1. Xu S, Ye Z, Shang S, Wang F, Zhang H, Chen L, Lin H, Chen C, Hua F*, Zhang CJ*. Pairs of thiol-substituted 1,2,4-triazole-based isomeric covalent inhibitors with tunable reactivity and selectivity. Chin Chem Lett, 2024; 35(7): 109034.(IF = 9.1)
2. Zhang C#, Yu JJ#, Yang C#, Yuan ZL#, Zeng H, Wang JJ, Shang S, Lv XX, Liu XT, Liu J, Xue Q, Cui B, Tan FW*, Hua F*. Wild-type IDH1 maintains NSCLC stemness and chemoresistance through activation of the serine biosynthetic pathway. Sci Transl Med. 2023;15(726):eade4113. (IF = 17.1)
3. Shang S#, Yang C#, Chen F, Xiang RS, Zhang H, Dai SY, Liu J, Lv XX, Zhang C, Liu XT, Zhang Q, Lu SB, Song JW, Yu JJ, Zhou JC, Zhang XW, Cui B, Li PP, Zhu ST, Zhang HZ*, Hua F*. ID1 expressing macrophages support cancer cell stemness and limit CD8+ T cell infiltration in colorectal cancer. Nat Commun. 2023;14(1):7661. (IF = 16.6)
4. Shang S#, Liu J, Hua F*. Protein acylation: mechanisms, biological functions and therapeutic targets. Signal Transduct Target Ther. 2022, 7(1):396. (IF = 38.12)
5. Zhang C#, Yu JJ#, Yang C, Shang S, Lv XX, Cui B*, Hua F*. Crosstalk between ferroptosis and stress—Implications in cancer therapeutic responses. Cancer Innovation 2022, 1:92-113.
6. Shang S#, Yang YW#, Chen F#, Yu L, Shen SH, Li K, Cui B, Lv XX, Zhang C, Yang C, Liu J, Yu JJ, Zhang XW, Li PP, Zhu ST, Zhang HZ*, Hua F*. TRIB3 Reduces CD8+ T Cell Infiltration and Induces Immune Evasion by Repressing the STAT1-CXCL10 Axis in Colorectal Cancer. Sci Transl Med 2022, 14(626):eabf0992 (IF = 19.343)
7. Li K#*, Zhang TT#, Zhao CX#, Wang F, Cui B, Yang ZN, Lv XX, Yeerjiang Z, Yuan YF, Yu JM, Wang ZH, Zhang XW, Yu JJ, Liu SS, Shang S, Huang B, Hua F*, Hu ZW*. Faciogenital Dysplasia 5 supports cancer stem cell traits in basal-like breast cancer by enhancing EGFR stability. Sci Transl Med. 2021, 13(586):eabb2914.(IF=19.343)
8. Du W#, Hua F#, Li X, Zhang J, Li S, Wang W, Zhou J, Wang W, Liao P, Yan Y, Li G, Wei S, Grove S, Vatan L, Zgodzinski W, Majewski M, Wallner G, Chen H, Kryczek I, Fang JY, Zou W*. Loss of optineurin drives cancer immune evasion via palmitoylation-dependent IFNGR1 lysosomal sorting and degradation. Cancer Discov., 2021, 11(7): 1826-1843. (IF=38.272)
9. Yu JJ#, Zhou DD#, Yang XX, Cui B, Tan FW, Wang J, Li K, Shang S, Zhang C, Lv XX, Zhang XW, Liu SS, Yu JM, Wang F, Huang B, Hua F*, Hu ZW*; TRIB3-EGFR interaction promotes lung cancer progression and defines a therapeutic target. Nat Commun., 2020, 11(1): 3660. (IF=14.919)
10. Yu JJ#, Zhou DD#, Cui B, Zhang C, Tan FW, Chang S, Li K, Lv XX, Zhang XW, Shang S, Xiang YJ, Chen F, Yu JM, Liu SS, Wang F, Hu ZW*, Hua F*. Disruption of the EGFR-SQSTM1 interaction by a stapled peptide suppresses lung cancer via activating autophagy and inhibiting EGFR signaling. Cancer Lett. 474:23-35, 2020. (IF=8.679)
11. Hua F#, Shang S#, Yang YW, Zhang HZ, Xu TL, Yu JJ, Zhou DD, Cui B, Li K, Lv XX, Zhang XW, Liu SS, Yu JM, Wang F, Zhang C, Huang B, Hu ZW*. TRIB3 Interacts with Beta-catenin and TCF4 to Increase Stem Cell Features of Colorectal Cancer Stem Cells and Tumorigenesis. Gastroenterology. 2019, 156(3):708-721. (IF=17.373)
12. Hua F, Li K, Shang S, Wang F, Hu Z. Immune Signaling and Autophagy Regulation. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019, 1206:551-593. (IF=2.126)
13. Li K#, Zhang TT#, Wang F, Cui B, Zhao CX, Yu JJ, Lv XX, Zhang XW, Yang ZN, Huang B, Li X, Hua F*, Hu ZW*. Metformin suppresses melanoma progression by inhibiting KAT5-mediated SMAD3 acetylation, transcriptional activity and TRIB3 expression. Oncogene. 2018, 37(22):2967-2981. (Corresponding author) (IF=6.634)
14. Hua F, Shang S, Hu ZW*. Seeking new anti-cancer agents from autophagy-regulating natural products. J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2017, 19(4):305-313. (IF=1.091)
15. Shang S#, Hua F#, Hu ZW*. The regulation of β-catenin activity and function in cancer: therapeutic opportunities. Oncotarget. 2017, 8:33972-33989. (IF=5.168)
16. Hua F, Yu JJ, Hu ZW*. Diabetes and cancer, common threads and missing links. Cancer Lett, 2016, 374:54-61. (IF=6.375)
17. Hua F#, Li K#, Yu JJ#, Lv XX, Yan J, Zhang XW, Sun W, Lin H, Shang S, Wang F, Cui B, Mu R, Huang B, Jiang JD, Hu ZW*. TRB3 links insulin/IGF to tumour promotion by interacting with p62 and impeding autophagic/proteasomal degradation functions. Nat Commun., 2015, 6:7951. (IF=11.329)
18. Hua F, Li K, Yu JJ, Hu ZW*. The TRIB3-SQSTM1 interaction mediates metabolic stress-promoted tumorigenesis and progression via suppressing autophagic and proteasomal degradation. Autophagy, 2015, 11:1929-1931. (IF=9.108)
19. Hua F, Hu ZW*. TRIB3-P62 interaction, diabetes and autophagy. Oncotarget. 2015, 6:34061-34062. (IF=5.008)
20. Hua F#, Shi MJ#, Zhu XL#, Li M, Wang HX, Yu XM, Li Y, Zhu CJ*. Transport and uptake of clausenamide enantiomers in CYP3A4-transfected Caco-2 cells: An insight into the efflux-metabolism alliance. Biochem Pharmacol. 2015, 98:224-230. (IF=5.091)