在所从事的研究领域,取得了一些有显示度的成果,包括绘制了造血干细胞和不同分化阶段造血前体细胞的全基因表达图谱;发现了调节造血干细胞增殖分化的关键基因;解析了干细胞生长因子受体与其他细胞因子受体相互作用分子机制;发现了Wnt信号通路调节干细胞胆固醇脂代谢的新机制;研发了干细胞体外培养扩增平台。发表SCI论文20余篇,多篇论文发表在PNAS、Blood、Plos Genetics 及JBC等重要影响力的期刊。担任多种SCI期刊的编委及审稿人。获得授权专利10多项(包括多项国际发明专利)、军队科技进步二等奖1项。研究项目获得10多项国家及省部级课题资助,包括国家自然科学基金、干细胞重大专项、科学院干细胞先导专项、军队重大科研课题、重庆市自然科学基金重点项目。现为国际干细胞研究协会会员,美国血液学协会会员,纽约科学院成员,中国微循环学会血液治疗分会副主任委员。
一、代表性论文:
1.Ye Z, Kluger Y, Lian Z, Weissman SM. (2005) Two types of precursor cells in a multipotential hematopoietic cell line. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 102(51):18461-6.
2.Nakayama Y, Stabach P, Maher SE, Mahajan MC, Masiar P, Liao C, Zhang X, Ye Z,Tuck D, Bothwell AL, Newburger PE, Weissman SM. (2006) A limited number of genes are involved in the differentiation of germinal center B cells. J Cell Biochem. 99(5):1308-25.
3.Rabinovich PM, Komarovskaya ME, Ye Z, Imai C, Campana D, Bahceci E, Weissman SM. (2006) Synthetic messenger RNA as a tool for gene therapy. Hum Gene Ther. 17(10):1027-35.
4.Keramati AR, Singh R, Lin A, Faramarzi S, Ye Z, Mane S, Tellides G, Lifton RP, Mani A. Wild-type LRP6 inhibits, whereas atherosclerosis-linked LRP6R611C increases PDGF-dependent vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Feb 1;108(5):1914-8. PMID: 21245321.
6.Ye Z, Gulcicek E, Stone K, Lam T, Schulz V, Weissman SM. (2011) Complex interactions in EML cell stimulation by stem cell factor and IL-3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(12):4882-7. PMID: 21383156.
7.Ye Z, Go GW, Singh R, Liu W, Keramati AR, Mani A. (2012)LRP6 protein regulates low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-mediated LDL uptake. J Biol Chem. 287(2):1335-44. PMID:22128165.
8.Wu J, Seay M, Schulz VP, Hariharan M, Tuck D, Lian J, Du J, Shi M, Ye Z, Gerstein M, Snyder MP, Weissman S. (2012)Tcf7 is an important regulator of the switch of self-renewal and differentiation in a multipotential hematopoietic cell line. PLoS Genet. 8(3):e1002565. PMID: 22412390
9.Li W, Li Q, Xu S, Wei F, Ye Z, Cheng J, Chen J.(2013) Exome sequencing identifies an MLL3 gene germ line mutation in a pedigree of colorectal cancer and acute myeloid leukemia. Blood. 121(8):1478-9..
10.Li J, Ji L, Chen J, Zhang W and Ye Z. (2015) Wnt/ß-catenin signaling pathway in skin carcinogenesis and therapy. Biomed Research International, 2015:964842.
11.Han Y, Liu T, Zou Y, Ji L, Li Y, Wang J, Chen G, Chen J, Chen L and Ye Z. (2017)Proinsulin Promotes Self-Renewal of a Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Line In Vitro, Journal of Diabetes Research, 2017:5649191.
12.Zhang Y,Wang X, Pong M and Ye Z.(2017) Application of Bioreactor in Stem Cell Culture, Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering, 10(11):485-499