Fan Yang, Ph.D.
Mail: fan.yang@nwafu.edu.cn
Phone: 151-8231-6397
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2021- Now Professor, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
TRAINING
2017-2018 Postdoc researcher, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, U.S
2018-2021 Postdoc researcher, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN,
U.S
EDUCATION
2008-2012 B.S., Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
2012-2017 Ph.D., Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China
2015-2017 Ph.D. (Visiting student), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York,
U.S
RESEARCH INTEREST
(1) Stem cell biology (currently focusing on mouse totipotent stem cell).
(2) Tissue specific progenitors (currently focusing on key TFs regulation on heart related
progenitors).
HONORS/AWARDS
2008-2008 Excellent student and second-class professional scholarship, Yangling, China
2008-2009 Excellent student and third-class professional scholarship, Yangling, China
2010 Third prize of the National College English Contest,Yangling, China
2015 National Graduate Scholarship, China
2015 “Duo Zhongying”Stem cell Scholarship, Yangling, China
PUBLICATIONS
1 J He, L Yu, X Lin, X Liu, Y Zhang, F Yang*, W Deng*, Virus-Like Particles as
Nanocarriers for Intracellular Delivery of Biomolecules and Compounds. Viruses,
2022, (IF: 5.818), 14(9): 1905.
2 Wei Ren, Leilei Gao, Yaling Mou, Wen Deng*, Jinlian Hua, Fan Yang* ， DUX:
One Transcription Factor Controls 2-Cell-like Fate. International Journal of
Molecular Sciences, (IF: 6.208), 2022, 23(4): 2067.
3 Fan Yang, Xin Huang, Ruge Zang, Jiayu Chen, Miguel Fidalgo, Carlos Sanchez
Priego, Jihong Yang, Alexander Caichen, Fanglin Ma, Todd Macfarlan, Huayan
Wang, Shaorong Gao*, Hongwei Zhou, Jianlong Wang*, DUX-miR-344-ZMYM2-
Mediated Activation of MERVL LTRs Induces a Totipotent 2C-like State. Cell stem
cell, (IF: 25.269 ), 2020, 26(2): 234–250
4 Donghua Hu, Lu Zhang, Fan Yang, Fuxue Chen, Deqiang Li, Chen-Leng Cai.
Generation of Pecam1 endothelial specific dual reporter mouse model. Genesis, ( IF:
2.487),2020, 58.9: e23384.
5 Jian Ruan, Lu Zhang, Donghua Hu, Xianghu Qu, Fan Yang, Fuxue Chen, Xiangqin
He, Jian Shen, Kunzhe Dong, Megan Sweet, Christina Sanchez, Deqiang Li,
Weinian Shou, Jiliang Zhou*, Chen-Leng Cai*. Novel Myh11 Dual Reporter Mouse
Model Provides Definitive Labeling and Identification of Smooth Muscle Cells. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, (IF: 10.514 ), 2020,
ATVBAHA. 120.315107.
6 Ning WANG, Sile WANG, Yaxian WANG, Yuanxing CAI, Fan YANG, Huayan
WANG, SALL4 maintains self-renewal of porcine pluripotent stem cells through
downregulation of OTX2. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering,
Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2019, 6(1), 81-92.
7 Lu Zhang, Nishat Sultana, Jianyun Yan, Fan Yang, Fuxue Chen, Elena Chepurko,
Feng-Chun Yang, Qinghua Du, Lior Zangi, Mingjiang Xu, Lei Bu, Chen-Leng Cai*,
Cardiac Sca-1+ Cells Are Not Intrinsic Stem Cells for Myocardial Development,
Renewal, and Repair. Circulation, ( IF: 39.918 ) 2018, 138(25): 2919-2930.
8 Diana Guallar, Xianju Bi, Jose Angel Pardavila, Xin Huang, Carmen Saenz, Xianle
Shi, Hongwei Zhou, Francesco Faiola, Junjun Ding, Phensinee Haruehanroengra, Fan
Yang, Dan Li, Carlos Sanchez-Priego, Arven Saunders, Feng Pan, Victor Julian
Valdes, Kevin Kelley, Miguel G. Blanco, Lingyi Chen, Huayan Wang, Jia Sheng,
Mingjiang Xu, Miguel Fidalgo, Xiaohua Shen, Jianlong Wang*, RNA-dependent
chromatin targeting of TET2 for endogenous retrovirus control in pluripotent stem
cells, Nature genetics, ( IF: 41.307 ) 2018, 50(3): 443–451.
9 Fan Yang, Yahui Ren, Huan Li, Huayan Wang*, ESRRB plays a crucial role in the
promotion of porcine cell reprogramming. Journal of cellular physiology, ( IF: 6.513 )
2018; 233:1601–1611
10 Xin Huang, Sophie Balmer, Fan Yang, Miguel Fidalgo, Dan Li, Diana Guallar, Anna
Katerina Hadjantonakis*, Jianlong Wang*, Zfp281 is essential for epiblast maturation
through transcriptional control of Nodal Signaling in the mouse embryo. Elife, ( IF:
8.713) 6 (2017): e33333.
11 Saunders, A., D. Li, F. Faiola, X. Huang, M. Fidalgo, D. Guallar, J. Ding, F. Yang, Y.
Xu, H. Zhou, J. Wang*. Context-dependent functions of nanog phosphorylation in
pluripotency and reprogramming. Stem Cell Reports, ( IF: 7.765 ) 2017. 8(5): p. 1115-
1123.
12 Fan Yang, Ning Wang, Yaxian Wang, Tong Yu, Huayan Wang*. Activin ‐ SMAD
signaling is required for maintenance of porcine ips cell self‐renewal through
upregulation of nanog and oct4 expression. Journal of cellular physiology, ( IF: 6.513 )
2017. 232(8): p. 2253-2262
13 Fan Yang, Ning Wang, Yajun Liu, Huayan Wang*. Identification and functional
analysis of porcine basic helix-loop-helix transcriptional factor 3 (TCF3) and their
alternative splicing isoforms. Research in Veterinary Science, ( IF: 2.554 )
2016,105:1-4
14 Fan Yang, Xiaomin Du, Yaxian Wang, Chuanzhen Wang, Changcai Huang, Qundeng
Xiao, Xue Bai, Huayan Wang*. Characterization and functional analysis of porcine
estrogen-related receptors and their alternative splicing variants. Journal of Animal
Science, (IF: 3.338 ) 2015, 93(9):4258-66
15 Fan Yang, Jinglong Zhang, Yajun Liu, De Cheng, Huayan Wang*. Structure and
functional evaluation of porcine NANOG that is a single-exon gene and has two
pseudogenes. International journal of biochemistry & cell biology, ( IF: 5.652 ) 2015,
59: 142–15216 WANG Ya-xian, YANG Fan (Co-first author), WANG Hua-yan*. Expression and
Regulation of Sall4 and Screening Core Regulation Region of Sall4 Promoter. Scientia
Agricultura Sinica 2016,49(1):176-185
17 Yang F, Wang YX, Du LX, Wang HY*. Cloning and regulation of pig estrogen related
receptor β gene (ESRRB) promoter. Chin J Biotech, 2015, 31(4): 491–500.
18 YANG Fan, WANG Ning, XU Xi-Zhan, SI Wei, WANG Miao, WANG Hua-Yan*.
Establishment of Colonization Model of Escherichia coli Transformed with lux
Operon in Mouse (Mus musculus) Intestine. Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology,
2014, 22(8): 925~932
