Take a glance at some papers
Selected Publications
Primary Research Articles
2024
- Li RZ, Han CZ, Glass CK. TIANA: transcription factors cooperativity inference analysis with neural attention. BMC Bioinformatics 2024 Aug 22;25(1):274.
2023
- Fixsen BR, Han CZ, Zhou Y, Spann NJ, Saisan P, Shen Z, Balak C, Sakai M, Cobo I, Holtman IR, Warden AS, Ramirez G, Collier JG, Pasillas MP, Yu M, Hu R, Li B, Belhocine S, Gosselin D, Coufal NG, Ren B, Glass CK. SALL1 enforces microglia-specific DNA binding and function of SMADs to establish microglia identity. Nature Immunology 2023 Jul;24(7):1188-1199.
- Han CZ*, Li RZ*, Hansen E, Bennett HR, Poirion O., Buchanan J., Challacombe JF, Fixsen BR, Trescott S, Schlachetzki JCM, Preissl S, Wang A, OâConnor C, Warden AS, Shriram S, Kim R, Nguyun CT, Schafer DM, Ramirez G, Anavim SA, Johnson A, Sajti E, Gupta M, Levy ML, Ben-Haim S, Gonda DD, Laurent L,Glass CK+, Coufal NG+. Gene regulatory networks underlying human microglia maturation. Immunity 2023 Sep 12;56(9):2152-2171.e13.
2019
- Nott A, Holtman IR, Coufal NG, Schlachetzki JCM, Yu M, Hu R, Han CZ, Pena M, Xiao JY, Wu Y, Keulen Z,Pasillas MP, OâConnor C, Nickl CK, Schafer ST, Shen Z, Rissman RA, Brewer JB, Gosselin D, Gonda DD, Levy ML, Rosenfeld MG, McVicker G, Gage FH, Ren B, and Glass CK. Brain cell type-specific enhancerpromoter interactome maps and disease-risk association. Science. 2019 Nov 29; 336(6469):11341139.
2016
- Han CZ, Juncadella IJ, Kinchen JM, Buckley MW, Klibanov, AL, Dryden K, Onengut-Gumuscu S, ErdbruĚgger U, Turner SD, Shim YM, Tung KS, and Ravichandran KS. Macrophages control apoptotic cell clearance by neighboring non-professional phagocytes. Nature. 2016 Nov 7;539(7630):570-4.
2014
- Sokolowski JD, Chabanon-Hicks CH, Han CZ, Hefron DS, and Mandell JW. Fractalkine is a âfind-meâ signal released by neurons undergoing ethanol-induced apoptosis. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 2014 Nov 7;8:360.
2011
- Park D, Han CZ, Elliott MR, Kinchen JM, Trampont PC, Das S, Collins S, Lysiak JJ, Hoehn KL, and Ravichandran KS. Continued clearance of apoptotic cells critically depends on the phagocyte Ucp2 protein. Nature. 2011 Aug 21;477(7363):220-4.
Reviews, Chapters, and Editorials
2025
- Penati S, Brioschi S, Cai Z, Han CZ, and Colonna M. Mechanisms and environmental factors shaping the ecosystem of brain macrophages. Front Immunol. 2025 Jan 24(16):1539988.
- Han CZ. All Fired Up: Microglial Neuroinflammation in Parkinsonâs Disease. Biol Psychiatry. 2025 Apr 1;97(7):669-671.
- Brioschi S, Han CZ, and Colonna M. Drivers and shapers of macrophages specification in the developing brain. Curr Opin Immunol. 2025 Jun(94):102558.
2024
- Balak CD, Han CZ, and Glass CK. Deciphering microglia phenotypes in health and disease. Current Opinions in Genetics and Development. 2024 Jan 2(84):102146.
2021
- Robinson A*, Han CZ*, Glass CK and Pollard JW. Monocyte regulation in homeostasis and malignancy. Trends in Immunology. 2021 Feb;42(2):104-119.
2011
- Han CZ and Ravichandran K.S. (2011). Metabolic connections during apoptotic cell engulfment. Cell. 2011 Dec 23;147(7):1442-5.