*:Co-first author; #:Co-corresponding author
1. Du X, Zhang X, Wang Z, Wang D, Li Y, Liu Z, Miao Q, Zhang H, Duan L, Hu Y, Zhang M, Liu J, Lv Z, Chen Y, Wang W, Sun Y, Cui Y#. SPP1 Regulates Alveolar Type 2 Cell-Macrophage Crosstalk and Epithelial Cell Fate in Iron-Driven Lung Fibrosis. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 Aug 6. DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00140.2025. Epub ahead of print.
2. Gao S, Wei Y, Li C, Xie B, Zhang X#, Cui Y#, Dai H#. A novel lncRNA ABCE1-5 regulates pulmonary fibrosis by targeting KRT14. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 May 1;328(5):C1487-C1500. DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00374.2024
3. Hu Y, Li Q, Wang W, Pang J, Wang W, Cui Y#, Sun Y#. Characteristics of untargeted metabolomics of common bacterial pathogens in respiratory diseases. Chin Med J (Engl). 2025 Apr 20;138(8):988-990. DOI: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000003510
4. Li Y, Du X, Hu Y, Wang D, Duan L, Zhang H, Zhang R, Xu Y, Zhou R, Zhang X, Zhang M, Liu J, Lv Z, Chen Y, Wang W, Sun Y, Cui Y. Iron-laden macrophage-mediated paracrine profibrotic signaling induces lung fibroblast activation. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2024 Oct 1;327(4):C979-C993. DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00675.2023
5. Zhang X, Du X, Cui Y. The Lymphatic Highway: How Lymphatics Drive Lung Health and Disease. Lung. 2024 Oct;202(5):487-499. DOI: 10.1007/s00408-024-00739-6
6. Cui Y*#, Du X, Li Y, Wang D, Lv Z, Yuan H, Chen Y, Liu J, Sun Y, Wang W#. Imbalanced and Unchecked: The Role of Metal Dyshomeostasis in Driving COPD Progression. COPD. 2024 Dec;21(1):2322605. DOI: 10.1080/15412555.2024.2322605
7. Cui Y*, Steagall WK*, Lamattina AM, Pacheco-Rodriguez G, Stylianou M, Kidambi P, Stump B, Golzarri F, Rosas IO, Priolo C, Henske EP, Moss J#, El-Chemaly S#. Aberrant SYK Kinase Signaling Is Essential for Tumorigenesis Induced by TSC2 Inactivation. Cancer Res. 2017 Mar 15;77(6):1492-1502. DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-2755
8. Cui Y, Liu K, Monzon-Medina ME, Padera RF, Wang H, George G, Toprak D, Abdelnour E, D'Agostino E, Goldberg HJ, Perrella MA, Forteza RM, Rosas IO, Visner G, El-Chemaly S. Therapeutic lymphangiogenesis ameliorates established acute lung allograft rejection. J Clin Invest. 2015 Nov 2;125(11):4255-68. DOI: 10.1172/JCI79693
9. Cui Y, Osorio JC, Risquez C, Wang H, Shi Y, Gochuico BR, Morse D, Rosas IO, El-Chemaly S. Transforming growth factor-β1 downregulates vascular endothelial growth factor-D expression in human lung fibroblasts via the Jun NH2-terminal kinase signaling pathway. Mol Med. 2014 Mar 20;20(1):120-34. DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2013.00123
10. Cui Y, Robertson J, Maharaj S, Waldhauser L, Niu J, Wang J, Farkas L, Kolb M, Gauldie J. Oxidative stress contributes to the induction and persistence of TGF-β1 induced pulmonary fibrosis. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2011 Aug;43(8):1122-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2011.04.005