Publications

  1. Gest AMM*, Sahan AZ*, Zhong Y*, Lin W, Mehta S, and Zhang J. Molecular spies in action: Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors light up cellular signals. *Equal contributions. Chem Rev. 2024. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00293
  2. Su Q, Zhang J, Lin W, Zhang JF, Newton AC, Mehta S, Yang J, and Zhang J. Sensitive fluorescent biosensor reveals differential subcellular regulation of PKC. Nat Chem Biol. 2024. PMID 39394268
  3. Lin W†, Phatarphekar A, Zhong Y, Liu L, Kwon HB, Gerwick WH, Wang Y, Mehta S, and Zhang J†. Light-gated integrator for highlighting kinase activity in living cells. †Co-corresponding authors. Nat Commun. 2024; 15: 7804. PMID 39242543
  4. Weeks R, Mehta S, and Zhang J. Genetically encodable biosensors for Ras activity. RSC Chem Biol. 2024; 5: 312-320. PMID 38576721
  5. Frei MS, Mehta S, and Zhang J. Next-generation genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors illuminate cell signaling and metabolism. Annu Rev Biophys. 2024; 53. PMID 38346245
  6. Hardy JC, Pool EH, Bruystens JGH, Zhou X, Li Q, Zhou DR, Palay M, Tan G, Chen L, Choi JLC, Lee HN, Strack S, Wang D, Taylor SS, Mehta S, and Zhang J. Molecular determinants and signaling effects of PKA RIα phase separation. Mol Cell. 2024; 84(8): 1570-1584.e7. PMID 38537638
  7. Lyons AC, Mehta S, and Zhang J. Fluorescent biosensors illuminate the spatial regulation of cell signaling across scales. Biochem J. 2023; 480(20): 1693–1717. PMID 37903110
  8. Elias R, Zhu Y, Su Q, Ghirlando R, Zhang J, and Deshmukh L. Reversible phase separation of ESCRT protein ALIX through tyrosine phosphorylation. Sci Adv. 2023; 9(28): eadg3913. PMID 37450591
  9. Posner C, Mehta S, and Zhang J. Fluorescent biosensor imaging meets deterministic mathematical modelling: quantitative investigation of signalling compartmentalization. J Physiol. 2023; 601(19): 4227-4241. PMID 37747358
  10. Greenwald E*, Posner C*, Bharath A, Lyons A, Salmeron C, Sriram K, Wiley SZ, Insel PA†, and Zhang J†. GPCR signaling measurement and drug profiling with an automated live-cell microscopy system. *Equal contribution. †Co-corresponding authors. ACS Sensors. 2023; 8(1): 19-27. PMID 36602887
  11. Schmitt DL, Mehta S, Zhang J. Study of spatiotemporal regulation of kinase signaling using genetically encodable molecular tools. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2022; 71:102224. PMID 36347198
  12. Kwon Y, Mehta S, Clark M, Walter G, Zhong Y, Lee HN, Sunahara RK, Zhang J. Non-canonical beta-adrenergic activation of ERK at endosomes. Nature. 2022; 611(7934): 173-179. PMID 36289326
  13. Kwon Y, Kim DH, Jeong MG, Hong MT, Park S, Chang Y, Zhou K, Park SY, Zhang J, Ryu SH. Dimerization of beta2-adrenergic receptor is responsible for the constitutive activity subjected to inverse agonism. Cell Chem Biol. 2022; 29(10): 1532-1540. PMID 36167077
  14. Hashizume R, Fujii H, Mehta S, Ota K, Qian Y, Zhu W, Drobizhev M, Nasu Y, Zhang J, Bito H, Campbell RE. A genetically encoded far-red fluorescent calcium ion biosensor derived from a biliverdin-binding protein. Protein Sci. 2022; 31(10): e4440. PMID 36173169
  15. Weeks R, Zhou X, Yuan TL, Zhang J. Fluorescent biosensor for measuring Ras activity in living cells. J Am Chem Soc. 2022; 144(38): 17432-17440. PMID 36122391
  16. Schmitt DL, Curtis SD, Lyons AC, Zhang JF, Chen M, He CY, Mehta S, Shaw RJ, Zhang J. Spatial regulation of AMPK signaling revealed by a sensitive kinase activity reporter. Nat Commun. 2022; 13: 3856. PMID 35790710
  17. Zhong Y, Zhou X, Guan KL, Zhang J. Rheb regulates nuclear mTORC1 activity independent of farnesylation. Cell Chem Biol. 2022; 29(6): 1037-1045.e4. PMID 35294906
  18. Zhou X, Mehta S, Zhang J. AktAR and Akt-STOPS: Genetically encodable molecular tools to visualize and perturb Akt kinase activity at different subcellular locations in living cells. Current Protocols.. 2022; 2: e416. PMID 35532280
  19. Mehta S and Zhang J. Liquid-liquid phase separation drives cellular function and dysfunction in cancer. Nat Rev Cancer. 2022; 22(4): 239-252. PMID 35149762
  20. Hardy JC, Mehta S, Zhang J. Measuring spatiotemporal cAMP dynamics within an endogenous signaling compartment using FluoSTEP-ICUE. Methods Mol Biol. 2022; 2483: 351-366. PMID 35286687.
