Yunpo Zhao

This study identifies cardiac neurons expressing the Akh receptor that mediate high-fat diet-induced arrhythmia in Drosophila.

This study shows that a high-fat diet activates the JAK-STAT pathway in Drosophila nephrocytes, leading to structural and functional disruption, and that inhibiting JAK-STAT reverses this dysfunction.

This study uses a Drosophila model to functionally assess COL4A5 variants for pathogenicity in Alport syndrome, identifying four pathogenic variants and three benign ones.

The paper shows Bab2 activates JNK signaling in Drosophila wing discs, causing apoptosis in the posterior compartment and proliferation in the anterior, leading to developmental reprogramming.

The paper shows that stop codon readthrough of the Drosophila Drifter gene produces functional protein isoforms that regulate ecdysone levels and developmental transitions.