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Overview

Jun Sun is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States, focusing on research within the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a diverse range of subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Oncology, Surgery, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's research topics notably include mesenchymal stem cell research, cancer cells and metastasis, bone metabolism and diseases, epigenetics and DNA methylation, heterotopic ossification and related conditions, Kruppel-like factors research, and hedgehog signaling pathway studies.

Jun Sun has contributed to multiple publications in leading venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • Tendon-derived cathepsin K-expressing progenitor cells activate Hedgehog signaling to drive heterotopic ossification, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • A vertebral skeletal stem cell lineage driving metastasis, 2023, Nature
  • A multi-stem cell basis for craniosynostosis and calvarial mineralization, 2023, Nature
  • Bone marrow Adipoq-lineage progenitors are a major cellular source of M-CSF that dominates bone marrow macrophage development, osteoclastogenesis, and bone mass, 2023, eLife
  • Osteoclasts are not a source of SLIT3, 2020, Bone Research

Their frequent co-authors include Matthew B. Greenblatt, Alisha R. Yallowitz, Seoyeon Bok, Michelle Cung, and Ren Xu, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in their research community.

Jun Sun's work has often appeared in the following publication venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Nature
  • Bone Research
  • Research Square

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Novel role of the vitamin D receptor in maintaining the integrity of the intestinal mucosal barrier

    Juan Kong;Zhongyi Zhang;Mark W. Musch;Gang Ning

  • 16S rRNA gene-based analysis of fecal microbiota from preterm infants with and without necrotizing enterocolitis

    Yunwei Wang;Jeanette D. Hoenig;Kathryn J. Malin;Sanaa Qamar

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies variation in vitamin D receptor and other host factors influencing the gut microbiota

    Jun Wang;Louise B Thingholm;Jurgita Skiecevičienė;Philipp Rausch;Philipp Rausch

  • Influence of the Gut Microbiome, Diet, and Environment on Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Mingyang Song;Andrew T. Chan;Jun Sun

  • Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: The challenge ahead

    William H Goodson;Leroy Lowe;David O Carpenter;Michael Gilbertson

  • Cutting Edge: Salmonella AvrA Effector Inhibits the Key Proinflammatory, Anti-Apoptotic NF-κB Pathway

    Lauren S. Collier-Hyams;Hui Zeng;Jun Sun;Amelia D. Tomlinson

  • Intestinal epithelial vitamin D receptor deletion leads to defective autophagy in colitis

    Shaoping Wu;Yong Guo Zhang;Rong Lu;Yinglin Xia

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Increased NF-κB activity in fibroblasts lacking the vitamin D receptor

    Jun Sun;Juan Kong;Yingli Duan;Frances L. Szeto

  • Vitamin D receptor negatively regulates bacterial-stimulated NF-κB activity in intestine

    Shaoping Wu;Anne P. Liao;Yinglin Xia;Yan Chun Li

  • Salmonella effector AvrA regulation of colonic epithelial cell inflammation by deubiquitination.

    Zhongde Ye;Elaine O. Petrof;David Boone;Erika C. Claud

  • Lack of Vitamin D Receptor Causes Dysbiosis and Changes the Functions of the Murine Intestinal Microbiome

    Dapeng Jin;Shaoping Wu;Yong Guo Zhang;Rong Lu

  • Vitamin D and mucosal immune function.

    Jun Sun

  • Environmental immune disruptors, inflammation and cancer risk.

    Patricia A. Thompson;Mahin Khatami;Carolyn J. Baglole;Jun Sun

  • Leaky intestine and impaired microbiome in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mouse model

    Shaoping Wu;Jianxun Yi;Yong Guo Zhang;Jingsong Zhou

  • Target Intestinal Microbiota to Alleviate Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Yong guo Zhang;Shaoping Wu;Jianxun Yi;Yinglin Xia

  • Vitamin D, vitamin D receptor, and macroautophagy in inflammation and infection.

    Shaoping Wu;Jun Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene B. Chang
Eugene B. Chang University of Chicago
James L. Madara
James L. Madara American Medical Association
Marc Bissonnette
Marc Bissonnette University of Chicago
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Patrick A. Lewis
Patrick A. Lewis University College London
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Steven Finkbeiner
Steven Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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