1.        Wang Z^#, Yang L^#, Jander G, Bhawal R, Zhang S, Liu Z, Oakley A, Hua J^*. AIG2A and AIG2B limit the activation of salicylic acid-regulated defenses by tryptophan-derived secondary metabolism in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2022, 34(11):4641-4660.

2.        Wang Z^#, Fan Y^#, Sun J, Ma S, Wang Z, Li J, Liu K, Xiong Z, Li C, Wang D, Zhang H, Hua J^*, Bao Y^*. Pan-analysis of intra- and inter-species diversity reveals a group of highly variable immune receptor genes in rice. The Plant Journal, 2025, 122(1):e70163.

3.        Liu K^#, Wang Z^#, Li T, Wang W, Xiong Z, Li C, Wang D, Wang Z, Xu C, Lu Q, Dai W, Xu F, Bao J, Yeo FKS, Zhang H, Bao Y^*. Rice microRNA1439 coordinates disease resistance and growth, and represses the expression of OsRFPH2-6 and OsFLO2. J Exp Bot, 2025, 76(20):6051-6063.

4.        Wang Z, Yang L, Hua J^*. The intracellular immune receptor like gene SNC1 is an enhancer of effector-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol, 2023, 191(2):874-884.

5.        Wang Z^#, Perez V^#, Hua J^*. Guard cell activity of PIF4 represses disease resistance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Environ, 2025, 48(2):1468-1478.

6.        Jiang T^#, Huang N^#, Wang Z^#, Li J, Ma L, Wang X, Shen L, Zhang Y, Yu Y, Wang W, Fan Y, Liu K, Zhao Z, Xiong Z, Song Q, Tang H, Zhang H, Bao Y^*. (2024). A rice amino acid transporter OsMP1 acts as a quantitative trait locus against blast fungus and leaf-blight bacterium. J Exp Bot, 2024, 75(22):7284-7299.

7.        Wang Z, Hua J^*. Identifying causal genes for thermo-responsive rosette growth in Arabidopsis by genome-wide association study. Methods Mol Biol. 2024, 2795:239-246.

8.        Yang L^#, Wang Z^#, Hua J^*. Multiple chromatin-associated modules regulate expression of an intracellular immune receptor gene in Arabidopsis. New Phytol, 2023, 237(6):2284-2297. 

9.        Jiang Y^#, Wang Z^#, Du H, Dong R, Yuan Y^*, Hua J^*. Assessment of functional relevance of genes associated with local temperature variables in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Environ, 2022, 45(11):3290-3304.

10.     Wang Z^#, Yang L^#, Wu D, Zhang N^*, Hua J^*. Polymorphisms in cis-elements confer SAUR26 gene expression difference for thermo-response natural variation in Arabidopsis. New Phytol, 2021, 229(5):2751-2764.

11.     Wang Z, Yang L, Liu Z, Lu M, Wang M, Sun Q, Lan Y, Shi T, Wu D, Hua J^*. Natural variations of growth thermo-responsiveness determined by SAUR26/27/28 proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytol, 2019, 224(1):291-305.

12.     Zhang N^#, Wang Z^#, Bao Z, Yang L, Wu D, Shu X^*, Hua J^*. MOS1 functions closely with TCP transcription factors to modulate immunity and cell cycle in Arabidopsis. Plant J, 2018, 93(1):66-78.

13.     Yang L, Wang Z, Zhang A, Bhawal R, Li C, Zhang S, Cheng L, Hua J^*. Reduction of the canonical function of a glycolytic enzyme enolase triggers immune responses that further affect metabolism and growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 2022, 34(5):1745-1767. 

14.     Lu S, Zhu T, Wang Z, Luo L, Wang S, Lu M, Cui Y, Zou B^*, Hua J^*. Arabidopsis immune-associated nucleotide-binding genes repress heat tolerance at the reproductive stage by inhibiting the unfolded protein response and promoting cell death. Mol Plant, 2021, 14(2):267-284.

15.     Yang L^#, Chen X^#, Wang Z, Sun Q, Hong A, Zhang A, Zhong X^*, Hua J^*. HOS15 and HDA9 negatively regulate immunity through histone deacetylation of intracellular immune receptor NLR genes in Arabidopsis. New Phytol, 2020, 226(2):507-522.