Citation and Impact

• Wang Z, Meng N, Wang Y, Zhou T, Li M, Wang S, Chen S, Zheng H, Kong S, Wang H, Yan W* (2022)  Ablation of the miR-465 cluster causes a skewed sex ratio in mice. Frontiers in Endocrinology DOI:10.3389/fendo.2022.893854 

• Wang H, Liu J, Gao J, Yan W*, Rehan VK* (2022) Perinatal Exposure to Nicotine Alters Sperm RNA Profiles in Rats. Frontiers in Endocrinology DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.893863 

• Guo M, Shi Z, Luo C, Ruan F, Wang Z, Chen Z, Wei X, Wu C, Bei L, Huang J, Zhang D, Yu C, Gao Q, Zhang Y*,  Sun F*, Yan W*, Tang C* (2022) Uncoupling of transcription and translation by microRNA-dependent poly A length control and RNA phase separation in male germ cells. Development Under revision 

• Ward SM, Hwang SJ, Yan W, Offermanns S, Sanders K (2021) Intrinsic pacemaker activity and propulsive forces provided by the myosalpinx are necessary for egg and embryo transport in the oviduct. Biology of Reproduction https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioab209

• Escher J, Corces V, Mansuy I, Yan W* (2021) Exploring the role of non-genetic inheritance in the etiology of human disease. Biology of Reproduction. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioab151

• Yan W (2021) An interview with Dr. Barry Zirkin. Biology of Reproduction https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioab100

• Wu C#, Yan W#, Li H#, Li J, Wang H, Chang S, Yu T, Jin Y, Ma C, Luo Y, Yi D, Jiang X (2021) A classification system of day 3 human embryos using deep learning. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control 70:102943. DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2021.102943.

• Escher J, Yan W, Rissman EF, Hernandez A, Corces VG (2021) Beyond genes: the question of germline disruption in the etiology of autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05304-1.

• Wang Z, Chen S and Yan W* (2021) Both murine and human sperm contain intact large RNAs. Biology of Reproduction  https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioab055.

• Tang C, Xie Y, Yan W* (2021) AASRA: An Anchor Alignment-Based Small RNA Annotation Pipeline. Biology of Reproduction  https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioab062. Preprint published on BioRxiv DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/132928.

• Yu T, Xie Y, Tang C, Wang Y, Yuan S, Zheng H, Yan W* (2021) Maternal transmission of a paramutant phenotype requires intact DNMT2 functions in the male germline. Biology of Reproduction.  https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/ioab086

• Tang C*, Guo M, Shi Z, Luo C, Ruan F, Wang Z, Chen Z, Wei X, Wu C, Bei L, Huang J, Zhang D, Yu C, Gao Q, Zhang Y*, Yan W*, Sun F* (2021) Uncoupling of transcription and translation by microRNA-dependent poly-A length control and RNA phase separation in male germ cells. Development under revision

• Yuan S, Wang Z, Peng H, Ward SM, Hennig GW, Zheng H, Yan W* (2021) Oviductal motile cilia are essential for oocyte pickup, but dispensable for sperm and embryo transport. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 118(22) e2102940118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2102940118

• Wang Z, Meng N, Wang Y, Zhou T, Li M, Wang S, Chen S, Zheng H, Kong S, Wang H, Yan W* (2021) A sexually dimorphic role of the miR-465 cluster in placental development. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.16.426973

• Chang Z, Qin W, Zheng H, Schegg K, Wang Y, Liu X, Han L, Peri S, McSwiggin H, Wang Z, Peng H, Yuan S, Wu J, Wang Y, Zhu S, Jiang Y, Nie H, Zhou Y, Tang Y*, Yan W* (2021) Triptonide is a reversible non-hormonal male contraceptive agent in mice and non-human primates. Nature Communications 12, 1253 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21517-5. 

