1. Yuqi Wu, Oscar WH Wong, Sizhe Chen, Yun Wang, Guoqing Zhang, Ying Gao, Francis KL Chan, Siew Chien Ng , Qi Su Gut Microbiome Associates with Dietary Preferences in Autism Spectrum Disorder. IJMS 2026；27(4):2006. doi: 10.3390/ijms27042006.

2. Yanrui Bi, Yuan Ma, Jun Zhang, Shuchen Wang, Qiuyi Zhang, Yongxiang Gao, Ruomei Hu, Nenan Lyu, Huaying Wang, Bo Wang*, Yi Ning^*, Ying Gao*. Prevalence and Metabolic Factors for Hysterectomy in Urban China: A Multicenter Population-based Study Involving over 9 Million Women.^.BMC Medicine 2025;24:63.

3. .Ya-Jie Xu, Wen-Juan Wang, Qiu-Yi Zhang, Meng-Nan Yang, Lin Zhang, Hua He, Yu Dong, Fengxiu Ouyang, Ying Gao, Jun Zhang, Tao Zheng and Zhong-Cheng Luo. DHA supplementation in gestational diabetes mellitus and neonatal metabolic health biomarkers. Frontiers in Nutrition 2023; 10:1089131.

4. Qiuyi Zhang, Ying Gao*, Shuchun Lin, Lynn R Goldin, Yonghong Wang, Holly Stevenson, Daniel C Edelman, Keith Killian, Gerald Marti, Paul S Meltzer, Song Xiang and Neil E Caporaso. Genome-wide DNA methylation profiling in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Frontiers in Genetics 2023:1056043. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1056043.

5. Jiongxing Fu, Yan Zheng, Ying Gao, Wanghong Xu. Dietary fiber intake and gut microbiota in human health. Microorganisms 2022;10:2507 doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10122507.

6. Lan Wang; Zheng Yan; Qian Yu Zhao; Na Liu; Dian Zhen Yu; Bing Xuan Jia; Kai Lin Li; Ying Gao, Aibo Wu. A Prospective Study of Total Urinary Deoxynivalenol in Adolescents in Shanghai, China. Chemosphere, 2022;307:135727. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135727.

7. Keyu Jia, Shuchen Wang, Qi Dai,Yao Feng, Qiuyi Zhang, Qianyu Zhao, Fuxue Chen, Zi Li, Ying Xiao, Yan Zhong，Zhenni Zhu, Hongwei Wang, Junbo Wang, Zhong-Cheng Luo, Hong Zhou, and Ying Gao*. Breast milk Rubidium and other trace elements were associated with neurocognitive development in infants at age of 8 months. Journal of Nutrition 2022:152(6):1507-1514.  doi: 10.1093/jn/nxac054. 

8. Lijiao Xu; Yunan Liu; Qianyu Zhao; Huaidong Du; Ying Gao; Meijuan Bai; Jun Lv; Yu Guo; Liming Li; Liang Sun; Xu Lin; Zhengming Chen; Yan Chen;Geng Zong. Urinary element profiles and associations with cardiometabolic diseases: a cross-sectional study across ten areas in China. Environmental Research 2022; 205:112535 doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112535.

9. Xiang Li, Chen Lyu, Zhong-Cheng Luo, Jing Zhao, Zhongli Wang, Chun Yang, Qi Dai, Hui Li, Yunhua Zhou, Zi Li^, Fuxue Chen, and Ying Gao*. The roles of IGF2 and DNMT methylation and elongase6 related fatty acids in metabolic syndrome. Food & Function, 2021; 12(20):10253-102626. doi: 10.1039/d1fo00502b.

10. Miaomiao Shen, Nalini Dhingra, Quan Wang, Chen Cheng, Songbiao Zhu, Xiaolin Tian, Jun Yu, Xiaoxin Gong, Xuzhichao Li, Hongwei Zhang, Xin Xu, Liting Zhai, Min Xie, Ying Gao, Haiteng Deng, Yongning He, Hengyao Niu, Xiaolan Zhao, and Song Xiang. Structural basis for the multi-activity factor Rad5 in replication stress tolerance. Nature Communications. 2021;12(1):321. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20538-w. 

11. Keyu Jia, Yao Feng, Thomas J Brenna, Zhong-Cheng Luo, Jing Zhao, Hong Li, Peiqin Li, Qiuyi Zhang, Qianyu Zhao, Qi Dai, Yan Zhong, Tim Lambers, Hong Zhang , Hong Zhou, Ying Gao*. Breast milk EPA associated with infant distractibility when EPA level is low. Nutrition, 2021 doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111143.

