Department of Plant Pathology

CHENG Jiasen

2017-04-19

Personal Information
Name	Jiasen Cheng	Gender	Male
Position Title		Professor
Working Department		College of Plant Science and Technology
Email	jiasencheng@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Address	College of Plant Science and Technology Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P.R. China
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Research Interest
Ø Plant-Pathogen Interaction Ø Pathogenesis of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea Ø Non-coding RNA in Fusarium graminearum
Professional Memberships
Ø Member in CSPP (Chinese Society for Plant Pathology) Ø Member in APS (The American Phytopathological Society)
Education
2003.09-2006.07, Sun Yat-sen University, Ph. D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2000.09-2003.07, Huazhong Agricultural University, Master in Plant Pathology 1996.09-2000.07, Huazhong Agricultural University, Bachelor in Plant Protection
Working Experience
2016.12-present, Huazhong Agricultural University, Professor 2013.02-2014.02, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, USA), Visiting Scholar 2008.09-2016.12, Huazhong Agricultural University, Associate Professor 2006.06-2008.09, Sun Yat-sen University, Assistant Professor
Publications
1.　　　 Yunkun Dang^#, Jiasen Cheng^#, Xianyun Sun, Zhipeng Zhou, Yi Liu. Antisense transcription licenses nascent transcripts to mediate transcriptional gene silencing. Genes & Development. 2016, 30: 2417-2432.(IF: 10.042) 2.　　　 Lyu X, Shen C, Fu Y, Xie J, Jiang D, Li G, Cheng J. A Small Secreted Virulence-Related Protein Is Essential for the Necrotrophic Interactions of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum with Its Host Plants. PLoS Pathog. 2016, 12(2): e1005435. (IF 7.56)

3.　　 Lyu X, Shen C, Fu Y, Xie J, Jiang D, Li G, Cheng J*. The Microbial Opsin Homolog Sop1 is involved in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Development and Environmental Stress Response. Front Microbiol. 2016, 6: 1504. (IF 3.99)

4.　　 Lyu X, Shen C, Fu Y, Xie J, Jiang D, Li G, Cheng J*. Comparative genomic and transcriptional analyses of the carbohydrate-active enzymes and secretomes of phytopathogenic fungi reveal their significant roles during infection and development. Sci Rep. 2015, 5: 15565. (IF 5.58)

5.　　 Lyu X, Shen C, Xie J, Fu Y, Jiang D, Hu Z, Tang L, Tang L, Ding F, Li K, Wu S, Hu Y, Luo L, Li Y, Wang Q, Li G, Cheng J*. A "footprint" of plant carbon fixation cycle functions during the development of a heterotrophic fungus. Sci Rep. 2015, 5: 12952. (IF 5.58)

6.　　 Zhou J, Fu Y, Xie J, Li B, Jiang D, Li G, Cheng J*. Identification of microRNA-like RNAs in a plant pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by High-throughput sequencing. Mol Genet Genomics. 2012, 287: 275-282. (IF 2.73)

7.　　 Wu S, Cheng J, Fu Y, Chen T, Jiang D, Ghabrial SA, Xie J*. Virus-mediated suppression of host non-self recognition facilitates horizontal transmission of heterologous viruses.PLoS Pathog. 2017, 13(3):e1006234. (IF 7.56)

8.　　 Si Liu, Jiatao Xie, Jiasen Cheng, Bo Li, Tao Chen, Yanping Fu, Guoqing Li,Manqun Wang, Huanan Jin, Hu Wan, Daohong Jiang*. A Fungal DNA virus infects a mycophagous insect and utilizes it as a transmission vector. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016, pii: 201608013. (IF: 9.423)

9.　　 Bi K, He Z, Gao Z, Zhao Y, Fu Y, Cheng J, Xie J, Jiang D, Chen T. Integrated omics study of lipid droplets from Plasmodiophora brassicae. Sci Rep. 2016, 6: 36965. (IF 5.22)

10.　 Chen T, Bi K, He Z, Gao Z, Zhao Y, Fu Y, Cheng J, Xie J, Jiang D*. Arabidopsis mutant bik1 exhibits strong resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae. Frontiers in Physiology. 2016, 7: 402. (IF: 4.03)