  21. Zhang JF, Mehta S, Zhang J. Protocol for reading and imaging live-cell PKA activity using ExRai-AKAR2. STAR Protoc. 2022; 3(1): 101071. PMID 35036953
  22. Chen M, Sun T, Zhou X, Zhang J. A sensitive fluorescent Akt biosensor reveals lysosome-selective regulation of lipid second messengers and kinase activity. ACS Cent Sci. 2021; 7(12): 2009-2020. PMID 34963894
  23. Valentine JM, Ahmadian M, Keinan O, Abu-Odeh M, Zhao P, Zhou X, Keller MP, Gao H, Yu RT, Liddle C, Downes M, Zhang J, Lusis AJ, Attie AD, Evans RM, Rydén M, Saltiel AR. β3-adrenergic receptor downregulation leads to adipocyte catecholamine resistance in obesity. J Clin Invest. 2022; 132(2): e153357. PMID 34847077
  24. Lee YU, Posner C, Nie Z, Zhao J, Li S, Bopp SE, Wisna GBM, Ha J, Song C, Zhang J, Yang S, Zhang X, Liu Z. Organic hyperbolic material assisted illumination nanoscopy. Adv Sci. 2021; 8(22): 2102330. PMC8596098
  25. Zhang JZ, Mehta S, Zhang J. Liquid-liquid phase separation: a principal organizer of the cell’s biochemical activity architecture. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2021; 42(10): 845-856. PMID 34373114
  26. Su Q, Mehta S, Zhang J. Liquid-liquid phase separation: orchestrating cell signaling through time and space. Mol Cell. 2021; 81(20): 4137-4146. PMID 34619090
  27. Lin W, Mo GCH, Mehta S, Zhang J. DrFLINC contextualizes super-resolution activity imaging. J Am Chem Soc. 2021; 143(37): 14951-14955. PMID 34516108
  28. Zhang JZ, Tenner B, Mehta S, Zhang J. Protocol for using Fluorescent Sensors Targeted to Endogenous Proteins (FluoSTEPs) to measure microdomain-specific signaling events. STAR Protoc. 2021; 2(3): 100693. PMID 34467224
  29. Liu L, Limsakul P, Meng X, Huang Y, Harrison RES, Huang TS, Shi Y, Yu Y, Charupanit K, Zhong S, Lu S, Zhang J, Chien S, Sun J, Wang Y. Integration of FRET and sequencing to engineer kinase biosensors from mammalian cell libraries. Nat Commun. 2021; 12(1): 5031. PMID 34413312
  30. Keyes J, Mehta S, Zhang J. Strategies for multiplexed biosensor imaging to study intracellular signaling networks. Methods Mol Biol. 2021; 2350: 1-20. PMID 34331275
  31. Abu-Odeh M, Zhang Y, Reilly SM, Ebadat N, Keinan O, Valentine JM, Hafezi-Bakhtiari M, Ashayer H, Mamoun L, Zhou X, Zhang J, Yu RT, Dai Y, Liddle C, Downes M, Evans RM, Kliewer SA, Mangelsdorf DJ, Saltiel AR. FGF21 promotes thermogenic gene expression as an autocrine factor in adipocytes. Cell Rep. 2021; 35(13): 109331. PMID 34192547
  32. Ahn SH, Qin S, Zhang JZ, McCammon JA, Zhang J, and Zhou HX. Characterizing protein kinase A (PKA) subunits as macromolecular regulators of PKA RIα liquid-liquid phase separation. J Chem Phys. 2021; 154(22): 221101. PMID 34241191
  33. Bohrer CH, Yang X, Thakur S, Weng X, Tenner B, McQuillen R, Ross B, Wooten M, Chen X, Zhang J, Roberts E, Lakadamyali M, Xiao J. A pairwise Distance Distribution Correction (DDC) algorithm to eliminate blinking-caused artifacts in super-resolution microscopy. Nat Methods. 2021; 18(6): 669-677. PMID 34059826.
