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[ † corresponding author | * co-first authors ]

PUBLICATIONS

2019

• Chen PB*, Hu RK*, Wu YE*, Pan L, Huang S, Micevych PE, Hong W†.
  Sexually dimorphic control of parenting behavior by the medial amygdala. ​​
  Cell. 2019. 176, 1206-1221. [ ​​​​Link ]

2018

• Hong W.
  Understanding social behavior -- Setting the stage for the next generation of neuroscience (Neuron Voices). ​​
  Neuron. 2018. 99, 11-12. [ ​​​​PDF ]
• Chen P, Hong W†.
  Neural circuit mechanisms of social behavior (Review).
  Neuron. 2018. 98, 16-30. [ PDF ]

2017

• Wu YE*, Pan L*, Zuo Y, Li X, Hong W†.
  Detecting activated cell populations using single-cell RNA-seq.
  Neuron. 2017. 96, 313-329. [ PDF | Highlighted by Neuron  | UCLA News ]

2015

• Hong W†, Kennedy A, Burgos-Artizzu X, Zelikowsky M, Navonne S, Perona P†, Anderson DJ†.
  Automated measurement of mouse social behaviors using depth sensing, video tracking, and machine learning.
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2015. 112, E5351-5360. [ PDF ]
• Pearce MM, Spartz EJ, Hong W, Luo L, Kopito RR.
  Prion-like transmission of neuronal huntingtin aggregates to phagocytic glia in the Drosophila brain.
  Nature Communications. 2015. 13, 6:6768. [ PDF ]
• Ward A*, Hong W*, Favaloro V, Luo L.
  Toll receptors instruct axon and dendrite targeting and participate in synaptic partner matching in a Drosophila olfactory circuit.
  Neuron. 2015. 85, 1013-1028. [ PDF ]

2014

• Hong W, Kim DW, Anderson DJ.
  Antagonistic control of social versus repetitive self-grooming behaviors by separable amygdala neuronal subsets.
  Cell. 2014. 158, 1348-1361. [ PDF | Highlighted by Nature Review Neuroscience | Caltech News ]
• Hong W†, Luo L.
  Genetic control of wiring specificity in the fly olfactory system (Review).
  Genetics. 2014. 196, 17-29. [ PDF ]

2013

• Hong W†.
  Assembly of A Neural Circuit (Review).
  Science. 2013. 342, 1186. (doi: 10.1126/science.1247568) [ PDF ]

2012

• Mosca TJ*, Hong W*, Dani VS, Favaloro V, Luo L.
  Trans-synaptic Teneurin signaling in neuromuscular synapse organization and target choice.
  Nature. 2012. 484, 237-241. [ PDF ]
• Hong W, Mosca TJ, Luo L.
  Teneurins instruct synaptic partner matching in an olfactory map.
  Nature. 2012. 484, 201-207.  [ PDF ]
• Hong W*, Wu YE*, Fu X, Chang Z.
  Chaperone-dependent mechanisms for acid resistance in enteric bacteria (Review).
  Trends in Microbiology. 2012. 20, 328-335. [ PDF ]

2011

• de Wit J*, Hong W*, Luo L, Ghosh A.
  Role of leucine-rich repeat proteins in the development and function of neural circuits.
  Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 2011. 27, 697-729. [ PDF ]

2009

• Hong W, Zhu H, Potter CJ, Barsh G, Kuruzu M, Zinn K, Luo L.
  Leucine-rich repeat transmembrane proteins instruct discrete dendrite targeting in an olfactory map.
  Nature Neuroscience. 2009. 12, 2542-2550. [ PDF ]
• Hong W and Luo L.
  Dendritic tiling through TOR signaling (Preview).
  EMBO Journal. 2009. 28, 3783-3784.

Select publications in or before 2008

• Wu YE*, Hong W*, Zhang L, Liu C, Chang Z.
  Conserved amphiphilic feature is essential for periplasmic chaperone HdeA to support acid resistance in enteric bacteria. 
  ​Biochemical Journal. 2008. 412, 389-397. [ PDF ] ​
• Hong W, Jiao W, Hu J, Zhang J, Liu C, Fu X, Shen D, Xia B, Chang Z.
  Periplasmic protein HdeA exhibits chaperone-like activity exclusively within stomach pH range by transforming into disordered conformation.
  Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2005. 280, 27029-27034. [ PDF ]