11.　 Zhang X^#, Liu X^#, Zhao Y, Cheng J, Xie J, Fu Y, Jiang D, Chen T.*. Histone H3 Lysine 9 Methyltransferase DIM5 is required for the development and virulence of Botrytis cinerea. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2016, 7: 1289. (IF: 4.16)

12.　 Yang X, Cui H, Cheng J, Xie J, Jiang D, Hsiang T, Fu Y*. A HOPS protein, CmVps39, is required for vacuolar morphology, autophagy, growth, conidiogenesis and mycoparasitic functions of Coniothyrium minitans. Environ Microbiol. 2016, 18(11): 3785-3797. (IF:

5.93)

13.　 Wei W, Zhu W, Cheng J, Xie J, Jiang D, Li G, Chen W, Fu Y*. Nox Complex signal and MAPK cascade pathway are cross-linked and essential for pathogenicity and conidiation of mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans. Sci Rep. 2016, 6: 24325. (IF: 5.22)

14.　 Lou Y, Han Y, Yang L, Wu M, Zhang J, Cheng J, Wang M, Jiang D, Chen W, Li G*. CmpacC regulates mycoparasitism, oxalate degradation and antifungal activity in the mycoparasitic fungus Coniothyrium minitans. Environ Microbiol. 2015, 17(11): 4711-29. (IF 6.20)

15.　 Wang M, Wang Y, Sun X, Cheng J, Fu Y, Liu H, Jiang D, Ghabrial SA, Xie J*. Characterization of a Novel Megabirnavirus from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Reveals

Horizontal Gene Transfer from Single-Stranded RNA Virus to Double-Stranded RNA Virus. J Virol. 2015, 89(16): 8567-79. (IF 4.44)

16.　 Liu L, Wang Q, Cheng J, Fu Y, Jiang D, Xie J*. Molecular characterization of a bipartite double-stranded RNA virus and its satellite-like RNA co-infecting the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Front Microbiol. 2015, 6: 406. (IF 3.99)

17.　 Xu Z, Wu S, Liu L, Cheng J, Fu Y, Jiang D, Xie J*. A mitovirus related to plant mitochondrial gene confers hypovirulence on the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Virus Res. 2015, 197: 127-36. (IF 2.32)

18.　 Hu Z, Wu S, Cheng J, Fu Y, Jiang D, Xie J*. Molecular characterization of two positive-strand RNA viruses co-infecting a hypovirulent strain of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Virology. 2014, 464-465: 450-9. (IF 3.32)

19.　 Xiao X, Xie J, Cheng J, Li G, Yi X, Jiang D, Fu Y*. Novel secretory protein Ss-Caf1 of the plant-pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is required for host penetration and normal sclerotial development. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2014, 27(1): 40-55. (IF 3.94)

20.　 Xiao X, Cheng J, Tang J, Fu Y, Jiang D, Baker TS, Ghabrial SA, Xie J*. A novel partitivirus that confers hypovirulence on plant pathogenic fungi. J Virol. 2014, 88(17): 10120-33. (IF 4.44)

21.　 Liu L, Xie J, Cheng J, Fu Y, Li G, Yi X, Jiang D*. Fungal negative-stranded RNA virus that is related to bornaviruses and nyaviruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014, 111(33): 12205-10. (IF 9.67)

22.　 Yu X, Li B, Fu Y, Xie J, Cheng J, Ghabrial SA, Li G, Yi X, Jiang D*. Extracellular transmission of a DNA mycovirus and its use as a natural fungicide. Proc Natl Acad Sci U SA. 2013, 110(4): 1452-7. (IF 9.67)

23.　 Hamid MI, Zeng F, Cheng J, Jiang D, Fu Y*. Disruption of heat shock factor 1 reduces the formation of conidia and thermotolerance in the mycoparasitic fungus Coniothyrium minitans. Fungal Genet Biol. 2013, 53: 42-9. (IF 2.59)

24.　 Wei W, Zhu W, Cheng J, Xie J, Li B, Jiang D, Li G, Yi X, Fu Y*. CmPEX6, a gene involved in peroxisome biogenesis, is essential for parasitism and conidiation by the sclerotial parasite Coniothyrium minitans. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013, 79(12): 3658-66. (IF 3.67)

25.　 Zeng F, Gong X, Hamid MI, Fu Y, Jiatao X, Cheng J, Li G, Jiang D*. A fungal cell wall integrity-associated MAP kinase cascade in Coniothyrium minitans is required for conidiation and mycoparasitism. Fungal Genet Biol. 2012, 49(5): 347-57. (IF 2.59)