  34. Tenner B*, Zhang JZ*, Kwon Y, Pessino V, Feng S, Huang B, Mehta S†, Zhang J†. FluoSTEPs: Fluorescent biosensors for monitoring compartmentalized signaling within endogenous microdomains. *Equal contribution. †Co-corresponding authors. Sci Adv. 2021; 7(21): eabe4091. PMID 34020947.
  35. Mehta S and Zhang J. Biochemical activity architectures visualized – Using genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors to map the spatial boundaries of signaling compartments. Acc Chem Res. 2021; 54(10): 2409-2420. PMID 33949851
  36. Lei Y*, Zhang J*, Schiavon CR, He M, Chen L, Shen H, Zhang Y, Yin Q, Cho Y, Andrade L, Shadel GS, Hepokoski M, Lei T, Wang H, Zhang J, Yuan JXJ, Malhotra A, Manor U†, Wang S†, Yuan Z†, Shyy JY†. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein impairs endothelial function via downregulation of ACE 2. *Equal contribution. †Co-corresponding authors. Circ Res. 2021; 128(9): 1323-1326. PMID 33784827
  37. Roebroek T, Vandenberg W, Sipieter F, Hugelier S, Stove C, Zhang J, Dedecker P. Simultaneous readout of multiple FRET pairs using photochromism. Nat Commun. 2021; 12(1): 2005. PMID 33790271
  38. Lee YU, Zhao J, Ma Q, Khorashad LK, Posner C, Li G, Wisna GBM, Burns Z, Zhang J, Liu Z. Metamaterial assisted illumination nanoscopy via random super-resolution speckles. Nat Commun. 2021; 12(1): 1559. PMID 33692354
  39. Lee YU, Li S, Bopp SE, Zhao J, Nie Z, Posner C, Yang S, Zhang X, Zhang J, Liu Z. Unprecedented fluorophore photostability enabled by low-loss organic hyperbolic materials. Adv Mater. 2021; 33(9): e2006496. PMID 33506542
  40. Lee YU, Posner C, Zhao J, Zhang J, Liu Z. Imaging of cell morphology changes via metamaterial-assisted photobleaching microscopy. Nano Lett. 2021; 21(4): 1716-1721. PMID 33576637
  41. Fong MY, Yan W, Ghassemian M, Wu X, Zhou X, Cao M, Jiang L, Wang J, Liu X, Zhang J, Wang SE. Cancer-secreted miRNAs regulate amino-acid-induced mTORC1 signaling and fibroblast protein synthesis. EMBO Rep. 2021; 22(2): e51239. PMID 33345445
  42. Zhang JF*, Liu B*, Hong I*, Mo A, Roth RH, Tenner B, Lin W, Zhang JZ, Molina RS, Drobizhev M, Hughes TE, Tian L, Huganir RH†, Mehta S†, Zhang J†. An ultrasensitive biosensor for high-resolution kinase activity imaging in awake mice. *Equal contribution. †Co-corresponding authors. Nat Chem Biol. 2021; 17(1): 39-46. PMID 32989297
  43. Zhang JF, Mehta S, Zhang J. Signaling microdomains in the spotlight: visualizing compartmentalized signaling using genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2021; 61: 587-608. PMID 3341579
  44. Zhou X, Zhong Y, Molinar-Inglis O, Kunkel MT, Chen M, Sun T, Zhang J, Shyy JY, Trejo J, Newton AC, Zhang J. Location-specific inhibition of Akt reveals regulation of mTORC1 activity in the nucleus. Nat Commun. 2020; 11(1): 6088. PMID 33257668
  45. Tenner B, Getz M, Ross B, Ohadi D, Bohrer CH, Greenwald E, Mehta S, Xiao J, Rangamani P†, Zhang J†. Spatially compartmentalized phase regulation of a Ca2+-cAMP-PKA oscillatory circuit. †Co-corresponding authors. eLife. 2020; 9: e55013. PMID 33201801
