Le Kang - Publications#

Dr. Kang has published 4 books and over 200 peer-reviewed papers in SCI-indexed journals. Total citations are above 5900, and his h-index is 42, i10-index is 113, based on the statistics of the Web of Sciences (ISI). He was repeatedly invited to write review articles by Annual Review of Entomology (2009, 2014) and Philosophic Transactions of Royal Society B: Biological Science (2007, 2019). These findings have produced a significant impact in both public and scientific communities and were commented by Nature, Science, PNAS, Faculty-1000, etc.

Recent major publications (* Corresponding author)

1. Guo, X.J., Yu, Qi.Q., Chen, D.F., Wei, J.N., Yang, P.C., Yu, J., Wang*, X.H., Kang*, L. 2020. 4-Vinylanisole is an aggregation pheromone in locusts. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2610-4. Highly recommended. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02453-8

2. Wei, J.N., Shao, W.B., Cao, M.M., Ge, J., Yang, P.C., Chen, L., Wang, X.H., Kang*, L., 2019. Phenylacetonitrile in locusts facilitates an antipredator defense by acting as an olfactory aposematic signal and cyanide precursor. Science Advances, 5(1):eaav5495.DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav5495. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02453-8

3. Yang, M.L., Yanli Wang, Y.L., Liu, Q., Liu, Z.K., Jiang, F., Wang, H.M., Guo, X.J., Zhang, J.Z., Kang*, L., 2019. A b-carotene-binding protein carrying a red pigment regulates body-color transition between green and black in locusts. eLife, 8:e41362.DOI: doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41362. Special report, https://phys.org/news/2019-01-locusts-colours.htm

4. Guo, X.J., Ma, Z.Y., Du, B.Z., Li, T., Li, W.D., Xu, L.L., He, J., and Kang*, L. 2018. Dop1 enhances conspecific olfactory attraction by inhibiting miR-9a maturation in locusts. Nature Communications, 9: 1193.

5. Wang, X.H., Fang, X.D., Yang, P.C., ……., and Kang*, L. 2014. The locust genome provides insight into swarm formation and long-distance flight. Nature Communications, 5: 2957. (148 citations)

6. Ding, D., Liu, G.J., Hou, L., Gui, W.Y., Chen*, B., and Kang*, L. 2018. Genetic variation in PTPN1 contributes to metabolic adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in Tibetan migratory locusts. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07529-8.

7. He, J., Chen, Q.Q., Wei, Y.Y., Jiang, F., Yang, M.L., Hao, S.G., Guo, X.J., Chen, D.H., and Kang*, L. 2016. MicroRNA-276 promotes egg-hatching synchrony by up-regulating brm in locusts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113: 584-589. (34 citations, Recommendation by F1000)

8. Wu, R., Wu, Z.M., Wang, X.H., Yang, P.C., Yu, D., Zhao, C.X., Xu, G.W., and Kang*, L. 2012. Metabolomic analysis reveals that carnitines are key regulatory metabolites in phase transition of the locusts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109: 3259-3263. (65 citations, Recommendation by F1000)

9. Ma, Z.Y., Guo, W., Guo, X.J., Wang, X.H., and Kang*, L. 2011. Modulation of behavioral phase changes of the migratory locust by the catecholamine metabolic pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108: 3882-3887. (103 citations)

10. Cease*, A.J., Elser*, J.J., Ford, C.F., Hao, S.G., Kang*, L., and Harrison*, J.F. 2012. Heavy livestock grazing promotes locust outbreaks by lowering plant nitrogen content. Science, 335: 467-469. (110 citations)