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1. Kong, D.#*, Li, X.#, Zhao, S.#, Wang, C.#, Cai, Z., Song, S., Guo, Y., Kuang, X., Wang, X., Liu, W., Liu, P., Guo, X., Xu, W., Wang, Y., Zhao, B., Jin, B.*, He, L.*, Ma, X.* (2025) Adipose tissue-secreted Spz5 promotes distal tumor progression via Toll-6-mediated Hh pathway activation in Drosophila. EMBO J., doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00489-y.

2. Guo, P.#, Song, S.#, Niu, Y.#, Kuang, X., Zhou, D., Zhou, Z., Zhang, Y.*, Ma, X.* (2025) Alternative splicing of bunched confers a dual role in Hippo pathway-dependent growth and tumorigenesis. Oncogene, 44(24):1949-1960.

3. Wang, X.#*, Guo, Y.#, Lin, P.#, Yu, M., Song, S., Xu, W., Kong, D., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Lu, F., Xie, Q.*, Ma, X.* (2024) Nuclear receptor E75/NR1D2 promotes tumor malignant transformation by integrating Hippo and Notch pathways. EMBO J., 43(24):6336-6363.

4. Zhang, R.#, Fang, J.#, Qi, T.#, Zhu, S., Yao, L., Fang, G., Li, Y., Zang, X., Xu, W., Hao, W., Liu, S., Yang, D., Chen, D., Yang, J.*, Ma, X.*, Wu, L.* (2023) Maternal aging increases offspring adult body size via transmission of donut-shaped mitochondria. Cell Res, 33(11):821-834.

5. Song, S. & Ma, X.* (2023) E2 enzyme Bruce negatively regulates Hippo signaling through POSH-mediated expanded degradation. Cell Death Dis, 14(9):602.

6. Zheng, J.#, Guo, Y.#, Shi, C.#, Yang, S, Xu, W.*, Ma, X.* (2023) Differential Ire1 determines loser cell fate in tumor-suppressive cell competition. Cell Rep, 42(11):113303.

7. Ma, X. (2023) Q&A with Xianjue Ma. Cell Rep, 42(11):113367.

8. Yang, S., Jiang, H., Guo, Y., Song, S., Xu, W., Zheng, J., Bian, W., Wu, C., Ding, X., Guo, X., Xue, L., Ryoo, H., Li, X.*, Ma, X.* (2022) Bip-Yorkie interaction determines oncogenic and tumor-suppressive roles of Ire1/Xbp1s activation. PNAS, 119(42):e2202133119.

9. Kong, D., Sihua Zhao, S., Xu, W., Dong, J., Ma, X.* (2022) Fat body-derived Spz5 remotely facilitates tumor-suppressive cell competition through Toll-6-α-Spectrin axis-mediated Hippo activation. Cell Rep, 39(12):110980.

10. Liu, P., Guo, Y., Xu, W., Lu, J., Li, X., Wang, X., Richardson, H., Ma, X.* Ptp61F integrates Hippo, TOR and actomyosin pathways to control three-dimensional organ size. 2022, Cell Rep, 41 (7):111640.

11. Bian, W.#, Tang, M.#, Jiang, H.#, Xu, X.#, Hao, W.#, Sui, Y.#, Hou, Y., Nie, L., Zhang, H., Wang, C., Li, N., Wang, J., Qin, J., Wu, L.*, Ma, X.*, Chen, J*, Wang, W.*, Li, X.* (2021) Low-density-lipoprotein-receptor-related protein 1 mediates Notch pathway activation. Dev Cell, 56(20):2902-2919.e8.

12. Guo, X.#, Sun, Y.#, Azad, T., Rensburg, L., Luo, J., Yang, S., Liu, P., Lv, Z., Zhan, M., Lu, L., Zhou, Y., Ma, X.*, Zhang, X.*, Yang, X.*, Xue, L.* (2020) Rox8 promotes microRNA-dependent yki messenger RNA decay. PNAS, 117(48): 30520-30530.