  46. Zhou X, Mehta S, Zhang J. Genetically encodable fluorescent biosensors light up signaling networks. Trends Biochem Sci. 2020; 45(10): 889-905. PMID 32660810
  47. Zhang JZ, Lu TW, Stolerman LM, Tenner B, Yang JR, Zhang JF, Falcke M, Rangamani P, Taylor SS, Mehta S, Zhang J. Phase separation of a regulatory subunit of protein kinase A controls cAMP compartmentation and oncogenic signaling. Cell. 2020; 182(6): 1531-1544. PMID 32846158
  48. Zhang JZ, Nguyen AH, Miyamoto S, Brown JH, McCulloch, AD, Zhang J. Histamine-induced biphasic activation of RhoA allows for persistent RhoA signaling. PLoS Biol. 2020; 18(9): e3000866. PMID 32881857
  49. Lee YU, Zhao J, Mo GCH, Li S, Li G, Ma Q, Yang Q, Lal R, Zhang J, Liu Z. Metamaterial-assisted photobleaching microscopy with nanometer scale axial Resolution. Nano Lett. 2020; 20(8): 6038. PMID 32597659
  50. Keyes J, Ganesan A, Molinar-Inglis O, Hamidzadeh A, Zhang JF, Ling M, Trejo J, Levchenko A, Zhang J. Signaling diversity enabled by Rap1-regulated plasma membrane ERK with distinct temporal dynamics. eLife. 2020; 9: e57410. PMID 32452765
  51. Mo GCH, Posner C, Rodriguez E, Sun T, Zhang J. A rationally enhanced red fluorescent protein expands the utility of FRET biosensors. Nat Commun. 2020; 11(1): 1848. PMID 32296061
  52. Lee HN, Mehta S, Zhang J. Recent advances in the use of genetically encodable optical tools to elicit and monitor signaling events. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2020; 63: 114-124. PMID 32058267
  53. Wijaya J, Vo BT, Liu J, Xu B, Wu G, Wang Y, Peng J, Zhang J, Janke LJ, Orr BA, Yu J, Roussel MF, Schuetz JD. An ABC transporter drives medulloblastoma pathogenesis by regulating Sonic Hedgehog signaling. Cancer Res. 2020; 80(7): 1524-1537. PMID 31948942
  54. Schmitt DL, Mehta S, Zhang J. Illuminating the kinome: visualizing real-time kinase activity in biological systems using genetically encoded fluorescent protein-based biosensors. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2020; 54: 63-69. PMID 31911398
  55. Hertel F, Li S, Chen M, Pott L, Mehta S, Zhang J. Fluorescent biosensors for multiplexed imaging of phosphoinositide dynamics. ACS Chem Biol. 2020; 15(1): 33-38. PMID 31855412
  56. Ohadi D, Schmitt DL, Calabrese B, Halpain S, Zhang J, Rangamani P. Computational modeling reveals frequency modulation of calcium-cAMP/PKA pathway in dendritic spines. Biophys J. 2019; 117(10): 1963-1980. PMID: 31668749
  57. Qin Q, Laub S, Shi Y, Ouyang M, Peng Q, Zhang J, Wang Y, Lu. S. Fluocell for ratiometric and high-throughput live-cell image visualization and quantitation. Front Phys. 2019; 7: 00154. PMID 33163483
  58. Lin W, Mehta S, Zhang J. Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors illuminate kinase signaling in cancer. J Biol Chem. 2019; 294(40): 14814-14822. PMID 31434714
  59. Clister T, Greenwald E, Baillie GS, and Zhang J. AKAP95 organizes a nuclear microdomain to control local cAMP and nuclear PKA activation. Cell Chem Biol. 2019; 26(6): 885-891.e4. PMID 30982750
