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Ping He is a researcher affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main subfields of their work include Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, including Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, and Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies.

Ping He has authored several recent papers, notable among them are:

  • "Spatial transcriptomics reveals niche-specific enrichment and vulnerabilities of radial glial stem-like cells in malignant gliomas" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "Phytocytokine signalling reopens stomata in plant immunity and water loss" (2022) published in Nature
  • "Ligand-induced monoubiquitination of BIK1 regulates plant immunity" (2020) published in Nature
  • "The Cotton Wall-Associated Kinase GhWAK7A Mediates Responses to Fungal Wilt Pathogens by Complexing with the Chitin Sensory Receptors" (2020) published in The Plant Cell
  • "The Arabidopsis MIK2 receptor elicits immunity by sensing a conserved signature from phytocytokines and microbes" (2021) published in Nature Communications

Their frequent coauthors include Libo Shan, Hongping Wei, Liang Kong, Wencong He, and Junping Yu, with collaborations reaching over 30 joint publications with some colleagues.

Ping He's research is disseminated widely across multiple publication venues. They have published multiple papers in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Plants
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections

Best Publications

  • Differential innate immune signalling via Ca2+ sensor protein kinases

    Marie Boudsocq;Matthew R. Willmann;Matthew R. Willmann;Matthew McCormack;Horim Lee

  • A receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase, BIK1, associates with a flagellin receptor complex to initiate plant innate immunity.

    Dongping Lu;Shujing Wu;Xiquan Gao;Yulan Zhang

  • Direct Ubiquitination of Pattern Recognition Receptor FLS2 Attenuates Plant Innate Immunity

    Dongping Lu;Wenwei Lin;Wenwei Lin;Xiquan Gao;Shujing Wu

  • Bacterial Effectors Target the Common Signaling Partner BAK1 to Disrupt Multiple MAMP Receptor-Signaling Complexes and Impede Plant Immunity

    Libo Shan;Ping He;Jianming Li;Antje Heese

  • From Chaos to Harmony: Responses and Signaling upon Microbial Pattern Recognition.

    Xiao Yu;Baomin Feng;Ping He;Libo Shan

  • Specific bacterial suppressors of MAMP signaling upstream of MAPKKK in Arabidopsis innate immunity.

    Ping He;Libo Shan;Nai-Chun Lin;Gregory B. Martin

  • Genetic analysis of rice grain quality.

    P. He;S. G. Li;Q. Qian;Y. Q. Ma

  • Comparative mapping of QTLs for agronomic traits of rice across environments by using a doubled-haploid population.

    Lu Cf;Shen Ls;Tan Zb;Xu Yb

  • Pseudomonas syringae type III effector AvrRpt2 alters Arabidopsis thaliana auxin physiology.

    Zhongying Chen;Jennifer L. Agnew;Jerry D. Cohen;Ping He

  • One for all: the receptor-associated kinase BAK1

    Delphine Chinchilla;Libo Shan;Ping He;Sacco de Vries

  • Bifurcation of Arabidopsis NLR Immune Signaling via Ca2+-Dependent Protein Kinases

    Xiquan Gao;Xin Chen;Wenwei Lin;Sixue Chen

  • Transcriptional Regulation of Pattern-Triggered Immunity in Plants

    Bo Li;Xiangzong Meng;Libo Shan;Ping He

  • Silencing GhNDR1 and GhMKK2 compromises cotton resistance to Verticillium wilt

    Xiquan Gao;Terry Wheeler;Zhaohu Li;Charles M. Kenerley

  • Differential Function of Arabidopsis SERK Family Receptor-like Kinases in Stomatal Patterning.

    Xiangzong Meng;Xin Chen;Hyunggon Mang;Chenglong Liu

  • SERKing Coreceptors for Receptors

    Xiyu Ma;Guangyuan Xu;Ping He;Libo Shan

  • Plant immune response to pathogens differs with changing temperatures

    Cheng Cheng;Xiquan Gao;Xiquan Gao;Baomin Feng;Jen Sheen

  • Elicitation and suppression of microbe-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity in plant-microbe interactions.

    Ping He;Libo Shan;Jen Sheen

  • Allopolyploidy alters gene expression in the highly stable hexaploid wheat

    Ping He;Bernd R. Friebe;Bikram S. Gill;Jian-Min Zhou

  • Tyrosine phosphorylation of protein kinase complex BAK1/BIK1 mediates Arabidopsis innate immunity

    Wenwei Lin;Bo Li;Bo Li;Dongping Lu;Sixue Chen

  • Plant Pattern Recognition Receptors

    Libo Shan;Ping He

Frequent Co-Authors

Libo Shan
Libo Shan Texas A&M University
Lihuang Zhu
Lihuang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jen Sheen
Jen Sheen Harvard University
Sixue Chen
Sixue Chen University of Florida
Jianmin Zhou
Jianmin Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Eugenia Russinova
Eugenia Russinova Ghent University
Richard D. Vierstra
Richard D. Vierstra Washington University in St. Louis
Gregory B. Martin
Gregory B. Martin Boyce Thompson Institute
Libing Liu
Libing Liu China Agricultural University
Shu Wang
Shu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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