1. Porcine airway tissue explant culture at a hydrogel-air interface to model submucosal glands in cystic fibrosis progression and therapy. Bierstedt KC, Lin MH, Yu W, Cooney AL, Goodell BJ, Gong H, Pezzulo AA, Sinn PL, Xie Y.  Sci Adv. 2025 Nov 21;11(47):eady4866. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ady4866. Epub 2025 Nov 19. PubMed PMID: 41259503; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC12629201.
  2. IL-13 induces loss of CFTR in ionocytes and reduces airway epithelial fluid absorption. Romano Ibarra GS, Lei L, Yu W, Thurman AL, Gansemer ND, Meyerholz DK, Pezzulo AA, McCray PB, Thornell IM, Stoltz DA. J Clin Invest. 2024 Sep 10;134(21). doi: 10.1172/JCI181995. PubMed PMID: 39255033; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11527443.
  3. Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins protect human airway epithelial ciliated cells from oxidative damage. Jain A, Kim BR, Yu W, Moninger TO, Karp PH, Wagner BA, Welsh MJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Mar 5;121(10):e2318771121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2318771121. Epub 2024 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 38416686; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10927548.
  4. Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells sense succinate to stimulate myoepithelial cell contraction. Yu W, Moninger TO, Rector MV, Stoltz DA, Welsh MJ.  Dev Cell. 2022 Sep 26;57(18):2221-2236.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.08.010. Epub 2022 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 36108628; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9762774.
  5. Cellular and molecular architecture of submucosal glands in wild-type and cystic fibrosis pigs. Yu W, Moninger TO, Thurman AL, Xie Y, Jain A, Zarei K, Powers LS, Pezzulo AA, Stoltz DA, Welsh MJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jan 25;119(4). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2119759119. PubMed PMID: 35046051; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8794846.
  6. Pitx2-Sox2-Lef1 interactions specify progenitor oral/dental epithelial cell signaling centers. Yu W, Sun Z, Sweat Y, Sweat M, Venugopalan SR, Eliason S, Cao H, Paine ML, Amendt BA. Development. 2020 Jun 4;147(11). doi: 10.1242/dev.186023. PubMed PMID: 32439755; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7286298.
  7. Irx1 regulates dental outer enamel epithelial and lung alveolar type II epithelial differentiation. Yu W, Li X, Eliason S, Romero-Bustillos M, Ries RJ, Cao H, Amendt BA. Dev Biol. 2017 Sep 1;429(1):44-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.07.011. Epub 2017 Jul 23. PubMed PMID: 28746823; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5599132.
  8. Sox2 and Lef-1 interact with Pitx2 to regulate incisor development and stem cell renewal. Sun Z, Yu W, Sanz Navarro M, Sweat M, Eliason S, Sharp T, Liu H, Seidel K, Zhang L, Moreno M, Lynch T, Holton NE, Rogers L, Neff T, Goodheart MJ, Michon F, Klein OD, Chai Y, Dupuy A, Engelhardt JF, Chen Z, Amendt BA. Development. 2016 Nov 15;143(22):4115-4126. doi: 10.1242/dev.138883. Epub 2016 Sep 22. PubMed PMID: 27660324; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5117215.

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