Education

Ph.D of Physiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel, 2001

Current position

Research Investigator, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Publications

1. Zhou, X., Loomis-King, H., Gurczynski, S. J., Wilke, C. A., Konopka, K. E., Ptaschinski, C., Coomes, S. M., Iwakura, Y., van Dyk, L. F., Lukacs, N. W. and Moore, B. B. (2016). Bone marrow transplantation alters lung antigen-presenting cells to promote TH17 response and the development of pneumonitis and fibrosis following gammaherpesvirus infection. Mucosal Immunol 9(3): 610-620.
2. Platt, J. L., Zhou, X., Lefferts, A. R. and Cascalho, M. (2016). Cell Fusion in the War on Cancer: A Perspective on the Inception of Malignancy. Int J Mol Sci 17(7).
3. Zhou, X. and Platt, J. L. (2011). Molecular and cellular mechanisms of mammalian cell fusion. Adv Exp Med Biol 713: 33-64.
4. Zhou, X., Merchak, K., Lee, W., Grande, J. P., Cascalho, M. and Platt, J. L. (2015). Cell Fusion Connects Oncogenesis with Tumor Evolution. Am J Pathol 185(7): 2049-2060.
5. Minakuchi, C., Zhou, X. and Riddiford, L. M. (2008). Kruppel homolog 1 (Kr-h1) mediates juvenile hormone action during metamorphosis of Drosophila melanogaster. Mech Dev 125(1-2): 91-105.
6. Zhou, X. and Riddiford, L. M. (2008). rosy Function is required for juvenile hormone effects in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 178(1): 273-281.
7. Zartman, J. J., Yakoby, N., Bristow, C. A., Zhou, X., Schlichting, K., Dahmann, C. and Shvartsman, S. Y. (2008). Cad74A is regulated by BR and is required for robust dorsal appendage formation in Drosophila oogenesis. Dev Biol 322(2): 289-301.
8. Ward, E. J., Zhou, X., Riddiford, L. M., Berg, C. A. and Ruohola-Baker, H. (2006). Border of Notch activity establishes a boundary between the two dorsal appendage tube cell types. Dev Biol 297(2): 461-470.
9. Zhou, X., Zhou, B., Truman, J. W. and Riddiford, L. M. (2004). Overexpression of broad: a new insight into its role in the Drosophila prothoracic gland cells. J Exp Biol 207(Pt 7): 1151-1161.
10. Zhou, X. and Riddiford, L. M. (2002). Broad specifies pupal development and mediates the 'status quo' action of juvenile hormone on the pupal-adult transformation in Drosophila and Manduca. Development 129(9): 2259-2269.
11. Zhou, X., Faktor, O., Applebaum, S. W. and Coll, M. (2000). Population structure of the pestiferous moth Helicoverpa armigera in the eastern Mediterranean using RAPD analysis. Heredity (Edinb) 85 Pt 3: 251-256.
12. Zhou, X., Coll, M. and Applebaum, S. W. (2000). Effect of temperature and photoperiod on juvenile hormone biosynthesis and sexual maturation in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera: implications for life history traits. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 30(8-9): 863-868.
13. Zhou, X., Applebaum, S. W. and Coll, M. (2000). Overwintering and spring migration in the bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Israel. Environ Entomol 29: 1289-1294.