Publications

Ji H, Wang B, Shen Y, Labib D, Lei J, Chen X, Sapar M, Boulanger A, Dura JM, Han C. The Drosophila chemokine-like Orion bridges phosphatidylserine and Draper in phagocytosis of neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Jun 13;120(24):e2303392120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2303392120.

Karuparti S, Yeung AT, Wang B, Guicardi PF, Han C. A toolkit for converting Gal4 into LexA and Flippase transgenes in Drosophila. G3 (Bethesda). 2023 Mar 9;13(3):jkad003. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad003.

Ji H, Sapar ML, Sarkar A, Wang B, Han C. Phagocytosis and self-destruction break down dendrites of Drosophila sensory neurons at distinct steps of Wallerian degeneration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

Koreman GT, Hu Q, Xu Y, Zhang Z, Allen SE, Wolfner MF, Wang B, Han C. Upgraded CRISPR/Cas9 Tools for Tissue-Specific Mutagenesis in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021

Allen SE, Koreman GT, Sarkar A, Wang B, Wolfner MF, Han C. Versatile CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mosaic analysis by gRNA-induced crossing-over for unmodified genomes. PLoS Biol. 2021;19(1):e3001061. Jan 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001061

Poe, A.R., Xu, Y., Zhang, C., Lei, J., Li, K., Labib, D., and Han, C., 2020. Low FoxO expression in Drosophila somatosensory neurons protects dendrite growth under nutrient restriction. eLife 9. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53351.

Ji, H., and Han, C., 2020. LarvaSPA, A Method for Mounting Drosophila Larva for Long-Term Time-Lapse Imaging. J Vis Exp. 2020 Feb 27;(156):10.3791/60792. doi: 10.3791/60792.

Shami Shah, A., Batrouni, A.G., Kim, D., Punyala, A., Cao, W., Han, C., Goldberg, M.L., Smolka, M.B., and Baskin, J.M., 2019. PLEKHA4/kramer Attenuates Dishevelled Ubiquitination to Modulate Wnt and Planar Cell Polarity Signaling. Cell Reports. 27, 2157-2170 e2158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.04.060.

Sapar ML, Han C. Die in pieces: How Drosophila sheds light on neurite degeneration and clearance. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 2019 Available online 23 April 2019; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgg.2019.03.010

Poe AR, Wang B, Sapar ML, Ji H, Li K, Onabajo T, Fazliyeva R, Gibbs M, Qiu Y, Hu Y, Han C. Robust CRISPR/Cas9-mediated tissue specific mutagenesis reveals gene redundancy and perdurance in Drosophila. Genetics. 2018 Early online November 30, 2018; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.301736

Sapar ML, Ji H, Wang B, Poe AR, Dubey K, Ren X, Ni J, Han C. Phosphatidylserine externalization results from and causes neurite degeneration in Drosophila. Cell Reports. 2018 Aug 28. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.095

Hoyer N, Zielke P, Hu C, Petersen M, Sauter K, Scharrenberg R, Peng Y, Kim CC, Han C, Parrish JZ, Soba P. Ret and substrate-derived TGFβ maverick regulate space-filling dendrite growth in Drosophila sensory neurons. Cell Reports. 2018 Aug 28. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.092

Poe AR, Tang L, Wang B, Li Y, Sapar ML, Han C. Dendritic space-filling requires a neuronal type-specific extracellular permissive signal in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Sep 5. pii: 201707467. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1707467114.

Dahanukar A, Han C. A Bitter Taste of the Sun Makes Egg-Laying Flies Run. Genetics. 2017 Feb;205(2):467-469. doi: 10.1534/genetics.116.196352.

Song Y, Sretavan D, Salegio EA, Berg J, Huang X, Cheng T, Xiong X, Meltzer S, Han C, Nguyen TT, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Jan LY, Jan YN. (2015) Regulation of axon regeneration by the RNA repair and splicing pathway. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Jun;18(6):817-25. doi: 10.1038/nn.4019. Epub 2015 May 11.

