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Liu W, Qu G, Simon LM, Theis FJ, Zhao Z. FADVI: disentangled representation learning for robust integration of single-cell and spatial omics data. bioRxiv. 2025. doi:10.1101/2025.11.03.683998
Itai T, Dai Y, Liu W, Lee DF, Zhao Z. Investigating prognostic features in high-grade serous ovarian cancer through gene regulatory network inference with single-cell transcriptomic profiles. Sci Rep. 2025. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-22937-9
Xiao L, Duan R, Liu W, Zhang C, Ma X, et al. Tumor-specific CD8+ Tc9 1 cells activate host CD4+ T cells to control antigen-lost tumors. Nat Cancer. 2025. doi:10.1038/s43018-025-00935-0
Cui H, Nie H, Wang C, Zhang N, Wang Y, Liu W, et al. Phenotype-based classification of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy undergoing myomectomy. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jacbts.2024.12.016
Liu W, Zhao Z. Scupa: Single-cell unified polarization assessment of immune cells using the single-cell foundation model. Bioinformatics. 2025. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf090

Saito Y, Xiao Y, Yao J, Li Y, Liu W, et al. Targeting a chemo-induced adaptive signaling circuit confers therapeutic vulnerabilities in pancreatic cancer. Cell Discov. 2024. doi:10.1038/s41421-024-00720-w
Strickland LN#, Liu W#, Hussein U, et al. Preventive Treatment with a CD73 Small Molecule Inhibitor Enhances Immune Surveillance in K-Ras Mutant Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia. Cancer Prev Res. 2024. doi:10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-24-0200
Liu W, Li W, Zhao Z. Single-cell transcriptomics reveals pre-existing COVID-19 vulnerability factors in lung cancer patients. Mol Cancer Res. 2024. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-23-0692

Sheng Y, Wu L, Chang Y, Liu W, Tao M, Chen X, Zhang X, Li B, Zhang N, Ye D, Zhang C, Zhu D, Zhao H, Chen A, Chen H, Song J. Tomo-seq identifies NINJ1 as a potential target for anti-inflammatory strategy in thoracic aortic dissection. BMC Med. 2023. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03077-1

Liu W, Shomron N. Analysis of MicroRNA Regulation and Gene Expression Variability in Single Cell Data. J Pers Med. 2022. doi:10.3390/jpm12101750
Liu W, Ye X, An Z, Zhao Z. The challenges and opportunities of scRNA-seq in COVID-19 research and clinical translation. Virol J. 2022. doi: 10.1186/s12985-022-01923-x
Liu W, Jia J, Dai Y, Chen W, Pei G, Yan Q, Zhao Z. Delineating COVID-19 immunological features using single-cell RNA sequencing. The Innovation. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.xinn.2022.100289
Dai Y, Yu H, Yan Q, Li B, Liu A, Liu W, Jiang X, Kim Y, Guo Y, Zhao Z. Drug-Target Network Study Reveals the Core Target-Protein Interactions of Various COVID-19 Treatments. Genes. 2022. doi:10.3390/genes13071210

Liu W, Shomron N. Analysis of microRNA Regulation in Single Cells. Methods Mol Biol. 2021. doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-1103-6_18
Hu Z#, Liu W#, Hua X#, Chen X#, Chang Y, Hu Y, Xu Z, Song J. Single-Cell Transcriptomic Atlas of Different Human Cardiac Arteries Identifies Cell Types Associated With Vascular Physiology. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315373

Liu W, Zhang X. Single-cell alternative splicing analysis reveals dominance of single transcript variant. Genomics. 2020. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.01.014

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