• Tang C, Xie Y, Yu T, Gao Q, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Klukovich R, Zheng H, Tang Y, Wei X, Zhang X, Qin W, Liu N, Yan W* (2020) m6A-dependent circular RNA biogenesis in male germ cells.  Cell Research  DOI: 10.1038/s41422-020-0279-8

• Wang Z, Xie Y, Wang Y, Morris D, Wang S, Oliver D, Yuan S, Zayac K, Bloomquist S, Zheng H, Yan W* (2020) X-linked miR-506 family miRNAs promote FMRP expression in mouse spermatogonia. EMBO Reports 21(1):e49024. DOI:10.15252/embr.201949024 

• Wang Z, Wang Y, Gorzalski AJ, McSwiggin H, Yu T, Castaneda-Garcia K, Zheng H, Yan W*(2020) Efficient multiplex genome editing using CRISPR-Mb3Cas12a in mice. Journal of Cell Science 133: jcs240705 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.240705 

• Lewon M, Wang Y, Peters C, Peterson M, Zheng H, Hayes L*, Yan W* (2020) Assessment of operant learning and memory in mice born through intracytoplasmic sperm injection.  Human Reproductiuon 35(9): 2058-2071

• Bae B, Gruner HN, Lynch M, Feng T, So K, Oliver D, Mastick GS, Yan W, Pieraut S, and Miura P (2020) Elimination of Calm1 long 3' UTR mRNA isoform by CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing impairs dorsal root ganglion development and hippocampal neuron activation in mice.   RNA  DOI: 10.1261/rna.076430.120

• Matzuk, M.M.*, Georg G.I., Yan W* (2020)  A special issue on contraceptive development: past, present, and future.  Biology of Reproduction 103(2): 145-146 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioaa120

• Wang Y, Yamauchi Y, Wang Z, Zheng H, Yanagimachi R, Ward MA, Yan W* (2020) Both cauda and caput epididymal sperm are capable of supporting full-term development in FVB and CD-1 mice. Developmental Cell 55(6): 675-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.DEVCEL.2020.11.022

• Yu T, Xie Y, Tang C, Wang Y, Yuan S, Zheng H and Yan W* (2020) Maternal transmission of a paramutant phenotype requires intact DNMT2 functions in the male germline. BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.22.351155

• Klukovich R, Nilsson E, Sadler-Riggleman I, Beck D, Xie Y, Yan W*, Skinner MK* (2019) Environmental toxicant induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of prostate pathology and stromal-epithelial cell epigenome and transcriptome alterations: ancestral origins of prostate disease. Scientific Reports 18;9(1):2209. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38741-1
   
• Yuan S, Liu Y, Peng H, Tang C, Hennig GW, Wang Z, Yu T, Klukovich R, Zhang Y, Zheng H, Xu C*, Wu J*, Hess RA*, Yan W* (2019) Motile cilia in the male reproductive system require miR-34/miR-449 for development and function to prevent sperm traffic jam by generating luminal turbulence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 116 (9) 3584-3593; first published January 18, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1817018116

                            Commentary: Cheryl S. Rosenfeld. Male reproductive tract cilia beat to a 

                            different drummer.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 

                            116   (9) 3361-3363 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1900112116

                            Commentary: Elizabeth A. Nance. Cilial agitation prevents sperm agglutination. 

                            Science Translational Medicine 11(478):eaaw5323. 

                            DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed. aaw5323 

• Sadler-Riggleman I, Klukovich R, Nilsson E, Beck D, Xie Y, Yan W*, Skinner MK* (2019) Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of testis pathology and Sertoli cell epimutations: generational origins of male infertility.  Environmental Epigenetics 5(3):dvz013 DOI: 10.1093/eep/dvz013

• Wang HT,Tong X, Zhang ZX, Sun YY, Yan W, Xu ZM, Fu WN (2019) MYCT1 represses apoptosis of laryngeal cancerous cells through the MAX/miR-181a/NPM1 pathway. FEBS J DOI: 10.1111/febs.14942

• Wang Z, McSwiggin H, Newkirk SJ, Wang Y, Oliver D, Tang C, Lee S, Wang S, Yuan S, Zheng H, Ye P, An W, Yan W* (2019) Insertion of a chimeric retrotransposon sequence in mouse Axin1 locus causes metastable kinky tail phenotype.  Mobile DNA 10:17 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-019-0162-7

