Publications

2024

Duong, P.*, Rodriguez-Parks, A.*, Kang, J.#, Murphy, P.#, CUT&Tag Applied to Zebrafish Adult Tail Fins Reveals a Return of Embryonic H3K4me3 Patterns During Regeneration. *: co-first authors. #: co-corresponding authors. In submission

Lee., H., Kang, J., Lee., SH., Lee., D., Chung, C.H., Lee, J., Neuroprotective role of Hippo signaling by microtubule stability control in C. elegans, bioRxiv 2024.03.11.584363; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.11.584363

Shin, K., Rodriguez-Parks, A., Xia, Y., Dong, C., Kelles, S., Cao, J., Kang, J., Harnessing the regenerative potential of interleukin11 to enhance heart repair. bioRxiv 2024.01.29.577788; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.29.577788.

Keating, M.*, Hagle, R.*, Osorio-Méndez, D.*, Rodriguez-Parks, A., Alutawa, S.I., Kang, J., A highly efficient knock-in approach using a minimal promoter and a minicircle. Developmental Biology, 2024 Jan:505:24-33. (2024) *: co-first authors

2023

Rao, A., Lyu, B., Jahan,I., Lubertozzi, A., Zhou, G., Tedeschi, F., Jankowsky, E., Kang, J, Carstens, B., Poss, K., Baskin, K., and Goldman, J.A. The Translation Initiation Factor Homolog, eif4e1c, Regulates Cardiomyocyte Metabolism and Proliferation During Heart Regeneration. Development, 2023 May 24;dev.201376. (2023)

Yan, R., Cigliola, V., Oonk, K.A., Petrover, Z., DeLuca, S., Wolfson, D., Vekstein, A., Mendiola, M.A., Devlin, G., Bishawi, M., Gemberling, M.P., Sinha, T., Sargent, M.A., York, A.J., Shakked, A., DeBenedittis, P., Wendell, D.C., Ou, J.,Kang, J, Goldman, J.A., Baht,J.S., Karra, R., Williams, A.R., Bowles, D., Asokan, A., Tzahor, E., Gersbach, C.A., Molkentin, J.D., Bursac, N., Black, B.L., Poss, K.D., An enhancer-based gene therapy strategy for spatiotemporal control of cargoes during tissue repair. Cell Stem Cell, 2023 Jan 5;30(1):96-111.e6. (2023)

2022

Shin, K., Begeman, I. J., Cao, J., Kang, J., leptin b and its regeneration enhancer illustrate the regenerative features of zebrafish hearts. Biorxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.14.500053

Begeman, I.J., Emery, B., Kurth., A., Kang, J., Regeneration and Developmental Enhancers Are Differentially Compatible with Minimal Promoters. Biorxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.20.496839

Osorio-Méndez, D., Miller, A., Begeman, I., Kurth, A., Hagle, R., Rolph, D., Dickson, A.L., Chen, C.H., Halloran, M., Poss, K.*, Kang, J.*, Voltage-gated sodium channel, scn8a, is required for innervation and regeneration of amputated adult zebrafish fins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. Jul 12;119(28):e2200342119. (2022)

Elbialy, A., Sulidan, K., Bhuiyan, A., Igarashi, Y., Yoshitake, K., Yamanouchi, D., Kang , J., Asakawa, S., Watabe, S., Kinoshita, S. Induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress markers in an acromegaly model. J. Cell Biochem. doi: 10.1002/jcb.30301. (2022)

2021

Peng, X., Lai, K.S., Yu, G., She, P., Kang, J., Wang, T., Li, G., Zhou, Y., Sun, J., Jin, D., Xu, X., Liao, L., Liu, J., Lee, E., Poss, K.D., Zhong, T.P., Induction of Wnt signaling inhibitors and P21-activated kinase enhances cardiomyocyte proliferation during zebrafish heart regeneration. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, Apr 10;13(1):41-58, (2021).

