Selected Publications

Wang Q, Tao C, Wu Y, Anderson KE, Makrides N, Hannan A, Peregrin J, Lin CS, Ding Z, Li W, Hawkins P, Stephens L, Zhang X. 2025. FGF-induced phospholipase Cγ signaling regulates lacrimal gland branching by competing with PI3K in phosphoinositide metabolism. Cell Reports. 44(8):116046.
Wang Q, Li H, Mao Y, Garg A, Park ES, Wu Y, Chow A, Peregrin J, Zhang X. 2025. Shc1 cooperates with Frs2 and Shp2 to recruit Grb2 in FGF-induced lens development. eLife 13:RP103615.
Balasubramanian, R., Min, X., Quinn, P.M.J., Giudice, Q.L., Tao, C., Polanco, K., Makrides, N., Peregrin, J., Bouaziz, M., Mao, Y., Wang, Q., Costa, B., Buenaventura, D., Wang, F., Ma, L., Tsang, S., Fabre, P., Zhang X. 2021. Phase transition specified by a binary code patterns the vertebrate eye cup. Science Advances.
Wang Q, Tao C, Hannan A, Yoon S, Min X, Peregrin J, Qu X, Li H, Yu H, Zhao J, Zhang X. 2021. Lacrimal gland budding requires PI3K-dependent suppression of EGF signaling. Science Advances. 7(27):eabf1068.
Garg A, Hannan A, Wang Q, Makrides N, Zhong J, Li H, Yoon S, Mao Y, Zhang X. 2020. Etv transcription factors functionally diverge from their upstream FGF signaling in lens development. eLife. 9:e51915.
Li H, Mao Y, Bouaziz M, Yu H, Qu X, Wang F, Feng GS, Shawber C, Zhang X. 2019. Lens differentiation is controlled by the balance between PDGF and FGF signaling. PLoS Biology.17(2):e3000133.

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