Yanru Hu

Title:  Professor

Email: huyanru@hnu.edu.cn

Web-link of Research Group: https://grzy.hnu.edu.cn/site/index/huyanru 

Selected publications:

Kunrong He, Weimin Wang, Chengxiang You, Xianting Qi, Xi Chen, Xu Wang, Milian Yang, Minghui Zhang, Ruyu Tang, Zhichong Huang, Juping Zhang, Jingwen Ye, Tingting Xu, Chunlan Yu, Lijuan Zhou, Yajin Ye, Xiao Han*, Shiyong Song*, Dechang Cao*, Min Chen*, Hui Shi*, Yong Xiang*, Kai Shu*, Ying Chen*, Yuan Zheng*, Chunzhao Zhao*, Yongxiu Liu*, and Yanru Hu* (2025) Holistic overview of regulatory networks governing seed dormancy and germination in plants, SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s11427-025-3157-8.

Ruyu Tang, Jiajia Yang, Xiao Han, Kunrong He, Cuiping Zhang, Milian Yang, Juping Zhang, Zhichong Huang, Jingwen Ye, Tingting Xu, Chunlan Yu, Jiancan Du, Qiantang Fu, and Yanru Hu* (2025) Evening complex proteins antagonize ABI3 and ABI5 to temporally regulate abscisic acid signaling and seed germination. Plant Cell, 37: koaf189.

Juping Zhang, Jian Yao, Kunrong He, Chunlan Yu, Jie Du, Jiancan Du, Qiantang Fu, Ruifeng Yao, Gregg A. Howe, Xiao Han*, and Yanru Hu* (2025) Jasmonate signaling coordinates with the SOD7–KLU pathway to regulate seed size in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell,  37: koaf178.

Zhichong Huang, Xiao Han, Kunrong He, Jingwen Ye, Chunlan Yu, Tingting Xu, Juping Zhang, Jiancan Du, Qiantang Fu, and Yanru Hu* (2025) Nitrate attenuates abscisic acid signaling via NIN-LIKE PROTEIN8 in Arabidopsis seed germination. Plant Cell, 37: koaf046.

Song Mei#, Minghui Zhang#, Jingwen Ye, Jiancan Du, Yanjuan Jiang, and Yanru Hu* (2023) Auxin contributes to the synergetic regulation of jasmonate on abscisic acid signaling during seed germination in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 35: 1110–1133.

Kunrong He, Jiancan Du, Xiao Han, Huiqiong Li, Mengyi Kui, Juping Zhang, Zhichong Huang, Qiantang Fu, Yanjuan Jiang, and Yanru Hu* (2023) PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE1 (PHR1) interacts with JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN (JAZ) and MYC2 to modulate phosphate deficiency-induced jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 35: 2132–2156.

Xiao Han#, Mengyi Kui#, Tingting Xu, Jingwen Ye, Jiancan Du, Milian Yang, Yanjuan Jiang, and Yanru Hu* (2023) CO interacts with JAZ repressors and bHLH subgroup IIId factors to negatively regulate jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis seedlings. Plant Cell, 35: 852–873.

Zhipeng Li, Shaoqin Li, Dongjie Jin, Yongping Yang, Zhengyan Pu, Xiao Han, Yanru Hu*, and Yanjuan Jiang* (2023) U-box E3 ubiquitin ligase PUB8 attenuates abscisic acid responses during early seedling growth. Plant Physiology, 191: 2519–2533.

Jiancan Du#, Xiang Zhu#, Kunrong He, Mengyi Kui, Juping Zhang, Xiao Han, Qiantang Fu, Yanjuan Jiang, and Yanru Hu* (2023) CONSTANS interacts with and antagonizes ABF transcription factors during salt stress under long-day conditions. Plant Physiology, 193: 1675–1694.

Xiao Han, Mengyi Kui, Kunrong He, Jiancan Du, Yanjuan Jiang, and Yanru Hu* (2023) Jasmonate-regulated root growth inhibition and root hair elongation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74: 1176–1185.

Huiqiong Li, Kunrong He, Zhiqiang Zhang*, and Yanru Hu* (2023) Molecular mechanism of phosphorous signaling inducing anthocyanin accumulation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology Biochemistry 196: 121–129.

Milian Yang, Xiao Han, Jiajia Yang, Yanjuan Jiang, and Yanru Hu* (2021) Arabidopsis circadian clock protein PRR5 interacts with and stimulates ABI5 to modulate abscisic acid signaling during seed germination. Plant Cell, 33: 3022–3041.

Xiao Han, Minghui Zhang, Milian Yang, and Yanru Hu* (2020) Arabidopsis JAZ proteins interact with and suppress RHD6 transcription factor to regulate jasmonate-stimulated root hair development. Plant Cell, 32: 1049–106.

Yanru Hu#, *, Xiao Han#, Milian Yang#, Minghui Zhang, Jinjing Pan, and Diqiu Yu (2019) The transcription factor INDUCER OF CBF EXPRESSION1 interacts with ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE5 and DELLA proteins to fine-tune abscisic acid signaling during seed germination in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 31: 1520–1538.