12. Peiqin Li, Boer Shan, Keyu Jia, Fan Hu, Ying Xiao, Jusheng Zhen, Yu-Tang Gao, Huaying Wang, Ying Gao*. Plasma Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and recurrence of endometrial cancer. BMC Cancer, 2020;20(1):576. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07035-5.

13. Xin Xu, Huigang Shi, Xiaowen Gong, Pu Chen, Ying Gao, Xinzheng Zhang and Song Xiang_. Structural insights into sodium transport by the oxaloacetate decarboxylase sodium pump. eLife, 2020 ;9:e53853.doi: 10.7554/eLife.53853.

14. Xiaoyang Wang, Jianbo Tian, Qianyu Zhao, Nan Yang, Pingting Ying, Xiating Peng,  Danyi Zou, Ying Zhu, Rong Zhong, Ying Gao, Jiang Chang, Xiaoping Miao.   Functional characterization of a low-frequency V1937I variant in FASN associated with susceptibility to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Archives of Toxicology, 2020; 94(6):2039-2046. doi: 10.1007/s00204-020-02738-x.

15. Shuchun Lin, Yun Liu, Lynn R Goldin, Chen Lyu, Xiangyin Kong, Yan Zhang,  Neil E Caporaso  Song Xiang , Ying Gao*. Sex related DNA methylation differences in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Biology of Sex Differences, 2019, 10:2. doi: 10.1186/s13293-018-0213-7.    

16. Kangning Chen, Qianyu Zhao, Xiaofan Li, Jing Zhao, Peiqin Li, Shuchun Lin, Hongwei Wang, Jiajie Zang, Ying Xiao, Wanghong Xu, Fuxue Chen, Ying Gao*. Dietary fiber intake and endometrial cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients, 2018, 10(7)i: E945. doi: 10.3390/nu10070945.

17. Jing Zhao, Xiaofan Li, Xiang Li, Qianqian Chu, Yunhua Zhou, Zi Li, Hong Zhang, Thomas J Brenna, Yiqing Song, Ying Gao*. Associations of plasma very long chain saturated fatty acids and metabolic syndrome in Chinese adults. British Journal of Nutrition, 2018;120(8):855-862.doi: 10.1017/S0007114518002106.

18. Jie Liu, ShengQuan Mi, Li Du, Xiang Li , Jing Zhao, Hong Zhang, WenHua Zhao* and Ying Gao* The associations between plasma phytoestrogens concentration and metabolic syndrome risks in Chinese population, Plos One, 2018  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194639. 

19. Peiqin Li, Jing Zhao, Kumar Kothapalli,  Xiang Li, Hui Li, Yuxuan Han, Shengquan Mi,  Wenhua Zhao,  Qizhai Li, Hong Zhang,  Yiqing Song, J. Thomas Brenna, Ying Gao*. A regulatory insertion-deletion polymorphism in the FADS gene cluster influences PUFA and lipid profiles among Chinese adults: a population-based study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2018 ; 107(6):867-875.

20. Xiao-fan Li, Jing Zhao, Peiqin Li, Ying Gao* Dairy products intake and endometrial cancer risk: a meta-analysis of observational studies. Nutrients 2017，10(1). pii: E25. doi: 10.3390/nu10010025.

21. Li Du, Yulong Wang, Hang Zhang, Hong Zhang, Ying Gao *. Folate intake and the risk of endometrial cancer: A meta-analysis. Oncotarget 2016, 7(51):85176-85184. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.13211.

22. Jing Zhao, Lvy Chen, Jian Gao, Li Du, Boer Shan, Hong Zhang, Huaying Wang, and Ying Gao*. Dietary fat intake and endometrial cancer risk: a dose-response meta-analysis. Medicine, 2016, 95(27):e4121 DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004121. 

23. Jie Liu, Feixiang Yuan, Jian Gao, Boer Shan, Yulan Ren, Huaying Wang, Ying Gao*. Oral isoflavone supplementation on endometrial thickness: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Oncotarget 2016, 7(14):17369-79. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.7959.

24. Jing Zhao, Jing Wang, Jinfeng Du, Hongli Xu, Wei Zhang, Quan-Xing Ni, Herbert Yu, Harvey A. Risch, Yu-Tang Gao, Ying Gao*. Urinary prostaglandin E2 metabolite and pancreatic cancer risk: case-control study in urban Shanghai. Plos One, 2015:10(2):e0118004.

