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Ping Wu, PhD

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Title(s)Associate Professor of Research Pathology
SchoolKeck School of Medicine of Usc
AddressHMR 2011 Zonal Ave
Health Sciences Campus
Los Angeles CA 90089-9092
Phone+1 323 442 1982
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    Epigenetic Regulation of region-specific keratin expression patterns
    NIH R01AR047364Jan 1, 2001 - Mar 31, 2023
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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    1. Regulation of feather length: FGF/IGF signaling and NOTCH/YAP modulation of progenitor cell topology. Sci Adv. 2025 Aug 22; 11(34):eadw2382. Wu P, Bocci F, Guerrero-Juarez CF, Chen CK, Wang G, Liu TY, Lu J, Li SH, Lai YC, Jiang TX, Widelitz RB, Lei MX, Lander AD, Nie Q, Chuong CM. PMID: 40845092; PMCID: PMC12372877.
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    2. Skin regional specification and higher-order HoxC regulation. Sci Adv. 2025 Mar 21; 11(12):eado2223. Li SH, Liang YC, Jiang TX, Jea WC, Lu J, Núñez-León D, Yu Z, Lai YC, Widelitz RB, Andersson L, Wu P, Chuong CM. PMID: 40117347; PMCID: PMC11927629.
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    3. Organizational principles of integumentary organs: Maximizing variations for effective adaptation. Dev Biol. 2025 06; 522:171-195. Chuong CM, Wu P, Yu Z, Liang YC, Widelitz RB. PMID: 40113027.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    4. Cyclic renewal in three ectodermal appendage follicles: Hairs, feathers and teeth. Dev Biol. 2025 06; 522:76-90. Wu P, Lei M, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 40113026; PMCID: PMC12283069.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    5. Conserved regulatory switches for the transition from natal down to juvenile feather in birds. Nat Commun. 2024 May 16; 15(1):4174. Chen CK, Chang YM, Jiang TX, Yue Z, Liu TY, Lu J, Yu Z, Lin JJ, Vu TD, Huang TY, Harn HI, Ng CS, Wu P, Chuong CM, Li WH. PMID: 38755126; PMCID: PMC11099144.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    6. Regional Specific Differentiation of Integumentary Organs: Regulation of Gene Clusters within the Avian Epidermal Differentiation Complex and Impacts of SATB2 Overexpression. Genes (Basel). 2021 08 23; 12(8). Lin GW, Lai YC, Liang YC, Widelitz RB, Wu P, Chuong CM. PMID: 34440465; PMCID: PMC8394334.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    7. Cyclic growth of dermal papilla and regeneration of follicular mesenchymal components during feather cycling. Development. 2021 09 15; 148(18). Wu P, Jiang TX, Lei M, Chen CK, Hsieh Li SM, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 34344024; PMCID: PMC10656464.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 18     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    8. Regional specific differentiation of integumentary organs: SATB2 is involved in α- and β-keratin gene cluster switching in the chicken. Dev Dyn. 2022 09; 251(9):1490-1508. Lin GW, Liang YC, Wu P, Chen CK, Lai YC, Jiang TX, Haung YH, Chuong CM. PMID: 34240503; PMCID: PMC8742846.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    9. Making region-specific integumentary organs in birds: evolution and modifications. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2021 08; 69:103-111. Chen CK, Juan WT, Liang YC, Wu P, Chuong CM. PMID: 33780743; PMCID: PMC8364857.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    10. Variations of Mesozoic feathers: Insights from the morphogenesis of extant feather rachises. Evolution. 2020 09; 74(9):2121-2133. Wang S, Chang WL, Zhang Q, Ma M, Yang F, Hans HI, Yang R, Wu P, Habib M, Juan WT, Chuong CM. PMID: 32614075.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    11. Folding Keratin Gene Clusters during Skin Regional Specification. Dev Cell. 2020 06 08; 53(5):561-576.e9. Liang YC, Wu P, Lin GW, Chen CK, Yeh CY, Tsai S, Yan J, Jiang TX, Lai YC, Huang D, Cai M, Choi R, Widelitz RB, Lu W, Chuong CM. PMID: 32516596; PMCID: PMC7386462.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Self-assembly of biological networks via adaptive patterning revealed by avian intradermal muscle network formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 05 28; 116(22):10858-10867. Wu XS, Yeh CY, Harn HI, Jiang TX, Wu P, Widelitz RB, Baker RE, Chuong CM. PMID: 31072931; PMCID: PMC6561168.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    13. Calcium oscillations coordinate feather mesenchymal cell movement by SHH dependent modulation of gap junction networks. Nat Commun. 2018 12 18; 9(1):5377. Li A, Cho JH, Reid B, Tseng CC, He L, Tan P, Yeh CY, Wu P, Li Y, Widelitz RB, Zhou Y, Zhao M, Chow RH, Chuong CM. PMID: 30560870; PMCID: PMC6299091.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 34     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    14. Comprehensive molecular and cellular studies suggest avian scutate scales are secondarily derived from feathers, and more distant from reptilian scales. Sci Rep. 2018 11 13; 8(1):16766. Wu P, Lai YC, Widelitz R, Chuong CM. PMID: 30425309; PMCID: PMC6233204.