  60. He M, Huang TS, Li S, Hong HC, Chen Z, Martin M, Zhou X, Huang HY, Su SH, Zhang J, Wang WT, Kang J, Huang HD, Zhang J, Chien S, Shyy JY. Atheroprotective flow upregulates ITPR3 (Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor 3) in vascular endothelium via KLF4 (Krüppel-Like Factor 4)-mediated histone modifications. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2019; 39(5): 902-914. PMID 30917677
  61. Ross B, Wong SH, Snell NE, Zhang J, Rizzo MA. Triple fluorescence anisotropy reporter imaging in living cells. Bio-protocol. 2019; 9(9): e3226. PMID 31423459
  62. Qian Y, Piatkevich KD, Mc Larney B, Abdelfattah AS, Mehta S, Murdock MH, Gottschalk S, Molina RS, Zhang W, Chen Y, Wu J, Drobizhev M, Hughes TE, Zhang J, Schreiter ER, Shoham S, Razansky D, Boyden ES, Campbell RE. A genetically-encoded near-infrared fluorescent calcium ion indicator. Nat Methods. 2019; 16(2): 171-174. PMID 30664778
  63. Greenwald E, Mehta S, Zhang J. Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors illuminate the spatiotemporal regulation of signaling networks. Chem Rev. 2018; 118 (24): 11707-11794. PMID 30550275
  64. Hard R, Li N, He W, Ross B, Mo GCH, Peng Q, Stein RL, Komives E, Wang Y, Zhang J, Wang W. Deciphering and engineering chromodomain-methyllysine peptide recognition. Sci Adv. 2018; 4(11): eaau1447. PMID 30417094
  65. Mehta S†*, Zhang Y*, Roth RH*, Zhang JF, Mo A, Tenner B, Huganir RL†, Zhang J†. Single-fluorophore biosensors for sensitive and multiplexed detection of signaling activities. *Equal contribution. †Co-corresponding authors. Nat Cell Biol. 2018; 20(10): 1215-1225. PMID 30250062
  66. Liu SL*, Wang ZG*, Hu Y, Xin Y, Singaram I, Gorai S, Zhou X, Shim Y, Min JH, Gong LW, Hay N, Zhang J, Cho W. Quantitative lipid imaging reveals a new signaling function of phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphophate: Isoform- and site-specific activation of Akt. *Equal contribution. Mol Cell. 2018; 71(6): 1092-1104. PMID 30174291
  67. Grimsey NJ, Narala R, Rada CC, Mehta S, Stephens BS, Kufareva I, Lapek J, Gonzalez DJ, Handel TM, Zhang J, Trejo J. A ryrosine switch on NEDD4-2 E3 ligase transmits GPCR inflammatory signaling. Cell Rep. 2018; 24(12): 3312-3323. PMID 30232011
  68. Ross BL, Tenner B, Markwardt ML, Zviman A, Shi G, Kerr JP, Snell NE, McFarland JJ, Mauban JR, Ward CW, Rizzo MA†, Zhang J†. Single-color, ratiometric biosensors for detecting signaling activities. †Co-corresponding authors. eLife. 2018; 7: e35458. PMID 29968564
  69. Chen W*, Yan Z*, Li S*, Huang N, Huang X, Zhang J†, Zhong S†. RNAs as proximity labeling media for identifying nuclear speckle positions relative to the genome. *Equal contribution. †Co-corresponding authors. iScience. 2018; 4: 204-215. PMID 30240742
  70. Oldach LM, Gorshkov K, Mills WT, Zhang J†, Meffert MK†. A biosensor for MAPK-dependent Lin28 signaling. †Co-corresponding authors. Mol Biol Cell. 2018; 29(10): 1157-1167. PMID 29540527
  71. Hertel F, Mo GCH, Dedecker P, Zhang J. Observing the assembly of protein complexes in living eukaryotic cells in super-resolution using refSOFI. Methods Mol Biol. 2018; 1764: 267-277. PMID 29605920
  72. Ni Q, Mehta S, Zhang J. Live-cell imaging of cell signaling using genetically encoded fluorescent reporters. FEBS J. 2018; 285(2): 203-219. PMID 28613457