• Wang Z, Yan W* (2019) Inflammation induced by faulty replication during embryonic development causes skewed sex ratio.  Biology of Reproduction  DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioz104

• Wang Z, Lee S, Oliver D, Yuan S, Tang C, Wang Y, Zheng H, Yan W (2018) Prps1l1, a testis specific gene, is dispensable for mouse spermatogenesis. Molecular Reproduction and Development 85(10): 802-804. DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23053
   
• Nilsson E, Klukovich R, Sadler-Riggleman I, Beck D, Xie Y, Yan W*, Skinner MK* (2018) Environmental toxicant induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of ovarian pathology and granulosa cell epigenome and transcriptome alterations: ancestral origins of polycystic ovarian syndrome and primary ovarian insufficiency. Epigenetics 13 (8): 875-895 DOI:10.1080/15592294.2018.1521223. PMC6224216

• Tang C, Klukovich R, Peng H, Wang Z, Yu T, Zhang Y, Zheng H, Klungland A, Yan W (2018) ALKBH5-dependent m6A demethylation controls splicing and stability of long 3’UTR mRNAs in male germ cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 115, E325-E333 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1717794115
   
• Barouki R, Melen E, Herceg Z, Beckers J, Chen J, Karagas M, Puga A, Xia Y, Chadwick L, Yan W, Audouze K, Slama R, Heindel JJ, Grandjean P, Kawamoto T, Nohara K (2018) Epigenetics as a mechanism linking developmental exposures to long-term toxicity.  Environmental International 144: 77-86. doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.02.014
   
• Zhang Y, Zhang X, Shi J, Tuorto F, Li X, Liu Y, Liebers R, Zhang L, Qu Y, Qian J, Liu Y, Yan M, Cao Z, Lei X, Cao Y, Peng H, Zhai Q, Zhou T, Li L, Yan W, Lyko F, Zhang Y, Zhou Q, Duan E, Chen Q (2018) Dnmt2-dependent intergenerational transmission of paternally acquired metabolic disorders via sperm RNAs.  Nature Cell Biology 20, 535-540.
   
• Skinner M, Maamar MB, Sadler-Riggleman I, Klukovich R, Beck D, Xie Y, Nillson E, McBirney, Tang C, Yan W (2018) Alteration in sperm DNA methylation, noncoding RNA and histone retention associate with DD induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease.  Epigenetics and Chromatin 11:8. rg/10118

• Grozdanov PN, Yu P, Yan W, MacDonald CC (2018) Cstf2t regulates expression of histone and histone-like proteins in male germ cells. Andrology  doi: 10.1111/andr.12488

• Tang C, Yu T, Xie Y, Wang Z, McSwiggen H, Zhang Y, Zheng H, Yan W (2018) Template switching causes artifactual junction formation and false identification of circular RNAs. Pre-print BioRxiv doi: ttps://doi.org/10.1101/259556

• Chuang T, Xie Y, Yan W, Khorram O (2018) Next-generation Sequencing Reveals Differentially Expressed Small Non-coding RNAs in Uterine Leiomyoma. Fertility and Sterility 109(5):919-929 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.01.034

• Yu T, Tang C, Zhang Y, Zhang R, Yan W (2017) Microfluidics-based digital quantitative PCR for single cell small RNA quantification. Biology of Reproduction doi:10.1093/biolre/iox102

• Yan W (2017) piRNAs-independent PIWI function in spermatogenesis and male fertility. Biology of Reproduction. doi:10.1093/biolre/iox055.

• Ying Zhang, Tang C, Yu T, RR Zhang, Zheng H, Yan W (2016) MiRNAs control mRNA fate by compartmentalization based on 3’UTR length. Genome Biology  1. 18:105. doi: 10.1186/s13059-017-1234-x.   

