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Wei Wang
University of California San DiegoORCID 0000-0003-4377-5060Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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2019-2026 · peak 4/yrCo-Author Collaboration Network
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- ImmunologybioRxivPreprint
Latent Regulatory Programs Generate Synthetic T Cell States with Enhanced Therapeutic Potential
Brandon M. Pratt, Genevieve Nicole Mullins, Nolan James Brown…·J. Justin Milner
The paper uses in vivo single-cell gain-of-function screening to identify latent transcriptional programs that reprogram T cells into synthetic states with enhanced therapeutic potential.
- ImmunologyScience Translational MedicinePeer-reviewed
Systemic inflammation and lymphocyte activation precede rheumatoid arthritis
Ziyuan He, Marla C. Glass, Pravina Venkatesan…·Mark A. K. Gillespie
The paper identifies immune alterations preceding rheumatoid arthritis onset and provides tools for dataset exploration.
36 citationstop 1% - BioinformaticsAdvanced SciencePeer-reviewed
RESP2: An uncertainty aware multi-target multi-property optimization AI pipeline for antibody discovery
Jonathan Parkinson, Ryan L. Hard, Young Su Ko, Wei Wang
RESP2 is an AI pipeline for antibody discovery that optimizes multiple properties and targets, achieving high success rates in binding affinity and specificity.
6 citations - ImmunologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
Genomic Analysis of Progenitors in Viral Infection Implicates Glucocorticoids as Suppressors of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Generation
Yeara Jo, Trever T. Greene, Carolina Chiale…·Elina I. Zúñiga
This study investigates how viral infection affects DC progenitor development, finding that glucocorticoids suppress pDC generation by altering transcriptional and epigenetic programs.
2 citations - GenomicsCommunications BiologyPeer-reviewed
Comprehensive multimodal and multiomic profiling reveals epigenetic and transcriptional reprogramming in lung tumors
Peiyao Wu, Zhengzhi Liu, Lina Zheng…·Chang Lu
The paper integrates epigenomic and transcriptomic data from lung tumors and non-neoplastic tissues to identify cancer-related signaling networks and regulatory changes.
- BioinformaticsJCI InsightPeer-reviewed
Joint-specific rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocyte regulation identified by integration of chromatin access and transcriptional activity
Eunice Choi, Camilla R.L. Machado, T. Okano…·Gary S. Firestein
The paper identifies joint-specific regulatory patterns in rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes by integrating chromatin accessibility and transcriptional data, revealing differences in proliferation, migration, and inflammation between hand and non-hand joints.
19 citationstop 3% - NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewed
Antipsychotic-induced epigenomic reorganization in frontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia
Bohan Zhu, Richard I. Ainsworth, Zengmiao Wang…·Javier González‐Maeso
The paper identifies epigenetic changes in frontal cortex of schizophrenia patients, showing antipsychotic treatment reverses some alterations and amplifies age effects.
- BioinformaticsPLoS Computational BiologyPeer-reviewed
Predicting regional somatic mutation rates using DNA motifs
Cong Liu, Zengmiao Wang, Jun Wang…·Wei Wang
The paper predicts somatic mutation rates in 13 cancers using DNA motifs and identifies impactful motifs and cancer-specific regions for classification.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011536 - GeneticsbioRxivPreprint
Functional characterization of gene regulatory elements and neuropsychiatric disease-associated risk loci in iPSCs and iPSC-derived neurons
Xiaoyu Yang, Ian Richard Jones, Poshen B. Chen…·Yin Shen
The paper identifies functional CREs in iPSCs and neurons and links them to neuropsychiatric disease risk variants.
10 citations - Systems BiologyPLoS Computational BiologyPeer-reviewed
Systems-level identification of key transcription factors in immune cell specification
Cong Liu, Kyla D. Omilusik, Clara Toma…·Wei Wang
The paper identifies key transcription factors in immune cell specification using integrated transcriptomic and epigenomic data across mouse and human cell types.
- GeneticsNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Regulation associated modules reflect 3D genome modularity associated with chromatin activity
The paper identifies regulation associated modules (RAMs) from histone modifications that reflect 3D chromatin modularity aligned with chromatin activity, showing stronger insulation and functional relevance compared to TADs.
- GeneticsScience AdvancesPeer-reviewed
Non-coding loci without epigenomic signals can be essential for maintaining global chromatin organization and cell viability
Bo Ding, Ying Liu, Zhiheng Liu…·Wei Wang
The paper identifies non-coding genomic regions critical for chromatin organization and cell viability, showing their structural importance despite lacking epigenomic signals or annotated elements.
- GenomicsScience AdvancesPeer-reviewed
Parallel Characterization of cis-Regulatory Elements for Multiple Genes Using CRISPRpath
Xingjie Ren, Mengchi Wang, Bingkun Li…·Yin Shen
CRISPRpath enables parallel characterization of cis-regulatory elements for multiple genes in a pathway, identifying functional enhancers and distinguishing their impact on gene expression.
29 citations - GenomicsNaturePeer-reviewed
Systematic mapping of chromatin state landscapes during mouse development
David U. Gorkin, Iros Barozzi, Yuan Zhao…·Bing Ren
The paper systematically maps chromatin state landscapes during mouse development by profiling histone modifications across 72 tissue-stages, identifying dynamic enhancers and transcriptional regulators.
- Genetic & Genomic MedicineNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Genome-wide association and multi-omic analyses reveal new mechanisms for Heart Failure
Marios Arvanitis, Emmanouil Tampakakis, Yanxiao Zhang…·Alexis J. Battle
This study identifies one known and two novel genetic variants associated with heart failure through GWAS and multi-omic analyses, revealing potential causal mechanisms and shared heritability with musculoskeletal traits.
78 citationstop 2% - BioinformaticsNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewed
Identification of DNA motifs that regulate DNA methylation
Mengchi Wang, Kai Zhang, Vu Ngo…·Wei Wang
The paper identifies DNA motifs associated with methylation and unmethylation and shows their functional relevance in DNA methylation regulation and cancer.
55 citations - BioinformaticsScience AdvancesPeer-reviewed
Systems-level identification of transcription factors critical for mouse embryonic development
Kai Zhang, Mengchi Wang, Ying Zhao, Wei Wang
The paper identifies critical transcription factors and their regulatory networks during mouse embryonic development using epigenomic and transcriptomic data.