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    15. Multiple Regulatory Modules Are Required for Scale-to-Feather Conversion. Mol Biol Evol. 2018 02 01; 35(2):417-430. Wu P, Yan J, Lai YC, Ng CS, Li A, Jiang X, Elsey RM, Widelitz R, Bajpai R, Li WH, Chuong CM. PMID: 29177513; PMCID: PMC5850302.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 39     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    16. Self-organization process in newborn skin organoid formation inspires strategy to restore hair regeneration of adult cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 08 22; 114(34):E7101-E7110. Lei M, Schumacher LJ, Lai YC, Juan WT, Yeh CY, Wu P, Jiang TX, Baker RE, Widelitz RB, Yang L, Chuong CM. PMID: 28798065; PMCID: PMC5576784.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 84     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    17. Diverse feather shape evolution enabled by coupling anisotropic signalling modules with self-organizing branching programme. Nat Commun. 2017 01 20; 8:ncomms14139. Li A, Figueroa S, Jiang TX, Wu P, Widelitz R, Nie Q, Chuong CM. PMID: 28106042; PMCID: PMC5263876.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 30     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    18. MicroCT Imaging on Living Alligator Teeth Reveals Natural Tooth Cycling. Methods Mol Biol. 2017; 1650:355-362. Widelitz RB, Abdelhamid A, Khalil Khan M, Elkarargy A, Chuong CM, Wu P. PMID: 28809034; PMCID: PMC10880952.
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    19. The Molecular Circuit Regulating Tooth Development in Crocodilians. J Dent Res. 2016 Dec; 95(13):1501-1510. Tsai S, Abdelhamid A, Khan MK, Elkarargy A, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM, Wu P. PMID: 27872325; PMCID: PMC5119682.
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    20. Topographical mapping of α- and β-keratins on developing chicken skin integuments: Functional interaction and evolutionary perspectives. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Dec 08; 112(49):E6770-9. Wu P, Ng CS, Yan J, Lai YC, Chen CK, Lai YT, Wu SM, Chen JJ, Luo W, Widelitz RB, Li WH, Chuong CM. PMID: 26598683; PMCID: PMC4679038.
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    21. Proper BMP Signaling Levels Are Essential for 3D Assembly of Hepatic Cords from Hepatoblasts and Mesenchymal Cells. Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Dec; 60(12):3669-80. Tsai MS, Suksaweang S, Jiang TX, Wu P, Kao YH, Lee PH, Widelitz R, Chuong CM. PMID: 26173507; PMCID: PMC5572674.
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    22. Genomic organization, transcriptomic analysis, and functional characterization of avian α- and β-keratins in diverse feather forms. Genome Biol Evol. 2014 Aug 24; 6(9):2258-73. Ng CS, Wu P, Fan WL, Yan J, Chen CK, Lai YT, Wu SM, Mao CT, Chen JJ, Lu MY, Ho MR, Widelitz RB, Chen CF, Chuong CM, Li WH. PMID: 25152353; PMCID: PMC4202321.
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    23. Regeneration of reptilian scales after wounding: neogenesis, regional difference, and molecular modules. Regeneration (Oxf). 2014 Feb 01; 1(1):15-26. Wu P, Alibardi L, Chuong CM. PMID: 24665362; PMCID: PMC3961719.
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    24. Specialized stem cell niche enables repetitive renewal of alligator teeth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 28; 110(22):E2009-18. Wu P, Wu X, Jiang TX, Elsey RM, Temple BL, Divers SJ, Glenn TC, Yuan K, Chen MH, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 23671090; PMCID: PMC3670376.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 49     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    25. Shaping organs by a wingless-int/Notch/nonmuscle myosin module which orients feather bud elongation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Apr 16; 110(16):E1452-61. Li A, Chen M, Jiang TX, Wu P, Nie Q, Widelitz R, Chuong CM. PMID: 23576731; PMCID: PMC3631647.