• Halim D, Wilson MP, Oliver D, Brosens E, Verheij JBGM, Han Y, Nanda V, Lyu Q, Doukas M, Stoop HJ, Brouwer RWW, van ljcken VFJ, Slivano OJ, Burns AJ, Christie CK, de Mesy Bentley KL, Brooks AS, Tibboel D, Xu S, Jin Z, Djuwantono T, Yan W, Alves MA, Hofstra RMW, Miano JM (2017) Loss of LMOD1 Impairs Cyto-contractile Coupling and Causes Megacystis Microcolon Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome in Humans and Mice.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA doi: 10.1073/pnas.1620507114. 

• Yan W* (2017) An interview with Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz. Biology of Reproduction doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/biolre/iox003.

• Yan W* (2017) Mark it for destruction: A novel role of mRNA methylation in maternal-to-zygotic transition. Biology of Reproduction 10.1093/biolre/iox016 

• Yanagimachi R, Harumi T, Matsubara H, Yan W, Yuan S, Yamaha E, Arai K, Hirohashi K, Tomoriha I, Matsubara T, Andoh T, Vines C, Cherr G. (2017) Chemical and Physical Guidance of Fish Spermatozoa into the Egg through the Micropyle.  Biology of Reproduction  DOI:10.1093/biolre/iox015

• Tang C*, Xie Y, Yan W* (2017) AASRA: An Anchor Alignment-Based Small RNA Annotation Pipeline.  BioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/132928

• Yan W (2017) piRNAs-independent PIWI function in spermatogenesis and male fertility. Biology of Reproduction DOI:10.1093/biolre/iox055.

• Yu T, Tang C, Zhang Y, Zhang R, Yan W (2017) Microfluidics-based digital quantitative PCR for single cell small RNA quantification. Biology of Reproduction DOI:10.1093/biolre/iox102

• Chen Q*, Yan W*, Duan E* (2016) Epigenetic inheritance of acquired traits through sperm RNAs and sperm RNA modifications. Nature Reviews Genetics  doi:10.1038/nrg.2016.106. (*co-corresponding authors)
   
• Yuan S, Tang C, Schuster A, Zhang Y, Zheng H, Yan W (2016) Paternal pachytene piRNAs are not required for fertilization, embryonic development and sperm-mediated epigenetic inheritance in mice. Environmental Epigenetics doi:10.1093/eep/dvw021.
   
• Fededa J, Esk C, Mierzwa B, Stanyte R, Yuan S, Zheng H, Ebnet K, Yan W, Knoblich J & Gerlich D (2016) microRNA-34/449 controls mitotic spindle orientation during mammalian cortex development. EMBO Journal doi:10.15252/embj.201694056
   
• Schuster A, Tang C, Xie Y, Ortogero N, Yuan, S, Yan W (2016) SpermBase: a database for sperm RNA contents. Biology of Reproduction doi: 10.1095/ biolreprod.116.142190.
   
• Zhang Y, Regalado J, Yan W (2016) Fat dad, fat kids: sperm small RNAs in control! Science Bulletin 61(6): 428-429.  doi: 10.1007/s11434-016-1031-0.
   
• Schuster A, Skinner MK, Yan W (2016) Ancestral vinclozolin exposure alters the epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of sperm small noncoding RNAs. Environmental Epigenetics 2(1): 1-10. doi: 10.1093/eep/dvw001 dvw001.
   
• Yuan S, Schuster AS, Tang C, Ortogero N, Bao J. Zheng H, Yan W (2016) Sperm-borne miRNAs and endo-siRNAs are important for fertilization and preimplantation development. Development 143(4): 635-647. doi: 10.1242/dev.131755.
   
• Bao J, Vitting-Seerup K, Waage J, Tang C, Ge Y, Porse BT, Yan W (2016) UPF2-mediated nonsense mRNA decay participates in 3'UTR shortening during male germ cell development. PLoS Genetics 12(5): e1005863. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005863.
   

•  Sosa E, Flores L, Yan W, McCarrey JR (2015) Escape of X-linked miRNA Genes from Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation. Development 142(21): 3791-3800.
   
