Publications:
A selected list of publications:
Zhong, M., and Sun, H.
A Genetic Clog in the Vitamin A Transport Machinery,
Cell,
2015; 161 (3):
435-437.
Cheng, G., Zhong, M., Kawaguchi, R., Kassai, M., Al-Ubaidi, M., Deng, J., Ter-Stepanian, M., and Sun, H.
Identification of PLXDC1 and PLXDC2 as the Transmembrane Receptors for the Multifunctional Factor PEDF. ,
eLIFE,
2014; 3:
e05401.
Kawaguchi, R., Yu, J., Ter-Stepanian, M., Zhong, M., Guo, C., Yuan, Q., Jin, M., Travis, G.H., Ong, D., and Sun, H.
Receptor-Mediated Cellular Uptake Mechanism that is Coupled to Intracellular Storage,
ACS Chemical Biology ,
2011; 6:
1041-51.
Sun, H., and Kawaguchi, R.
The Membrane Receptor for Plasma Retinol Binding Protein, a New Type of Cell-Surface Receptor,
Int Rev Cell Mol Biol. ,
2011; 288(1-41):
.
Kawaguchi, R., Yu, J., Honda, J., Hu, J., Whitelegge, J., Ping, P., Wiita, P., Bok, D., and Sun, H.
A membrane receptor for retinol binding protein mediates cellular uptake of vitamin A,
Science,
2007; 315:
820-825.
Yang, Z., Camp, N., Sun, H., Tong, Z., Gibbs, D., Cameron, J., Chen, H., Zhao, Y., Pearson, E., Li, X., Chien, J., DeWan, A., Harmon, J., Bernstein, P., Shridhar, V., Zabriskie, N., Hoh, J., Howes, K., and Zhang, K.
A variant of the HTRA1 gene increases susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration,
Science,
2006; 314:
992-993.
Jin, M., Li, S., Moghrabi, W.N., Sun, H., and Travis, G.H.
RPE65 is the retinoid isomerase in bovine retinal pigment epithelium,
Cell,
2005; 122:
449-459.