1.Qin K*, Lan X*, Huang P*, Saari MS, Khandros E, Keller CA, Giardine BM, Abdulmalik O, Shi J, Hardison RC, Blobel GA. Molecular basis of polycomb group protein-mediated fetal hemoglobin repression. Blood. 2023 Mar 9;. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022019578 (* equal contribution)

2.Kaur G, Ren R, Hammel M, Horton JR, Yang J, Cao Y, He C, Lan F, Lan X, Blobel GA, Blumenthal RM, Zhang X, Cheng X. Allosteric autoregulation of DNA binding via a DNA-mimicking protein domain: a biophysical study of ZNF410-DNA interaction using small angle X-ray scattering. Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 Jan 20;. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac1274.

3.Huang P, Peslak SA, Ren R, Khandros E, Qin K, Keller CA, Giardine B, Bell HW, Lan X, Sharma M, Horton JR, Abdulmalik O, et al. HIC2 controls developmental hemoglobin switching by repressing BCL11A transcription. Nat Genet 2022 Aug 8. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01152-6.

4.Qin, K., Huang, P., Feng, R., Keller, C.A., Peslak, S.A., Khandros, E., Saari, M.S., Lan, X., Mayuranathan, T., Doerfler, P.A., et al. (2022). Dual function NFI factors control fetal hemoglobin silencing in adult erythroid cells. Nat Genet 54, 874-884. 10.1038/s41588-022-01076-1.

5.Lan, X., Ren, R., Feng, R., Ly, L.C., Lan, Y., Zhang, Z., Aboreden, N., Qin, K., Horton, J.R., Grevet, J.D., et al. (2021). ZNF410 Uniquely Activates the NuRD Component CHD4 to Silence Fetal Hemoglobin Expression. Mol Cell 81, 239-254 e238. (Previewed)

6.Peslak SA, Khandros E, Huang P, Lan X, Geronimo CL, Grevet JD, Abdulmalik O, Zhang Z, Giardine BM, Keller CA, Shi J, Hardison RC, Blobel GA. HRI depletion cooperates with pharmacologic inducers to elevate fetal hemoglobin and reduce sickle cell formation. Blood Adv. 2020 Sep 22;4(18):4560-4572.

7.Huang P, Peslak SA, Lan X, Khandros E, Yano JA, Sharma M, Keller CA, Giardine B, Qin K, Abdulmalik O, Hardison RC, Shi J, Blobel GA. The HRI-regulated transcription factor ATF4 activates BCL11A transcription to silence fetal hemoglobin expression. Blood. 2020 Jun 11;135(24):2121-2132.

8.Lan X, Khandros E, Huang P, Peslak SA, Bhardwaj SK, Grevet JD, Abdulmalik O, Wang H, Keller CA, Giardine B, Baeza J, Duffner ER, El Demerdash O, Wu XS, Vakoc CR, Garcia BA, Hardison RC, Shi J, Blobel GA. The E3 ligase adaptor molecule SPOP regulates fetal hemoglobin levels in adult erythroid cells. Blood Adv. 2019 May 28;3(10):1586-1597.

9.Grevet JD*, Lan X* Hamagami N, Edwards CR, Sankaranarayanan L, Ji X, Bhardwaj SK, Face CJ, Posocco DF, Abdulmalik O, Keller CA, Giardine B, Sidoli S, Garcia BA, Chou ST, Liebhaber SA, Hardison RC, Shi J, Blobel GA. Domain-focused CRISPR screen identifies HRI as a fetal hemoglobin regulator in human erythroid cells. Science. 2018 Jul 20;361(6399):285-290. (* equal contribution)

10.Lan X, Atanassov BS, Li W, Zhang Y, Florens L, Mohan RD, Galardy PJ, Washburn MP, Workman JL, Dent SYR. USP44 Is an Integral Component of N-CoR that Contributes to Gene Repression by Deubiquitinating Histone H2B. Cell Rep. 2016 Nov 22;17(9):2382-2393.

11.Li W, Atanassov BS, Lan X, Mohan RD, Swanson SK, Farria AT, Florens L, Washburn MP, Workman JL, Dent SY. Cytoplasmic ATXN7L3B Interferes with Nuclear Functions of the SAGA Deubiquitinase Module. Mol Cell Biol. 2016 Nov 15;36(22):2855-2866.

12.Atanassov BS, Mohan RD, Lan X, Kuang X, Lu Y, Lin K, McIvor E, Li W, Zhang Y, Florens L, Byrum SD, Mackintosh SG, Calhoun-Davis T, Koutelou E, Wang L, Tang DG, Tackett AJ, Washburn MP, Workman JL, Dent SY. ATXN7L3 and ENY2 Coordinate Activity of Multiple H2B Deubiquitinases Important for Cellular Proliferation and Tumor Growth. Mol Cell. 2016 May 19;62(4):558-71.

13.Lan X*, Koutelou E*, Schibler AC, Chen YC, Grant PA, Dent SY. Poly(Q) Expansions in ATXN7 Affect Solubility but Not Activity of the SAGA Deubiquitinating Module. Mol Cell Biol. 2015 May;35(10):1777-87. (* equal contribution)

14.Lan, X*., Wen, L*., Li, K., Liu, X., Luo, B., Chen, F., Xie, D., and Kung, H.F. (2011). Comparative analysis of duplicated sox21 genes in zebrafish. Dev Growth Differ 53, 347-356. 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2010.01239.x. (* equal contribution)