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Qi Zhou

Sun Yat-sen University

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Evolutionary Biology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1 Genomics· 1 Microbiology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2

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Doris BachtrogiD· 2 shared Bi-tao Qiu· 1 shared Bing-zheng Lu· 1 shared Bo Wen· 1 shared Chase Benjamin· 1 shared Chastain A. Anderson· 1 shared Chunmin Dong· 1 shared Danni GuoiD· 1 shared

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Myofibroblast lineage mapping and inhibiting subretinal fibrosis by targeting SMAD3 and MRTF pathways via microRNA-24 functional study

Yinga Wu, Yao Tong, Katherine G. Byrnes, Qi Zhou, Chunmin Dong, Chase Benjamin, Emma Parker, Duran Bao, Zhaoyang Ren, Chastain A. Anderson, Rafael L. Ufret-Vincenty, Yu-Guang He, Ze Zhang, David M. Hinkle, Jing Ma, Shusheng Wang

The paper identifies multiple cell lineages contributing to myofibroblasts in subretinal fibrosis and shows that miR-24 regulates pathways involved in fibrosis, with SMAD3 and MRTF inhibitors showing therapeutic potential.

bioRxiv · Jun 27, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Decoding the anti-aging effect of retinol in reshaping the human skin microbiome niches

Minyan Gui, Jingmin Cheng, Xueni Lin, Danni Guo, Qi Zhou, Wentao Ma, Hang Yang, Xueqing Chen, Zhao Liu, Lan Ma, Xin‐Hui Xing, Peng Shu, Xiao Liu

This study investigates how retinol affects the human skin microbiome and its role in retinol's anti-aging effects using phenomics, metagenomics, and metabolomics.

bioRxiv · Jun 26, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology

Structure simulation of thrombopoietin receptor C-MPL with missense SNPs and its geographical distribution

Weizhong Zheng, Dongyu Zeng, Qi Zhou, Zhilan Li, Haojian Liang

The paper simulates the structural impact of missense SNPs in the thrombopoietin receptor C-MPL and maps their geographical distribution across populations.

bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2018 · PreprintBioinformatics

Evolution trajectories of snake genes and genomes revealed by comparative analyses of five-pacer viper

Wei Yin, Zong-ji Wang, Qi-ye Li, Jin-ming Lian, Yang Zhou, Bing-zheng Lu, Li-jun Jin, Peng-xin Qiu, Pei Zhang, Wen-bo Zhu, Bo Wen, Yi-jun Huang, Zhi-long Lin, Bi-tao Qiu, Xing-wen Su, , Qi Zhou

This study analyzes the genome evolution of snakes by comparing five species, revealing adaptive and degenerative changes in genes and sex chromosomes.

bioRxiv · Aug 30, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

The evolution of alternative splicing in Drosophila

Lauren Gibilisco, Qi Zhou, Shivani Mahajan, Doris Bachtrog

The paper examines alternative splicing patterns in Drosophila across sexes, developmental stages, and species, finding sex-specific and stage-specific splicing trends.

bioRxiv · May 21, 2016Genomics

Ancestral chromatin configuration constrains chromatin evolution on differentiating sex chromosomes in Drosophila

Qi Zhou, Doris Bachtrog

This study examines the evolutionary trajectory of neo-sex chromosomes in D. busckii, showing rapid Y degeneration and chromatin configuration constraints.

bioRxiv · May 24, 2015Evolutionary Biology