26.　 Yu Y, Jiang D, Xie J, Cheng J, Li G, Yi X, Fu Y*. Ss-Sl2, a Novel Cell Wall Protein with PAN Modules, Is Essential for Sclerotial Development and Cellular Integrity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.PLoS One. 2012, 7(4): e34962. (IF 3.23)

27.　 Qin L, Gong X, Xie J, Jiang D, Cheng J, Li G, Huang J, Fu Y*. Phosphoribosylamidotransferase, the first enzyme for purine de novo synthesis, is required for conidiation in the sclerotial mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans. Fungal Genet Biol.2011, 48(10): 956-65. (IF 2.59)

28.　 Liu H, Fu Y, Xie J, Cheng J, Ghabrial SA, Li G, Peng Y, Yi X, Jiang D*. Widespread endogenization of densoviruses and parvoviruses in animal and human genomes. J Virol. 2011, 85(19):9863-76. (IF 4.44)

29.　 Xie J, Xiao X, Fu Y, Liu H, Cheng J, Ghabrial SA, Li G, Jiang D*. A novel mycovirus closely related to hypoviruses that infects the plant pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Virology. 2011, 418(1):49-56. (IF 3.32)

30.　 Liu H, Fu Y, Li B, Yu X, Xie J, Cheng J, Ghabrial SA, Li G, Yi X, Jiang D*. Widespread horizontal gene transfer from circular single-stranded DNA viruses to eukaryotic genomes. BMC Evol Biol. 2011, 11:276. (IF 3.37)

31.　 Li B, Fu Y, Jiang D*, Xie J, Cheng J, Li G, Hamid MI, Yi X. Cyclic GMP as a second messenger in the nitric oxide mediated conidiation of the mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010, 76(9): 2830-6. (IF 3.67)

32.　 Yu X, Li B, Fu Y, Jiang D*, Ghabrial SA, Li G, Peng Y, Xie J, Cheng J, Huang J, Yi X. A novel single-stranded DNA mycovirus that confers hypovirulence to a plant pathogenic fungus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010, 107(18): 8387-92. (IF 9.67)

33.　 Liu H, Fu Y, Jiang D*, Li G, Xie J, Cheng J, Peng Y, Ghabrial SA, Yi X. Widespread

Horizontal Gene Transfer from Double-stranded RNA Viruses to Eukaryotic Nuclear Genomes.J Virol. 2010, 84(22): 11876-87. (IF 4.44)

34.　 Wang WZ, Cheng J, Luo J, Zhuang SM*. Abrogation of G2/M arrest sensitizes curcumin-resistant hepatoma cells to apoptosis. FEBS Lett. 2008, 582(18): 2689-2695. (IF 3.17)

35.　 Xiong XD, Fang JH, Qiu FE, Zhao J, Cheng J, Yuan Y, Li SP, Zhuang SM*. A novel functional polymorphism in the Cdc6 promoter is associated with the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma. Mutat Res-FUND MOL M. 2008, 643(1-2): 70-4. (IF 3.68)

36.　 Kuang DM, Wu Y, Chen N, Cheng J, Zhuang SM*, Zheng L. Tumor-derived hyaluronan induces formation of immunosuppressive macrophages through transient early activation of monocytes. Blood.2007, 110(2): 587-595. (IF 10.45)

37.　 Cheng J, Huo DH, Kuang DM, Yang J, Zheng L, Zhuang SM*. Human Macrophages

Promote the Motility and Invasiveness of Osteopontin- Knockdown Tumor Cells. Cancer Res. 2007,67(11): 5141-5147. (IF 9.33)

38.　 Cheng J, Jiang D*, Fu Y, Li G, Peng Y, Ghabrial SA. Molecular characterization of a dsRNA totivirus infecting the sclerotial parasite Coniothyrium minitans. Virus Res. 2003, 93(1): 41-50. (IF 2.32)

39.　 Cheng J, Jiang D*, Yi X, Fu Y, Li G, Whipps JM. Production, survival and efficacy of Coniothyrium minitans conidia produced in shaken liquid culture. FEMS Microbiol Lett.

2003, 227(1): 127-131. (IF 2.12)