25. Wen-Qing Li, Nan Hu, Paula L. Hyland, Ying Gao, Zhao-Ming Wang, Kai Yu, Hua Su, Chao-Yu Wang, Le-Min Wang, Stephen J. Chanock, Laurie Burdett, Ti Ding, You-Lin Qiao, Jin-Hu Fan, Yuan Wang, Yi Xu, Jian-Xin Shi, Fangyi Gu, William Wheeler, Xiao-Qin Xiong, Carol Giffen, Margaret A. Tucker, Sanford M. Dawsey, Neal D. Freedman, Christian C. Abnet, Alisa M. Goldstein, Philip R. Taylor. Genetic variants in DNA repair pathway genes and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric adenocarcinoma in a Chinese population. Carcinogenesis, 2013; 34:1536-1542.

26. David E. Capo-Ramos, Ying Gao, Jay H. Lubin, David P. Check, Lynn R. Goldin, Angela C. Pesatori, Dario Consonni, Pier Alberto Bertazzi, Andrew J. Saxon, Andrew W. Bergen, Neil E. Caporaso, Maria Teresa Landi. Mood disorders and risk of lung cancer in the EAGLE Case-control study and in the U.S. Veterans Affairs inpatient cohort. Plos One, 2012; 7:e42945.

27. Yoon Jung Park, Herry Herman, Ying Gao, Anders M. Lindroth, Benjamin Y. Hu, Patrick J. Murphy, James R. Putnam, Paul D. Soloway. Sequences sufficient for programming imprinted germ line DNA methylation defined. Plos One, 2012;7:e33024.

28. Ying Gao*，Hormuzd Katki , Barry Graubard, Michael Pollak , Michael Martin , Yuzhen Tao , Robert E. Schoen , Timothy Church , Richard B. Hayes , Mark H. Greene , Sonja I. Berndt. Serum IGF1, IGF2, and IGFBP3 and risk of advanced colorectal adenoma. International Journal of Cancer, 2012; 131:E105-113.

29. Gao Y*, Baccarelli A, Shu XO, Ji BT, Yu K, Tarantini L, Yang G, Li HL, Hou L, Rothman N, Zheng W, Gao YT, Chow WH. Blood leukocyte Alu and LINE-1 methylation and gastric cancer risk in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study. British Journal of Cancer 2012; 106:585-591.

30. Freddy Sitas, Sam Egger, Margaret I. Urban, Philip R. Taylor, Christian C. Abnet, Paolo Boffetta, Dianne L. O’Connell, David C. Whiteman, Paul Brennan, Reza Malekzadeh, Michael Pawlita, Sanford M. Dawsey, and Tim Waterboer, on behalf of the InterSCOPE Collaboration. Penelope M. Webb, Adèle C. Green, Nicholas K. Hayward, David Zaridze, Ivana Holcatova, Dana Mates, Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Gilles Ferro, Vladimir Janout, Maria Paula Curado, Ana Maria Menezes, Sergio Koifman, Farhad Islami, Dariush Nasrollahzadeh, Nan Hu, Alisa M. Goldstein, Ying Gao, Ti Ding, and Farin Kamangar. InterSCOPE Study:  Associations Between Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Human Papillomavirus Serological Markers. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2012; 104: 147-158.

31. Ying Gao*, Nan Hu, Xiao You Han, Ti Ding, Carol Giffen, Alisa M Goldstein, Philip R Taylor. Risk factors for esophageal and gastric cancers in Shanxi Province, China: a case-control study. Cancer Epidemiology 2011; 35: e91-e99.

32. Ying Gao*, Richard B. Hayes, Wen-Yi Huang, Neil E. Caporaso, Laurie Burdette, Meredith Yeager, Stephen J. Chanock, Sonja I. Berndt DNA repair gene polymorphisms and tobacco smoking in the risk for colorectal adenomas. Carcinogenesis 2011; 32:882-887.

33. Ying Gao*,Nan Hu, XiaoYou Han, Carol Giffen,Ti Ding, Alisa Goldstein, and Philip Taylor. Family history of cancer and risk for esophageal and gastric cancer in Shanxi, China. BMC Cancer 2009; 9:269.

34. Ying Gao, Alisa M. Goldstein, Dario Consonni, Angela C. Pesatori, Sholom Wacholder, Margaret A. Tucker, Neil E. Caporaso, Lynn Goldin, Maria Teresa Landi. Family history of cancer and nonmalignant lung diseases as risk factors for lung cancer. International Journal of Cancer 2009; 125:146-152.

35. Ying Gao*, Sigurdur Y Kristinsson, Lynn R Goldin, Magnus Björkholm, Neil E Caporaso, and Ola Landgren. Increased risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in individuals with celiac disease and a potential familial association. Gastroenterology 2009; 136: 91-98.