实验室主要研究兴趣为母猪繁殖性状的遗传基础与表观遗传调控,针对太湖流域猪种高繁机理、养猪生产中母猪繁殖力低下等科学问题和行业需求,以繁殖关键通路TGF-β家族信号通路为切入点,开展非编码RNAs挽救卵泡闭锁、提高母猪繁殖力机制方面的研究工作。近年来发表的代表性论文有(#为同等贡献;*为通讯作者): 1. Du X, Liu L, Li Q, Zhang L, Pan Z, Li Q*. NORFA, long intergenic noncoding RNA, maintains sow fertility by inhibiting granulosa cell death. Communications Biology, 2020, 3: 131. 2. Du X, Liu L, Wu W, Li P, Pan Z, Zhang L, Liu J, Li Q*. SMARCA2 is regulated by NORFA–miR-29c, a novel pathway that controls granulosa cell apoptosis and is related to female fertility. Journal of Cell Science. 2020, 133: jcs249961. 3. Du X, Li Q, Yang L, Liu L, Cao Q, Li Q*. SMAD4 activates Wnt signaling pathway to inhibit granulosa cell apoptosis. Cell Death and Disease. 2020, 11: 373. 4. Du X, Pan Z, Li Q, Liu H, and Li Q*. SMAD4 feedback regulates the canonical TGF-β signaling pathway to control granulosa cell apoptosis. Cell Death and Disease. 2018, 9: 151. 5. Du X, Zhang L, Li X, Pan Z, Liu H, Li Q*. TGF-β signaling controls FSHR signaling-reduced ovarian granulosa cell apoptosis through the SMAD4/miR-143 axis. Cell Death and Disease, 2016, 7, e2476. 6. Yao W, Du X, Zhang J, Wang Y, Wang M, Pan Z, Li Q*. SMAD4-induced knockdown of the antisense long noncoding RNA BRE-AS contributes to granulosa cell apoptosis. Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2021.05.006. 7. Li X#, Du X#, Yao W, Pan Z, Li Q*. TGF-β/SMAD4 signaling pathway activates the HAS2-HA system to regulate granulosa cell state. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 2020, 235(3): 2260–2272. 8. Liu J#, Li X#, Yao Y, Li Q, Pan Z, Li Q*. miR-1275 controls granulosa cell apoptosis and estradiol synthesis by impairing LRH-1/CYP19A1 axis. BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 2018, 1861: 246-257. 9. Yao W, Pan Z, Du X, Zhang J, Li Q*. miR-181b-induced SMAD7 downregulation controls granulosa cell apoptosis through TGF-β signaling by interacting with the TGFBR1 promoter. Journal of cellular physiology, 2018, 233: 6807-6821. 10. Liu J, Du X, Zhou J, Pan Z, Liu H, Li Q*. MicroRNA-26b functions as a pro-apoptotic factor in porcine follicular granulosa cells by targeting Sma-and Mad-related protein 4. Biology of Reproduction, 2014, 91(6): 146. |