1.Yuxin Chen, Lulu Han, Ying Cai, Shuxin Huang, Meng Wang, Huizhong Li, Junnian Zheng*, Bo Ma*, Gang Wang*. Gene armoring: A way to enhance CAR-T cell function.Pharmacological research. 2025 Jan 25

2.Chen Liang, Xiao Liu, Jie Yu, Lingyun Shi, Wenchao Wei, Yalu Zhu, Maoping Feng, Tingting Tang, Dameng Li, Tao Yang, Junnian Zheng*, Bo Ma*, Liang Wei*. Hypericin photoactivation induces triple-negative breast cancer cells pyroptosis by targeting the ROS/CALR/Caspase-3/GSDME pathway.Journal of Advanced Research. 2025 Jan 25

3.Kaili Ma, Lin Wang, Wenhui Li, Tingting Tang,Bo Ma*, Liyuan Zhang*, Lianjun Zhang*. Turning cold into hot: emerging strategies to fire up the tumor microenvironment.Trends in Cancer. 2024 Dec 26

4.Tingting Tang, Tao Yang, Huijie Xue, Xiao Liu, Jie Yu, Chen Liang, Dameng Li, Chenxi Xiang, Junnian Zheng*, Liang Wei*, Bo Ma*. Breast cancer stem cell-derived exosomal lnc-PDGFD induces fibroblast-niche formation and promotes lung metastasis.Oncogene.2024 Dec 4:1-17

5.Yuxin Chen, Meng Wang, Shuxin Huang, Lulu Han, Ying Cai, Xiaodi Xu, Shuwen Sun, Zhaokai Chen, Junze Chen, Jiatian Yu, Hongwei Du, Huizhong Li, Junnian Zheng*, Bo Ma*, Gang Wang*.Ectopic expression of NKG7 enhances CAR-T function and improves the therapeutic efficacy in liquid and solid tumors.Pharmacological Research.2024; 210:207506

6.LiD, Zhou X, Xu W, Cai Y, Mu C, Zhao X, Liang C, Yang T, Zhang J*, Wei L*, Ma B*. High-fat diet promotes prostate cancer metastasis via RPS27.Cancer & Metabolism.2024 12 (1), 6

7.LiD, Zhou X, Xu W, Chen Y, Mu C, Zhao X, Yang T, Wang G, Wei L*, Ma B*. Prostate cancer cells synergistically defend against CD8+ T cells by secreting exosomal PD-L1.Cancer Med.2023; 12: 16405-16415.

8.Shi K, Chen F, Li X, Liang C, Sun H, Yang T, Zheng J, Ma B*, Wei L* (2023). Ginsenosides and Ginseng Phenolic Acids Relieve Ionizing Radiation-Induced Pyroptosis and Apoptosis in Intestinal Epithelial Cells.Natural Product Communications.2023;18(8)

9.MaB*, Shao H, Jiang X, Wang Z, Wu CC, Whaley D, Wells A*. Akt isoforms differentially provide for chemoresistance in prostate cancer.Cancer Biol Med.2022 19 (5), 635

10.Ma B, Wheeler SE, Clark AM, Whaley DL, Yang M, Wells A. Liver protects metastatic prostate cancer from induced death by activating E-cadherin signaling.Hepatology.2016 Nov;64(5):1725-1742.

11.Liu X^#, Ma B^#, Malik AB, Tang H, Yang T, et al. Bidirectional regulation of neutrophil migration by mitogen-activated protein kinases.Nat Immunol. 2012 Mar 25;13(5):457-64. (^#equal contribution)

12.Ma B, Wells A, Clark AM. The pan-therapeutic resistance of disseminated tumor cells: role of phenotypic plasticity and the metastatic microenvironment.Semin Cancer Biol. 2020; 60, 138-147.

13.Ma B, Wells A, Wei L,Zheng J.Prostate cancer liver metastasis: Dormancy and resistance to therapy.Semin Cancer Biol. 2021; 71,2-9.(IF=11.09)

14.Ma B, Wells A. The mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases p38 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) are involved in hepatocyte-mediated phenotypic switching in prostate cancer cells.J Biol Chem. 2014 Apr 18;289(16):11153-61.

15.Jiang Y，Wells A*，Sylakowski K，Clark A.M.，Ma B*. Adult Stem Cell Functioning in the Tumor Micro-Environment.Int. J. Mol. Sci.2019, 20, 2566.(*corresponding author)

16.Ma B, Khazali A, Shao H, Jiang Y, Wells A. Expression of E-cadherin and specific CXCR3 isoforms impact each other in prostate cancer.Cell Communication and Signaling2019;17 (1), 164. (

17.Ma B, Khazali A, Wells A. CXCR3 in carcinoma progression.Histol Histopathol.2015 Jul;30(7):781-92.

18.Wells A, Clark A, Bradshaw A, Ma B, Edington H. The great escape: How metastases of melanoma, and other carcinomas, avoid elimination.Exp Biol Med. 20191535370218820287.

19.Beckwitt CH, Clark AM, Ma B, Whaley D, Oltvai ZN, Wells A. Statins attenuate outgrowth of breast cancer metastases.Br J Cancer.2018 Oct;119(9):1094-1105.

20.Dioufa N, Clark AM, Ma B, Beckwitt CH, Wells A. Bi-directional exosome-driven intercommunication between the hepatic niche and cancer cells.Mol Cancer. 2017 Nov 14;16(1):172.

21.Wells A, Ma B. Friend turned foe: E-cadherin perversely protects micrometastases.Transl Androl Urol. 2017; 6(2):338-340.

22.Clark AM, Ma B, Taylor DL, Griffith L, Wells A. Liver metastases: Microenvironments and ex-vivo models.Exp Biol Med(Maywood). 2016 Sep;241(15):1639-52.

23.Yang M, Ma B, Shao H, Clark AM, Wells A. Macrophage phenotypic subtypes diametrically regulate epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in breast cancer cells.BMCCancer.2016 Jul 7;16:419.

24.Sun B, Hu X, Liu G, Ma B, Xu Y, Yang T, Shi J, Yang F, Li H, Zhang L, Zhao Y. Phosphatase Wip1 negatively regulates neutrophil migration and inflammation.J Immunol. 2014 Feb 1;192(3):1184-95.

25.Wells A, Grahovac J, Wheeler S, Ma B, Lauffenburger D. Targeting tumor cell motility as a strategy against invasion and metastasis.Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2013 May;34(5):283-9.

26.Tian C, Gao B, Rodriguez Mdel C, Lanz-Mendoza H, Ma B, et al. Gene expression, antiparasitic activity, and functional evolution of the drosomycin family.MolImmunol.2008 Sep;45(15):3909-16. PubMed PMID: 18657321.