Jiajie Shao*, Xiaoyan Zhang*, Hankui Cheng, Xiaomin Yue, Wenjuan Zou#, Lijun Kang#. Serotonergic neuron ADF modulates avoidance behaviors by inhibiting sensory neurons in C. elegans. European Journal of Physiology. (In press) 

Zhang H*, Yue X*, Cheng H*, Zhang X, Cai Y, Zou W, Huang G, Cheng L, Ye F#, Kang L#. OSM-9 and an amiloride-sensitive channel, but not PKD-2, are involved in mechanosensation in C. elegans male ray neurons. Scienctific Reports. 2018 May 8;8(1);7192.

Xiaomin Yue*, Jian Zhao*, Xiao Li*, Yuedan Fan, Duo Duan, Xiaoyan Zhang, Wenjuan Zou, Yi Sheng, Ting Zhang,  Qiang Yang, Jianhong Luo, Shumin Duan, Rui Xiao#, Lijun Kang#. TMC proteins modulate egg-laying and membrane excitability through a background leak conductance in C. elegans. Neuron. Epub Jan 25, 2018

Mei Han*, Wenjuan Zou*, Hao Chang*, Yong Yu, Haining Zhang, Shitian Li, Hankui Cheng, Guifeng Wei, Yan Chen, Valerie Renkie, Tao Xu#, Lijun Kang#. A systemtic RNAi screen reveals a novel role of a spindle assembly checkpoint protein BuGZ in synaptic transmission in C.elegans. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2017 May 11; 10:141.

Zou W, Wang J, Wang K, Huang B, Niu L. Li F, Cai F, Chen Y, Liu X, Zhang X, Cheng H, Kang L#, Meng L#, Zheng H#. Ultrasound Neruo-modulation Chip: activation of sensory neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans by surfece acoustic waves. Lab Chip. 2017 May 16; 17(10): 1725-1732

Zou W*, Cheng H*, Li S*, Yue X, Xue Y, Chen Xi#, Kang L#. Polymodal Repsonses in C.elegans Phasmid Neurons Rely on Mulitiple Intracellular and Intercellular Signaling Pathways. Scientific Reports. 2017 Fab 14; 7:42295.

Sheng Y, Tang L, Kang L, Xiao R. Membrane Ion Channels and Receptors in Animal Lifespan Modulation. J Cell Physiol. 2017 Jan 25.

Gong J, Yuan Y, Ward A, Kang L, Zhang B, Wu Z, Peng J, Feng J, Liu J, XuXZ. The C .elegans Taste Receptor Homolog LITE-1 Is a Photoreceptor. Cell. 2016 Nov 17; 167(5):1252-1263.

Yang X, Wang S, Sheng Y, Zhang M, Zou W, Wu L, Kang L, Rizo J, Zhang R, Xu T, Ma C. Syntaxin opening by the MUN domain underlies the function of Munc13 in synaptic-vesicle priming. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 2015 Jun 1. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.3038.

Ding G*, Zou W*, Zhang H*, Xue Y, Cai Y, Huang G, Chen L, Duan S#, Kang L#. In Vivo Tactile Stimulation-Evoked Responses in Caenorhabditis elegans Amphid Sheath Glia. PLoS One. 2015 Feb 11;10(2):e0117114

Eun Chan Park, Piya Ghose, Zhiyong Shao, Qi Ye, Lijun Kang, X Z Shawn Xu, Jo Anne Powell-Coffman & Christopher Rongo (2012). Hypoxia regulates glutamate receptor trafficking through an HIF-independent mechanism. EMBO J  2012 (1)，1-15 

Wei Li, Lijun Kang, Zhaoyang Feng, Beverly J. Piggott, and X. Z. Shawn Xu (2011). The neural circuits and sensory channels mediating harsh touch sensation in C.elegans. Nature Communications 2011 (2):315.

Lijun Kang, Seth Wescott, Wei Li & X. Z. Shawn Xu (2011). In touch: the molecular basis of mechanosensory transduction. The Biochemist 2011( 33), 18-20 (Review)

Lijun Kang*, Jingwei Gao*, William R. Schafer, Zhixiong Xie, and X. Z. Shawn Xu#. C.elegans TRP family protein TRP-4 is a pore-forming subunit of a native mechanotransduction channel. Neuron (2010) 67(3): 381-391

Jie Liu, Alex Ward, Jingwei Gao, Yongming Dong, Nana Nishio, Hitoshi Inada, Lijun Kang, Yong Yu, Di Ma, Ikue Mori, Zhixiong Xie, and X.Z.Shawn Xu. Phototransduction in C. elegans requires a G protein-dependent cGMP pathway and a taste receptor homologue. Nature Neuroscience (2010) 6: 715-22.

George Wang, Lijun Kang, Julie Kim, X. Z. Shawn Xu & Kang Shen (2010). GRLD-1 regulates cell-wide abundance of glutamate receptor through post-transcriptional regulation. Nature Neuroscience 2010 (12): 1489-95.

Zixuan He, Junmei Fan,Lijun Kang, Jingze Lu, Yanhong Xue, Pingyong Xu, Tao Xu and Liangyi Chen. Ca2+ Triggers a Novel Clathrin-Independent but Actin-Dependent  Fast  Endocytosis in Pancreatic Beta Cells. Traffic (2008) 9: 910–923.

Lijun Kang*, Zixuan He*, Pingyong Xu, Junmei Fan, Andrea Bet, Nils Brose, and Tao Xu#. Munc13-1 is required for the sustained release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells.  Cell Metabolism (2006) 3: 463-468