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Yarui Diao

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology

I lead a functional genomics lab at Duke Cell Biology. We are particularly interested in developing and applying cutting-edge functional genomics tools to understand the transcriptional regulatory mechanisms controlling tissue regeneration in healthy and disease conditions.

Recent Publications

BAHCC1 binds H3K27me3 via a conserved BAH module to mediate gene silencing and oncogenesis.

Fan, H; Lu, J; Guo, Y; Li, D; Zhang, Z-M; Tsai, Y-H; Pi, W-C; Ahn, JH; Gong, W; Xiang, Y; Allison, DF; Geng, H; He, S; Diao, Y; Chen, W-Y; Strahl, BD; Cai, L; Song, J; Wang, GG

December 1, 2020

Erythromyeloid progenitors give rise to a population of osteoclasts that contribute to bone homeostasis and repair.

Yahara, Y; Barrientos, T; Tang, YJ; Puviindran, V; Nadesan, P; Zhang, H; Gibson, JR; Gregory, SG; Diao, Y; Xiang, Y; Qadri, YJ; Souma, T; Shinohara, ML; Alman, BA

January 1, 2020

Transcription Factor-Directed Re-wiring of Chromatin Architecture for Somatic Cell Nuclear Reprogramming toward trans-Differentiation.

Dall'Agnese, A; Caputo, L; Nicoletti, C; di Iulio, J; Schmitt, A; Gatto, S; Diao, Y; Ye, Z; Forcato, M; Perera, R; Bicciato, S; Telenti, A; Ren, B; Puri, PL

November 7, 2019

Circular ecDNA promotes accessible chromatin and high oncogene expression.

Wu, S; Turner, KM; Nguyen, N; Raviram, R; Erb, M; Santini, J; Luebeck, J; Rajkumar, U; Diao, Y; Li, B; Zhang, W; Jameson, N; Corces, MR; Granja, JM; Chen, X; Coruh, C; Abnousi, A; Houston, J; Ye, Z; Hu, R; Yu, M; Kim, H; Law, JA; Verhaak, RGW; Hu, M; Furnari, FB; Chang, HY; Ren, B; Bafna, V; Mischel, PS

November 1, 2019

A compendium of promoter-centered long-range chromatin interactions in the human genome.

Jung, I; Schmitt, A; Diao, Y; Lee, AJ; Liu, T; Yang, D; Tan, C; Eom, J; Chan, M; Chee, S; Chiang, Z; Kim, C; Masliah, E; Barr, CL; Li, B; Kuan, S; Kim, D; Ren, B

October 1, 2019

Neutrophils promote tumor resistance to radiation therapy.

Wisdom, AJ; Hong, CS; Lin, AJ; Xiang, Y; Cooper, DE; Zhang, J; Xu, ES; Kuo, H-C; Mowery, YM; Carpenter, DJ; Kadakia, KT; Himes, JE; Luo, L; Ma, Y; Williams, N; Cardona, DM; Haldar, M; Diao, Y; Markovina, S; Schwarz, JK; Kirsch, DG

September 10, 2019