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Bang Y-J, Hu Z, Li Y, Gattu S, Ruhn KA, Herz J, Hooper LV#. Serum amyloid A delivers retinol to intestinal myeloid cells to promote adaptive immunity. Science. 2021, 373(6561):eabf9232.

Hu Z*#, Bang YJ*, Ruhn KA, Hooper LV#. Molecular basis for retinol binding by serum amyloid A during infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019, 116(38):19077-19082. (#co-corresponding author)​

Hu Z*, Zhou Q*, Zhang C*, Fan S, Cheng W, Zhao Y, Shao F, Wang HW, Sui SF#, Chai J#. Structural and biochemical basis for induced self-propagation of NLRC4. Science. 2015, 350(6259):399-404. (*co-first author)

Hu Z, Yan C, Liu P, Huang Z, Ma R, Zhang C, Wang R, Zhang Y, Martinon F, Miao D, Deng H, Wang J, Chang J, Chai J#. Crystal structure of NLRC4 reveals its autoinhibition mechanism. Science. 2013, 341(6142): 172-175.

Hu Z#, Chai J#. Assembly and Architecture of NLR Resistosomes and Inflammasomes. Annual Review of Biophysics. 2023, 52:8.1-8.22. (#co-corresponding author)

Zhang C, Hu Z, Lone AG, Artami M, Edwards M, Zouboulis CC, Stein M, Harris-Tryon TA. Small proline-rich proteins (SPRRs) are epidermally produced antimicrobial proteins that defend the cutaneous barrier by direct bacterial membrane disruption. eLife. 2022, 11:e76729.

Yang X*, Yang F*, Wang W*, Lin G*, Hu Z*, Han Z, Qi Y, Zhang L, Wang J, Sui SF#, Chai J#. Structural basis for specific flagellin recognition by the NLR protein NAIP5. Cell Research. 2018, 28(1): 35-47. (*co-first author)

Liu P*, Hu Z*, Zhou B, Liu S, Chai J#. Crystal structure of an LRR protein with two solenoids. Cell Research. 2013, 23(2): 303-305. (*co-first author)

Sun Y*, Li L*, Macho AP, Han Z#, Hu Z, Zipfel C, Zhou JM#, Chai J#. Structural basis for flg22-induced activation of the Arabidopsis FLS2-BAK1 immune complex. Science. 2013, 342(6158):624-628.