Soba P, Han C, Zheng Y, Perea D, Miguel-Agliaga I, Jan LY, Jan YN. (2015) The Ret receptor regulates sensory neuron dendrite growth and integrin mediated adhesion. Elife. 2015 Mar 12;4. doi: 10.7554/eLife.05491.

Yu D, Gustafson WC, Han C, Lafaye C, Noirclerc-Savoye M, Ge WP, Thayer DA, Huang H, Kornberg TB, Royant A, Jan LY, Jan YN, Weiss WA, Shu X.  (2014) An improved monomeric infrared fluorescent protein for neuronal and tumour brain imagingNat Commun. 15;5:3626.

Han, C., Song, Y., Xiao, H., Wang, D., Franc, N.C., Jan, L.Y. and Jan, Y.N. (2014) Epidermal cells are the primary phagocytes in the fragmentation and clearance of degenerating dendrites in Drosophila. Neuron 8, 544-560.

Han, C., Wang, D., Soba, P., Zhu, S., Lin, X., Jan, L. Y. and Jan, Y. N. (2012). Integrins regulate repulsion-mediated dendritic patterning of Drosophila sensory neurons by restricting dendrites in a 2D space. Neuron 73, 64-78.

Peng, Y., Han, C., and Axelrod, J.D. (2012). Planar Polarized Protrusions Break the Symmetry of EGFR Signaling during Drosophila Bract Cell Fate Induction. Dev Cell 23, 507-518.

Song, Y., Ori-McKenney, K. M., Zheng, Y., Han, C., Jan, L. Y. and Jan, Y. N. (2012). Regeneration of Drosophila sensory neuron axons and dendrites is regulated by the Akt pathway involving Pten and microRNA bantam. Genes Dev 26, 1612-25.

Yuan, Q., Xiang, Y., Yan, Z., Han, C., Jan, L. Y. and Jan, Y. N. (2011). Light-induced structural and functional plasticity in Drosophila larval visual system. Science 333, 1458-62.

Han, C., Jan, L. Y. and Jan, Y. N. (2011). Enhancer-driven membrane markers for analysis of nonautonomous mechanisms reveal neuron-glia interactions in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108, 9673-8.

Han, C. and Lin, X. (2005). Shifted from Wnt to Hedgehog signaling pathways. Mol Cell 17, 321-2.

Han, C., Yan, D., Belenkaya, T. Y. and Lin, X. (2005). Drosophila glypicans Dally and Dally-like shape the extracellular Wingless morphogen gradient in the wing disc. Development 132, 667-79.

Han, C., Belenkaya, T. Y., Wang, B. and Lin, X. (2004). Drosophila glypicans control the cell-to-cell movement of Hedgehog by a dynamin-independent process. Development 131, 601-11.

Han, C., Belenkaya, T. Y., Khodoun, M., Tauchi, M. and Lin, X. (2004). Distinct and collaborative roles of Drosophila EXT family proteins in morphogen signalling and gradient formation. Development 131, 1563-75.

Belenkaya, T. Y., Han, C., Yan, D., Opoka, R. J., Khodoun, M., Liu, H. and Lin, X. (2004). Drosophila Dpp morphogen movement is independent of dynamin-mediated endocytosis but regulated by the glypican members of heparan sulfate proteoglycans. Cell 119, 231-44.

Ran, R., Lu, A., Zhang, L., Tang, Y., Zhu, H., Xu, H., Feng, Y., Han, C., Zhou, G., Rigby, A. C. et al. (2004). Hsp70 promotes TNF-mediated apoptosis by binding IKK gamma and impairing NF-kappa B survival signaling. Genes Dev 18, 1466-81.

Belenkaya, T. Y., Han, C., Standley, H. J., Lin, X., Houston, D. W. and Heasman, J. (2002). pygopus Encodes a nuclear protein essential for wingless/Wnt signaling. Development 129, 4089-101.

Liu, C., Li, Y., Semenov, M., Han, C., Baeg, G. H., Tan, Y., Zhang, Z., Lin, X. and He, X. (2002). Control of beta-catenin phosphorylation/degradation by a dual-kinase mechanism. Cell 108, 837-47.