  73. Chen Y, Booth C, Wang H, Wang RX, Terzi D, Zachariou V, Jiao K, Zhang J, Wang Q. Effective attenuation of adenosine A1R signaling by neurabin requires oligomerization of neurabin. Mol Pharmacol. 2017; 92(6): 630-639. PMID 28954816
  74. Mehta S and Zhang J. Illuminating the cell’s biochemical activity architecture. Biochemistry. 2017; 56(39): 5210-5213. PMID 28718621
  75. Nygren PJ, Mehta S, Schweppe DK, Langeberg LK, Whiting JL, Weisbrod CR, Bruce JE, Zhang J, Veesler D, Scott JD. Intrinsic disorder within AKAP79 fine-tunes anchored phosphatase activity toward substrates and inhibitor drugs. eLife. 2017; 6: e30872. PMID 28967377
  76. Mo GCH, Ross B, Hertel F, Manna P, Yang X, Greenwald E, Booth C, Plummer AM, Tenner B, Chen Z, Wang Y, Kennedy EJ, Cole PA, Fleming KG, Palmer A, Jimenez R, Xiao J, Dedecker P, Zhang J. Genetically encoded biosensors for visualizing live-cell biochemical activity at superresolution. Nat Methods. 2017; 14(4): 427-434. PMID 28288122
  77. Gorshkov K, Mehta S, Ramamurthy S, Ronnett GV, Zhou FQ, Zhang J. AKAP-mediated feedback control of cAMP gradients in developing hippocampal neurons. Nat Chem Biol. 2017; 13(4): 425-431. PMID 28192412
  78. Rodriguez EA, Campbell RE, Lin JY, Lin MZ, Miyawaki A, Palmer AE, Shu X, Zhang J, Tsien RY. The growing and glowing toolbox of fluorescent and photoactive proteins. Trends Biochem Sci. 2017; 42(2): 111-129. PMID 27814948
  79. Newman RH and Zhang J. Integrated strategies to gain a systems-level view of dynamic signaling networks. Methods Enzymol. 2017; 589: 133-170. PMID 28336062
    80. Tenner B, Mehta S, Zhang J. Optical sensors to gain mechanistic insights into signaling assemblies. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2016; 41: 203-210. PMID 27611602
  80. Zhou X, Li S, Zhang J. Tracking the activity of mTORC1 in living cells using genetically encoded FRET-based biosensor TORCAR. Curr Protoc Chem Biol. 2016; 8(4): 225-233. PMID 27925667
  81. Hung WC*, Yang JR*, Yankaskas CL, Wong BS, Wu PH, Pardo-Pastor C, Serra SA, Chiang MJ, Gu Z, Wirtz D, Valverde MA, Yang JT†, Zhang J†, Konstantopoulos K†. Confinement-sensing and signal optimization via Piezo1/PKA and Myosin II pathways. *Equal contribution. †Co-corresponding authors. Cell Rep. 2016; 15(7):1430-1441. PMID 27160899
  82. Moore BS, Stepanchick AN, Tewson PH, Hartle CM, Zhang J, Quinn AM, Hughes TE, Mirshahi T. Cilia have high cAMP levels that are inhibited by Sonic Hedgehog-regulated calcium dynamics. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2016; 113(46): 13069-13074. PMID 27799542
  83. Conlon P, Gelin-Licht R, Ganesan A, Zhang J, Levchenko A. Single-cell dynamics and variability of MAPK activity in a yeast differentiation pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2016; 113(40): E5896-E5905. PMID 27651485
  84. Ross B, Mehta S, Zhang J. Molecular tools for acute spatiotemporal manipulation of signal transduction. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2016; 34:135-142. PMID 27639090
