Publications

Jiahao Lin, Jiannan Zhang, Xianglin Zhu, Xuhan Xia, Yong Zhang, Qingdong Zeng, Yuanhong Xu, Ruijie Deng, Jinghong Li (2025). Pyrococcus furiosus Argonaute-Mediated Dual-Recognition Enables the Detection of Trace Single-nucleotide-Mutated Fungicide-resistant Fungal Pathogens. Chemical Communications.

Xinglong Wang, Jiannan Zhang, Jiancheng Su, Tianjiao Huang, Ling Lian, Qinghua Nie, Xin Zhang, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2024). Genome-wide mapping of the binding sites of myocyte enhancer factor 2A in chicken primary myoblasts. Poultry Science.

Tianjiao Huang, Jiancheng Su, Xinglong Wang, Ningkun Shi, Xiao Zhang, Jiliang He, Juan Li, Jiannan Zhang, Yajun Wang (2024). Functional Analysis and tissue-specific expression of calcitonin and CGRP with RAMP-modulated receptors CTR and CLR in chickens. Animals.

Xiao Zhang, Jiancheng Su, Tianjiao Huang, Xinglong Wang, Chenlei Wu, Jing Li, Juan Li, Jiannan Zhang, Yajun Wang (2022). Characterization of the chicken melanocortin 5 receptor and its potential role in regulating hepatic glucolipid metabolism. Frontiers in physiology.

Jiannan Zhang, Xinglong Wang, Can Lv, Yiping Wan, Xiao Zhang, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2022). A gene expression atlas of Lohmann white chickens. bioRxiv.

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Chao Fang, Jiannan Zhang, Yiping Wan, Zejiao Li, Feiyang Qi, Yuanhao Dang, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2021). Neuropeptide S (NPS) and its receptor (NPSR1) in chickens: cloning, tissue expression, and functional analysis. Poultry Science.

Caiyun Sun, Yang Qiu, Qin Ren, Xiao Zhang, Baolong Cao, Yi Zou, Juan Li, Jiannan Zhang, Yajun Wang (2021). Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Three 5-HT Receptor Genes (HTR1B, HTR1E, and HTR1F) in Chickens. Genes.

Jiannan Zhang, Can Lv, Chunheng Mo, Meng Liu, Yiping Wan, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2021). Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis of Chicken Anterior Pituitary: A Bird’s-Eye View on Vertebrate Pituitary. Frontiers in physiology.

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Jiannan Zhang, Jing Li, Chenlei Wu, Zhixing Hu, Liqi An, Yiping Wan, Chao Fang, Xiao Zhang, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2020). The Asp298Asn polymorphism of melanocortin‐4 receptor (MC4R) in pigs: evidence for its potential effects on MC4R constitutive activity and cell surface expression. Animal Genetics.

Tianqiang Liu, Yue Deng, Zheng Zhang, Baolong Cao, Jing Li, Caiyun Sun, Zhixing Hu, Jiannan Zhang, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2020). Melanocortin Receptor 4 (MC4R) Signaling System in Nile Tilapia. International journal of molecular sciences.

Chao Wu, Can Lv, Yiping Wan, Xiaoxiao Li, Jiannan Zhang, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2019). Arginine vasotocin (AVT)/mesotocin (MT) receptors in chickens: Evidence for the possible involvement of AVT-AVPR1 signaling in the regulation of oviposition and pituitary prolactin expression. General and comparative endocrinology.

Zhang J, Zhou Y, Wu C, Wan Y, Fang C, Li J, Wang Y (2018). Characterization of the Apelin/Elabela Receptors (APLNR) in Chickens, Turtles, and Zebrafish: Identification of a Novel Apelin-Specific Receptor in Teleosts. Frontiers in endocrinology.

Jiannan Zhang, Yiping Wan, Chao Fang, Junan Chen, Wangan Ouyang, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2018). The orphan G protein-coupled receptor 25 (GPR25) is activated by Apelin and Apela in non-mammalian vertebrates. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

Yiping Wan, Jiannan Zhang, Chao Fang, Junan Chen, Jing Li, Juan Li, Chenlei Wu, Yajun Wang (2018). Characterization of neuromedin U (NMU), neuromedin S (NMS) and their receptors (NMUR1, NMUR2) in chickens. Peptides.

Jiannan Zhang, Xin Li, Yawei Zhou, Lin Cui, Jing Li, Chenlei Wu, Yiping Wan, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2017). The interaction of MC3R and MC4R with MRAP2, ACTH, α-MSH and AgRP in chickens. Journal of Endocrinology.

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Shunyu Gao, Jiannan Zhang, Chen He, Fengyan Meng, Guixian Bu, Guoqiang Zhu, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2017). Molecular characterization of neuropeptide Y (NPY) receptors (Y1, Y4 and Y6) and investigation of the tissue expression of their ligands (NPY, PYY and PP) in chickens. General and comparative endocrinology.

Chen He, Jiannan Zhang, Shunyu Gao, Fengyan Meng, Guixian Bu, Juan Li, Yajun Wang (2016). Molecular characterization of three NPY receptors (Y2, Y5 and Y7) in chickens: Gene structure, tissue expression, promoter identification, and functional analysis. General and comparative endocrinology.

Jiannan Zhang, Shaocheng Cheng, Yajun Wang, Xiaojie Yu, Juan Li (2014). Identification and characterization of the free fatty acid receptor 2 (FFA2) and a novel functional FFA2-like receptor (FFA2L) for short-chain fatty acids in pigs: Evidence for the existence of a duplicated FFA2 gene (FFA2L) in some mammalian species. Domestic animal endocrinology.