1. Cong Yan, Huanhuan Huo, Cuiwei Yang,Tao Zhang, Yuanyuan Chu, and Yanfen Liu (2018). Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase L1 regulates autophagy by inhibiting autophagosomeformation through its deubiquitinating enzyme activity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications,497(2):726-733.
2. Yupeng Zhao, Ting Zhang, HuanhuanHuo, Yihong Ye, and Yanfen Liu (2016). Lunapark Is a Componentof a Ubiquitin Ligase Complex Localized to the Endoplasmic Reticulum Three-wayJunctions. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291(35):18252-62.
3. Ting Zhang, Yue Xu, YanfenLiu, and Yihong Ye (2015). gp78 functions downstream of Hrd1 to promotedegradation of misfolded proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum. MolecularBiology of the Cell. 26(24): 4438–4450.
4. Yanfen Liu, Nia Soetandyo,Jin-gu Lee, Liping Liu, Yue Xu, William M Clemons and Yihong Ye (2014). USP13antagonizes gp78 to maintain functionality of a chaperone in ER-associateddegradation. eLIFE, 3:e01369. doi: 10.7554/eLife.01369. (Commentedin Nature Cell Biology)
5. Yue Xu, Yanfen Liu,Jin-gu Lee, Yihong Ye (2013). A ubiquitin-like domain recruits an oligomericchaperone to a retrotranslocation complex in endoplasmic reticulum-associateddegradation. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288(25):18068-76.
6. Yanfen Liu andYihong Ye (2012). The roles of p97-associated deubiquitinases in proteinquality control at the endoplasmic reticulum. Current Protein andPeptide Science, 13(5): 436-446.
7. Wang, Qiuyan*, Liu, Yanfen*,Soetandyo, Nia, Baek, Kheewoong, Hegde, Ramanujan, Ye, Yihong (2011). Achaperone holdase maintains polypeptides in soluble states for proteasomedegradation. Molecular Cell, 42(6):758-70 (* co-first authorship)
8. Yanfen Liu andYihong Ye (2011) Proteostasis in the Endoplasmic reticulum: a new site ofperturbation for targeted cancer therapy. Cell Research, 21,867-883.
9. Yanfen Liu, Feng Wang,Huiyong Zhang, Hang He, Ligeng Ma and Xing Wang Deng (2008). FunctionalCharacterization of Arabidopsis Ubiquitin-specific Protease Gene FamilyRevealed Specific Role and Redundancy of Individual Members inDevelopment. Plant Journal, 55, 844-856.