· 1 shared Chihiro HashiomotoiD· 1 shared Emma C. WheeleriD· 1 shared Fransisca LeonardiD· 1 shared Han Nhat Tran· 1 shared Hui DengiD· 1 shared Hyun Kyoung LeeiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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A genetic tool targeting brain GPR75

Emma C. Wheeler, Runzhou Yang, Stephen Matthew Farmer, Sheng Zhang, Ningyan Zhang, Zhiqiang An, Qingchun Tong

The paper develops a GPR75-GFP-Ires-Cre knockin mouse strain to study GPR75's role in diet-induced obesity by visualizing its brain expression and function.

bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Combined inhibition of S100A4 and TIGIT suppresses late-stage breast cancer metastasis to the lung by activating T and NK cells

Jia-Shiun Leu, Hui Deng, Han Nhat Tran, Wei Xiong, Nourhan Abdelfattah, Thomas K. S. Wong, Reece Kang, Chihiro Hashiomoto, Fransisca Leonard, Sinem Gunalp, José M. Benítez Salazar, José Maldonado, Carlo D. Cristobal, Hyun Kyoung Lee, Zhiqiang An, , Kyuson Yun

This study shows that combining S100A4 and TIGIT inhibition suppresses breast cancer lung metastasis by enhancing T and NK cell activity in late-stage disease.

Cancer Letters · Apr 8, 2026Peer-reviewedCancer Biology