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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Zhijian J. Chen is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, and medicine. The scientist's work focuses significantly on molecular biology and immunology subfields, with notable contributions related to infectious diseases, oncology, and cancer research.

Their main research topics include:

  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Inflammasome and immune disorders
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Immune response and inflammation

Zhijian J. Chen has published extensively in several scientific venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Cell
  • Cancer Immunology Research
  • Science Advances

Some of the recent papers authored by Zhijian J. Chen include:

  • "Structures and Mechanisms in the cGAS-STING Innate Immunity Pathway," 2020, Immunity
  • "TBK1 recruitment to STING activates both IRF3 and NF-κB that mediate immune defense against tumors and viral infections," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Nsp1 protein of SARS-CoV-2 disrupts the mRNA export machinery to inhibit host gene expression," 2021, Science Advances
  • "MLH1 Deficiency-Triggered DNA Hyperexcision by Exonuclease 1 Activates the cGAS-STING Pathway," 2020, Cancer Cell
  • "Phosphorylation and chromatin tethering prevent cGAS activation during mitosis," 2021, Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Tuo Li
  • Yan Fang
  • Mingjian Du
  • Seoyun Yum
  • Minghao Li

Zhijian J. Chen has been recognized by their peers with memberships and fellowships such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2014)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012)

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

  • Cyclic GMP-AMP Synthase is a Cytosolic DNA Sensor that Activates the Type-I Interferon Pathway

    Lijun Sun;Jiaxi Wu;Fenghe Du;Xiang Chen

  • Identification and Characterization of MAVS, a Mitochondrial Antiviral Signaling Protein that Activates NF-κB and IRF3

    Rashu B. Seth;Lijun Sun;Chee Kwee Ea;Zhijian J. Chen

  • TAK1 is a ubiquitin-dependent kinase of MKK and IKK

    Chen Wang;Li Deng;Mei Hong;Giridhar R. Akkaraju

  • Activation of the IκB Kinase Complex by TRAF6 Requires a Dimeric Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme Complex and a Unique Polyubiquitin Chain

    Li Deng;Chen Wang;Erika Spencer;Liyong Yang

  • Cyclic-GMP-AMP Is An Endogenous Second Messenger in Innate Immune Signaling by Cytosolic DNA

    Jiaxi Wu;Lijun Sun;Xiang Chen;Fenghe Du

  • STING-Dependent Cytosolic DNA Sensing Promotes Radiation-Induced Type I Interferon-Dependent Antitumor Immunity in Immunogenic Tumors

    Liufu Deng;Hua Liang;Meng Xu;Xuanming Yang

  • TRIM25 RING-finger E3 ubiquitin ligase is essential for RIG-I-mediated antiviral activity

    Michaela U. Gack;Young C. Shin;Chul Hyun Joo;Chul Hyun Joo;Tomohiko Urano;Tomohiko Urano

  • Regulation and function of the cGAS-STING pathway of cytosolic DNA sensing

    Qi Chen;Lijun Sun;Zhijian J Chen

  • Signal-induced site-specific phosphorylation targets I kappa B alpha to the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.

    Zhijian Chen;J. Hagler;V. J. Palombella;F. Melandri

  • Ubiquitin signalling in the NF-κB pathway

    Zhijian J. Chen

  • Phosphorylation of innate immune adaptor proteins MAVS, STING, and TRIF induces IRF3 activation

    Siqi Liu;Xin Cai;Jiaxi Wu;Qian Cong

  • The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome

    Mark T Ross;Darren V Grafham;Alison J Coffey;Steven Scherer

  • RNA Polymerase III Detects Cytosolic DNA and Induces Type-I Interferons Through the RIG-I Pathway

    Yu Hsin Chiu;John B. MacMillan;Zhijian J. Chen

  • STING specifies IRF3 phosphorylation by TBK1 in the cytosolic DNA signaling pathway.

    Yasuo Tanaka;Zhijian J. Chen

  • MAVS forms functional prion-like aggregates to activate and propagate antiviral innate immune response.

    Fajian Hou;Lijun Sun;Hui Zheng;Brian Skaug

  • Site-Specific Phosphorylation of IκBα by a Novel Ubiquitination-Dependent Protein Kinase Activity

    Zhijian J Chen;Lana Parent;Tom Maniatis

  • Innate Immune Sensing and Signaling of Cytosolic Nucleic Acids

    Jiaxi Wu;Zhijian J. Chen

  • Activation of IKK by TNFα Requires Site-Specific Ubiquitination of RIP1 and Polyubiquitin Binding by NEMO

    Chee Kwee Ea;Li Deng;Zong Ping Xia;Gabriel Pineda

  • Pivotal Roles of cGAS-cGAMP Signaling in Antiviral Defense and Immune Adjuvant Effects

    Xiao Dong Li;Jiaxi Wu;Daxing Gao;Hua Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ming Xu
Ming Xu University of Chicago
Tom Maniatis
Tom Maniatis Columbia University
Søren R. Paludan
Søren R. Paludan Aarhus University
Shizuo Akira
Shizuo Akira Osaka University
William C. Hahn
William C. Hahn Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Yang-Xin Fu
Yang-Xin Fu Tsinghua University
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida

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