• Yuan S, McSinggin H, Zheng H, Yan W (2015) A Testis-Specific Gene, Ubqlnl, Is Dispensable for Mouse Embryonic Development and Spermatogenesis.  Molecular Reproduction and Development 82: 408-409. doi: 10.1002/mrd.22504.
   
• Song HW, Bettegowda A, Oliver D, Yan W, Phan MH, de Rooij DG, Corbett M, Wilkinson MF. (2015) shRNA Off-Target Effects In Vivo: Impaired Endogenous siRNA Expression and Spermatogenic Defects. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0118549. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118549.
   
• Oliver DK, Yuan S, Yan W (2015) Cas9/CRISPR-mediated genome editing results in pervasive genotypic mosaicism in founder mice derived from pronuclear injections.  PLoS ONE 0(6): e0129457. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129457.
   
• Yuan S, Qin W, Riordan CR, McSwiggin, H, Zheng H, Yan W (2015) Ubqln3, a testis-specific gene, is dispensable for embryonic development and spermatogenesis in mice. Molecular Reproduction and Development  82:266-267.
   
• Yuan S, Oliver DK, Schuster A, Zheng H, Yan W (2015) Breeding scheme and maternal small RNAs affect the efficiency of transgenerational inheritance of a paramutation in mice. Scientific Reports 5, Article number: 9266, doi:10.1038/srep09266
   
• Schuster A, Hennig GW, Ortogero N, Yan W (2015) In silico identification of novel endogenous small interference RNAs. Methods in Molecular Biology 1218:341-51. doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1538-5_21. PubMed PMID: 25319662.
   
• Ortogero N, Hennig GW, Yan W (2015) Computer-assisted annotation of small RNA transcriptomes.  Methods in Molecular Biology 1218:353-64.doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-1538-5_22. PubMed PMID: 25319663.
   
• Yuan S, Stratton CJ, Bao J, Zheng H, Bhetwal BP, Yanagimachi, R, Yan W (2015) Spata6 is required for normal assembly of the sperm connecting piece and tight head-tail conjunction.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 112(5): E430-E439.
  
   

•  Bao J, Tang C, Li J, Zhang Y, Bhetwal BP, Zheng H, Yan W (2014) RANBP9 Plays an essential role in spermatogenesis by regulating alternative splicing.  PLoS Genetics 10 (12), e1004825.
   
• Ortogero N, Hennig GW, Luong D, Bao J, Bhetwal BP, Ro S, McCarrey JR, Yan W (2014) A Novel Class of Somatic Small RNAs Similar to Germ Cell Pachytene PIWI-interacting Small RNAs. Journal of Biological Chemistry 289 (47): 32824-32834.
   
• Yuan S, Tang C, Wu J, Zheng H, Xu C, Yan W (2014) Sperm-borne mir-34b/C and mir-449 Are Dispensable for The First Cleavage Division in Mice.  Biology Open doi: 10.1242/bio.201410959.
   
• Bao J, Tang C, Porse BT, Yan W (2014) UPF2, a nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factor, is required for prepubertal Sertoli cell development and male fertility by ensuring transcriptomic fidelity. Development doi:10.1242/dev.115642.
   
• Yan W (2014) Potential roles of noncoding RNAs in environmental epigenetic transgenerational inheritance.  Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 10.1016/j.mce.2014.09.008
   
• Wu J, Bao J, Kim M, Yuan S, Tang C, Zheng H, Mastick GS, Xu C, Yan W (2014) Two miRNA clusters, miR-34b/c and miR-449, are essential for normal brain development, motile ciliogenesis and spermatogenesis.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA doi: 10.1073/pnas.1407777111; 111(28): E2851-E2857.
   
• Yuan S, Ortogero N, Wu Q, Zheng H, Yan W (2014) Murine Follicular Development Requires Oocyte DICER, but Not DROSHA. Biology of Reproduction 114.119370.
   
