Pai, C.-Y., Kou, T.-S., Jaw, T. J., Kurant, E., Chen, C.-T., Bessarab, D.A., Salzberg, A., and Sun, Y. H. (1998) The Homothorax homeoprotein activates nuclear localization of another homeoprotein, Extradenticle, and suppresses eye development in Drosophila. Genes & Devel. 12, 435-446.
Yao, L.-C., Liaw, G.-J., Pai, C.-Y., and Sun, Y. H. (1999) A common mechanism for antenna-to-leg transformation in Drosophila: Suppression of hth transcription by four HOM-C genes. Dev. Biol. 211, 268-276.
Jaw, T. J., Knoepfler, P. S., Yao, L.-C., Pai, C.-Y., Tang, C.-Y., Chang, L.-P., Berthelsen, J., Blasi, F., Kamps, M. P., and Sun, Y. H. (2000) Direct interaction of two homeoproteins, Homothorax and Extradenticle, is essential for EXD nuclear localization and function. Mech. Dev. 91, 279-291.
Singh, A., Kango-Singh, M. and Sun, Y. H. (2002) Eye suppression, a novel function of teashirt, requires WINGLESS signaling. Development 129, 4271-4280.
Tang, C.-Y. and Sun, Y.H. (2002) Use of mini-White as a reporter gene to screen for GAL4 insertions with spatially restricted expression pattern in the developing eye in Drosophila. Genesis 34, 39-45.
Kango-Singh, M., Singh, A. and Sun, Y. H. (2003) Eyeless collaborates with Hedgehog and Decapentaplegic signaling in Drosophila eye induction. Develop. Biol. 256, 49-61.
Jang, C.-C., Jones, N., Chao, J.-L., Bessarab, D. A., Kuo, Y., Jun, S., Desplan, C., Beckendorf, S., and Sun, Y. H. (2003) Two Pax genes, eye gone and eyeless, act in parallel in determining Drosophila eye development. Development 130, 2939-2951.
Tsai, L. and Sun, Y. H. (2004) Long-range
effect by Upd, a ligand for Jak/STAT pathway,
on cell cycle in Drosophila eye development.
Genesis 39, 141-153.
Chao, J.-L., Tsai, Y.-C., Chiu, S.-J., and Sun, Y.
H. (2004) Localized Notch signal acts through
eyg and upd to promote global growth in
Drosophila eye. Development 131, 3839-3847.
Yao, J.-G. and Sun, Y. H. (2005) Eyg and Ey
Pax proteins act by distinct transcriptional
mechanisms in Drosophila development.
EMBO J. 24, 2602-2612.
Tsai, Y.-C., Yao, J.-G., Chen, P.-H, Posakony, J.W., Barolo, S., Kim, J., and Sun, Y.H. (2007) Upd/Jak/STAT signaling represses wg transcription to allow initiation of morphogenetic furrow in Drosophila eye development. Dev. Biol. 306, 760-771.
Duong, H.A.#, Wang, C.W.#, Sun, Y.H. , and Courey,
A.J.* (2008) Transformation of eye to antenna by
misexpression of a single gene. Mech. Dev. 125, 130-141. (*equal contribution, both corresponding author)
Yao, J.-G. #, Weasner, B. M. #, Wang, L.-H., Jang, C.-C., Weasner, B., Tang, C.-Y., Salzer, C. L., Chen, C.-H., Hay, B, Sun, Y. H.* and Kumar, J. P.* (2008) Differential requirements for the Pax6(5a) genes eyegone and twin of eyegone during eye development in Drosophila. Dev. Biol. 315:535-531. (# equal contribution; * equal contribution, both corresponding author)
L.-H. Wang, S.-J. Chiu and Y. H. Sun. (2008) Temporal switching of regulation and function of eyg gone (eyg) in Drosophila eye development. Dev Biol. 321, 515-527, 2008.
H. A. Duong, C. W. Wang, R. Nagaraj, Y. H. Sun and A. J. Courey. (2008) Non-Cell-Autonomous Inhibition of Photoreceptor Development by Dip3. Dev Biol. 323, 105-13, 2008-11.
Wang, L.-H., Huang, Y.-T., Tsai, Y.-C., and Sun, Y. H.(2010) The role of eyg Pax gene in the development of the head vertex in Drosophila. Dev Biol. 337(2), 246-258, 2010-01.
Wang, C.-W. and Sun, Y. H.* (2012) Segregation of eye and antenna fates maintained by mutual antagonism in Drosophila. Development. 139(18), 3413-3421, 2012.
Chang, Y-H., Li, W-R. and Sun, Y. H.. (2012) Functional screening of human genes by expression in Drosophila identifies Enthoprotin/LqfR as a regulator of hematopoiesis. Zoological Studies. 51(7), 1122-1138, 2012.
Chu, W. C., Lee, Y. M. and Sun Y. H.*. (2013) FGF /FGFR Signal Induces Trachea Extension in the Drosophila Visual System. PLoS One. 8(8), e73878, 2013-08.
Chang, Y.-H. and Sun, Y. H.*.(2014) Carrier of Wingless (Cow), a Secreted HSPG, Promotes Extracellular Transport of Wingless. PLoS One. 9(10), e111573, 2014-10.
Tsai, Y.-C., Grimm, S., Chao, J.-L., Yao, C.-K., Hofmeyer, K., Shen, J., Eichinger, F., Michalopoulou, T., Wang, S.-C., Sun, Y. H.* and Pflugfelder, G. O.* (2015) Optomotor-blind negatively regulates Drosophila eye development by blocking Jak/STAT signaling. PLoS One. 10(3), e0120236, 2015-03.
Lee, Y.-M. and Sun, Y. H.*. (2015) Maintenance of Glia in the Optic Lamina Is Mediated by EGFR Signaling byPhotoreceptors in Adult Drosophila. PLoS Genetics. 11(4), e1005187, 2015-04.
Lee, Y.-M. and Sun, Y. H.*. (2015) Drosophila as a model to study role of glia in neurodegeneration. Journal of Neurogenetics. 29(2-3), 69-79, 2015-08.
Tsao, C. K., Ku, H. Y., Lee, Y. M., Huang, Y. F. and Sun, Y. H.*. (2016) Long Term Ex Vivo Culture and Live Imaging of Drosophila Larval Imaginal Discs. PLoS One. 11(9), e0163744, 2016-09
Huang, Y. S., Ku, H. Y., Tsai, Y. C., Chang, C. H., Pao, S. H., Sun, Y. H.* and Chiou, A. (2017) 5D imaging via light sheet microscopy reveals cell dynamics during the eye-antenna disc primordium formation in Drosophila. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. doi:10.1038/srep44945, 2017-03.