2020

Begeman, I., Shin, K., Kurth, A., Lee, N., Chamberlain, T.J., Pelegri, F.J. and Kang, J. Decoding an organ regeneration switch by dissecting cardiac regeneration enhancers., Development. Dec 23;147(24):dev1940192020, (2020).

Thompson, J.D., Ou, J., Lee, N., Shin, K., Cigliola, V., Song, L., Crawford, G.E., Kang, J., Poss, K.D. Identification and requirements of enhancers that direct gene expression during zebrafish fin regeneration. Development; (2020), http//doi: 10.1242/dev.191262.

Golenberg, N., Squirrell, JM., Bennin, DA., Rindy, J., Pistono, PE., Eliceiri, KW., Shelef, MA., Kang, J., Huttenlocher, A. Citrullination regulates wound responses and tissue regeneration in zebrafish. Journal of Cell Biology, 219(4), e201908164, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201908164

2019

10. Rodriguez, A., Kang, J., Regeneration enhancers: Starting a journey to unravel regulatory events in tissue regeneration, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, Invited review for a special issue entitled, “Chromatin dynamics in regeneration”, pii: S1084-9521(18) 30198-8. (2019).

Begeman, I., Kang, J. Transcriptional Programs and Regeneration Enhancers Underlying Heart Regeneration. J. Cardiovasc. Dev. Dis. 6(1): 2 (2019) https://doi.org/10.3390/jcdd6010002

Lee., H., Kang, J., Ahn, S., Lee, J., The Hippo Pathway Is Essential for Maintenance of Apicobasal Polarity in the Growing Intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics, 213(2):  501-515 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.119.302477

2018

Lee, H., Kang, J., & Lee, J. Involvement of YAP-1, the Homolog of Yes-Associated Protein, in the Wnt-Mediated Neuronal Polarization in Caenorhabditis elegans. G3 (Bethesda). 8(8): 2595–2602, (2018) http://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200325

Yang, K., Kang, J. Tissue regeneration enhancer elements: A way to unlock endogenous healing power. Developmental Dynamics. http://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.24676

2016

Kang, J., Hu, J., Karra, R., Dickson, A.L, Tornini, V.A., Nachtrab, G., Gemberling, M., Goldman, J.A., Black, B.L., Poss, K.D. Modulation of tissue repair by regeneration enhancer elements. Nature. 523(7598):201-206, (2016)


2015

Kang, J., Karra, R., and Poss, K.D. Back in Black. Developmental Cell. 33(6):623-624, (2015)


2013

Kang, J., Nachtrab, G., Poss, K.D., Local Dkk1 Crosstalk from Breeding Ornaments Impedes Regeneration of Injured Male Zebrafish Fins. Developmental  Cell.  27(1):19-31,  (2013)  (This paper is chosen by cover story.)


2011

Kang, J.*, Bai, Z.*, Zegarek, M.H., Grant, B.D., Lee, J. Essential roles of snap-29 in C. elegansDevelopmental Biology. 355(1):77-88, (2011).

Choi, B., Kang, J., Park, YS., Lee, J., Cho, NJ. A possible role for FRM-1, a C. elegans FERM family protein, in embryonic development. Molecules and Cells. 31(5):455-459, (2011).


2010

Min, K.*, Kang, J.*, and Lee, J., A modified feeding RNAi method for simultaneous knock-down of more than one gene in Caenorhabditis elegans. Biotechniques. 48(3):229-32, (2010).


2009

Kang, J., Shin, D., Yu, JR., Lee, J., Lats kinase is involved in the intestinal apical membrane integrity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans., Development. 136(16):2705-15, (2009)


2008

Kim, YH., Song, HO., Ko, KM., Singaravelu, G., Jee, C., Kang, J., and Ahnn, J., A novel calcineurin-interacting protein, CNP-3, modulates calcineurin deficient phenotypes in Caenorhabditis elegans., Mol Cells. 30;25(4):566-71, (2008)