• Dong WW, Huang HL, Yang W, Liu J, Yu Y, Zhou SL, Wang W, Lv XC, Li ZY, Zhang MY, Zheng ZH, Yan W (2014) Testis-specific Fank1 knockdown in mice produces oligozoospermia.  Asian Journal of Andrology 16(1): 124-30.  doi: 10.4103/1008-682X.122592.
   
• Bao J, Zhang Y, Schuster A, Ortogero N, Nilsson EE, Skinner MK, Yan W (2014) Conditional inactivation of Miwi2 reveals that MIWI2 is only essential for prospermatogonial development in mice.  Cell Death and Differentiation 21: 783-796 (May 2014) | doi:10.1038/cdd.2014.5.
   
• Yan W (2014) Gene Knockouts That Affect Sertoli Cell Function. Chapter 15 in Sertoli Cell Biology, the 3rd Edition, edited by Michael Griswold. Academic Press, page 437.
  
   

• Zheng H, Stratton CJ, Morozumi K, Jin J, Yanagimachi R, Yan W (2007) Lack of Spem1 causes aberrant cytoplasm removal, sperm deformation and male infertility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104:6852-6857.
   
• Jin J, Jin N, Zheng H, Ro S, Tafolla D, Sanders KM, Yan W (2007) Catsper3 and Catsper4 are essential for sperm hyperactivated motility and male fertility. Biology of Reproduction 77:37-44.
   
• Ro S, Park C, Song R, Nguyen D, Jin J, Sanders KM, McCarrey JR, Yan W (2007) Cloning and expression profiling of testis-expressed piRNA-like RNAs. RNA 13:1693-1702.
   
• Zheng Z, Zheng H, Yan W (2007) Fank1 is a testis-specific gene encoding a nuclear protein exclusively expressed during the transition from the meiotic to the haploid phase of spermatogenesis. Gene Expression Patterns 7:777-783.
   
• Ro S, Park C, Young D, Sanders KM, Yan W (2007) Tissue-dependent paired expression of miRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research 35:5944-5953.
   
• Lin YN, Roy A, Yan W, Burns KH, Matzuk MM (2007) Loss of zona pellucida binding proteins in the acrosomal matrix disrupts acrosome biogenesis and sperm morphogenesis. Molecular and Cellular Biology 27:6794-6805.
   
• Ro S, Park C, Young D, Sanders KM, McCarrey JR, Yan W (2007)  Cloning and expression profiling of testis-expressed microRNAs.  Developmental Biology 311: 592-602.
   
• Ro S, Song R, Park C, Zheng H, Sanders KM, Yan W (2007) Cloning and expression profiling of small RNAs expressed in the mouse ovary. RNA  13:2366-2380.
  
   

• Wang SH, Zheng HL, Esaki Y, Kelly F, Yan W (2006) Cullin3 is a KLHL10-interacting protein preferentially expressed during late spermiogenesis. Biology of Reproduction 74:102-108.
   
• Greenbaum MP*, Yan W*, Wu MH, Lin YN, Agno JE, Sharma M, Braun RE, Rajkovic A, Matzuk MM. (2006) TEX14 is essential for intercellular bridges and fertility in male mice.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103:4982-7. (*co-first authors)
   
• Yatsenko AN, Roy A, Chen R, Ma L, Murthy LJ, Yan W, Lamb DJ, Matzuk MM (2006) Non-invasive genetic diagnosis of male infertility using spermatozoal RNA: KLHL10 mutations in oligozoospermic patients impair homodimerization.  Human Molecular Genetics 15:3411-3419.
   
• Ro S, Park C, Jin J, Sanders KM, Yan W (2006) A PCR-based method for detection and quantification of small RNAs.  Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 351:756-763.
  
   

• Huang JX, Yan W, Song ZX, Qian RY, Chen P, Salminen E, Toppari J (2005) Relationship between proliferative activity of cancer cells and clinic pathological factors in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. World Journal of Gastroenterology 11:2956-295.
   
• Yan W, Ma L, Stein P, Pangas SA, Burns KH, Bai, YC, Schultz, RM, Matzuk, MM (2005) Mice deficient in oocyte-specific oligoadenylate synthetase-like protein OAS1D display reduced fertility.  Molecular and Cellular Biology 25:4615-4624.
   