  85. Hertel F, Mo GCH, Duwé S, Dedecker P, Zhang J. RefSOFI for mapping nanoscale organization of protein-protein interactions in living cells. Cell Rep. 2016; 14(2): 390-400. PMID 26748717
  86. Depry C, Mehta S, Li R, Zhang J. Visualization of compartmentalized kinase activity dynamics using adaptable bimKARs. Chem Biol. 2015; 22(11): 1470-9. PMID 26548610
  87. Mehta S and Zhang J. Dynamic visualization of calcium-dependent signaling in cellular microdomains. Cell Calcium. 2015. 58(4): 333-41. PMID 25703691
  88. Yaniv Y, Ganesan A, Yang D, Ziman BD, Lyashkov AE, Levchenko A, Zhang J, Lakatta EG. Real-time relationship between PKA biochemical signal network dynamics and increased action potential firing rate in heart pacemaker cells: kinetics of PKA activation in heart pacemaker cells. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2015; 86: 168-78. PMID 26241846
  89. Hu J, Neiswinger J, Zhang J, Zhu H, Qian J. Systematic prediction of scaffold proteins reveals new design principles in scaffold-mediated signal transduction. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015; 11(9): e1004508. PMID 26393507
  90. Sample V, Ramamurthy S, Gorshkov K, Ronnett GV, Zhang J. Polarized activities of AMPK and BRSK in primary hippocampal neurons. Mol Biol Cell. 2015; 26(10): 1935-1946. PMID 25788287
  91. Karlsson I, Zhou X, Thomas R, Smith AT, Bonner MY, Bakshi P, Banga AK, Bowen JP, Qabaja G, Ford SL, Ballard MD, Petersen KS, Li X, Chen G, Ogretmen B, Zhang J, Watkins EB, Arnold RS, Arbiser JL. Solenopsin A and analogs exhibit ceramide-like biological activity. Vasc Cell. 2015; 7: 5. PMID 26015865
  92. Miyamoto T†, Rho E, Sample V, Akano H, Magari M, Ueno T, Gorshkov K, Chen M, Tokumitsu H, Zhang J†, Inoue T†. Compartmentalized AMPK signaling illuminated by genetically encoded molecular sensors and actuators. †Co-corresponding authors. Cell Rep. 2015; 11(4): 657-670. PMID 25892241
  93. Ding Y, Li J, Enterina JR, Shen Y, Zhang I, Tewson PH, Mo GCH, Zhang J, Quinn AM, Hughes TE, Maysinger D, Alford SC, Zhang Y, Campbell RE. Ratiometric biosensors based on dimerization-dependent fluorescent protein exchange. Nat Methods. 2015; 12(3): 195-198. PMID 25622108
  94. Zhou X, Clister TL, Lowry PR, Seldin MM, Wong GW, Zhang J. Dynamic visualization of mTORC1 activity in living cells. Cell Rep. 2015; 10(10): 1767-1777. PMID 25772363
  95. Clister T, Mehta S, and Zhang J. Single-cell analysis of G-protein signal transduction. J Biol Chem. 2015; 290(11): 6681-6688. PMID 25605723
  96. Dou H, Wang C, Wu X, Yao L, Zhang X, Teng S, Xu H, Liu B, Wu Q, Zhang Q, Hu M, Wang Y, Wang L, Wu Y, Shang S, Kang X, Zheng L, Zhang J, Raoux M, Lang J, Li Q, Su J, Yu X, Chen L, Zhou Z. Calcium influx activates adenylyl cyclase 8 for sustained insulin secretion in rat pancreatic beta cells. Diabetologia. 2015; 58(2): 324-233. PMID 25381556
  97. Weng HJ, Patel KN, Jeske NA, Bierbower SM, Zou W, Tiwari V, Zheng Q, Tang Z, Mo GCH, Wang Y, Geng Y, Zhang J, Guan Y, Akopian AN, Dong X. Tmem100 is a regulator of TRPA1-TRPV1 complex and contributes to persistent pain. Neuron. 2015; 85(4): 833-846. PMID 25640077
