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Accepted

  1. Cardiomyocyte-expressed TGFβ signals to fibroblasts to program early heart maturation and adult myocyte identity

    Minerath RA , Kasam RK , Swoboda CO , Prasad V , Grimes KM , Blair NS , Khalil H , Alfieri CM , Eads L , Saviola AA , Azhar M , Miao L , Wu M , Tallquist MV , Hansen K , Weirauch MT , Yutzey K , Millay D , Molkentin JD

    Nature Cardiovascular Research. Accepted.

    Preprint (bioRxiv) — 10.1101/2025.09.22.677845

2026

  1. Invasion of Epicardial-Derived Cells to the Trabeculae Mediated by NFPs-Fgf Signaling Regulates Ventricular Compaction

    Nusrat A , Zhao L , Miao L , Thevasagayampillai S , Lu X , Kandasamy A , Haque A , Gunaratne P , Evans S , Wu M

    Circulation: Heart Failure. 2026 Jan 1:e013210.

    DOI 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.125.013210

2025

  1. Distinct populations of vascular smooth muscle and sinoatrial progenitors are localized adjacent to pro-epicardium

    Miao L , Nusrat A , Li J , Yin C , Lu Y , Kuang X , Sun D , Lo E , Song R , Huang W , Long X , McConnell BK , Singer HA , Schwartz RJ , Gunaratne P , Fan ZC , Kumar A , Zhou B , Munshi N , Evans SM , Wu M

    Cell Reports. 2025 Nov 18;44(12):116580.

    DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116580

  2. Tunneling nanotube-like structures regulate distant cellular interactions during heart formation

    Miao L , Lu Y , Nusrat A , Fan G , Zhang S , Zhao L , Wu CL , Guo H , Huyen TLN , Zheng Y , Fan ZC , Shou W , Schwartz RJ , Liu Y , Kumar A , Sui H , Serysheva II , Burns AR , Wan LQ , Zhou B , Evans SM , Wu M

    Science. 2025 Mar 14;387(6739):eadd3417.

    DOI 10.1126/science.add3417

2024

  1. β1 integrins regulate cellular behaviour and cardiomyocyte organization during ventricular wall formation

    Miao L , Lu Y , Nusrat A , Zhao L , Castillo M , Xiao Y , Guo H , Liu Y , Gunaratne P , Schwartz RJ , Burns AR , Kumar A , DiPersio CM , Wu M

    Cardiovascular Research. 2024 Sep 21;120(11):1279-1294.

    DOI 10.1093/cvr/cvae111

2022

  1. Left Ventricular Noncompaction Is Associated with Valvular Regurgitation and a Variety of Arrhythmias

    Li Q# , Miao L# , Xia L# , Abdelnasser HY , Zhang F , Lu Y , Nusrat A , Tabassum M , Li J , Wu M

    Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2022 Feb 2;9(2).

    DOI 10.3390/jcdd9020049

2021

  1. The Spatiotemporal Expression of Notch1 and Numb and Their Functional Interaction during Cardiac Morphogenesis

    Miao L , Lu Y , Nusrat A , Abdelnasser HY , Datta S , Zhou B , Schwartz RJ , Wu M

    Cells. 2021 Aug 25;10(9).

    DOI 10.3390/cells10092192

2019

  1. Cardiomyocyte orientation modulated by the Numb family proteins-N-cadherin axis is essential for ventricular wall morphogenesis

    Miao L# , Li J# , Li J , Lu Y , Shieh D , Mazurkiewicz JE , Barroso M , Schwarz JJ , Xin HB , Singer HA , Vincent PA , Zhong W , Radice GL , Wan LQ , Fan ZC , Huang G , Wu M

    PNAS. 2019 Jul 30;116(31):15560-15569.

    DOI 10.1073/pnas.1904684116

2018

  1. Notch signaling regulates Hey2 expression in a spatiotemporal dependent manner during cardiac morphogenesis and trabecular specification

    Miao L , Li J , Li J , Tian X , Lu Y , Hu S , Shieh D , Kanai R , Zhou BY , Zhou B , Liu J , Firulli AB , Martin JF , Singer H , Zhou B , Xin H , Wu M

    Scientific Reports. 2018 Feb 8;8(1):2678.

    DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-20917-w

  2. CD38 deficiency suppresses adipogenesis and lipogenesis in adipose tissues through activating Sirt1/PPARγ signaling pathway

    Wang LF# , Miao LJ# , Wang XN , Huang CC , Qian YS , Huang X , Wang XL , Jin WZ , Ji GJ , Fu M , Deng KY , Xin HB

    Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 2018 Jan;22(1):101-110.

    DOI 10.1111/jcmm.13297

2017

  1. CDC42 is required for epicardial and pro-epicardial development by mediating FGF receptor trafficking to the plasma membrane

    Li J# , Miao L# , Zhao C , Shaikh Qureshi WM , Shieh D , Guo H , Lu Y , Hu S , Huang A , Zhang L , Cai CL , Wan LQ , Xin H , Vincent P , Singer HA , Zheng Y , Cleaver O , Fan ZC , Wu M

    Development. 2017 May 1;144(9):1635-1647.

    DOI 10.1242/dev.147173

2016

  1. Imaging Cleared Embryonic and Postnatal Hearts at Single-cell Resolution

    Shaikh Qureshi WM , Miao L , Shieh D , Li J , Lu Y , Hu S , Barroso M , Mazurkiewicz J , Wu M

    Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2016 Oct 7;(116).

    DOI 10.3791/54303

  2. Single-Cell Lineage Tracing Reveals that Oriented Cell Division Contributes to Trabecular Morphogenesis and Regional Specification

    Li J , Miao L , Shieh D , Spiotto E , Li J , Zhou B , Paul A , Schwartz RJ , Firulli AB , Singer HA , Huang G , Wu M

    Cell Reports. 2016 Apr 5;15(1):158-170.

    DOI 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.03.012

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