• Jin JL, O’Doherty AM, Wang SH, Zheng HL, Sanders KM, Yan W (2005) Catsper3 and Catsper4 encode two cation channel-like proteins exclusively expressed in the testis. Biology of Reproduction 73:1235-1242.
   

• Yan W, Ma L, Zilinski CA, Matzuk MM. (2004) Identification and characterization of evolutionarily conserved pufferfish, zebrafish, and frog orthologs of GASZ. Biology of Reproduction 70:1619-1625.
   
• Roy A, Yan W, Burns KH, Matzuk MM (2004) Tektin3 encodes an evolutionarily conserved putative testicular microtubules-related protein expressed preferentially in male germ cells.  Molecular Reproduction and Development 67:295-302.
   
• Yan W, Ma L, Matzuk MM (2004) Haploinsufficiency of KLHL10 causes male infertility.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101:7793-7798.
   
• Pangas SA, Yan W, Matzuk MM, Rajkovic A (2004) Restricted germ cell expression of a gene encoding a novel mammalian HORMA domain containing protein. Gene Expression Patterns 5: 257-263.
  
   

• Yan W, Burns KH, Matzuk MM (2003) Genetic engineering to study testicular tumorigenesis. APMIS 111: 174-183.
   
• Toppari J, Suominen JS, Yan W (2003) The role of retinoblastoma protein family in the control of germ cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. APMIS 111:245-251.
   
• Suzumori N, Burns KH, Yan W, Matzuk MM (2003) RFLP-4 interacts with proteins of the ubiquitin-proteosome degradation pathway in oocytes.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100:550-555.
   
• Yan W, Assadi AH, Wynshaw-Boris A, Eichele G, Matzuk MM, Clark GD (2003) Previously uncharacterized role for platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase 1b in mouse spermatogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100:7189-7194.
   
• Wu MH, Rajkovic A, Burns KH, Yan W, Lin YN, Matzuk MM (2003) Sequence and expression of testis-expressed gene 14 (Tex 14): a gene encoding a protein kinase expressed exclusively during spermatogenesis. Gene Expression Patterns 3:231-236.
   
• Yan W, Huang JX, Lax AS, Pelliniemi L, Salminen E, Poutanen M, Toppari J (2003) Overexpression of Bcl-w in the testis disrupts spermatogenesis: revelation of a role of BCL-W in male germ cell cycle control.  Molecular Endocrinology 17:1868-1879.
   
• Yan W, Santti H, Jänne OA, Palvimo JJ, Toppari J (2003) Expression of the E3 SUMO-1 ligases PIASx and PIAS1 during spermatogenesis in the rat. Gene Expression Patterns 3:301-308.
   
• Yan W, Ma L, Burns KH, Matzuk MM (2003) HILS1 is a spermatid-specific linker histone H1-like protein implicated in chromatin remodeling during mammalian spermiogenesis.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100:10546-10551.
  
   

• Yan W, Rajkovic A, Viveiros MM, Burns KH, Eppig JJ, Matzuk MM (2002) Identification of Gasz, an evolutionarily conserved gene expressed exclusively in germ cells and encoding a protein with four ankyrin repeats, a sterile-alpha motif, and a basic leucine zipper.  Molecular Endocrinology 16: 1168-1184.
   
• Rajkovic A, Yan C, Yan W, Klysik M, Matzuk M (2002) Obox, a family of homeobox genes preferentially expressed in germ cells. Genomics 79: 711-717.
   
• Yan W, Hirvonen SJ, Palvimo J, Toppari J, Janne OA (2002) Expression of the Nuclear RING Finger Protein SNURF/RNF4 during Rat Testis Development Suggests a Role in Spermatid Maturation.  Mechanisms of Development 118: 247-253.
   
• Yan W, Burns KH, Ma L, Matzuk MM (2002) Identification of Zfp393, a germ cell-specific gene encoding a novel zinc finger protein.  Mechanisms of Development 118: 233-239.