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    26. Sprouty/FGF signaling regulates the proximal-distal feather morphology and the size of dermal papillae. Dev Biol. 2012 Dec 01; 372(1):45-54. Yue Z, Jiang TX, Wu P, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 23000358; PMCID: PMC3586415.
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    27. Progressive alopecia reveals decreasing stem cell activation probability during aging of mice with epidermal deletion of DNA methyltransferase 1. J Invest Dermatol. 2012 Dec; 132(12):2681-90. Li J, Jiang TX, Hughes MW, Wu P, Yu J, Widelitz RB, Fan G, Chuong CM. PMID: 22763785; PMCID: PMC3465630.
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    28. Physiological regeneration of skin appendages and implications for regenerative medicine. Physiology (Bethesda). 2012 Apr; 27(2):61-72. Chuong CM, Randall VA, Widelitz RB, Wu P, Jiang TX. PMID: 22505663; PMCID: PMC3620028.
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    29. From buds to follicles: matrix metalloproteinases in developmental tissue remodeling during feather morphogenesis. Differentiation. 2011 Jun; 81(5):307-14. Jiang TX, Tuan TL, Wu P, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 21497985; PMCID: PMC3114260.
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    30. In search of the Golden Fleece: unraveling principles of morphogenesis by studying the integrative biology of skin appendages. Integr Biol (Camb). 2011 Apr; 3(4):388-407. Hughes MW, Wu P, Jiang TX, Lin SJ, Dong CY, Li A, Hsieh FJ, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 21437328; PMCID: PMC3620034.
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    31. Reptile scale paradigm: Evo-Devo, pattern formation and regeneration. Int J Dev Biol. 2009; 53(5-6):813-26. Chang C, Wu P, Baker RE, Maini PK, Alibardi L, Chuong CM. PMID: 19557687; PMCID: PMC2874329.
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    32. Morphoregulation of avian beaks: comparative mapping of growth zone activities and morphological evolution. Dev Dyn. 2006 May; 235(5):1400-12. Wu P, Jiang TX, Shen JY, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 16586442; PMCID: PMC4381996.
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    33. Engineering stem cells into organs: topobiological transformations demonstrated by beak, feather, and other ectodermal organ morphogenesis. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2006; 72:237-74. Chuong CM, Wu P, Plikus M, Jiang TX, Bruce Widelitz R. PMID: 16564337; PMCID: PMC4382027.
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    34. Molecular shaping of the beak. Science. 2004 Sep 03; 305(5689):1465-6. Wu P, Jiang TX, Suksaweang S, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 15353803; PMCID: PMC4380220.
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    35. Sculpting skin appendages out of epidermal layers via temporally and spatially regulated apoptotic events. J Invest Dermatol. 2004 Jun; 122(6):1348-55. Chang CH, Yu M, Wu P, Jiang TX, Yu HS, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 15175023; PMCID: PMC4386661.
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    36. The biology of feather follicles. Int J Dev Biol. 2004; 48(2-3):181-91. Yu M, Yue Z, Wu P, Wu DY, Mayer JA, Medina M, Widelitz RB, Jiang TX, Chuong CM. PMID: 15272383; PMCID: PMC4380223.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 80     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    37. Evo-Devo of amniote integuments and appendages. Int J Dev Biol. 2004; 48(2-3):249-70. Wu P, Hou L, Plikus M, Hughes M, Scehnet J, Suksaweang S, Widelitz R, Jiang TX, Chuong CM. PMID: 15272390; PMCID: PMC4386668.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 94     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    38. Adaptation to the sky: Defining the feather with integument fossils from mesozoic China and experimental evidence from molecular laboratories. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2003 Aug 15; 298(1):42-56. Chuong CM, Wu P, Zhang FC, Xu X, Yu M, Widelitz RB, Jiang TX, Hou L. PMID: 12949768; PMCID: PMC4381994.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 37     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    39. Molecular biology of feather morphogenesis: a testable model for evo-devo research. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2003 Aug 15; 298(1):109-22. Widelitz RB, Jiang TX, Yu M, Shen T, Shen JY, Wu P, Yu Z, Chuong CM. PMID: 12949772; PMCID: PMC4382008.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 37     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    40. The morphogenesis of feathers. Nature. 2002 Nov 21; 420(6913):308-12. Yu M, Wu P, Widelitz RB, Chuong CM. PMID: 12442169; PMCID: PMC4386656.
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