  98. Gorshkov K and Zhang J. Visualization of cyclic nucleotide dynamics in neurons. Front Cell Neurosci. 2014; 8: 395. PMID 25538560
  99. Newman RH, Zhang J, Zhu H. Toward a systems-level view of dynamic phosphorylation networks. Front Genet. 2014; 5: 263. PMID 25177341
  100. Mehta S, Aye-Han NN, Ganesan A, Oldach L, Gorshkov K, Zhang J. Calmodulin-controlled spatial decoding of oscillatory Ca2+ signals by calcineurin. eLife. 2014; 3: e03865. PMID 25056880
  101. Fu Q, Kim S, Soto D, De Arcangelis V, Dipilato L, Liu S, Xu B, Zhang J, Shi Q, Xiang YK. A long lasting β1 adrenergic receptor stimulation of cAMP/protein kinase A (PKA) signal in cardiac myocytes. J Biol Chem. 2014; 289(21): 14771-14781. PMID 24713698
  102. Haj Slimane Z, Bedioune I, Lechêne P, Varin A, Lefebvre F, Mateo P, Domergue-Dupont V, Dewenter M, Richter W, Conti M, El-Armouche A, Zhang J, Fischmeister R, Vandecasteele G. Control of cytoplasmic and nuclear protein kinase A by phosphodiesterases and phosphatases in cardiac myocytes. Cardiovasc Res. 2014; 102(1): 97-106. PMID 24550350
  103. Wang Y, Ho TG, Bertinetti D, Neddermann M, Franz E, Mo GCH, Schendowich LP, Sukhu A, Spelts RC, Zhang J, Herberg FW, Kennedy EJ. Isoform-selective disruption of AKAP-localized PKA using hydrocarbon stapled peptides. ACS Chem Biol. 2014; 9(3): 635-642. PMID 24422448
  104. Sample V, Mehta S, Zhang J. Genetically encoded molecular probes to visualize and perturb signaling dynamics in living biological systems. J Cell Sci. 2014; 127(Pt 6): 1151-1160. PMID 24634506
  105. Cazabat L, Ragazzon B, Varin A, Potier-Cartereau M, Vandier C, Vezzosi D, Risk-Rabin M, Guellich A, Schittl J, Lechêne P, Richter W, Nikolaev VO, Zhang J, Bertherat J, Vandecasteele G. Inactivation of the Carney complex gene 1 (PRKAR1A) alters spatiotemporal regulation of cAMP and cAMP-dependent protein kinase: a study using genetically-encoded FRET-based reporters. Human Mol Genet. 2014; 23(5): 1163-74. PMID 24122441
  106. Hertel F and Zhang J. Monitoring of post-translational modification dynamics with genetically encoded fluorescent reporters. Biopolymers. 2014; 101(2): 180-187. PMID 23576192
  107. Oldach L and Zhang J. Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors for live-cell visualization of protein phosphorylation. Chem Biol. 2014; 21(2): 186-197. PMID 24485761
  108. Hu J*, Rho HS*, Newman RH*, Hwang W, Neiswinger J, Zhu H†, Zhang J†, Qian J†. Global analysis of phosphorylation networks in humans. *Equal contribution. †Co-corresponding authors. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014; 1844(1 Pt B): 224-231. PMID 23524292
  109. Hu J, Rho HS, Newman RH, Zhang J, Zhu H, Qian J. PhosphoNetworks: a database for human phosphorylation networks. Bioinformatics. 2014; 30(1): 141-142. PMID 24227675
  110. Robinson KH, Yang JR, Zhang J. FRET and BRET-based biosensors in live cell compound screens. Methods Mol Biol. 2014; 1071: 217-225. PMID 24052392
  111. Aye-Han NH and Zhang J. Multi-parameter live cell imaging approach to monitor cyclic AMP and protein kinase A dynamics in parallel. Methods Mol Biol. 2014; 1071: 207-215. PMID 24052391
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