Xiufang Xin

Personal Profile

Research Work

Plants are exposed to a diverse array of microbial pathogens throughout their life cycle. Our research focuses on understanding the dynamics of plant diseases and investigating how environmental elements, such as abiotic climate factors and commensal microbes, impact the interactions between plants and pathogens in the leaf environment. In addition, we aim to discover new regulatory mechanisms within the plant immune system, activation of which confers resistance to infectious diseases.

Main Achievements

 

Publications

1. Yao L, Jiang Z, Wang Y, Wan S, Xin XF (2023) High air humidity dampens salicylic acid pathway and NPR1 function to promote plant disease. EMBOJournal , 42: e113499.

 

2. Wu J, Mei X, Zhang J, Ye L, Hu Y, Chen T, Wang Y, Liu M, Zhang Y, Xin XF (2023) CURLYLEAF modulates apoplast liquid water status in Arabidopsis leaves. PlantPhysiology , 193(1):792-808.

 

3. Jiang Z, Yao L, Ding Y, Zhu X, Hao G, Ding Y, Zhao H, Wang S, Wen CK, Xu X, Xin XF (2024). Ethylene signaling modulates air humidity responses in plants. PlantJournal , 117(3):653-668.

 

4. Yuan M, Cai B, Xin XF (2023). Plant immune receptor pathways as a united front against pathogens. PLOSPathogens , 19(2):e1011106.

 

5. Hu Y, Xin XF (2023). A sweet story from Phytophthora-soybean interaction. TrendsinMicrobiology , 31(11):1093-1095.

 

6. Hong X, Qi F, Wang R, Jia Z, Lin F, Yuan M, Xin XF, Liang Y (2023). Ascorbate peroxidase 1 allows monitoring of cytosolic accumulation of effector-triggered reactive oxygen species using a luminol-based assay. PlantPhysiology , 191(2):1416-1434.

 

7. Hu Y, Ding Y, Cai B, Qin X, Wu J, Yuan M, Wan S, Zhao Y, Xin XF (2022) Bacterial effectors manipulate plant abscisic acid signaling for creation of an aqueous apoplast. CellHostMicrobe 30(4); 518-529.

 

8. Wan S, Xin XF (2022) Regulation and integration of plant jasmonate signaling: a comparative view of monocot and dicot. J.Genet.Genomics. 49(8):704-714.

 

9. Xin XF*, Zhou JM* (2022) Impaired condensate formation is to blame for failed disease resistance in plants. LifeMetabolism , loac020. (*, co-corresponding author)

 

10. Yuan M, Jiang Z, Bi G, Nomura K, Liu M, Wang Y, Cai B, Zhou JM, He SY, Xin XF (2021) Pattern-recognition receptors are required for NLR-mediated plant immunity. Nature 592(7852):105-109.

 

11. Yuan M, Ngou BPM, Ding P*, Xin XF* (2021) PTI-ETI crosstalk: an integrative view of plant immunity. Curr.Opin.PlantBiol. 62:102030. (*, co-corresponding author)

 

12. Gong T, Xin XF (2020) Phyllosphere microbiota: Community dynamics and its interaction with plant hosts. J.Integr.PlantBiol. 63(2):297-304.

 

13. Chen T, Nomura K, Wang X, Sohrabi R, Xu J, Yao L, Paasch BC, Ma L, Kremer J, Cheng Y, Zhang L, Wang N, Wang E, Xin XF*, He SY* (2020) A plant genetic network for preventing dysbiosis in the phyllosphere. Nature 580(7805):653-657. (*, Co-corresponding author)

 

14. Xin XF*, Kvitko B, He SY* (2018) Pseudomonassyringae : What it takes to be a pathogen. Nat.Rev.Microbiol. 16(5):316-328. (*, co-corresponding author)

 

15. Xin XF, Nomura K, Aung K, Velásquez AC, Yao J, Boutrot F, Chang JH, Zipfel C, He SY (2016) Bacteria establish an aqueous living space in plants crucial for virulence. Nature 539: 524-529.

 

16. Xin XF, He SY (2013) Pseudomonassyringae pv. tomato DC3000: A model pathogen for probing disease susceptibility and hormone signaling in plants. Annu.Rev.Phytopathol. 51:473-98.