*:Co-first author; #:Co-corresponding author
1. Hui Zhao, Yong-hui Jiang, Yong Q Zhang. Gene-edited canines as emerging models for studies on mental disorders, National Science Review, 2025, nwaf263. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf263
2. Feipeng Zhu*, Qi Shi*, Yong-Hui Jiang, Yong Q Zhang#, Hui Zhao#. Impaired synaptic function and hyperexcitability of the pyramidal neurons in the prefrontal cortex of autism-associated Shank3 mutant dogs, Molecular Autism, 2024, 15, 9. DOI: 10.1186/s13229-024-00587-4
3. Rui Tian*, Yuan Li*, Hui Zhao*, Wen Lyu, Jianping Zhao, Xiaomin Wang, Heng Lu, Huijuan Xu, Wei Ren, Qing-quan Tan, Qi Shi, Guo-dong Wang, Ya-ping Zhang, Liangxue Lai, Jidong Mi#, Yong-hui Jiang#, Yong Q. Zhang#. Modeling SHANK3-associated autism spectrum disorder in Beagle dogs via CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, Molecular Psychiatry, 2023, 28, 3739-3750. DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02276-9
4. Bang Li*, Hui Zhao*, Zhuchi Tu*, Weili Yang*, Rui Han, Lu Wang, Xiaopeng Luo, Mingtian Pan, Xiusheng Chen, Jiawei Zhang, Huijuan Xu, Xiangyu Guo, Sen Yan, Peng Yin, Zhiguang Zhao, Jianrong Liu, Yafeng Luo, Yuefeng Li, Zhengyi Yang, Baogui Zhang, Zhiqiang Tan, Hao Xu, Tianzi Jiang, Yong-hui Jiang, Shihua Li, Yong Q. Zhang#, Xiao-Jiang Li#. CHD8 mutations increase gliogenesis to enlarge brain size in the non-human primate, Cell Discovery, 2023, 9, 27. DOI:10.1038/s41421-023-00525-3
5. Hui Zhao, Enqi Liu, Yong Q. Zhang. Dog models of human atherosclerotic vascular diseases. Mammalian Genome, 2022, 34, 262-269. DOI: 10.1007/s00335-022-09965-w
6. Hui Zhao*, Jianping Zhao*, Di Wu*, Zhaolin Sun*, Yang Hua, Min Zheng, Yumei Liu, Qi Yang, Xiahe Huang, Yuan Li, Yueshan Piao, Yingchun Wang, Sin Man Lam, Huijuan Xu, Guanghou Shui, Yongjun Wang, Haifeng Yao, Liangxue Lai, Zhuo Du, Jidong Mi#, Enqi Liu#, Xunming Ji#, Yong Q. Zhang#. Dogs lacking Apolipoprotein E show advanced atherosclerosis leading to apparent clinical complications. Science China-Life Sciences, 2022, 65, 1342-1356. DOI: 10.1007/s11427-021-2006-y
7. Hui Zhao*, Qiqi Wang*, Ting Yan, Yu Zhang, Hui-juan Xu, Hao-peng Yu, Zhuchi Tu, Xiangyu Guo, Yong-hui Jiang#, Xiao-jiang Li, Huihui Zhou#, Yong Q. Zhang#. Maternal valproic acid exposure leads to neurogenesis defects and autism-like behaviors in non-human primates, Translational Psychiatry, 2019, 9, 0-267. DOI: 10.1038/s41398-019-0608-1
8. Zhuchi Tu*, Hui Zhao*, Bang Li*, Sen Yan, Lu Wang, Yongjin Tang, Zhujun Li, Dazhang Bai, Caijuan Li, Yingqi Lin, Yuefeng Li, Jianrong Liu, Hao Xu, Xiangyu Guo, Yong-hui Jiang#, Yong Q. Zhang# and Xiao-Jiang Li#. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption of SHANK3 in monkey leads to drug-treatable autism-like symptoms, Human Molecular Genetics, 2019, 28, 561–571. DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddy367
9. Hui Zhao, Yong-hui Jiang, and Yong Q. Zhang. Modeling Autism in Non-human Primates: Opportunities and Challenges. Autism Research, 2018, 11, 686-694. DOI: 10.1002/aur.1945
10. Hui Zhao*, Zhuchi Tu*, Huijuan Xu, Sen Yan, Huanhuan Yan, Yinghui Zheng, Weili Yang, Jiezhao Zheng, Zhujun Li, Rui Tian, Youming Lu, Xiangyu Guo, Yong-hui Jiang#, Xiao-Jiang Li#, Yong Q. Zhang#. Altered neurogenesis and disrupted expression of synaptic proteins in prefrontal cortex of SHANK3-deficient non-human primate, Cell Research, 2017, 27, 1293-1297. DOI: 10.1038/cr.2017.95