Publications

Primary Publications

Guo W*, Luan J*, Huang X, Leon D, Good J, Nicholson B, Owusu-Ofori A, Izumchenko E, Rosenberg A, Agrawal N, Bertacchi B, Bolotin D, Gunzer M, Ballesteros I, Hidalgo A, Miao Y. Tumor-Initiating Stem Cells Fine-tune the Plasticity of Neutrophils to Sculpt a Protective Niche. (2025) bioRxiv 2025.04.04.647324 (Revision sent back to Cancer Cell) [pubmed]

Agudo J; Miao Y. Stemness in solid malignancies: coping with immune attack (2025) Nature Review Cancer Jan;25(1):27-40 [pubmed]

Luan J, Truong C, Vuchkovska A, Guo W, Good J, Liu B, Gang A, Infarinato N, Stewart K, Polak L, Pasolli HA, Andretta E, Rudensky AY, Fuchs E, Miao Y. CD80 on skin stem cells promotes local expansion of regulatory T cells upon injury to orchestrate repair within an inflammatory environment. (2024) Immunity 14;57(5):1071-1086.e7 [pubmed]

Miao Y, Yang H, Levorse, J, Yuan S, Polak L, Sribour M, Singh B, Rosenblum M, Fuchs E. Adaptive Immune Resistance Emerges from Tumor-Initiating Stem Cells. (2019) Cell 177 (5)1172-1186 [pubmed]

- Selected as “Top 10 Cancer Paper of 2019” by European Association for Cancer - Research;

Miao Y*, Bist P*, Wu J*, Li Q, Abraham SN. Collaboration between two distinct Rab small GTPase trafficking circuits to mediate bacterial clearance from the bladder epithelium. (2017) Cell Host Microbe 22(3) 330-342 [pubmed]

Miao Y, Wu J, Abraham SN. Ubiquitination of TRAF3 Orchestrates Expulsion of Intracellular Bacteria by Exocyst Complex. (2016) Immunity 45(1) 94-105 [pubmed]

Miao Y, Li G, Zhang X, Xu H, Abraham SN. A TRP channel senses lysosome neutralization by pathogens to trigger their expulsion. (2015) Cell 161(6) 1306-1319 [pubmed]

- Previewed in Cell

- Highlighted in F1000, Science Daily, Medical Daily and various news and media outlets

Abraham SN, Miao Y. Nature of Immune Responses during Urinary Tract Infections. (2015) Nature Review Immunology 15(10):655-63 [pubmed]

Mishra V, Singh A, Korzinkin M, Cheng X, Wing C, Sarkisova V, Koppayi AL, Pogorelskaya A, Glushchenko O, Sundaresan M, Thodima V, Carter J, Ito K, Scherle P, Trzcinska A, Ozerov I, Vokes EE, Cole G, Pun FW, Shen L, Miao Y, Pearson AT, Lingen MW, Ruggeri B, Rosenberg AJ, Zhavoronkov A, Agrawal N, Izumchenko E. PRMT5 inhibition has a potent anti-tumor activity against adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary glands. (2025) J Exp Clin Cancer Res. Jan 11;44(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s13046-024-03270.

Rosenberg AJ, Izumchenko E, Juloori A, Katipally R, Cursio J, Choudhury N, Gooi Z, Blair E, Chin J, Hasina R, Vannier A, Starus A, Jones FS, Gramiccioni EL, Miao Y, Haraf DJ, Vokes EE, Pearson AT, Agrawal N. Early dynamics of circulating tumor HPV-DNA with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and response-adapted de-escalation in human papillomavirus-associated oropharyngeal cancer. Clin Cancer Res. (2025) May 27. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-25-0152.

Auger S, Mishra V, Singh A, Miao Y, Agrawal N, Izumchenko E. Circulating tumor DNA in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma-current status and future prospects. (2024) Acad Oncol.1(2): 10.20935/acadonco7456.

Cyberski TF, Singh A, Korzinkin M, Mishra V, Pun F, Shen L, Wing C, Cheng X, Baird B, Miao Y, Elkabets M, Kochanny S, Guo W, Dyer E, Pearson AT, Juloori A, Lingen M, Cole G, Zhavoronkov A, Agrawal N, Izumchenko E, Rosenberg AJ. Acquired resistance to immunotherapy and chemoradiation in MYC amplified head and neck cancer. (2024) NPJ Precis Oncol. May 23;8(1):114.

Wu J, Hayes B, Phoenix C, Macias G, Miao Y, Hughes M, Purves T, Reinhardt R, Abraham S. A highly polarized Th2 bladder immune responses to infection promotes epithelial repair and new infections. (2020) Nature Immunology 21, 671-683

Adam C, Yang H, Ge Y, Infarinato N, Gur-Cohen S, Miao Y, et al. NFI transcription factors provide chromatin access to maintain stem cell identity while preventing unintended lineage fate choices. (2020) Nature Cell Biology 22, 640–650

Ge Y, Miao Y, Cohen S, Gomez N, Yang H, Nikolova M, Polak L, Yang H, Verma A, Elemento O, Krueger J, Fuchs E. Functional stem cell aging dictated by skin tissue microenvironment. (2019) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(10), 5339-5350

Gur-Cohen S, Yang H, Baksh S, Miao Y, Levorse J, Kataru R, Liu X, Racelis J, Mehrara B, Fuchs E. Stem cell-driven lymphatic remodeling coordinates tissue regeneration. (2019) Science 366 (6470), 1218-1225

Lay K, Yuan S, Gur-Cohen S, Miao Y, Han T, Naik S, Pasolli HA, Larsen SB, Fuchs E. "Stem cells repurpose proliferation to contain a breach in their niche barrier. (2018) eLife DOI:10.7554/eLife.41661

Choi HW*, Bowen SE*, Miao Y, Chan CY, Miao EA, Abrink M, Moeser AJ, Abraham SN. Loss of Bladder Epithelium Induced by Cytolytic Mast Cell Granules. (2016) Immunity 45(6) 1258-1269

Miao Y, Abraham SN. Kidney α-intercalated cells and lipocalin 2: defending the urinary tract. (2014) J Clin Invest. 124(7): 2844-6